Indiana Pacers fans need not worry—Tyrese Haliburton is healthy for the 2024-25 season. The first question about the All-NBA guard’s media day availability centered around the summer reports of his injury during the Paris Olympics. According to reports, Haliburton suffered a “minor” leg injury during Team USA’s run to the gold medal, which allegedly kept the young star out of the majority of the games.
Haliburton knocked the first question out of the park, leaving no doubt for the fans and the media.
“I mean, yeah, a little nicks and bruises, but I’m good now, so that’s all that matters,” Haliburton claimed.
Although it’s rather cynical to believe Haliburton’s team leaked information to ESPN’s Brian Windhorst to paint a narrative about why the Pacers point guard didn’t play for most of the Paris Olympics, weirder things have occurred in the NBA’s history…