Are there still long -term concerns about Tyrese Haliburton?

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Indiana Pacers has been one of the best teams in the league since the beginning of 2025, which overcomes a bad start to the season to grab the 4Th Spot at the eastern conference.

Their defense finally found its foot and star Tyrese Haliburton finally began to play up to his fierce contract. The results spoke to themselves where Pacers climbed back up the eastern conference to make claims of 4Th place. After an extremely rocky start to the season, it seemed that the team had found quieter waters.

Then Pacers was blown off the Portland Trail Blazers in Portland on Wednesday, in a game where Haliburton scored 0 points on three shot attempts. This marks 2nd Play this season that the Pacers franchisee has been held scoreless and suddenly some of the early season’s concerns have reappeared.

Yes, the game against Trail Blazers was the second of a back-to-back on the west coast, and Pacers has been fighting mighty in Portland for years now. Haliburton had until that time played as the guy that Pacers paid him to be. But with all the money that Pacers throws his way, another notion sees where he had no influence whatsoever has to be at least a bit about.

During the Wednesday edition of The Ride With JMV, Kevin Bowen came from the morning show and gave his thoughts about Haliburton’s scoreless performance, several red flags raised.

“I thought (Rick Carlisles) comments, post games were interesting, as he pretty much just blamed the official and the lack of a flute on Haliburton, and if you chalk it up to just ‘Hi, it’s more physical in today’s NBA’, that Is theoretically not going anywhere. And if you are someone who thinks ‘Hey, physically rumors up the playoffs’, it will only rise … I think this is where you have some concern. Yes, these Haliburton games, we haven’t seen as much of them recently, as many of them definitely as we saw (i) October and November, in that stretch, but if suddenly this plan is out there and you put most of By the blame like ‘Hi, I think he was too physical with my guy I think honestly they should be more whistles called’, yes, if it’s just how the game is to be officer and Haliburton may not treat it And still produce, I think this is where you have concern. “

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