Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton has expressed a lot of love for his teammates on the 2024 USA Men’s Basketball Team, with whom he won gold at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Though he didn’t play much,
Haliburton was a vibes-guy who contributed a lot to the team and learned a lot from his teammates, most of whom were much more experienced than him professionally.
This week, on the Young Man and the Three podcast, he got into his love for Warriors superstar Steph Curry, who he cites as a mentor.
“”He is so unbelievable the way he can like, he remembers people, he cares about people,” Haliburton said to Spike Lee, who was co-hosting the podcast. “I mean, I just, I can’t say enough good things about Steph. And then, like, through the Olympic experience, for me, I didn’t play a ton, so a lot of it was for me to learn, and pick guys’ brains, and Steph was just that guy for me.”
Haliburton will be out for the 2025-26 season after suffering a devastating ACL tear in Game 7 of this year’s NBA Finals, which the Pacers narrowly lost to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Hopefully, Steph will have some good advice for Hali regarding being an underdog and bouncing back — something Steph knows deeply.
