Haliburton's conversation with the WNBA legend paid dividends across the first three rounds of the 2025 NBA playoffs

Sue Bird says Tyrese Haliburton has "figured it out" after following her advice — now he’s leading the Pacers with maturity and elite playoff poise.

NBA star Paul George recently shared a bold take about Iowa State alum and Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton. "He's the face of the NBA," George said on a recent episode of Podcast P with Paul George.

ESPN analyst and former NBA player Kendrick Perkins posited that the bar for true NBA superstardom is selling out road arenas, and followed it up with: "I don't know if Tyrese Haliburton is selling out arenas" as the panel collectively chuckled.

During the Indiana Pacers ' second-round playoff series against the Cleveland Cavaliers, Tyrese Haliburton scored just 15 points on 16 shot attempts in Games 3 and 4 combined. In Game 5, he exploded for 31 points on 15 shots to close out the series and send Indiana to its second straight conference finals.

Tyrese Haliburton has become the story for the Indiana Pacers' season. When he is firing on all cylinders as he was in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, they are a tough team to beat.

Indiana Pacers All-Star Tyrese Haliburton delivered a historic performance in Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the New York Knicks on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, recording a triple-double with no turnovers to lead his team to a commanding 3-1 series lead.

WNBA legend Sue Bird recently shared that Tyrese Haliburton reached out to her for advice on reading game situations and understanding when to take over as a scorer or playmaker.