It is nothing new to be selected for the All-Star game in the third year of NBA career. It is nothing new in the league where monsters come out. Ja Morant and Darius Garland have demonstrated for everyone last year, and there are precedents of Jayson Tatum and Bam Adebayo earlier (2019 -20 seasons). This year, Tyrese Haliburton will be the latest rookie to be named an All-Star in his third season at the top of the world basketball…
It is nothing new to be selected for the All-Star game in the third year of NBA career. It is nothing new in the league where monsters come out. Ja Morant and Darius Garland have demonstrated for everyone last year, and there are precedents of Jayson Tatum and Bam Adebayo earlier (2019 -20 seasons).
This year, Tyrese Haliburton will be the latest breakout star, named an All-Star in just his third season at the world’s highest basketball hall.
The Iowa State Cyclones alumnus took the Indiana Pacers, who were expected to join the “Tank Wars,” to a 23-19 record. 6. Averaging 20.2 points, 10.2 assists (first in the league), 4 rebounds, and 1.8 steals per game, Haliburton has become the leading “horse” leading the Pacers forward with his star level.
Since he was traded from Sacramento to Indiana last February, Haliburton’s ball-carrying rate has increased significantly, and the task has continued to increase in 2022-23. His usage rate reached 29.2% — compared to last season. The 23.7% during the Paoma period is much higher.
69% of his goals are unassisted, which is also a new career high (even the league’s PR97 level). Converted to every 100 offensive rounds, the number of his shots this season is compared to 26 during the Pacers last season. games, and about 5 more (21.7 vs. 16.9).
Even with the increased workload, his 61.7 true shooting percentage (4 points above league average and .485/.407/.877 shooting measurements) tells us he’s up to the task, not just as a full-time creator, What’s more rare is to improve efficiency-don’t forget that he is only a 22-year-old guy who has only been in the league for 2.5 seasons and has to adapt to a new role, but he not only did it, but also took a big step.
Perhaps the most notable improvement in Haliburton’s individual scoring ability has been his cutting. In his rookie year, he took only 16 percent of his shots at the rim (PR 18 in the league). Fast-forward to this season, and it has risen to 27 percent (PR 62 in the league).
He dribbles deeper off the dribble, adapts to post-impact movements, and even occasionally uses his 6-foot-5 height to hit bully-ball. “Harry” not only took more shots at the basket, but also his shooting percentage reached a career high of 68%, ranking PR75 in the league.
Haliburton stretched his dribble and running to cover the floor more effectively, and used his pull-up jumper and passing ability to find better cutting and finishing angles. In the past few years, he may have bypassed the screen and shot jumpers/throws directly when he saw the gap; now “Harry” can look inside for better offensive opportunities.
As shown in the video below: In the past, Haliburton dribbled mostly left and right, using screens to create gaps; now he has added front and rear depth; It is better to find the opportunity to score points directly:
Given the doubts about his body collision and passing before the draft, it is almost unimaginable to see him score points under muscle collision now. After just three years, he can now punish dislocations, either by running over them directly, or by relying on speed to easily score points.
His offensive aggression spills over to his jumper as well. The current 48.5% outside shooting rate has reached a career high-beyond the 47.8% of the rookie year. In the past, 79 percent of his 3-pointers have been assisted; this season, the same number has dropped to 44 percent, illustrating his prowess as a jumper off the dribble.
To examine his influence on the ball, there is another statistic that can be referred to, and that is the proportion of his corner three-pointers. In his rookie year, this number accounted for 27%, last season it dropped to 13.9%; this season this number continued to drop, to 6.9%, he is less and less playing the role of space shooter in the bottom corner.
Likewise, the percentage of catch-and-shoot attempts has dropped year-on-year: from 26.2 percent as a rookie year to 12.2 percent now; the reverse is true for pull-up shots, which climbed from 20.7 percent to 36 percent. Only Luka Doncic (259) has soared more off-the-dribble 3-pointers in the league than Haliburton (204), but Haliburton (204) has both quality and 28 players in the NBA with at least 100 off-the-dribble 3-pointers His 41.2 percent field goal percentage trails only three top scorers in Stephen Curry (47.6 percent), Donovan Mitchell (44.7 percent) and Tyler Herro (42.5 percent).
No matter what kind of jump shooting skills, “Harry” can continue to open up the offensive space with precise jump shots.
