Part Two: The 10 Players Facing the Most Pressure Next Season

And actually wanna start there, Mr. Goldsberry, because our Tyre- our Tyrese Haliburton discussion got me thinking.

Are you ready to talk a little bit more Pacers?

Oh, definitely.

Let's go.

You said in part one Tyrese Haliburton could be a first team All-NBA player.

Why wouldn't he?

And, and I bet that blew some people's hair back a little bit, and I completely agree with you.

Now, I, I would maybe not expect it in a season where he's gonna be working-

Right

... his way back from injury.

But it brought to mind to me, I don't know if you got to listen to Bill do the 2020 redraft with Joel House and Kyle Mann, uh, a couple of weeks ago.

Um, that's Tyrese Haliburton's draft.

Yep.

And, um, that's his draft.

He went, I believe, what'd he go 12th in that draft to the Kings? And not sure whatever happened with him in Sacramento.

It seems like that should've worked.

Um, and Anthony Edwards went number one.

In the redraft, the number one pick is either Anthony Edwards or Tyrese Haliburton.

And Bill and House just sort of like no-brainer, it's Anthony Edwards.

Yeah.

And Kyle Mann was the only one of the three who was like, [clicks tongue] "I don't know." Like, what that dude Haliburton does on offense is so next level special, and it does show off- show up in some of the advanced stats about him, that I think it's closer ...

He said, "I think it's closer than you guys do." And look, Ant's got the size, the physicality, the ability to bully his way to the rim.

All that makes him a better defensive player than Haliburton, who's a little bit of a ...

I don't ...

Uh, he's ...