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Before last year's trade deadline, the Sacramento Kings and Indiana Pacers were the hot protagonists of various trade rumors, and the media reported that the two teams would be rebuilt, and the reason given was also very good, the Kings lost confidence in Fox because of the rise of Haliburton and David Mitchell, and the Pacers also lost confidence in the core lineup combination of Sabonis Jr., Turner, brogdon, they will all be processed in exchange for draft picks, after the trade deadline opens, The two teams quickly completed the trade without warning, the Kings traded Halliburton, Buddy Hield, Tristan Thompson to the Indiana Pacers in exchange for Justin Holliday, Jeremy Lamb, Sabonis Jr. and a 2023 second-round draft pick, the Kings did not rebuild, they continued to supplement the lineup to impact the playoffs, and the Pacers also skipped the draft and got a cornerstone player directly, the deal was very unexpected, Afterwards, many experts could not believe that the Kings would be willing to give up Harry Burton, Pacers president Kevin Pritchard excitedly said that Harry Burton will become the Pacers' flagship figure for the next decade, and everyone in the league is optimistic about The future of Halliburton, so how much potential is he?
In terms of age, Halliburton belongs to the normal age group to join the league, and was not selected until the 12th pick in the 2020 draft, but through two seasons of continuous improvement, it has become the third person in this draft after Edwards and Ramello Bauer, considering his current core position in the Pacers, if the 22-23 season continues to maintain rapid progress, it is a foregone conclusion to renew the contract with early salary.
In terms of physical talent, Halliburton is a double guard, can organize and score can also make a cameo position in the small forward position, the advantage of height and arm span and speed allows him to be domineering at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends of the defensive line, last season he ranked second in the league with 134 steals, second only to Dezhangtai Murray, but the speed of movement is slightly difficult in facing the speed type small guard, there is still a lot of room for improvement in the blocking and disguising defense, and his defensive effect against the inside line after the change is not satisfactory. Last season in the Kings and Pacers' 77 games, opponents averaged 50 percent of 12 shots in front of him, including 4.5 shots per game outside the three-point line, 35.6 percent, which was on par with the league average, but on the inside, opponents averaged 7.5 shots per game and 4.5 shots at 59.1 percent, and opponents improved their shooting percentage by an average of 7 percentage points under his defense, which is a huge defensive loophole. Of course, a player's real defensive level also depends on the overall defensive level of the team, the overall defensive level of the Pacers and the Kings are extremely crotch-pulling, last season's defensive efficiency ranked third and fourth-to-last in the league, simply put, Halliburton needs to increase strength and confrontation in the future to ensure that the interior of the defense is not slaughtered.
In terms of ball quotient, Halliburton has a very strong leadership temperament, last season ranked 4th in the league with 628 assists, in the Kings Fox is the first offensive core, Halburton's organizational ability has actually been limited to a certain extent, until joining the Pacers after the organizational talent was completely released, joining the Pacers average assists per game from the Kings 7.4 to 9.6 times, he can launch a fast attack at the first time, the passing vision is excellent, very good at using blocking and dismantling cooperation, breaking through the passing ratio of 53.6% The league has the highest number of breakthroughs in the league, breaking through the pass to produce 147 assists ranked 6th in the league, the Pacers are on the road to rebuilding, they will build a lineup around Halliburton in the future, and next season's organizational ability should be even higher.
On the whole, Halliburton is a player with a leadership temperament who can lead the team to win, physical talent, and a variety of scoring methods, the current shortcomings are the interior defense and offense, he needs to increase a certain weight and strength to fight, I personally think That Devin Booker is his future ceiling, and the future rise and fall of the Indiana Pacers really depends on him.