Tyrese Haliburton will formally miss all the 2025-26 season after present process surgical procedure to restore a torn proper Achilles tendon, the Indiana Pacers introduced on Monday.
“I’ve little doubt that he will probably be again higher than ever,” stated Pacers president Kevin Pritchard. “The surgical procedure went effectively. It was a little bit larger and he will get extra blood to that [as he recovers].
“He won’t play subsequent yr although. We’d not jeopardize that now. So do not get any hopes up that he’ll play.”
Pritchard added that he wouldn’t have let Haliburton play in Sport 7 if he had been to do it over once more.
“For those who’re asking me, would I’ve him do it time and again? I’d not. I’d not,” Pritchard stated. “If I knew that he was going to get harm, I’d sacrifice that sport as a result of I look after the child a lot and wish him to have an unimaginable profession.”
Haliburton averaged 18.6 factors, 9.2 assists, and three.5 rebounds final season.
The Pacers misplaced Myles Turner to the Bucks this offseason, whereas buying Jay Huff from the Grizzlies.Â
Pritchard added that the Pacers had been ready to enter the posh tax to re-sign Turner and admitted he was stunned of how the Bucks created cap area to signal the middle.Â
