The Pacers’ trade in NBA Finals suddenly looks genius after Tyrese Haliburton’s injury

The team often does not trade while playing in The American Professional League finalsBut Indiana Besars pulled it last week. Since Indiana was closed in an intense battle with Oklahoma City Thunder, the front office has completed a trade with New Orleans Pelicans, which suddenly looks like a genius blow in the wake of the worst possible scenario in the series.
Teres Haleporton was injured Achilles in the first quarter of game 7 He finished his night. Oklahoma City Thunder continued to beat Indiana, 103-91, to win the American Professional League. Haliburton hasn’t had MRI so far, but there is a lot of speculation that he was torn Achilles, a injury that would cost him next season.
Haliburton 7 Achilles is one of the most sudden injuries in the history of the league given the risk. It was very heroic in American Professional League qualifiers by Hold the clutches for Cap Miracle Back in each series, including game 1 Buzzer-Beater Thunderbolts in the American Professional League Finals. The stars guard suffered from the Early stress of this series, which was described as a multiple possible week if this happened during the normal season. Haliburton played and played well in winning Paces to save season 6 after being included as a game time decision. The bill came due to the destroyed costumes in game 7.
Pacers will not be the same team if Haliburton is out of the next season. Indiana is still good at a wide open east conference. Because of the trade they made during the American Professional League finals, they now have another option.
The Pacers team re -selected the first -year -old draft unprotected for the year 2026 in a trade with New Orleans Pelicans during the American Professional League Finals. He originally scored their selection to Toronto Raptors As part of the Pascal Siakam trade, which was then re -directed to New Orleans in the Brandon Ingram trade.
Pacers Selection 23 in the US Professional League draft for 2025 to the pelican to capture them 2026. The Pelican wanted another choice in this draft. Paces has full control of their future in this process. If Paces decides that they want to go into any point next year, Haliburt must be out, they will now have the option.
ASA Newell is expected to take in the latest SB NATAT Fake for the American Professional League. There will be good players on the blackboard in this range, but it is strange that the pelican will trade with an unprotected choice for one of up to 23 this year. The fact that this is a gentle draft after many players returned to university basketball to conduct major examination operations, nothing makes the pelican decision even strange. Of course, the swan was convinced that Paces would be great next year after watching how difficult they played in the American Professional League finals. As a first step to the Joe Dumarz era in New Orleans, it was not encouraging.
There is absolutely no silver lining for Haleporton infection. This is the worst scenario for the Pacers concession, which will have difficulty returning to this stage. You can never really predict how the player recovers from Achille’s tear (if this is what happened), although Haleporton is a 25 -year -old, and we hope he can get a right in the end. Let’s be clear: the Pacers team can still be good without haliburton, and the east is still terrible, and you cannot calculate the Indiana team support at this stage.
If the next season does not go the way Indiana wants, at least, they have the option of the axis. 2026 The American Professional League draft It is completely loaded at the top, and if anyone deserves little luck, it is Paces after haliburton injury.
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