{"id":156665,"date":"2025-08-27T01:59:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T05:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=156665"},"modified":"2025-08-27T08:29:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:29:57","slug":"pacers-tyrese-haliburton-reveals-realistic-recovery-timeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/08\/27\/pacers-tyrese-haliburton-reveals-realistic-recovery-timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacers Engine In Danger Of Missing More Than 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After sacrificing his Achilles to play in Game 5 of the 2025 NBA Finals, Indiana Pacers point guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/halibty01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyrese Haliburton<\/a> is looking at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/08\/15\/tyrese-haliburton-injury-update-injury-timeline-and-when-he-will-return\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">a lengthy recovery timeline<\/a>. It\u2019s not quite Great Wall of China long; it\u2019s more like the Medora Covered Bridge. No matter how you slice it though, the two-time All-Star won\u2019t be on the court <em>any<\/em> time soon.<\/p>\n<h2>Pacers Engine Tyrese Haliburton Reveals Realistic Recovery Timeline<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cI think it&#8217;ll be 15 months until I play my next game,\u201d Haliburton tells <em>Impaulsive<\/em> podcast co-hosts Logan Paul and Mike Majlak. \u201cBut you know\u2014it\u2019s a slow process, bro. It\u2019s like Groundhog Day every single day. Doing the same ****, same lifts, all those same things.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>No Regrets?<\/h3>\n<p>It would be fascinating to see a survey of how many people have wished they could go back in time to make a different decision. With that in mind, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/08\/15\/tyrese-haliburton-injury-update-injury-timeline-and-when-he-will-return\/\" target=\"_self\">Haliburton\u2019s injury<\/a> was probably avoidable. Of course, players are always one wrong step away from a nasty outcome. However, if he had just followed the medical advice he was given, there\u2019s a good chance he wouldn\u2019t be looking at missing an entire season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve had calf strains before, and I met with the doctor,\u201d the 25-year-old reveals. \u201cHe said, \u2018In the regular season, I would tell you to sit two to three weeks, but it&#8217;s the Finals.\u2019 And I&#8217;m like, \u2018What the ****? You think I\u2019m going to sit down?\u2019\u00a0 I&#8217;m not going to say who, but I had some close friends, family, and mentors in my life call me after Game 5 and say: \u2018Hey, shut it down.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tyrese Haliburton On Tearing Achilles In NBA Finals, IShowSpeed VS AMP, LeBron Betraying Drake: 471\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oZLEyCSwVA0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. **** no. **** no,\u201d Haliburton exclaims after being asked whether he regrets playing on that tender calf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be honest\u2014I called (Kevin Durant) after I got my MRI after Game 5. I said, \u2018Bro, do you regret playing in the game you tore [your Achilles]?\u2019 He said, \u2018No, not at all.\u2019 \u2026I wasn\u2019t going to switch anyway, so I\u2019m glad he said that. It made me feel a little bit better. But no, I don\u2019t regret it, bro.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Exception To The Rule<\/h4>\n<p>To be frank, Houston Rockets star forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/duranke01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kevin Durant<\/a>\u2019s perspective on whether he regrets playing in the game that <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YcSOLHMsJYw?si=mW671DDKPvRAXpST\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resulted in him tearing his Achilles<\/a> could\u2019ve been altered by the way he\u2019s played since then. In fact, his post-2019 NBA Finald numbers are actually better than they were pre-injury. Stats aside, the 15-time All-Star has mastered the art of scoring in three dribbles or less. So much so that his genuinely positive defensive impact gets overshadowed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_156675\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156675\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-156675 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/IMG_8578-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant shooting\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/IMG_8578-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/IMG_8578-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/IMG_8578-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/IMG_8578-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/IMG_8578-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/IMG_8578-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/08\/IMG_8578-1200x800.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-156675\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dec 19, 2024; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant (35) shoots the ball against Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) during the third quarter at Footprint Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That being said, Durant is the exception to the rule. Consequently, using his experience as a reference base would be foolhardy. However, Haliburton sounds like he\u2019s more headstrong than people knew. This could have a positive effect on both a tangible and intangible level.<\/p>\n<p>In terms of the former, he\u2019s more likely to attack his rehab diligently. As for the unseen? Coming back from a severe injury takes more than discipline. Players have to feel comfortable running, jumping, cutting, and changing directions at full speed. Without the requisite confidence, that process could take longer than it should.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After sacrificing his Achilles to play in Game 5 of the 2025 NBA Finals, Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton is looking at a lengthy recovery timeline. It\u2019s not quite Great Wall of China long; it\u2019s more like the Medora Covered Bridge. No matter how you slice it though, the two-time All-Star won\u2019t be on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":156676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1608,31,62,3],"tags":[69,4745,596,2607],"class_list":["post-156665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pacers","category-basketball","category-rockets","category-nba","category-news","tag-kevin-durant","tag-nba-injuries","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-tyrese-haliburton"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=156665"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":156703,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156665\/revisions\/156703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=156665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=156665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=156665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}