If three words are used to describe tyres Halliburton, stability, accuracy and ruthlessness are probably the most accurate.
In the early morning of January 1, Beijing time, at the Pacers home court 131-130, they narrowly won the first battle of the Clippers. Halliburton scored 8 in 13 (2 in 3-6 shots), and scored 24 points and 10 assists in 7 penalty 6, 7 rebounds, 4 steals, 1 cap, zero mistakes. In the fourth quarter, Halliburton scored 18 points, of which 13 points were scored the patriot in the last 4 minutes.
The control field is stable enough, the shooting is accurate enough, and the critical moment is tough enough.
In terms of season performance, Halliburton is also worthy of three-character comments. Halliburton sent 10.2 assists and only 2.5 mistakes in the field. Its field goal percentage reaches 48.5%, the three-point hit rate is 40.9%, and the projection is accurate. Halliburton scored 50 points in 58 minutes at the critical moment and ranked 16th in the league at the critical moment. The performance was tough enough.
Once, Halliburton was despised by many teams in the draft and was unhappy because of being traded by the King. Now, Halliburton is playing the wind in the walkers. All-Star seats, rookie super top pay, and best lineup places all waved to him not far away.
Before the 2020 draft conference, the market of Halliburton was high and low. Halliburton has a height of 1.96 meters. As a point guard, he has obvious advantages. He scored 15.2 points and 6.5 assists in his sophomore year at Iowa State University, with a field goal percentage of 50.4% and a three-point hit rate of 41.9%. However, Halliburton lacked the sports talent of explosion. In his sophomore year, he only played 91 gear splits in 24 games, and the efficiency of gear splits was only higher than that of the players in the United States by 31%. In addition, his shooting posture is somewhat strange, and his wind comments are seriously polarized. Those who are optimistic about Halliburton think he can become a reliable blocker, while those who are not optimistic about him think his upper limit is limited.
Before the draft, Halliburton thought that the most suitable team for him was the Warriors who held the list and then the Bulls who signed the 4th. Except for Knights and Eagles, Halliburton is willing to go to any other team, because knights and Eagles have no position and are not suitable for him. It is said that Halliburton told the Knight and the Eagle not to choose him. As for this matter, Halliburton’s two interviews were contradictory. In April 2021, Halliburton refuted the rumor in an exclusive interview, saying that the news was fabricated by people with heart. But Halliburton himself admitted in 2022 that he told the Knight and the Eagle not to choose him.
Halliburton was chosen by the King in the 12th place. At that time, Johnson, the famous magician of the Lakers, called Halliburton “little magician” on Twitter “. The king regarded him as the blocker beside de Aron Fox. Luke Walton, then the King’s coach, asked him to hold the second ball and play without the ball. Halliburton had no opinion on this arrangement. He thought that he didn’t have the strength to play a full-time first-time guard in the first year, and it would be beneficial for him to learn more around Fox. Fox believes that it is the trend of the times that two defenders with the ability to hold the ball are present at the same time. He and Halliburton can complement each other.
Halliburton averaged 13 points and 5.3 assists in the 2020-21 season. In the case that the usage rate of the ball was less than 18.1%, Halliburton played 24.6% of the assist rate, and the error rate was only 12.5%. Halliburton quickly established his position as a core player. In the 2021-22 season, he averaged 14.3 points and 7.4 assists.
Halliburton thought he was not for sale by the king, but on February 9, 2022, Halliburton felt the cruelty of business for the first time. He was sent by the King to Pacers for little Sabonis. However, the King traded Halliburton only because Fox’s trading market was not good enough to change the all-star insider like little Sabonis. At the same time, the king needed to give David Mitchell position.
“I thought it was almost impossible for me to be traded. I felt that I could not be traded,” Halliburton said. Shortly before being traded, he just got 13 points and 17 assists.
Halliburton went to Indiana to report gloomily. Walker assistant Janey Bucek felt pain in his eyes when he first met Halliburton. Halliburton also admitted that even being traded was a fait accompli, he still couldn’t digest this fact after racking his brain. Halliburton went to Sacramento with the ideal of helping the King turn over, but his ideal, like Bud, was destroyed by the ruthless storm before it was full.
“We need to build a team with you as the core.” This was the promise of Pacers general manager Buchanan to Halliburton, but Halliburton, who had just experienced betrayal in the King, no longer easily believed these illusory promises. But soon, Halliburton found that the promise given by the Pacers was sincere. First of all, the walkers gave Halliburton the position and right to hold the core of the ball. Secondly, walkers from draft picks to matching lineup are based on the characteristics of Halliburton.
Therefore, Halliburton averaged 17.5 points and 9.6 assists in the second half of last season, while this season he improved to 20.9 points and 10.2 assists.
You know, Halliburton played the above data, and the usage rate of the ball weight used was even less than 25%. Rick Carlisle’s evaluation was as follows: in this era when the usage rate of core players frequently exceeds 30% or even 40%, Halliburton is an alien.
Halliburton’s average ball holding time is only 7.5 minutes. By contrast, James Harden is 8.9 minutes and Lucca East chip is 9.9 minutes. Halliburton sent 73.8 passes to the second place in the league when the time of holding the ball was shorter and the number of times was less than fengshui ball. This shows that Halliburton can not only hold the ball, but also send a fatal pass, when he plays without a ball, he can quickly pass the ball to the best position after receive the ball, and does not stick the ball at all. In some rounds, Halliburton did not hold the ball, but he could command his teammates to pass the ball to the empty space with gestures and shouting, and he played the bait all the way.
Halliburton did not deliberately pursue the formation of assists. He transferred the ball to the most reasonable position with the simplest technique and the most reasonable playing method, and assists came naturally. Halliburton said: “Many players only pass when they can form direct assists, but that is not my style.”
In January 2022, Halliburton met the famous trainer Drew-Hanlan. Hanlan’s clients also included Joel enbide, Tatum, Bill, etc. Hanlan told Halliburton that he was already an excellent passer, but he still needed to add personal attacks. Hanlan believes that Halliburton has the ability to hit 20+10 on average.
During the off-season in 2022, Halliburton officially began to follow the Hanlan training. This special training focused on three aspects: increasing muscle, improving weak side hands, and cultivating the mentality of scorers. Hanlan also specially pulled a chat group, with Lavin, enbide, Tatum and Bill all in it. The common feature of these four people is that they have superior scoring ability.
This special training is effective. Halliburton followed the Walker Trainer to practice strength and increased 8.2 kilograms of muscle, which improved his fighting ability. Hanlan was mainly responsible for his weak lateral hand training. Halliburton improved his habit of throwing after reaching the middle distance. He played more aggressive, with 27 percent of the basket shot reaching a new high in his career. Halliburton further developed a section of retreat step three points and dry pull three points, which improved the shooting speed. The hit rate of dry pull three points exceeded 41%, and the retreat step field goal percentage 41.4%, the three-point hit rate of the backward step is. The Patriot today’s battle with clippers, these technologies have been demonstrated by Halliburton.
Halliburton is very satisfied with the current play that does not occupy a lot of ball rights but can achieve both attack and transmission. He said: “If I can pursue more points and let the defender respect me, this further unlocked my organizational capabilities.”
So far this season, Halliburton has scored at least 20 points, 10 assists and no mistakes in a single game three times. Chris Paul’s limit is 2 times in a single season, several players, including LeBlanc James and Tim Hardaway, are record holders and have played such data three times in a single season. At this pace, Halliburton broke the historical record just around the corner.
Now walkers rank 6th in the East with 20 wins and 17 losses, and they have no plan to swoop down. If Halliburton and Pacers keep on, Halliburton has a chance to be an all-star, and he also has a chance to sign the rookie super top salary with Pacers in advance during the off-season in 2023.
Halliburton said that he seldom considered personal honor. At the beginning, his first goal was to help the King return to the playoffs and compete for the championship in the future. Now, he has only one goal:
“I want to bring the walkers back to their original height.”