PO Hot Player Halliburton. The mystery of three years ago. Why did Sacramento trade Halliburton in a surprise move
May 25, 2025
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He is the ace of the Indiana Pacers. Halliburton, who established himself as Indiana's ace last season, has established himself as the league's top field commander.
However, he was sluggish early this season. The U.S. local media surveyed 'Most Valuable Player', and Halliburton topped the list.
In fact, Indiana was evaluated as a strong dark horse before the season, but it was not evaluated in the regular league. There has been a slump in Halliburton.
Indiana maintained the big three systems of Pascal Siakam and Miles Turner around Halliburton. The efficiency was not good. Rumors of the dismantling of the Big Three were also short-lived, but there were.
However, Indiana is on a roll in the playoffs. It overwhelmed the Cleveland Cavaliers, one of the strongest teams in the East. Halliburton scored a dramatic step-back three-pointer to bring out a thrilling come-from-behind victory.
In addition, in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Final against the New York Knicks, he turned the tables with about a minute left in the fourth quarter. Halliburton fired a thrilling mid-range shot that led to the extension.
CBS Sports in the U.S. has begun to deal with Halliburton's trade. In 2022, the Sacramento Kings and Indiana agreed to a trade.
CBS Sports said on the 25th (Korea time) '2022 ahead of the NBA trade deadline, the Sacramento Kings pushed for a trade centered on star big man Domantas Sabonis. traded Halliburton to the Indiana Pacers, and acquired Sabonis. Sacramento was in the midst of the longest playoff drought in North American professional sports history and was balking at an all-out rebuild centered on Halliburton and De'Aaron Parks at the time.
At that time, Sacramento was flooded with point guards such as Parkx, Halliburton, and Davion Mitchell. On the other hand, there was a lack of big men. Halliburton was the best trade card for Sacramento to strengthen its roster.
At the time, Pax had already signed a five-year, $163 million extension contract. Pax could not be released.
The media reported 'Immediately the trade benefited Sacramento. Sacramento broke a 16-year playoff drought and won 48 games, making it the best team in NBA history (119.4).
Ironically, however, Indiana advanced to the Eastern Final this season. He is set to advance to the championship game with two wins in the Eastern finals.
At the time, Sacramento had an issue regarding the coexistence of Pax and Halliburton. The result was negative.
The outlet said 'Holiburton played on the court with Pax for 960 minutes during the 2020-2021 season. This backcourt combination had a net rating of -4.7. It was the second-lowest of the two-man lineups that he played with for at least 500 minutes in Sacramento." The following season, the two players played together for 853 minutes and recorded a net rating of -5.3'
In other words, the coexistence of the two players failed. I did an experiment, but the result was a failure. In the end, he traded Halliburton, whose stock price soared, to Indiana, where he needed a point guard. Instead, he brought Sabonis, who established himself as Sacramento's ace.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
