{"id":901029,"date":"2026-09-22T07:26:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:26:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901029\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T07:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T07:26:19","slug":"tyrese-haliburton-broke-a-special-tradition-after-new-york-knicks-became-nba-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/901029\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyrese Haliburton broke a &#8216;special&#8217; tradition after New York Knicks became NBA champions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton revisits what he did after the New York Knicks won the 2026 NBA Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Tyrese Haliburton spent the entire 2025-26 NBA season on the sidelines as he recovered from a torn Achilles injury.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, the Indiana Pacers failed to repeat their 2025 postseason success, and the Eastern Conference became wide open for the New York Knicks.<\/p>\n<p>The Knicks made sure to capitalize on this opportunity as they defeated the San Antonio Spurs and became the 2026 NBA champions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/GettyImages-2286413719-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Tyrese Haliburton speaks onstage during the mind the game panel at Fanatics Fest NYC 2026 at Jacob Javits Center.\" class=\"wp-image-2613174\" \/>Photo by Kevin Mazur\/Getty Images for FanaticsTyrese Haliburton didn\u2019t watch NBA Finals celebrations after New York Knicks won<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the new season, Haliburton recently made an appearance on Boardroom Talks, where he discussed a plethora of things, including his honest reaction to the Knicks lifting the Larry O\u2019Brien trophy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Knicks are they like our rival? Yes. But are those guys\u2013 I like those guys and like their friends? Yeah,\u201d Haliburton said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cAt the same time, you know, I usually watch a Finals celebration when I have before in my life; I watch because that\u2019s a special thing and like an emotional thing to watch guys win a championship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m always like man that\u2019s fire, but when the Knicks won I thought to myself, I got to turn this s___ off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MORE TYRESE HALIBURTON STORIES<\/p>\n<p>Some will say Haliburton was wrong for doing this, but others will agree that the current NBA is missing such rivalries.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the Pacers missed the chance to win the NBA Championship in 2025, and their cornerstone superstar watching the celebrations of the Knicks wouldn\u2019t have sat well with the fanbase.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n<p>    <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=hitc.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Add to Preferred Sources <\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton revisits what he did after the New York&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":901030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,7221,590,1666,85,16319],"class_list":["post-901029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-indiana-pacers","tag-nba","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-sports","tag-tyrese-haliburton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=901029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/901029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/901030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=901029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=901029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=901029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}