After getting drafted by the Sacramento Kings in 2022, Tyrese Haliburton earned an honorable nickname from legendary point guard Magic Johnson, who deemed him "Little Magic."
Those are some big shoes for the Wisconsin native to fill, but he has established himself as one of the best point guards in the NBA ever since the Indiana Pacers traded for him in 2022. He still has a long way to go before being placed in the same tier as someone like Johnson, but right now, this nickname is beginning to look like a fitting one.
In the second episode of the second season of Netflix' Starting 5 docuseries, Haliburton spoke about the nickname the Los Angeles Lakers legend gave him and what exactly that means to him and his father.