Immediately after the Indiana Pacers traded for Tyrese Haliburton from the Sacramento Kings, head coach Rick Carlisle immediately gave him the keys to the team. Over three years later, this decision has aged incredibly well, and it is the biggest reason Indiana has been so successful recently.
Carlisle recently made an appearance on "The Zach Lowe Show" and revealed that he told the Wisconsin native he is going to run the Pacers after he was traded there.
"My relationship with Tyrese, the most compelling moment of that relationship was when he came here in the trade in late January of '22, he was shocked that they traded him.