"I love it here. I'm glad I slid to 12," said Sacramento's top rookie last week.
"If we did this all over, I would pray to God I slid here."
Tyrese Haliburton is loving his time in Sacramento, earning himself a spot in all Rookie of the Year conversations.
Haliburton is averaging 11.4 points and 4.9 assists on an incredible 50.4 shooting clip, adding a 47.0 shooting clip from deep.
"I told y'all. They said it wasn't going to translate," Haliburton said.
"I feel like, you know, there's a lot that happened draft night that I was ready for tonight and I feel like that fueled me a little bit.