Pacers confirm Tyrese Haliburton to miss entire 2025-26 season
Pacers president Kevin Pritchard confirmed Monday that Indiana's star point guard will miss next season as he recovers from a torn Achilles tendon he suffered in Game 7 of the NBA Finals.
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Pacers coach Rick Carlisle alluded to Haliburton's likely season-long absence in a radio interview June 24.
"People should be very hopeful," Carlisle told 107.5 FM. "This is going to be a long haul, a long road back. Obviously, very unlikely that he'll play at all next year. I don't think I'm speaking out of school as a non-medical person."
Recovery for such an injury ranges from 8-10 months. Haliburton had surgery June 23.
"With an Achilles disruption, if the rope tore, and tore in half, that has to be put back together. And so surgery will definitely be required to re-approximate or put those kind of frayed ends back together so they can heal," Dr. Patrick Kersey told IndyStar's Dana Hunsinger Benbow. "Those are generally kind of sewn or tied back together like you would similar (to sewing fabric back together).
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'And then that will scar and heal over periods of time. It is a little bit of a vulnerable area and takes a bit of time and so recovery is anywhere between eight to 10, 11 months. So, it'll be a bit of time before he's probably back playing basketball."
The Pacers will likely start Andrew Nembhard at point guard and move Bennedict Mathurin into the starting lineup as the shooting guard. T.J. McConnell will remain a key reserve at point guard and will be joined by second-round pick Kam Jones of Marquette, who was selected No. 38 overall in last month's NBA draft.
IndyStar reporters Dana Hunsinger Benbow and Dustin Dopirak contributed to this story.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indiana Pacers confirm Tyrese Haliburton to miss entire 2025-26 season
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