Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton is joining \u201cNBA on Prime\u201d as a player contributor and will make his broadcast debut Tuesday night during \u201cNBA Nightcap.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haliburton, who suffered an Achilles tear in Game 7 of the 2025 NBA Finals, will deliver behind-the-scenes content on his recovery journey for \u201cNBA on Prime\u201d viewers throughout the 2025-26 season as well as offer his insights and commentary on happenings around the league.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m going to be talking about the games, talking about the season, talking about the NBA as a whole, which I\u2019m excited about,\u201d Haliburton told The Athletic. \u201cI think, for me, and just NBA players in general, sometimes with the media \u2014 I think we all criticize \u2014 but the people who are giving us criticism, and the way that our game is talked about and the way that our game is digested is something that\u2019s always bothered a lot of players.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haliburton joins NBA greats Dirk Nowitzki, Dwyane Wade, Steve Nash and Udonis Haslem with host Taylor Rooks as they put the night\u2019s NBA events in perspective. He said he looks forward to joining players he\u2019s admired while putting the game in a positive light.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the great part about Prime is that they have a ton of former players that are talking about the game,\u201d Haliburton said. \u201cI think Dirk, D-Wade, Candace Parker, UD (Haslem) and Steve Nash talking the game is important. I think that Taylor (Rooks) is somebody who has a lot of respect in our league as well, just the way that she asks questions, and she\u2019s so engaging. But I think just being able to talk about the game with people, and not always having to be so critical of players, but just how we can talk about the game and put today\u2019s players in the right limelight. I think it is important.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s something that Prime has done that\u2019s excited a lot of basketball fans, and something that I was like, I want to be a part of that. I\u2019m excited to be a part of that. I\u2019m really looking forward to doing that this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
In his new role, the two-time All-Star hopes to be a voice that not only celebrates the NBA but helps fans understand the game and its players a bit better. Of the former players on the studio crew, Haslem played most recently, having retired in 2023, and Haliburton says he can offer the current player perspective that is often overlooked when it comes to NBA discussions.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think for a fan who just turns on the game and is more of a casual fan, the talking heads are important to them,\u201d Haliburton said. \u201cThis is what they\u2019re seeing on television. And I think that sometimes our game can get so critical, and it can be so narrative-based. That\u2019s something we talked about during the (NBA) Finals, right? It was so refreshing, I think, for our game to see the Pacers versus the Thunder because it was less about narratives of \u2018Where does this put his legacy?\u2019 and more about how the Pacers are attacking the Thunder and how the Thunder\u2019s defense is.\u201d<\/p>\n
Haliburton said he thinks \u201cNBA on Prime\u201d is less critical of players and offers fans a more positive view of the league, which, in turn, could help change the way fans discuss the NBA. Haliburton believes overly critical coverage doesn\u2019t inform fans, just gives them talking points to repeat, and it\u2019s something he\u2019d like to see change.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that that\u2019s important because it allows the casual fan to have a better understanding of the game,\u201d Haliburton said. \u201cAnd I think that if people have more of an understanding of the game and talk more about what\u2019s in front of them, I think that that\u2019s better for our game overall. It\u2019s more of a celebration and positivity around our game. And I think that our league, arguably, is one of the only leagues where people are so critical of players that sometimes it can create opinions from the casual fan that they don\u2019t even know what they\u2019re talking about.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just what they\u2019re hearing on television. I think that Prime is doing a great job of just allowing former players to come on and celebrate our game, which I think is better just overall for everybody.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amazon Prime Video tipped off its NBA coverage this season with a star-studded crew and high-level production<\/a> that has seen a mostly positive reception<\/a> from viewers.<\/p>\n Fans can catch Haliburton and the rest of the Prime crew after Tuesday\u2019s NBA Cup quarterfinals matchups between the Miami Heat and Orlando Magic (6 p.m. ET) and the New York Knicks and Toronto Raptors (8:30 p.m. ET).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton is joining \u201cNBA on Prime\u201d as a player contributor and will make his…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":435972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[1267,1260,62,222,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-435971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba","8":"tag-indiana-pacers","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-sports-business","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115690580878070372","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}