Tyrese Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton

Tyrese Haliburton is an American basketball player for the Sacramento Kings. He played college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones. In 2019, he led the United States to a gold medal and earned all-tournament team honors at the FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Heraklion, Greece.

About Tyrese Haliburton in brief

Summary Tyrese HaliburtonTyrese Haliburton is an American basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Iowa State Cyclones. As a freshman with Iowa State, he set the program’s single-game assists record. In 2019, he led the United States to a gold medal and earned all-tournament team honors at the FIBA Under-19 World Cup in Heraklion, Greece. After the season, he announced that he would enter the NBA draft and enter his college basketball eligibility for the 2020 season.

On November 27, 2020, the Kings officially announced that they had signed withHaliburton to play for them in the 2020 NBA Draft. He was selected with the 12th pick by the Kings in the first round of the 2020NBA Draft on November 18, 2020. He is 6-feet 5 inches and 175 pounds. Haliburon was a consensus three-star recruit from Oshkosh North High School, whom he led to a state championship in his senior season. He also played for the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.