Haliburton - USA Basketball's U19 Tryouts

[LLCoolCY]

Here's the official release by USA Basketball.

The list of finalists include five USAgold medalists, five players who completed their first collegiate season in 2018-19, five athletes from the high school class of 2019 and eight players from the high school class of 2020.
Named as finalists were:
Scottie Barnes (University School/West Palm Beach, Fla.)
Joshua Christopher (Mayfair H.S./Lakewood, Calif.)
Cade Cunningham (Montverde Academy, Fla./Arlington, Texas)
Jalen Green (Prolific Prep/Fresno, Calif.)
Tyrese Haliburton (Iowa State/Oshkosh, Wis.)
Walker Kessler (Woodward Academy/Newnan, Ga.)
Kira Lewis Jr. (Alabama/Meridianville, Ala.)
Isaac Likekele (Oklahoma State/Mansfield, Texas)
Evan Mobley (Rancho Christian School/Temecula, Calif.)
Casey Morsell (St. John's College H.S./Washington, D.C.)
Zeke Nnaji (Hopkins H.S./Hopkins, Minn.)
Reggie Perry (Mississippi State/Thomasville, Ga.)
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (IMG Academy, FL/Overland Park, Kan.)
Jalen Suggs (Minnehaha Academy/Minneapolis, Minn.)
Anton Watson (Gonzaga Prep/Spokane, Wash.)
Trevion Williams (Purdue/Chicago, Ill.)
Ziaire Williams (Notre Dame H.S./Sherman Oaks, Calif.)
Samuell Williamson (Rockwall H.S./Rockwall, Texas)

Jared Butler (Baylor University/Reserve, La.) was also selected a finalist but was unable to participate.

The finalists will continue training twice a day in Colorado Springs, and the final, 12-member USA U19 World Cup Team will be announced prior to the team’s June 24 departure for Greece, and the 2019 FIBA U19 World Cup that will take place June 29-July 7.
https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2019/06/mu19-finalists.aspx

 

[Messi]

Halliburton will have a Jarrett Culver type season for ISU.

Yes, I’ll pass whatever I’m smoking.

 

[adjl]

Halliburton will have a Jarrett Culver type season for ISU.

Yes, I’ll pass whatever I’m smoking.

Love the optimism. Haliburton is probably my favorite player on this year's roster. He can do a lot of things, and I love the way he handles himself out on the court.

 

[snowcraig2.0]

Haliburton just needs a consistent little floater. If he has that he'll have an all Big 12 or better type of season.

 

[ribsnwhiskey]

Looks like 4 college guys out of the group and the rest still in high school. Hope he makes the final cut. Didn't know Bruce was the coach.

 

[Sigmapolis]

Halliburton will have a Jarrett Culver type season for ISU.

Yes, I’ll pass whatever I’m smoking.

Culver last year...



Haliburton last year...



It is not impossible by any stretch of the imagination.

-- Tyrese was a much more efficient player at roughly 1/3 the usage
-- Culver was a much better rebounder, though, as you might expect
-- Tyrese was a much better shooter from all ranges, too

 

[SolarGarlic]

Halliburton will have a Jarrett Culver type season for ISU.

Yes, I’ll pass whatever I’m smoking.

It might be a good comparison from a usage standpoint. I hope to see Haliburton's pick n roll usage go up, much like Culver.

 

[VeloClone]

...
It is not impossible by any stretch of the imagination.

-- Tyrese was a much more efficient player at roughly 1/3 the usage
-- Culver was a much better rebounder, though, as you might expect
-- Tyrese was a much better shooter from all ranges, too

*But not from the line.

 

[Sigmapolis]

*But not from the line.

True. Culver just maintained reasonable efficiency at huge volumes. Tyrese had almost astronomical efficiency at relatively low usage rates. We know what Tyrese can do at 10%, but we will see what he can do at 20% or 25% next year.

I know guys like Nixon and hopefully Bolton are going to be taking their shots, but Tyrese is going to have to step up on his shot-taking and shot-creation next season.

 

[Kurttr]

Yep, he'll be looking to score when he drives this year. He'll pass at times, too, of course, but, last year, he basically drove to pass the ball. I agree with those predicting a big year for him.

 

[discydisc]

Made the team! Way to go Tyrese!

 

[Halincandenza]

Made the team! Way to go Tyrese!

This is huge for the kid and great press for ISU. Have a player drafted and a player make a USA team on the same day!

 

[srjclone]

Made the team! Way to go Tyrese!

Tyrese and Kira Lewis in the backcourt?? ho boy

 

[srjclone]

Also, start chattin up Jalen.

 

[cyfan92]

Made the team! Way to go Tyrese!

BOOM!!!!!

 

[Sigmapolis]

Glad to see they picked somebody who plays defense, moves the ball, leads the team, and can space the court, rather than stocking a team with great individual scorers.

Tyrese is special.

 

[heitclone]

Glad to see they picked somebody who plays defense, moves the ball, and can space the court, rather than stocking a team with great individual scorers.

Tyrese is special.

I'm really excited to see him play this role surrounded by a team of All stars, seems like a perfect fit.

 

[CyTwins]

That's so big time! Congrats Tyrese!

 

[Cydkar]

Dang, now I can't make fun of Bruce any more.

 

[bosco]

Anyone know who is broadcasting these games?