https://theathletic.com/1312243/2019/10/23/the-top-20-guards-in-college-basketball/
6. Tyrese Haliburton, 6-foot-5 sophomore, Iowa State
Haliburton is one of my favorite players in the country to watch from courtside. You don’t get a sense of how valuable he is until seeing (and hearing) him up close. Last season he played almost perfect basketball and ended up third in the country in offensive rating (136.8). He did so always with a smile, being in the right spots and constantly communicating with his teammates, a rarity for a freshman.
The ball will be in his hands more now that Nick Weiler-Babb has graduated, and Haliburton showed what that could look like this summer playing for the United States in the U-19 World Cup. Haliburton averaged 7.9 points, 6.9 assists, shot 68.9 percent from the field and had a 6-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio. His hard stats aren’t going to wow anyone, but Haliburton is an advanced stats all-star and a winner. My only concern is the awkward release on his jumper, but he keeps making them at a high rate, shooting 43.4 from 3 as a freshman and making 10 of 18 for the U-19 team.
Haliburton is one of my favorite players in the country to watch from courtside. You don’t get a sense of how valuable he is until seeing (and hearing) him up close. Last season he played almost perfect basketball and ended up third in the country in offensive rating (136.8). He did so always with a smile, being in the right spots and constantly communicating with his teammates, a rarity for a freshman.
The ball will be in his hands more now that Nick Weiler-Babb has graduated, and Haliburton showed what that could look like this summer playing for the United States in the U-19 World Cup. Haliburton averaged 7.9 points, 6.9 assists, shot 68.9 percent from the field and had a 6-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio. His hard stats aren’t going to wow anyone, but Haliburton is an advanced stats all-star and a winner. My only concern is the awkward release on his jumper, but he keeps making them at a high rate, shooting 43.4 from 3 as a freshman and making 10 of 18 for the U-19 team.
