One of the strangest media moments of this NBA season got here when former participant Wally Szczerbiak, now an analyst with the Knicks, went on a rant towards Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton. After the Knicks beat the Pacers, Szczerbiak known as Haliburton a “wannabe, fake All-Star” in an obvious try to spice up the All-Star candidacy of New York’s Julius Randle and Jalen Brunson.
Haliburton was shocked at Szczerbiak’s passionate criticism, and for his half Szczerbiak has since apologized. Szczerbiak’s rant feels much more weird now after Haliburton was introduced as a first-time NBA All-Star on Thursday night time.
Haliburton was named a reserve within the Eastern Conference — and actually, he had a very good case to start out over Kyrie Irving. The Knicks received one All-Star in with Randle making the crew, whereas Brunson was amongst our greatest snubs.
After Haliburton made the All-Star crew, he immediately modified his Twitter image to a screenshot of Szczerbiak’s rant:
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Good one from Tyrese. He’s saved the receipts and altered his image, however didn’t really feel the necessity to say anything about it.
Here’s Szczerbiak’s rant in full in case you haven’t seen it but.
Here’s our full have a look at the All-Star starters, the All-Star reserves, and the All-Star snubs. The 2023 NBA All-Star Game goes down Feb. 19 in Utah.