Jun 22, 2025; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) reacts after suffering an injury during the first quarter against the Oklahoma City Thunder during game seven of the 2025 NBA Finals at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Terada-Imagn Images

'I’m Walking Now in My Boot' – Indiana Pacers’ Tyrese Haliburton Shares Latest Injury Update

Originally posted on Hardwood Heroics | By Jordan Samar | Last updated Aug 25, 2025 9:06 AM ET

The Indiana Pacers are expected to miss Tyrese Haliburton’s services for the entirety of the 2025-26 season, as he continues to recover from his brutal Achilles injury that he sustained in the NBA Finals a few months ago.

While recovering from the injury, the Indiana Pacers star recently provided an encouraging update on his progress to various reporters.

“I’m walking now in my boot,” Haliburton said via Tony East on X (formerly known as Twitter). “Getting closer to walking full time in my shoe. So that’s exciting for me. It’s kind of like a new benchmark, a new achievement for me… Just being able to walk; it’s like the small wins right now. Just taking it a day at a time. I have good days, bad days.”

May 21, 2025; New York, New York, USA; Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton (0) reacts in the third quarter against the New York Knicks during game one of the Eastern Conference Finals for the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Brad Penner-Imagn Images

“Yeah, things are going well… Same treatment, same stuff every day. But falling in love with the grind of that. Just trying to get as well as I can as fast as I can,” he added.

Indiana Pacers expected to cut one of their centers before the start of 2025-26, claims insider

The Indiana Pacers lost Myles Turner to free agency this summer, so they traded for Jay Huff from the Memphis Grizzlies and re-signed James Wiseman and Isaiah Jackson to new contracts. However, ClutchPoints’ Brett Siegel believes the team could cut one of its centers.

May 25, 2025; Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner (33) shoots a three-point basket over New York Knicks guard Josh Hart (3) during the fourth quarter of game three of the Eastern Conference Finals for the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. Mandatory Credit: Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images

“Although the Pacers have a full 15-man roster at this moment, it is expected that they won’t keep both James Wiseman and Tony Bradley entering the 2025-26 season. Both players have nonguaranteed contracts and can be leveraged if Indiana looks to make a roster upgrade,” Siegel reported.

“(Malik) Beasley would be the type of player such a move would be executed for, and the Pacers have a $14.1 million disabled-player exception that can be used as a result of Tyrese Haliburton’s Achilles injury,” he added.