Draymond Green Makes Bold Steph Curry-Tyrese Haliburton Statement

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Paolo Songco | Last updated Jun 2, 2025 11:37 AM ET

Tyrese Haliburton is the talk of the town right now. The two-time All-Star grabbed headlines after leading the Indiana Pacers to a 4-2 series win against the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference finals.

Right now, Haliburton and Co. are preparing to face off against NBA Most Valuable Player Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder in what should be a compelling NBA Finals series.

Golden State Warriors veteran Draymond Green has jumped on the Haliburton hype train. In a recent episode of his podcast, "The Draymond Green Show with Baron Davis," the former Defensive Player of the Year dropped a bold statement comparing Haliburton to none other than Steph Curry.

According to Green, he sees a bit of Curry—and Dallas Mavericks star Kyrie Irving—in Haliburton.

"Follow me here. Steph Curry and Kyrie Irving, their ball handling starts when it appears to you that they've lost the basketball," Green said. "Because you think they've lost it, and they got it so crazy on the yo-yo, where as soon as you go to reach, you're so out of position that there's no way you can catch up.

"Hali got some of that. Also, he bap-bap you, he's 6'7", his stride, he gone. And so it's very interesting to watch because looking at it on TV, it don't appear that his handle is like that."

"They give Haliburton so much space like they don’t realize he’s surgical with it... His handle is very underrated and sneaky."@Money23Green x @BaronDavis on how Tyrese Haliburton’s game is different pic.twitter.com/UrfvOZUJHP
— The Draymond Green Show with Baron Davis (@DraymondShow) June 1, 2025

If there's one player in the NBA who knows Curry, it's Green. These two have been playing alongside each other for the past 13 years, which has resulted in no less than four NBA championships.

There's no denying that Green's comparison of Haliburton to Curry is a very high compliment for the Pacers star.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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