An already difficult season for Tyrese Haliburton has gotten worse.
The Indiana Pacers All-Star, who’s been sidelined all season with a ruptured Achilles tendon that he suffered in Game 7 of last season’s NBA Finals, now has shingles.
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That’s according to head coach Rick Carlisle, who announced Haliburton’s condition to reporters on Sunday. Per Carlisle, Haliburton will be away from the team for 2-3 weeks with the illness.
Per the Mayo Clinic, shingles can be passed to anyone who isn’t immune to chickenpox. The condition doesn’t impact Haliburton’s availability. His Achilles tendon injury is expected to sideline him until the start of next season at the earliest.
But he’s dealing with an illness that, according to the Mayo Clinic, can be “very painful” and generally impacts people who are 50 or older. Per the Mayo Clinic:
“Pain is usually the first symptom of shingles. For some people, the pain can be intense. Depending on the location of the pain, it can sometimes be mistaken for problems with the heart, lungs or kidneys.”
Carlisle told reporters that Haliburton is experiencing pain and that he’s expected to make a full recovery.
“It’s a very painful thing,” Carlisle said,” per the Indianapolis Star. … “He will make a full recovery, but this happened over the last few days.
“He was meeting us in D.C. and had some odd symptoms and he came back here. That’s what’s happening with him. We certainly wish him a speedy recovery. It’s a unique case and a unique situation, but I talked to him a few times and he’s always in a good mood, so he’ll get through it.”
Tyrese Haliburton is dealing with a painful case of singles, according to Pacers coach Rick Carlisle.
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Haliburton had emerged into one of the NBA’s best guard’s last season prior to his Achilles tendon injury. He made his second career All-NBA team and led the Pacers to a surprise trip to the NBA Finals as a 4 seed.
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There, the Pacers pushed the champion Thunder to seven games. But Haliburton, who started Game 7 a lingering calf injury, ruptured his Achilles early in the first half. The Pacers couldn’t recover from the injury, and Haliburton’s promising career got derailed at 24 years old by one of the worst injuries in sports.
Haliburton’s hoping in the long term to recover in time to return to his All-NBA form. In the short-term, he’s dealing with a difficult illness.
The Pacers, meanwhile, are in last place in the Eastern Conference at 15-43 on the heels on winning last season’s conference title.
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