Tyrese Haliburton didn’t neglect Wally Szczerbiak’s rant after making NBA All-Star

One of many strangest media moments of this NBA season got here when former participant Wally Szczerbiak, now an analyst with the Knicks, went on a rant in opposition to Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton. After the Knicks beat the Pacers, Szczerbiak referred to as Haliburton a “wannabe, pretend All-Star” in an obvious try to spice up the All-Star candidacy of New York’s Julius Randle and Jalen Brunson.

Haliburton was surprised 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 Jap Convention — and truthfully, he had a superb case to begin over Kyrie Irving. The Knicks acquired one All-Star in with Randle making the workforce, whereas Brunson was amongst our greatest snubs.

After Haliburton made the All-Star workforce, he instantly modified his Twitter image to a screenshot of Szczerbiak’s rant:

Good one from Tyrese. He’s stored the receipts and altered his image, however didn’t really feel the necessity to say the rest about it.

Right here’s Szczerbiak’s rant in full should you haven’t seen it but.

Right here’s our full take a look at the All-Star starters, the All-Star reserves, and the All-Star snubs. The 2023 NBA All-Star Recreation goes down Feb. 19 in Utah.