Haliburton on His Return, Preseason Thoughts, and Most Intriguing Players!

LoweAnd I think he's going to learn on a lot of those plays where they end up in mid -range shots or just he picks up his dribble and kicks it out.

LoweHe's like one dribble away on the pick and roll from having that retreating big man in a real bad position. He's one dribble away from drawing a foul at the rim. He's one dribble away from creating a lob or a pocket pass to his big man. And I think he has the right intentions and he's going to see that.

LoweAnd you see flashes of all of that stuff, the right pass, the hesitation dribble and drive to the rim. Yeah, he's not like the most explosive first step athlete, vertical athlete. when he gets a runway, he is, and he's very crafty. And his change of pace, his crossover dribble, his hesitation moves, those kind of things make you effectively faster and more explosive than you actually are in a raw way.

LoweAnd I see absolutely no reason why he should not be a plus defensive player. He can get skinny around screens. He's big. I think his activity level needs to get a little better. But if I were betting, I would bet on Brandon Miller.

LoweBut I'm interested to hear what you think of the Ingram comparison and sort of,

LoweI'm more optimistic about Brandon Miller than that. I have no idea where you fall on him.

DuncanNo, like one, as a Southeast enthusiast, I appreciate you bringing Brandon Miller to the table first and foremost. But no, in all seriousness, the Brandon Ingram comp is interesting to me. Like my immediate thought as you're going into it is like, well, Brandon Miller already, and maybe this is just a product of when he entered the league, he is already more willing to take threes and take threes off the bounce than Brandon Ingram has ever been.