Tyrese Haliburton is having an outstanding year on the court and is gearing up for his second consecutive conference finals appearance, but the Indiana Pacers star got an exciting bit of news off the court this week.

Haliburton is, too, and he has shown an ability to embrace the villain roll and stick up for his team. After the Pacers eliminated the Knicks in seven games last year, Haliburton wore a shirt depicting Reggie Miller’s infamous choking gesture to his postgame press conference.