Watch Tyrese Haliburton arrive to 2024 NBA All-Star Tip-Off party in style! Pacers point guard rolls up in IndyCar with driver Conor Daly

Indiana Pacers point guard Tyrese Haliburton arrived at the 2024 NBA All-Star Tip-Off party in style — rolled up in an IndyCar sporting the team’s colors.

Haliburton stopped at the event in downtown Indianapolis, not far from the site of the famous Indianapolis 500 and NASCAR Brickyard 400.

He was driven by IndyCar driver Conor Daly in a yellow and black car to kick off the weekend’s festivities.

The 23-year-old guard will compete in multiple events during All-Star weekend, including the Kia Skills Challenge – with teammates Bennedict Mathurin and Myles Turner – and most notably his second straight All-Star game.

Haliburton has put together one of the best seasons in the NBA this year with a career-high average of 21.8 points and a league-leading 11.7 assists per game.

He has helped the Pacers become one of this year’s surprise breakout teams in just his second full season in Indiana after being acquired in a trade from the Sacramento Kings, where he spent the first season and a half of his NBA career.

Haliburton, Tamika Catchings (L), Larry Bird (second from left) and others participated in the event

Despite hamstring issues this season, Haliburton has led the Pacers to a 31-25 record, which currently puts them in sixth place in the Eastern Conference.

He recently joined former NBA sharpshooter JJ Redick’s podcast and admitted that if it weren’t for the NBA’s new rule, he wouldn’t have returned from injury.

The regulations require players to participate in 65 games — and log a minimum of 21 minutes in those games — to be eligible for postseason awards, including being named to one of the All-NBA teams.

If Haliburton is named to one of the three All-NBA teams, his max contract starting next season will be worth about $260 million, down from $206 million.

Haliburton has a career-high average of 21.8 points and a league-leading 11.7 assists per game

Haliburton recently admitted that he was coming back from a hamstring injury due to new NBA rules

“There’s no question about it,” Haliburton said when Redick asked if he felt a sense of urgency to return and if the “$53 million incentive” had anything to do with when he returned to the court.

‘Yes what?’ Haliburton said. “I thought I was ready for the Portland game. So did our medical staff.

‘Everyone agreed. But if this had never been the case, I might have said, “Give it a few more games.” Maybe think about it carefully. Let’s try to be 100 percent.”

After returning from his injury, Haliburton was limited to 23 minutes in his first four games back on the field to ensure he didn’t re-aggravate the injury, before upping things to 30 and eventually 34 minutes.