The former Sacramento Kings defender, Tyrese Haliburton has recently been voted as “the player is highly appreciated” at NBA.

The star of Los Angeles Lakers, LeBron James, went to social networks on Tuesday to refute that view, criticizing the players who criticized Haliburton in an anonymous poll.

James praised Haliburton after watching him score 17 points, four times the ball, twice created and once robbed the ball for Indiana Pacers in the first half of the 5th match of the Eastern semi -finals against Cleveland Cavaliers. Haliburton only slipped a shot in the opening half, performing 5 out of 6 3 -point throws.

“Hali fkn hooping !!!!” James tweeted. “Which lame people say that he is too highly appreciated?

Haliburton scored 31 points, six times the table and eight assists for Pacers, the team reached the final of the Second East Conference for the second consecutive year with the victory of 114-105 against Cavaliers.

Haliburton was identified as the player who was rated too much of the tournament in The Athletic’s annual NBA player. Of the 90 players to answer the question, Haliburton received 14.4%of the votes, followed by Rudy Gobert (10%), Trae Young (8.9%), Jimmy Butler (5.5%), Bradley Beal (4.4%), Draymond Green (4.4%), Ja Morant (4.4%) and Julius Randle (4.4%).

James, who scored the most goals of all time of NBA, just finished his 22nd season in NBA.

Haliburton started his career at Sacramento after Kings chose him from Iowa State with the number 12 in the 2020 NBA Draft. Haliburton reached an average of 13.6 points, 3.4 Rebounds and 6.3 assists in 109 matches with Kings before he was discussed with Pacers in the ton bomb deal to bring Darmantas Sabodis to Sacramento.

Currently in the fifth season, Haliburton is a player twice achieved the title of All-Star. He won the title of All-NBA Third Team a year ago after reaching an average of 20.1 points, 3.9 rebounds, 10.9 assists and 1.2 times of robbery.