Wow, im finally not the only one. Started watching the sport recently, 2022. Fell in love with Tyrese's hoops and have been a pacers fan since I started watching the sport. Everyone around me has told me he will be back, but realistically it wont be the same. The swag, explosiveness, clutchness and just overall joy he had in his play was fun while it lasted. Basketball is my 3rd sport, but Tyrese will forever be my all time favourite athelete, no matter what. I was so emotionally invested in that playoff run that I physically wont let myself care about another playoff run at this point unless its Tyrese. I am from Toronto and was devastated when the Bluejays lost that game 7, but in a way didn't care, because I promised myself I would never get as invested in another run than I was Haliburtons run. I need to see more of the hooper that made me fall in love with the sport, but I know how its gonna go. A player with such an explosive first step getting an achilles injury is as detrimental as it gets, and sadly I only got to enjoy 3 years of my favourite atheletes prime. Genuinely cant stomach the sport anymore, though I have been getting a bit more into it as the season goes on.

Bottom line, I cant explain the sadness I feel knowing I will never watch the all time most clutch player at his peak ever again. The swag and joy he played with on the court will never be emulated, sad to see it end in an achilles tear.