And yet, Haliburton's peers don't seem to respect his game much.

And this is what happened for most of Haliburton’s 35 minutes on the court, when he played with an edge, a fury that doesn’t seem like him. Wouldn’t you like to see more of it? This was Haliburton

Haliburton was named the NBA's most overrated player Tuesday in an anonymous poll conducted by The Athletic. Haliburton earned 14.4 percent of the vote, beating out Rudy Gobert and Trae Young for that title.