Andrew Nembhard will be the Indiana Pacers’ starting point guard with Tyrese Haliburton sidelined for the 2025 NBA season with an Achilles injury.

Nembhard averaged 10 points, five assists and three rebounds last season.

“It changes my whole perception of game,” Nembhard said about being the primary ball handler.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Pacers guard Andrew Nembhard will have a new role this season: starting point guard.

”It changes my whole perception of the game,” Nembhard said. “Bringing the ball up is a whole new way of looking at the game instead of running off the ball.”

Nembhard will orchestrate coach Rick Carlisle ’s offense as the team’s primary ball handler with Tyrese Haliburton sidelined for the entire 2025 NBA campaign. Haliburton tore his right Achilles tendon in

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