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Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton pokes fun at lack of own playing time at Olympics

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Fox News Flash top sports headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. With an Olympic basketball team full of superstars, some of them are going to be the odd men out - for Team USA, those were Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton.

Tatum's lack of playing time was rather surprising, considering he is less than two months removed from winning the NBA Finals with the Boston Celtics and signing the richest contract in NBA history.

Haliburton - not so much. On a team with LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry and Joel Embiid, when rotations became limited late, Haliburton simply had no place on the floor. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Tyrese Haliburton of the USA warms up during the quarterfinal game between the USA and Brazil on day 11 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on Aug.

6, 2024 in Paris. (Marvin Ibo Guengoer - GES Sportfoto/Getty Images) However, his resume still reads "Olympic gold medalist," despite just 8.8 minutes per game in his three contests played.

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