Last year, during a SmackDown at Madison Square Garden, Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton trotted to the ring adjacent to Logan Paul and confronted Knicks franchise cornerstone Jalen Brunson. The tension created a viral moment, which begs the question: could the pair lock up in the squared circle?

When Jalen Brunson and Tyrese Haliburton glared at each other in a WWE wrestling ring last summer, it seemed like a fitting next step in the rivalry between the Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks that's already featured headbutts and chokes.