Tyrese Haliburton and Jade Jones are able to take the subsequent massive step of their relationship: they're engaged!
Haliburton, 25, and Jones met as faculty college students at Iowa State College, so it solely made sense for the Indiana Pacers star to rearrange the proposal on the college. Regardless of the season-ending harm he suffered throughout Recreation 7 of the NBA Finals this yr, Haliburton dropped to 1 knee on the Hilton Coliseum in entrance of large letters that spelled out, “Will You Marry Me?”
The pair shared a joint publish via Instagram of photographs from the proposal on Monday, July 28. Within the first, Jones is seen holding her face as Haliburton kneels in entrance of her. One other picture options each Jones and Haliburton in entrance of an Iowa State College signal, with the engagement ring prominently displayed.
“The place the place our story began, and the place our subsequent chapter begins❤️💍,” Haliburton captioned the carousel of photographs. “Future Mrs. What the Hali 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭,” Jones commented.
The pair met once they have been each athletes on the college — Haliburton performed basketball, and Jones was a cheerleader. They started relationship in April 2019, and celebrated their sixth anniversary in April 2025.
“6 complete years of loving you 🩷 Each single day you proceed to amaze me!! You make this world shine so extremely brilliant and I'm so fortunate to spend life by your aspect,” Jones wrote via Instagram in honor of the milestone. “You're so particular to me, our love is one in a million- My greatest good friend endlessly & ever!! I like you 🫶🏼🥹.”
Tyrese Haliburton and Jade Jones Maddie Meyer/Getty Photos
Jones is an everyday fixture at Haliburton's video games for the Pacers, and she or he was available all through the group's playoffs experience this season. In Might of this yr, Jones shared a series of photos that confirmed herself and Haliburton on the court docket by way of Instagram. She captioned the snaps, “go NY go NY go… Residence!!! #YESCERSSS So pleased with this group!!! 💛💛💛.”
Haliburton and Jones have additionally taken one other vital first step collectively: they added their canine, Ames, to the household when the basketball star was a rookie for the Sacramento Kings. In August 2024 Haliburton posed for a photo shoot with Ames — and his gold medal from the 2024 Olympic Video games.
Whereas speaking to FanDuel Sports Network Indiana in March 2023, Haliburton defined that Ames could be very particular to the duo. “My canine doesn't know the way good or dangerous I play, he's simply blissful to see me,” he mentioned. “So I take pleasure in having one particular person in my life who regardless of how I play they're going to greet me the identical means every single day.”
