ESPN NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins is at least willing to admit when he is wrong, as one player discovered on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
On Wednesday\u2019s \u201cNBA Today,\u201d Perkins said he owed Indiana Pacers<\/a> guard Tyrese Haliburton<\/a> a public apology after doubting Haliburton\u2019s status as a franchise guard two years ago. According to Perkins, Haliburton as proven his importance to the Pacers, and should be regarded as one of the best guards in the league.<\/p>\n \u201cI was one of them that called him overrated two years ago, and I would like to issue a public apology. Young man, you are one of them,\u201d Perkins said. \u201cWhen we start to talk about Luka (Doncic), Jalen Brunson<\/a> and these top dogs around the league, we have to mention this young man. He led a team to the NBA Finals. This man is one of the best leaders in the game. He\u2019s a throwback guard. No one can question him in the clutch because he\u2019s proven it on the big stage.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI would like to issue a public apology, because, young man, you are one of them.\u201d \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n @KendrickPerkins explains what made him change his mind about Tyrese Haliburton. https:\/\/t.co\/k43zErQxmw<\/p>\n \u2014 NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) October 14, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n It\u2019s worth remembering that Perkins\u2019 opinion was not an isolated one a few years ago. A 2025 poll indicated that Haliburton was seen as the most overrated player in the league<\/a> by his peers. Even before that, some people were downright offended<\/a> that Haliburton was considered an All-Star.<\/p>\n Haliburton silenced most of his critics after his run through the 2025 NBA Playoffs, which saw him nearly lead the Pacers to an unlikely championship. Perkins, however, has taken the extra step of issuing an all-out apology.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ESPN NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins is at least willing to admit when he is wrong, as one player…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":858980,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,2058,6,11,278],"class_list":["post-858979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba-playoffs","tag-basketball","tag-kendrick-perkins","tag-nba","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-tyrese-haliburton"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117441339265682409","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=858979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/858979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=858979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=858979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=858979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}