Kendrick Perkins on Kyrie Irving: After spending the last several years being consistently critical of Kyrie Irving — noting in 2020 that even the thought of Irving made him “want to throw up” — former Celtics center Kendrick Perkins has changed his tune in the last several months.
Perkins, like most fans watching basketball during the Mavericks’ run to the NBA Finals, has recognized that the 32-year-old Irving is experiencing something of a renaissance. Foreseeing a possible matchup against the Celtics, Perkins even advised Boston fans to “leave him alone” in late May.