Stephen A. Smith thinks the NBA should punish Tyrese Haliburton's father for his altercation with Giannis Antetokounmpo

"I think that this should go down as one of the most embarrassing moments of his life. He should be ashamed of himself."

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00:00by his father. Stephen A, do you think the NBA should punish Hallie's dad?

00:03Yes, I do. I do think that he should be punished. The Indiana Pacers can't do this.

00:10Tyrese Halliburton is not overrated. The brother can ball, okay? And that's one of their star

00:16players. And the Indiana Pacers can't take the position that I am going to penalize the father

00:23of one of our star players. You can't do that. The league can. The league can. And the league

00:31should. Now, Mr. Halliburton, I don't know him. I've met him once or twice. Obviously,

00:38he's a passionate fan of his son. And obviously, he's an incredibly supportive father.

00:47But I think that this should go down as one of the most embarrassing moments of his life.

00:52He should be ashamed of himself. Shaq, my brother. I love, you know, I love my boy.

00:58Totally wrong on this. Barkley, Kenny Smith, totally right on this. Kenny Smith brought up

01:03how LeBron James had basically told his mom, his own mother, to sit down years ago when his mother

01:09had said something or clapped at some of the players. You don't want that as a player.

01:14And I think that Mr. Halliburton needs to understand this is a very, very big deal.

01:20Your son sat on a podium in front of the media with the national television cameras rolling

01:29and said, my dad was wrong. You have any idea how egregious that is?

01:37The son is having to check the father.

01:41And he stole the shine from his son's moment.

01:43Yeah. Again, because, you know, you act like you out there playing.

01:46You know, you're not. Your son is out there playing. And.