Key figures from an infamous 2004 incident between players and fans at an NBA game in Michigan discuss the fight, its fallout and its lasting legacy.
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The Danbury Trashers doc got me watching another one of the Untold docs….Malice at the Palace.
First, I think they have a really good sports doc series going here. Going to check more them out, but maybe not Kaitlin Jenner. Not because of the gender topics….I really don’t care about that….but because I don’t watch Kardashians.
This was a solid doc. I remember this incident, of course. I was on the Best Buy the next day spending a bonus and seeing it on all the screens all day. Along with all that righteous indignation of the media (“Thugs!!!”).
I remember gobbling that narrative up at the time. You make a commitment when you sign that contract to endure these kinds of things. I don’t quite feel that way anymore.
Yes, Artest should never have gone into the stands over a beer toss. I’ll never be OK with that. But, I can’t knock either Jackson or O’Neal as much for their actions after the whole melee starts.
The doc does a nice job of taking a run through this mostly from the players point of view. Though they do interview one fan (the fat fuck who came of the court and faced Artest up and then took the sliding jab from O’Neal). The guys clearly every bit the moron he always seemed.
Didn’t interview the beer toss guy, but showed some of his talk with cops and him in interviews….what a fucking moron.
End of the day….Artest should have been taken immediately off the court so he could never do what he did. Beyond that….you have a situation with a few players potentially against thousands of fans….and that should have counted for something in the aftermath. And the meager police presence (should have been much more security after the ECF the previous year) didn’t even come near the floor for minutes after it started. First thing they did was to try and mace Artest…..lmao.
