Untold: Malice at the Palace

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⭐ 6.0/10

(Originally written by Joseph)

Today is the 18th anniversary of this brawl, and when I saw a clip on twitter I remembered that this documentary existed. Being a Pistons fan, I am kinda obligated to watch this.

Whatever. I just think everyone involved was so stupid. Ron Arrest really seems like he has the intelligence and mentality of a ninth grader, though I must say I appreciated his earnestness at the end. Stephen Jackson might be the most hateable man alive and I can't believe they give a platform (he now has a podcast) to a guy with so many incredibly toxic traits. Donnie Walsh should be investigated by the FBI for putting this team together.

Yes, the fans were stupid, but I just don't get why do many Pacers players were perplexed by the punishment. They kept being all, "if you knew our side of the strony..." and then went on to give zero insights from their side. Jermaine O'Neal nearly killed a short pudgy fan who ran on the court. You are not defending yourself, that dude can literally not even reach your face. Obviously no excuse for the fans who were all morons. I'm glad some of them got a whipping.

Just a lot of stupidity. I didn't think this documentary shed any new light and didn't make me feel bad for the Pacers at all, which I think they were really trying to get at. They had this long sob-story about if they wouldn't have been suspended, they would have won the championship. I'd give those odds a good 10%. Also something like this was bound to happen at some point during the season when you put a group of the most insane people in the world on a basketball team. It's funny to think back on now because no GM would ever risk constructing this roster. You can have 2 crazy people max, and neither can be the best player!

I did enjoy some aspects, and I really love the early 2000s NBA aesthetic. Wish they would have focused more on my guy Ben Wallace who wore headbands around his biceps. Give me an hour on just him!

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