I enjoyed all the context building stuff more than anything about the event. I could've used some more about who the Pistons were at that time, what happened to the rest of them besides Artest (which structurally was just weird considering how long it lingered on O'Neal in the first third) afterward and examined more of the fallout in the years following.


Like you've got people in this thread that couldn't remember this is the specific key the NBA needed to institute the dress code, it would've been cool to get a look into how they and other players felt about the whole thing in the years afterward as the league tightened the vice on players' freedom of expression and, again, the fans/media vs. players piece, whereas now it feels like fans/players vs. ownership. Especially if this is the last time most of these guys are going to talk about this time of their lives at any great length.


I just think they opened enough doors surrounding the brawl itself they could've kept exploring some of that.


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