>>149315380 (OP)Pre-Malice NBA Games were more fun.
Post-Malice generally the American sporting system went through the same reforms England did with Football in the 80s-90s. Basically turning what used to be an anarchy-heavy beer-tinged episode into a calm, gentrified place of inoffensive signs and inoffensive chants.
That being said, Ron Artest was pretty young at the time, and has been open about his mental health journey. He's nuts sure, but he's nuts with a therapist and a psychiatrist as opposed to being nuts with a pile of money and a support group of mostly other guys in their mid-20s who all tell you to just be tough.