Stephen Jackson on Malice at the Palace brawl: “I definitely regret it because that didn’t happen too. That incident cost me a lot of All-Star games. You know what I’m saying? $3 million and court fees and all that stuff.
So, yeah, I definitely regret it. If anybody that was involved in that say they don’t regret it, they lying. I definitely regret it because it put a cloud over me, too. But what I don’t regret is being there for my teammate, right? You throw a beer in anybody’s face around the world, that’s assault. But it’s not assault when you’re dealing with a tall, black, rich, black athlete. You know what I mean? So, I get it. But I would rather be there for my friends and be known for that than being one of the guys walking off and one of my teammates getting stumped out in the stands.”