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"Especially coming from a police force" - Rasheed Wallace says racism played a major role in the "Jail Blazers" era Basketball Network
“You want the whole truth, not just their truth” - Dan Le Batard explains why the Jail Blazers documentary fell flat Basketball Network
While they’ve made strides in recent documentaries, Netflix has developed a reputation for making sports documentaries and docuseries that prioritize access over analysis. As such, they tend to become hagiographies rather than authentic retellings of what happened. That’s how Dan Le Batard felt after watching Netflix’s latest Untold film about the Portland Trail Blazers during an…
Was the "Jail Blazers" name uncalled for?
The latest episode of Netflix’s Untold series features the controversial Trail Blazers from the early 2000s, dubbed the Jail Blazers. The doc reunites Bonzi Wells, Damon Stoudemire, and Rasheed Wallace to tell their side of the story of the infamous team that was vilified in the media. UNTOLD: JAIL BLAZERS premieres April 14. In the […] The post Bonzi Wells & Damon Stoudamire Talk Netflix’s Untold: Jailbazers Doc, ‘Healing’ Relationship With Trail Blazers (Interview) appeared first on BroBible.
"It was an undertone of being racist without directly being racist" - Damon Stoudamire felt that his team being tagged as the "Jail Blazers" was disrespectful Basketball Network
The Portland Trail Blazers built a contender in the late 1990s, but success came with complications that refused to stay off the court. A new Netflix documentary, Untold: Jail Blazers, takes a closer look at that uneasy balance, revisiting a stretch where winning and controversy collided. According to reporting highlighted by People, the episode, set […] The post Trail Blazers’ polarizing era gets deep dive in Netflix doc, Jail Blazers appeared first on ClutchPoints.
