Chain HBO airs the second season of the serie ‘Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty’ (Lakers: Tiempo de ganar) after the resounding success of the first.
‘Lakers: Time to win’ is an adaptation with fictionalized parts of the book “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s”, by writer Jeff Pearlman.
In the first season they focused on the arrival of Magic Johnson (interpretado por Quincy Isaiah) to the Lakers and how the eccentric Jerry Buss (played by John C. Reilly) I was trying to build a legendary team.
In the second season, the plot revolves around the tensions in the Lakers squad (focused on the rivalry between Norm Nixon and Magic Johnson), the progression of Pat Riley (played by Adrien Brody) before the insecure ace Paul Westhead (portrayed by Jason Segel)the rivalry with the Celtics and Larry Bird (played by Sean Patrick Small).
Norm Nixon denies the version of ‘Lakers: Time to win’ about his rivalry with Magic Johnson
According to Norm Nixon, point guard for the Lakers from 1977 to 1983 and two-time NBA champion with the Angels, his alleged war with Magic Johnson is exaggerated in HBO fiction.
The series even shows a supposed fight in the locker room between the veteran Norm Nixon (played by his son DeVaughn Nixon) and the young Magic Johnson, who in the scene are separated by Michael Cooper (played by Delante Desouza).
“No…Not even close”Nixon replied when asked about TMZ about his confrontation with Magic that shows the HBO series.
How did the rivalry between Norm Nixon and Magic Johnson end in the Lakers?
The Lakers, who lost the 1983 NBA Finals to the Philadelphia Sixers, They traded Norm Nixon to the San Diego Clippers for the 1983-1984 season in exchange for Byron Scott.
With this decision Jerry West (played by Jason Clarke) left the point guard position in the hands of the young Magic Johnson.
Winning Time (Lakers: Time to win) irritates the legends of the franchise
James Worthylegendary member of the Lakers from 1982 to 1994 and three-time NBA winner with the Lakers of the ‘Show Time’, already denounced that he did not agree with the versions that the series shows about what really happened in the Lakers gates inside: “I just think ‘Winning Time’ could have been done very, very well. And I was disappointed that it wasn’t.”
Jerry West demanded a rectification and an apology from HBO for his portrayal in ‘Winning Time’.
“The portrayal of NBA and Lakers icon Jerry West in ‘Winning Time’ is a fiction purporting to be factual, a deliberately mischaracterization that has caused Jerry and his family great anguish. Contrary to the unsubstantiated portrayal of the HBO series, Jerry had nothing but love and harmony with the Lakers and, in particular, with its owner, Jerry Buss, during a time when he built one of the greatest teams in NBA history,” denounced the West’s lawyers in a letter.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar criticized the ridicule of the characters: “Instead of compassionately exploring West’s problems as a way to better understand the man, they make him the cartoon Coyote to be laughed at. He never broke golf clubs, never threw away his trophy out the window. Sure, those actions create dramatic moments, but they reek of shallow exploitation of man rather than character exploration.”
2023-08-22 09:54:27
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