hThe successful BO series ‘Winning Time’ depicts a very hawkish account of how the ’80s were held. Los Angeles Lakers He became one of the best teams in the history of the NBA. In the show, we see images of legendary players like Irvine ‘Magic’ JohnsonDr. Jerry Boss, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and even logo man Jerry West. None of them are happy with the way they have been portrayed, and there is even a letter from West’s attorney containing the sayings of several of them. In short, they condemn the series for not telling the story in an honest manner and demand a public apology from HBO. But the details of the message are very important to report.
Logo man Jerry West is unhappy with his portrayal.
Instead of making a public statement on his own, Jerry West decided to do so through his legal team. This could mean that a lawsuit against HBO is entirely possible unless they comply with a request for a public apology. Here’s what the message said as reported by ESPN: “Winning Time wrongly and cruelly portrays Mr. West as someone who is out of control and drunk with rage. He doesn’t look like a real man.” The portrayal of NBA icon and LA Lakers legend Jerry West in “Winning Time” is A fantasy pretending to be true – a deliberately wrong description that caused great suffering to Jerry and his family.Unlike the baseless portrayal in the HBO series, Jerry had nothing but love and harmony with the Lakers organization, especially owner Dr. Jerry Boss, during an era in which he brought together one of the greatest teams in the history of the NBA. Jerry West has been integral to the success of the Lakers and the National Basketball Association. It is a farce that HBO has knowingly insulted him for shock value and the pursuit of ratings. As an act of public morals, HBO and the producers owe Jerry a public apology and to them At least that they retract their baseless portrayal and defamation.”
Karem Andol Djebar also conducted his own review.
Another legendary player who wasn’t happy at all was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was playing his last years with the Lakers in his late thirties. He wrote the following on his Substack profile: “I’ll start with the cute characterization. The characters are simple stick figure representations that resemble real people the way Lego Hans Solo Harrison Ford does. Each character is reduced to one feature as bold as if the writers were afraid that any Something a little more complicated that would tax viewers’ understanding. Jerry Boss is an igumany businessman, Jerry West is a crazy coach, and Magic Johnson is a Sexual Simpleton, I’m a pompous prick. They’re cartoons, not characters. Caring enough for me, not to mention rage” . About portraying Jerry West, he said, “Instead of mercifully exploring his issues as a way to better understand the man, they turned him into a cartoon of Whale e Coyote laughing at him. He never broke his putters, he didn’t throw his glass through the window. Sure, these actions make moments. Dramatic, yet reeks of easy manipulation rather than character exploration.”
