“Those were crazy times”: John C. Reilly defends HBO's Time to Win after Lakers Legends criticizes the series 1

“Those were crazy times”: John C. Reilly defends HBO’s Time to Win after Lakers Legends criticizes the series


John C. Reilly In a recent interview with Vulture, he defended HBO’s Winning Time:: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. A series that has been discussed since its first release. Many Lakers legends believe the series is an exaggerated depiction, not true reality. Actors like Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Magic Johnson, and Jerry West have been criticizing the series since its release. But John C. Reilly disagrees with their belief and feels that the story should be made public and told to everyone. As did around the success of the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s and their journey through all those great years that gave them the name Showtime Lakers.

However, Lakers employees, former players, and even the legends portrayed in the series were disappointed with the story and even claimed it was a lie. Kareem Abdul Jabbar recently mentioned in an April 19 blog post that the series is deliberately dishonest and replaces solid facts with rotten cardboard fiction. He also quoted: “The way they treated Jerry West, who openly discusses his struggle with mental health, especially depression, is embarrassing. Instead of compassionately exploring his problems as a way to better understand the man, they turn him into a humorous Wile E. Coyote cartoon.” It’s been surpassed by John C. Reilly, though, who talks about an entirely different back story.

John C. Reilly
John C. Reilly

Jerry West is also ready to take the matter to the Supreme Court. It’s like they portrayed him in a completely different character. He also demanded an apology and withdrawal from HBO. It was recently revealed in a letter from his lawyers to HBO that the series “Winning Time: The Rise of Lakers Dynasty” wrote: “It falsely and cruelly portrays Mr. West as an out-of-control, drunken rage addict… and doesn’t look like the real man at all.” However, John C. Reilly defended the series after all these criticisms and warm attitudes towards it.

Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul Jabbar

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John C. Reilly defends HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty

John C. Reilly
John C. Reilly

John C. Reilly said in a recent interview about his defense of the show: “The overall event is based on historical facts, but we fill in a lot of gaps. I knew it would be difficult to describe the lives of the people involved in this story in a semi-fictional way. But that doesn’t mean this story shouldn’t be told. It was crazy times. There was anger and betrayal and shit was hitting the fan. I respect everyone’s right to write their own story, but I don’t think that stops others from telling public stories. And it’s a public story. People are like, ‘How can you tell the Lakers story without the Lakers?’ And my answer was, ‘How can you explain that to them?’”

John C. Reilly defended his case well as he portrayed his career with the series while playing the role of Jerry Buss and talked about how important this character was to him and how he got into it. Many in the neighborhood also don’t like how the show is portrayed. Jerry Bus It is played by John C. Reilly. The series is live and still hasn’t had such a major update on it, and the series finale kicks off on Sunday, May 8, which could add another chapter to the ongoing hot shots and controversy for the series.

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