Since its premiere on March 6, much has been made about the historical accuracy of HBO’s new series, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Criticism has been levied about the portrayal of Jerry West and the overall faithfulness (or lack thereof) to how the Showtime Lakers of the 1980s actually came together.
Count the NBA’s all-time leading scorer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar among the disapproving crowd.
Abdul-Jabbar offered a lengthy review of the show on his Substack on Tuesday, criticizing the series for being inaccurate and boring, describing the latter as an “immutable sin” that is committed by the show “over and over.”
