"Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty" will go down as the project that sunk one of Hollywood's most fruitful relationships.
After watching eight of the 10 episodes, the first of which premieres at 9 p.m. ET Sunday on HBO, I'm betting it'll also be remembered as a goofy, gutsy masterpiece.
Executive producer Adam McKay was well aware that his former "Saturday Night Live" writing partner Will Ferrell desperately wanted to play this series' lead: Jerry Buss, the flamboyant owner who saw himself as the NBA's version of Hugh Hefner. But McKay stiffed his longtime collaborator, opting instead to cast John C. Reilly.
