The HBO series “Winning Time,” which is a fictionalized account of the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers, has been a big hit with fans.
It has garnered some criticism along the way, most notably from members of those Lakers “Showtime” teams such as Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who have said the series is not an accurate account of what actually happened back then.
Jerry West, who became L.A.’s general manager in 1982, has gone so far as to threaten to take serious legal action because he has been portrayed by the show as an ogre who had severe anger management problems.
