Jerry West only won one NBA championship in his career with the Lakers, but the hall-of-fame player-turned-GM was so respected around the league that it crafted the organization’s logo in his image.
Now “the Logo,” as he’s admiringly called, is unhappy with his portrayal in HBO’s series Winning Time, according to multiple reports.In a letter reportedly sent to HBO, Warner Bros., Discovery and executive producer Adam McKay, West’s attorneys contend Winning Time “falsely and cruelly portrays Mr.
West as an out-of-control, intoxicated rage-aholic. The Jerry West in Winning Time bears no resemblance to the real man.” Many have said as much, including Lakers’ legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and his Showtime-era teammates Michael Cooper and Jamaal Wilkes as well as West’s successor, former Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak, all of whom wrote testimonials that were sent with West’s letter.Jason Clarke, who plays West in the show, certainly emotes the competitive fire which West is said to have in spades, but the show’s plot has him scowling and angry much of the time, ragefully breaking his golf club in the first episode and curling up in a fetal position (in his underwear) in a fit of despair in the second.“He never broke golf clubs, he didn’t throw his trophy through the window.
Sure, those actions make dramatic moments, but they reek of facile exploitation of the man rather than exploration of character,” wrote Abdul-Jabbar in his statement, according to ESPN.While West only won one championship as a player with the Lakers, as an executive with the team — much of it as GM — West helped bring five championships to L.A.
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