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The premiere sucked but once McKay was not in the director’s chair the most annoying tendencies were toned down a bit. Now it’s highly entertaining if not exactly great. It’s crazy how many good actors keep popping in. Also the West portrayal as an intense control freak just seems par for the course for pro sports coaches. I agree that Chick Hearn comes off as the biggest rear end in a top hat relative to his reputation as a beloved icon. Pat Riley and Spencer Haywood should be upset that their 30-something selves are being played by 50-year-old. Henchman of Santa fucked around with this message at 15:08 on Apr 21, 2022 |
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Why do they keep having 50+ actors portraying NBA players? Dr. J looks like he should be playing at the Y. He was 30!
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Apr 25, 2022 23:19
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This show opened with Magic announcing he’s HIV positive and has otherwise only covered one season. McKay wants to do the whole Showtime era.
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TheBizzness posted:Is there something about the Magic portrayal that doesn’t seem accurate? I haven’t read extensively on him or anything but “extremely extroverted horn dog” would be in line with my perception of him. Based on his Twitter his lines should be more like "I had 17 points and 11 assists to go with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's 29 points and 12 rebounds leading to our win against the Boston Celtics!"
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Apr 28, 2022 02:36
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The Dr. J cradle dunk was on Michael Cooper in real life.
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Apr 28, 2022 12:32
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I love JCR but something about him in this role just doesn't work for me. I'm really curious how Ferrell would've approached it since he is an LA sports guy and it was apparently his dream role.
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Does anyone know if ROTY voting was really that lopsided? I suppose even if it wasn't, Riley could just make it up for motivation.
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May 10, 2022 04:29
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I didn’t realize they were that bad in 78-79. There are three other Hall of Famers on that team but I guess they were all past their prime.
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Dr Kool-AIDS posted:They've optioned that too, so I hope it eventually gets made. I think one stumbling block is that I don't think you can make it without presenting Kobe in a pretty negative light at least some of the time, which is obviously uncomfortable to a lot of people after his death, but maybe by the time they finish up with the Magic years people will have calmed down. Yeah it's one thing for Jerry West and Kareem to get mad but Kobe isn't around to defend himself and his fans are loving deranged so it would turn into a whole thing.
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May 11, 2022 16:43
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As a Detroit fan I would love if multiple generations of the Lakers are shown getting their asses beat by the Pistons.
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May 11, 2022 18:21
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Kobe was a charismatic and handsome guy who captured national attention as early as high school (he famously took Brandy to his senior prom). Shaq obviously is a larger than life figure and arguably the second most famous basketball player who ever lived, but it was really only after the rape case and dissolution of the dynasty that Kobe became known as an off-putting or abrasive figure. And he was still insanely popular as he embraced the Michael Jordan basketball psycho persona.
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May 11, 2022 18:35
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Kobe in reality is like top 20, Shaq probably top 10.
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May 11, 2022 21:15
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GoutPatrol posted:Julius Erving is played like a legend when he had never won a NBA title before (just two ABA titles, in a league considered a step below the NBA in talent, especially near the end) It’s bizarre that they cast a 50-year-old to play him like he was from Oscar Robertson’s generation or something, but I think he was already a superstar when he arrived in the NBA, at least among Black fans. Look at this crowd turning out to see him play street ball. 
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May 12, 2022 03:37
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He got named to the top 50 all time players after two years in the league! Truly insane to think of someone being that dominant so early.
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May 13, 2022 02:16
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The Buss scenes still bother me in this show. Everyone gets hokey expository dialogue all the time but for some reason it feels way more egregious whenever he talks. Which is weird because Reilly is one of our finest actors.
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It hasn't been great but that's a really weird take. It's a show about the 1980s Lakers glory days that opens with Magic announcing his HIV diagnosis in the early 90s. Why would they only make it about the 1980 season?
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Aug 30, 2023 16:47
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Adrianics posted:gently caress me, and (unless I looked away or something) not even a "six months later" caption on the screen? Just slamming straight to Buss' wedding to that lady we know nothing about They say out loud that they’ve lost 10 of their last 20 when Riley gives his locker room speech, and then they show their record climbing on screen over highlights of the season. Of all the many criticisms of this show it’s hard to say it’s not expository enough.
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Sep 6, 2023 15:10
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The guy who wrote the book has been posting like this every week, which is...concerning https://twitter.com/jeffpearlman/status/1699615214361342052?t=Q78Oo5_iiOLeRriy54-B8w&s=19
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Sep 7, 2023 05:47
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They're about to play that Sixers team in the next episode. Excited to see the obviously 50-something actor playing late prime Dr. J again.
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Sep 7, 2023 17:27
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I think it's less fear of nonrenewal and more being forced to deal with a 7 episode order while maintaining their planned timeline.
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Sep 17, 2023 23:22
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drat I wanted to see what they did for Bill Laimbeer.
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Sep 18, 2023 04:34
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Gemstones got renewed. They just shot a season finale that can work for a series in case they needed it.
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GoutPatrol posted:I don't think the Bad Boys were going to be there in season 3. If you ended in 84, you then have 85-86-87 which has 2 of 3 LAK/BOS finals. Sure, but you would have to get to them eventually since this is about the eventual fall of the dynasty.
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