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Antoine Fuqua and Jeanie Buss on Kobe Bryant, Their New Lakers Docseries for Hulu and the Problems With HBO’s ‘Winning Time’

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Addie Morfoot ContributorAntoine Fuqua wants people to know the truth about the Los Angeles Lakers franchise, which is one of the reasons he directed and executive produced the upcoming 10-part Hulu docuseries “Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers.”The series, which launches on Aug.

15, is the latest in a flurry of programming about the NBA dynasty.When HBO’s “Winning Time: Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” an Adam McKay executive-produced scripted drama about the Magic Johnson-era of the Lakers, debuted in March, it drew criticism from some of those depicted for taking too many creative liberties.

Former star player and general manager Jerry West demanded a legal retraction for how the series portrayed him, while Kareem Abdul-Jabbar called it “deliberately dishonest.” Johnson, subject of Apple TV+s “They Call Me Magic” docuseries in April, also criticized the series, telling Variety, “You can’t do a story about the Lakers without the Lakers… the real Lakers.” The HBO series is an adaptation of Jeff Pearlman’s 2014 nonfiction bestseller, “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s.” “Winning Time” critics Johnson, Abdul-Jabbar, and West are among the 75 people Fuqua, a long-time Lakers fan, interviewed for the Hulu series.

Lakers CEO and controlling owner Jeanie Buss executive produced the project.“‘Winning Time’ is not legit as far as the truth or giving you any real insight on who the people really were and are,” says Fuqua. “It’s just sort of caricatures and made-up, exaggerated stories, which is fine in the entertainment world, but it’s not the truth.

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