Magic Johnson Explains Why He Won't Be Watching 'Winning Time' (Exclusive)
etonline.comMagic Johnson himself. kicks off with Johnson being drafted to the Lakers, and the way he — along with his teammates and an eccentric team of coaches and executives behind the scenes — helped bring basketball into a new era.
But for Johnson, there's no looking back.«It's hard. I won’t watch it because it’s hard to duplicate,» Johnson told ET at the Los Angeles premiere of Apple TV+'son Monday. «You can’t duplicate Showtime.»«First, on the court, I mean, we just did our thing, it was up and down,» he explained. «And then off the court -- because unless you were a Laker, or you’re a Buss family [member] — because you can’t duplicate Dr.
Jerry Buss — and the Laker Girls and Paula Abdul and what that meant, I mean, it started on the court and it went all the way up.»ET spoke with Quincy Isaiah, the actor who plays Johnson in the series, about portraying the superstar's early years at the show's premiere last week.«You get to meet him as a 20-year-old, seeing him being pulled from Michigan and being thrust into this spotlight that's in Los Angeles, California, and playing for the NBA,» Isaiah said of where his portrayal of Johnson's journey begins «We meet him at a point in his life where he isn't this icon yet, and you get to see a little bit of where that comes from and how he grows into that.
But also, he's just a kid, you know? And you see the mistakes and the mountains and valleys of becoming this well-renowned figure.
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