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The Lakers have an old recipe and too many cooks

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Ethan Strauss
May 20, 2022
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Magic Johnson, Rob Pelinka and Jeanie Buss shown at Kobe Bryant's jersey retirement ceremony on December 18, 2017. (Photo by Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images)

HBO’s Winning Time, the Adam McKay-backed fanciful take on the 1980s Lakers dynasty, has the lighthearted feel of a rowdy Netflix show like GLOW. In an ironic contrast, it’s the currently depressing Lakers who’d be a far better fit for that classic HBO mold of tragicomedy.

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