Snoop Dogg’s 5 Word Admission on Will Smith’s Oscars Scandal Could Upset Magic Johnson and Jerry West

Published 04/21/2022, 1:30 PM EDT

‘Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers’ Dynasty’ is an HBO TV series which was premiered on March 6. And the show is based on Jeff Pearlman’s book “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s”. The book was released in March 2014 and was the New York Times bestseller.

And multiple Lakers legends have expressed their displeasure with the show. Also, Magic Johnson said he has no interest in watching ‘Winning Time’ because it can’t be duplicated. He said, “First of all, you can’t do a story about the Lakers without the Lakers, the real Lakers. You gotta have the guys. There’s no way to duplicate Showtime. I don’t care who you get.”.

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Now, in the recent ‘Full Send Podcast’ Snoop Dogg was asked about Will Smith’s slap on Chris Rock. And Snoop said that he didn’t catch the slap as he was watching ‘Winning Time’. Snoop Dogg has always been a vocal Lakers fan.

And this would certainly upset Magic Johnson, Jerry West, and other Lakers legends. They wouldn’t want the Lakers’ fans to watch them portrayed wrong in the show.

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Jerry West demands a retraction and an apology

NBA and Lakers legend Jerry West is demanding a retraction and an apology from HBO for his portrayal in the show. Jerry West’s lawyers allege that “Winning Time falsely and cruelly portrays Mr. West as an out-of-control, intoxicated rage-aholic,” saying that “bears no resemblance to the real man.”

Skip Miller, attorney for West said, “The portrayal of NBA icon and L.A. Lakers legend Jerry West in ‘Winning Time’ is fiction pretending to be fact — a deliberately false characterization that has caused great distress to Jerry and his family…”

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But it looks like the fans are siding with Jerry ‘The Logo’ West and Magic Johnson in this. The fans have been expressing their anger towards the show on Twitter and extending their support to the legends.

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Magic Johnson’s ‘They Call Me Magic’

On the other hand, there is the release of the new show ‘They Call Me Magic’ on Apple TV. It is a docuseries that shows on the court and off the court incidents of Magic Johnson through interviews with Magic, fellow players, friends, and family.

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During the premiere of ‘They Call Me Magic’, Kareem Abdul Jabbar was asked about the start of his relationship with Magic Johnson. And Kareem said that after the first 10 or 15 games he realized good things are happening.

Kareem and Magic have won 5 NBA championships together in the years 1980, 1982, 1985, 1987, and 1988.

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Bagavathi Eswaran is an NBA writer at EssentiallySports. He has been playing the game of basketball for more than 20 years now and has also been following the NBA for more than 10 years. After not being able to go pro, this former college player decided to join the IT industry.

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Ajinkya Aswale

Snoop Dogg’s 5 Word Admission on Will Smith’s Oscars Scandal Could Upset Magic Johnson and Jerry West

Jerry West demands a retraction and an apology

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