Views My idyllic yet torturous life with Jerry West
The HBO series “Winning Time,” which was adapted from my book, both beautifully and wrongly over-sold him.
On June 12 in Dallas, before Game 3 of the 2024 NBA Finals at American Airlines Centre, a video homage to Jerry West is shown. (Getty Images/Stacy Revere))
“Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s,” written by Jeff Pearlman, was made into the HBO series “Winning Time.”
As I’ve gotten older, more experienced, and more successful in life, I’ve come to the unsettling conclusion that everyone finds an excuse for their behaviour, whether it be for good or bad (though usually for terrible).
