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Magic Johnson Reveals His Biggest Issue with the Lakers Show ‘Winning Time’ and It’s Surprising · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest, NBA Hall of Famer
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Speaker 1: and former Lakers superstar point guard Magic Johnson has a
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Speaker 1: new documentary coming to HBO Max that tells his story.
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Speaker 1: They call me Magic, and it's surprising to some because
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Speaker 1: he's well known. He does not endorse and refuse to
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Speaker 1: watch another HBO show, the scripted series about the rise
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Speaker 1: of the Lakers dynasty called Winning Time in Magic has
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Speaker 1: finally expressed his primary issues with it a variety and
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Speaker 1: it's not just about the impossible task of recreating their
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Speaker 1: groundbreaking branded basketball, but the overall experience as well, saying,
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Speaker 1: first of all, he can't do a story about the
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Speaker 1: Lakers without the Lakers, the real Lakers. There's no way
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Speaker 1: to duplicate Showtime. I don't care who you get. We
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Speaker 1: changed basketball and created fast breaking entertainment. Every time out,
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Speaker 1: Paul Abduel and the other beautiful Laker girls came out
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Speaker 1: on the floor for the first time ever. There were
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Speaker 1: dancing girls with all the latest music and latest dances
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Speaker 1: who entertained you with moves that you've only seen in
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Speaker 1: the nightclub. They call me Magic. Debus HBO Max April
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