‘Legacy’ is the official story of the Lakers. Jeanie Buss says it’s also ‘the truth’
LA TimesLakers owner Jeanie Buss is an executive producer on the new Hulu docuseries “Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers.” How good does the story need to be for it to be told again and again? That’s sort of the central question, even if it’s not intended, of “Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers.” For the third time since March, a television series will tackle Jerry Buss’ purchase of the Lakers, the injection of celebrity culture into sports and the Lakers’ return to the pinnacle of the NBA. While “Winning Time” used Jeff Pearlman’s book “Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s” as its primary text, “Legacy” is the official story. For Jeanie Buss, “Legacy” has meant reliving not only the highs from the four-plus decades of her family’s ownership, but also some painful lows, including the deaths of Kobe Bryant and Jerry Buss, the shock of Magic Johnson’s HIV diagnosis and the messy untangling of family interests that ended with Jeanie Buss ousting her brother Jim from a role in the organization’s front office. Over 75 interviews and they all came and spoke their mind.” “We don’t hold back,” Jeanie Buss said.
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