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Message: [QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 4259653, member: 60"] You are right about Reilly, overall, especially the potential for this to falter if they had gone with Ferrell. I just don't think he could have pulled off what Reilly does. This show goes out of its way to say its a dramatization. More so than any other tv show or movie, imo, that covers sports. Rudy, Remember the Titans, etc... these stories are always changed for TV. And it happens for everything on TV/movies outside of sports, as well. These are not documentaries (which, I'm not saying you disagree with, just in general). I honestly don't think the West portrayal is bad. He has admitted the pains that losing caused him, how hard his early life was, how he didn't want to be coaching, etc. Now, are some of the actions of the character almost cartoonish, maybe, but what came about was a guy that has a level of self-awareness (the coaching thing, for instance), a guy that is insanely competitive and a guy that is acknowledged as having a wealth of basketball brilliance. Bird, Red, Westhead, imo, all have better cases for being upset about their portrayals. But even then, I'm fine with it for entertainment and production purposes (it's a 10 ep season, not 25). Also, I think the Dr J actor could have been better cast for that role. Nothing against the actor, but he was not conveying just how cool Dr J was. I actually think they went light on the Spencer Haywood stuff. That whole situation was insane. INSANE. I believe he was planning on cutting the brakes on Westhead's car in real life. If that whole situation happened now, the Internet would explode. Finally, I think they did pretty well with the in-game scenes. Those are always tough and I thought it wasn't bad. I'll be interested in where they jump to next. There are a lot of places to go to and I'm excited for the next season. [/QUOTE]

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