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[QUOTE="MikeSU02, post: 4259766, member: 60"]
I legitimately don't think they are trashing West, honestly. I don't get to the end of the show and think that he is anything but a highly competitive dude who has trouble dealing with people that don't have his level of basketball brilliance that had to deal with some tough stuff growing up. Did they make him more visibly emotional? Probably. But a key character just stewing in a corner with anger and turmoil isn't going to land on a tv series like this. Is that worthy of a lawsuit? I guess we'll see.

But the other thing is that *every* show or movie that is based on a true story takes liberties. And most are pretty extensive. It happens all the time and is almost universal. Like I said, I'm not sure of a sports movie or show that is based on a true story that is fully accurate without leveraging dramatization and I can basically make that same statement for all media that's based on a true story.

They can sue, I just don't think it will go anywhere and just sort of reinforce how they are portraying him.

The other thing is that an insulated group or an individual will always view reality differently than how others, outside of that viewpoint, view them.

I dunno, I just think the Lakers/West got upset right off the bat and didn't let the show get its sea legs and made it an issue when they should have let it go.
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