There’s not really too much to say about this series in terms of giving it a review. It’s a fictionalized retelling of one of the greatest sports dynasties ever, and for the most part it serves as an entertaining companion piece to those studying the time period. But that’s really all it can be: a companion piece. Many Lakers legends and people in the series have said none of this is really accurate and doesn’t depict the time or moments well enough, sometimes just flat out even being wrong for the sake of entertainment value. And honestly? I can see it. I wouldn’t say the script is messy or anything, but for the most part if you’ve seen any sort of sports movie you’ll know exactly what you’re getting out of this. It’s kinda campy and fun, but it can also be frustrating watching and knowing it’s historically inaccurate in its portrayal of major people involved. Along the way too, Adam McKay’s signature directorial style is used as a crutch to sort of support this. There’s a lot of third wall breaking goodness that you’ll see in The Big Short and what not and it’s creative, but since he’s not directing every episode it often comes across as overbearing and serves to only highlight what a character is feeling a bit too on the nose or just be cut in for some quick entertainment value that might not have been there. Overall, it’s a fine series, but I think it could’ve been more. Really solid acting can’t really save this series from being a mediocre, unfaithful adaptation of the time and team. It’s fun, but you’re better off watching a documentary or even reading the book this series was based off of.