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He could have sold his team many, many times over.Do you love the idea of being an integral part of planning or producing concerts, sporting matches, conferences or other experiences where the lights go up and fans go silent from anticipation? But ultimately, he was a very ethical person, a family person. While Buss is also shown to be a slick-talking womaniser with a disgruntled ex-wife and an embattled daughter (Hadley Robinson) вЂ“ as well as being nemesis to Red Auerbach (Michael Chiklis) who owned rival team the Boston Celtics вЂ“ he is still a hero in ReillyвЂ™s books. I mean, thatвЂ™s the definition of a hero to me.вЂќ вЂњTo come from a very poor upbringing in Wyoming with a single mother, where you literally couldnвЂ™t afford to buy jeans with hems on the bottom because unhemmed jeans were cheaper, which is why he wore those fringed jeans for the rest of his life вЂ“ just to do what he did to get to the place that he got to affect the world in the way that he did.

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Reilly, who has a flair for comedy (he also starred Talladega Nights, Step Brothers and Holmes & Watson with Will Ferrell, who awkwardly fell out with his former producing partner McKay over this role), has fun with his portrayal of Buss, going full throttle with the 1970s comb-over hairstyle and flared jeans. Basketball was being beaten in the ratings on television by bowling and golf.вЂќ вЂњThis is not just about who scored, how many points at an athletic event, this is about dazzling people and encouraging them to come back, and entertaining them, delighting them, and sport wasnвЂ™t quite in that showbiz place in 1977. Jerry realised вЂ¦ if you have the attention you have, youвЂ™re obligated to entertain them.

вЂњItвЂ™s just the way things are now, and that changed the whole world of entertainment.

вЂњJerry Buss introduced the Laker girls and music at games, and co-branding, naming the stadium after a company that gives you money, selling shoes and all of these things that came of the Lakers era. Reilly, who grew up in modest circumstances on ChicagoвЂ™s toughВ south side, says Buss is a hero to him. ItвЂ™s no accident that the вЂњShowtimeвЂќ Lakers dynasty unfolded in Los Angeles.

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Magic Johnson in action for Los Angeles Lakers.Д«uss knew that star players вЂ“ such as passing genius point guard Johnson вЂ“ would capture the publicвЂ™s imagination in the same way movie stars did. вЂњIsaiah, 25, is 190cm tall вЂ“ 16cm shorter than Johnson. But I will say it couldnвЂ™t have been a better role forВ me.вЂќ вЂњItвЂ™s HBO, IвЂ™m playing Magic Johnson, itвЂ™s a no-brainer. There wasnвЂ™t too much behind me saying yes to this. вЂњI needed a job,вЂќ Isaiah laughs, вЂњif IвЂ™m going to be 100 per cent honest. Like the character he portrays, Isaiah was just getting started when he nabbed a starring role, with just one short film credit to his name. Isaiah is featured in every episode of the series, playing 20-year-old basketballing-prodigy- turned-superstar Johnson. Reilly, newcomer Quincy Isaiah, and AustraliaвЂ™s Jason Clarke.

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That pivotal time arrived when a slightly shady businessman named Jerry Buss saw the future of basketball in a rookie named Magic Johnson.Д«ased on the book Showtime: Magic, Kareem, Riley, and the Los Angeles Lakers Dynasty of the 1980s, by Jeff Pearlman, the series is directed by Adam McKay (DonвЂ™tВ Look Up) and features an ensemble cast led by John C. Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty pinpoints the moment sport вЂ“ and how we view it вЂ“ changed forever.