What other sports teams need their own series?
The Showtime Lakers were one of the all-time iconic sports franchises. So much so that they were given their own HBO show in Winning Time . While Magic Johnson, Pat Riley, and the rest definitely deserved their own series, they aren’t the only team that is (James) worthy of that honor. Here are some other teams we’d love to see a series centered around, whether the franchises or the era.
Cincinnati Reds were an unstoppable baseball machine, culminating with back-to-back World Series wins in 1975 and 1976. Some of the Reds of that era included Joe Morgan, Johnny Bench, and manager Sparky Anderson. Oh, and Pete Rose, an infamous baseball character, to be sure.
Wayne Gretzky was traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings, it changed the hockey world. Suddenly, the Kings became the trendy team in the NHL. While “The Great One” was a King until the 1996 trade deadline, we’d probably end the series after the 1992-93 Stanley Cup Finals, where the Kings lost to the Canadiens.
Mark Messier guaranteed a win. They got it and ended up hoisting the Cup that season, ending the drought.
Dwyane Wade. It was controversial, to say the least. However, the show would have a happy ending after many twists and turns: LeBron returning to his native Cleveland.
Tom Brady won their first Super Bowl. In 2007, the Patriots were undefeated heading into the Super Bowl, where they were upset by the New York Giants. In between, they won two more Super Bowls. Yeah, that would make for quite the series.
