Winning Time: The Lakers' Secret Weapon Was Always Jeanie Buss
Though there are quite a few talented players introduced in Winning Time: Rise of the Lakers Dynasty episode 1, it's Jeanie Buss who was always the Lakers' secret weapon. Winning Time focuses on the «Showtime» era of Los Angeles Lakers basketball in the 1980s that began after Jerry Buss bought the team and Earvin «Magic» Johnson was drafted by Los Angeles. Jeanie, the daughter of Jerry, will prove to be an integral part of the organization in the future.
Jeanie (played by Hadley Robinson of Utopia and Little Women) is introduced early on in Winning Time episode 1. She asks Jerry (John C. Reilly) for a job, which sets her on her future path of success in the Lakers organization. Though Jeanie starts the series as an intern in Jerry’s office, she has big dreams that are going to end up coming true, if the comparisons to real-life Jeanie Buss, the current owner of the Lakers, are any indication.
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In a recent interview, Robinson says about Jeanie, “She really has this drive to prove herself. She has her folder with all her ideas in it, she's done all this work…She's doing it because I think deep down she's just as passionate about it all as her dad. She's got these dreams that she wants to bring into fruition and it does happen." (via POPSUGAR) Though Winning Time is still in its early days, it’s already clear that Jeanie is a determined woman who is very knowledgeable and passionate about the game of basketball, an interest she probably adopted from her dad. These traits are assets that will definitely be a help to the Lakers down the road, especially in the Showtime era, where the Lakers defeated their rivals, the Boston Celtics, and their star player,
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