The Different Directions of 'Winning Time'

This chapter of the podcast discusses the different directions that the show 'Winning Time' could have taken. They debate whether the show should have focused on Jerry West and the front office construction of the team, Jerry Bus and his family and the Wild West days of NBA ownership, or Magic Johnson and Larry Bird's transition from an older way of playing basketball to a newer one. They also talk about the challenge of humanizing celebrities and the difficulty in finding the right narrative for the second season of the show. Overall, they discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the show and the challenges of historical storytelling.