10 biggest things starting page 5 of the 2023-24 NBA season

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Starting 5.

Netflix’s new docuseries Start 5 Check out some of the biggest stories and details from the 2023-2024 NBA season. Start 5 Offers a wide Dive into the 2023-24 NBA season through the exclusive lenses of five elite players. Directed by Peter J. Scalettar (Top team) and produced by Barack and Michelle Obama (Leave the world behind), Start 5 Takes a behind-the-scenes look at the off-the-court lives of five of the NBA’s biggest stars. Start 5 Follow Domantas Sabonis of the Sacramento Kings, Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat, Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics, and LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers.

Start 5 Also includes never-before-seen footage of the five NBA talents during the regular season and playoffs, including previously unreleased audio and in-game commentary between players, coaches and other NBA personnel. The series brings together some of the common themes between the five NBA superstars, such as their personal battles with injury, legacy and fame, as well as their roles as fathers, partners and public figures. Start 5 Has a great soundtrack and releases just one day after the start of the 2024-2025 NBA preseason, Chronicle the entire 2023-2024 season until the Boston Celtics’ NBA Finals victory In June 2024.

Start 5 It doesn’t take much focus away from its core group of stellar talent, hence the title. It also does not move much on anything too scandalous or controversial, because it really feels like a promotional series to celebrate not only some of the best basketball players in the world but also the NBA itself. Similar to Netflix’s football-focused series quarterback And ReceiverThe series focuses mainly on the positive and exclusive perks in the lifestyles of some of the NBA’s biggest stars. It is almost voyeuristic to be a fly on the wall in the homes of the selected NBA stars, showing a relatively normal and human side of the larger-than-life sports figures.

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JJ Redick replaces Darwin Ham as Lakers head coach after Dan Hurley turns the role down

Former NBA player Redick has never coached in the NBA before

While head coaches such as the Boston Celtics’ Joe Mazzulla and the Sacramento Kings’ Mike Brown made appearances in Starting 5 and signed up for exclusive sit-down interviews, 2023-2024 Lakers head coach Darvin Ham was not included in the Netflix series. This is likely due to the Lakers organization part with Ham after he served two seasons as their head coach. Although the Lakers moved from 5th to 3rd place in the Pacific Division of the Western Conference last year, The Lakers lost 4 games to 1 against the 2023 NBA Champion Denver Nuggets.

Although playing the Nuggets in the first round was an uphill battle for the Lakers from the start, the series loss ultimately cost Hamm his job. The Lakers heavily pursued University of Connecticut head coach and 2-time NCAA Champion Dan Hurley, who turned down the role and a massive payday to stay in his current role. The Lakers then hired former NBA player and broadcast analyst JJ Redick, who will coach LeBron James, Anthony David and Bronny Jr. in the upcoming 2024-2025 season.

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Jaylen Brown won NBA Finals MVP over Jayson Tatum (who won Eastern Conf. MVP)

Tatum seemed unbothered and happy for his fellow superstar teammate in the starting 5

While most of the Celtics’ focus during their 2024 Championship run was on Jayson Tatum, his teammate and fellow superstar Jaylen Brown ended up winning the NBA Finals MVP over him. Tatum is generally considered the best player on the CelticsAlthough Brown, who was the highest-paid player in the league at one point, is certainly not far behind.

Tatum briefly touches on the fact that he didn’t take home the Finals MVP trophy Start 5But look at it as a sign of How stacked with talent the Celtics were and still are going into the 2024-2025 NBA season. Tatum was all smiles after taking the Celtics’ 18th championship and wasn’t concerned about Brown winning the MVP award, especially since he received the Eastern Conference Finals MVP award weeks earlier.

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Miami Heat President Pat Riley publicly criticized Jimmy Butler for trolling the Celtics

Butler called out Jaylen Brown after the Heat’s Game 2 win on social media

Jimmy Butler is arguably the most interesting and eccentric of these Start 5 bunch, showing his various passions for cappuccinos, playing dominoes, writing country songs and feeling emo. One notable part of his 2023-2024 NBA season not covered in the series is the “trolling” comments he made about the Boston Celtics during their playoff matchup of the game. Butler was out with an injury but still made a point to post a meme that made the “Don’t let us get one” Comment Jaylen Brown made in 2023 when the Celtics were down 3-0 to the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals.

Butler also told the press, “If I was playing, Boston would be home. New York damn sure would be (expletive) at home.” Riley did not like Butler’s comments, saying “I thought, ‘Is that Jimmy trolling or is that Jimmy serious?’ Unless you’re on the court playing against Boston or on the court playing against the New York Knicks, you should keep your mouth shut on the criticism of those teams“(by Fox Sports). Riley’s criticism may have struck a chord with Butler, who didn’t show up to NBA Media Day this year with an outrageous hairdo As he has done in recent years. The Heat will have to decide what to do with Butler when he becomes a free agent at the end of this season.

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Karl Anthony Towns was traded from the T-Wolves to the Knicks during the offseason

More pressure and expectations will be placed on Edwards this season

Karl Anthony Towns, one of the Minnesota Timberwolves’ most productive players along with Edwards and Rudy Gobert, was traded to the New York Knicks during the 2024 offseason. Although Start 5 Production was completed on Edwards before the trade was announced in early October, the docuseries may have briefly mentioned it considering how much of a loss it is for the Timberwolves. Edwards will be required more than ever to fill his elite star statusWhich is perhaps what the Timberwolves are banking on. The T-Wolves acquired some solid role players in exchange for Towns, but their chances of reaching the Western Conference Finals again are slimmer.

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Jayson Tatum surpasses Jaylen Brown to become the highest paid player in the NBA

He signed a five-year, $315 million extension in July

A year ago, Tatum’s Celtics teammate Jaylen Brown became the highest paid player in the NBA with a massive five-year extension worth up to $304 million. In July 2024, Tatum surpassed his own teammate as the highest-paid player in the league with an even bigger five-year extension that could earn up to a maximum of $315 million. As the biggest deal in NBA history, Tatum’s new contract will begin in 2025 and will keep him with the Celtics until 2030. This information is interestingly not discussed at all in Start 5.

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Draymond Green was suspended for 5 games after confrontation against Timberwolves in November 2023

He had Rudy Gobert in a headlock during the in-season tournament

Draymond Green made headlines for being overly aggressive during games more than once during the 2023-2024 NBA season. While Start 5 Covering the tournament in-season quite extensively, it failed to mention the most infamous brawl of the 2023-2024 NBA season that left T-Wolves center Rudy Gobert in a headlock. The incident occurred just a few minutes into the game on November 14 as Green swooped in to intercept a scramble between Klay Thompson and Jaden McDaniels. Edwards was on the floor at the time but did not get in the middle of it. Green’s attempt to de-escalate the situation only made things worse. He was suspended for five games but told the press he had no regrets.

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LeBron, Tatum and Edwards are teammates in the US. it. Olympic gold medal team in Paris

Not after the three stars to Paris feels like a missed opportunity

A major omission from the starting 5 was the fact that Tatum, LeBron and Edwards were all teammates in the US with Team USA’s gold medal victory over the home country of France but There was no behind-the-scenes footage of the Olympics provided. It feels strange since the series ends with talking about the 2024-2025 NBA season and completely skips over the most significant sporting event in the world that took place just weeks after the NBA Finals. Start 5 Certainly would have been better if it provided coverage of what could be LeBron’s final Olympic Games.

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2 of Anthony Edwards’ teammates won Defensive Player and Sixth Man of the Year

Karl Anthony Towns also set a new single-game scoring franchise record

Although most of the spotlight was on the supreme talent and potential of Anthony Edwards, this series could at least have mentioned the impressive feats of some of his teammates, which Edwards could arguably make better through his play and leadership. Rudy Gobert went from being headlocked by Green to winning Defensive Player of the Year, an award he has won four times during his career That ties him with Ben Wallace and Dikembe Mutombo for the most all-time in NBA history.

Timberwolves center Naz Reid became the first player in franchise history to win Sixth Man of the Year, an award previously won by James Harden and Manu Ginobili. Sure, Edwards is a star, but his teammates are also pretty outstanding, including his former teammate Towns, who scored a franchise-high 62 points against the Hornets In January 2024.

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Domantas Sabonis will wear number 11 in 2024 to honor his Hall of Famer dad

Starting 5 includes home footage and interviews with Arvydas Sabonis

Start 5 How Domantas Sabonis’s NBA Hall of Fame father, Arvydas Sabonis, played a huge role in inspiring his son to pursue a career in the NBA. Even Kevin Garnett can recall how incredible Arvidas Sabonis was on the court, calling him the “Best, hands down.” Start 5 Includes home footage videos of Arvydas and a young Domantas with his family and also interviews with Arvydas, which adds a meaningful layer to the docuseries.

What was missing was the mention of Sabonis took his father’s jersey number for the upcoming NBA seasonSwitching from 10 to 11 in his honor. The news first broke in mid-June 2024, which gave producers plenty of time to end the Sabonti story on a high note after the Kings failed to qualify for the playoffs. sad, Start 5 Missed a golden opportunity to depict the Sabonis NBA legacy coming full circle.

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Anthony Edwards allegedly had multiple children with multiple women

Edwards and his girlfriend Shannon had a daughter in March 2024

The birth of Anthony Edwards’ first child, Aislynn in March of 2024, with his girlfriend Shannon was depicted extensively in Start 5. Cameras even went into the delivery room and documented Edwards live-streaming the Timberwolves game he left at halftime when he met his daughter for the first time. what Start 5 Did not include are the Allegations against Edwards that he is the father of at least 2-3 other children He had more than one wife (vi Page six).

Shannon, who is said to have had another child with rapper Chief Keef, has reportedly been with Edwards since 2020 and is often seen sitting courtside at Timberwolves games. Although the story has picked up steam recently ahead of the 2024-2025 NBA season, at least three separate women have alleged that Edwards is the father of their children in the past 12 months. It certainly has nothing to do with basketball but it would be quite a shock if the rumors were true after seeing him welcome Aislin into the world with Shannon in Start 5.