12 Biggest Reveals From Starting 5, Netflix’s NBA Documentary Starring LeBron James, Ant Edwards & More

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Starting 5.

Netflix’s new docuseries 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 Peyton Manning (quarterback) and 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 and most talented players. 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.

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LeBron James dispels report that he spends $1.5 million annually on his body

Episode 3, “Survival of the Fittest”

in Start 5 Episode 3, LeBron James confronts the headline reports that he spends $1.5 million annually to keep his body in pristine athletic shape. While he won’t reveal the actual dollar amount, he laughs off the rumored $1.5 million figure, a price he can certainly afford as the NBA’s only active player with a net worth north of $1 billion. James clarifies that it’s not about the money he puts into his athletic maintenance, but the time. His trainer, Mike Mancias, keeps James busy during his off days with lots of rehabilitation and preventative therapy, such as cryotherapy, red light therapy and hyperbaric chambers. James chuckles at the $1.5 million figure Start 5call it a “Crazy idea.”

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Tatum, Butler and Edwards all said they didn’t understand the in-season tournament

Episode 2, “Meet the Hoopers Part II”

The NBA introduced its first in-season tournament during November of the 2023-2024 season, which confused many fans, pundits and even players. Jayson Tatum, Anthony Edwards and Jimmy Butler all revealed in Start 5 Episode 2 that they didn’t fully understand the new in-season tournament, otherwise known as the NBA Cup. A Start 5 Producer asked Ant Man to explain the in-season tournament and Edwards said without hesitation, “I don’t know it.”

Jimmy Butler said the same thing, admitting that he didn’t “Know enough about itTatum said he didn’tUnderstand it.” Fortunately for them, Domantas Sabonis was able to break it flawlessly and was confused about others’ confusion. Everyone understood, however, that each player on the winning team would receive $500,000.

Episode 1, “Meet the Hoopers Part I”

The inspiration behind Jimmy Butler’s wild emo look at the NBA’s 2023 media day has finally been unearthed in Start 5 Episode 1. Butler’s nanny, Olivia Sutton, explains that she told Jimmy Buckets about a bar she went to that had an “emo night.” Butler asked what that meant and Sutton explained that it was simply a group of people having fun and listening to popular emo rock bands such as Panic! In the disco and fall out boy. From then on Butler started listening to more emo rock and that’s what he found He is “LOw-she’s kinda emo all the time.” Emo Jimmy was born and even starred in a Fall Out Boy music video in 2023.

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LeBron James gives a shoutout to the USC trainer who performed CPR on Browny

Episode 4, “Father Christmas”

in Start 5 Episode 4, LeBron James gives a special shoutout to USC athletic trainer Erin Tillman, who administered CPR to his son LeBron “Bronny” James Jr. After he suffered from cardiac arrest during a workout in August 2023. LeBron introduced his mother, Gloria Marie James, to Erin in a touching moment. Jacob talks at length about how Brony’s life-or-death experience completely changed his outlook on life. While he has always been a family man, James reiterates in Start 5 That family is the most important thing in his life at this point, above his NBA legacy and his love for the game. He notes how lucky he is not only to have Brony as a teammate, but as a son.

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Anthony Edwards watched the rest of the Wolves vs. Kings game in his daughter’s delivery room

Episode 7, “Push”

While James reflects on his fatherhood in Start 5 As Brown enters the NBA, 23-year-old Anthony Edwards welcomed his first child, Aislinn, in March 2024. He notably left the March 1 home game against the Sacramento Kings at halftime to meet his girlfriend, Jeannie Robel , which also goes through. The name Shannon, in a Minnesota hospital. Edwards made it in time to be there for Aislynn’s very first moments, but made sure to have the Timberwolves game streaming on his phone in the delivery room. The game came down to the wire however The T-Wolves ultimately lost by 4. Edwards was upset for a second but the feeling of disappointment didn’t last long as he held his daughter for the first time.

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Joe Mazzula says Tatum has the privilege of dealing with unfair criticism as an NBA star

Episode 5, “The Struggle Is Real”

Joe Mazzulla, the 34-year-old head coach of the Boston CelticsIs known for his incredible tenacity and uncompromising perspective on the work ethic and discipline required to become an NBA Champion. He offers a great line in Start 5 Episode 5 After a producer suggests that Tatum “had to Deal with unfair criticism“And the high standards of Boston fans and media outlets.

Mazzulla corrects the producer and says, “He Gets to deal with him. It is the ultimate compliment. This is what we are talking about. This is what you asked for. You asked to be one of the best players in the NBA on the best team in the NBA with a chance to be an icon for the league for a long, long time..” His comments really exemplify the mentality of the 2024 NBA Champion Celtics from the top down.

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Kevin Garnett tells a hilarious story about Domantas Sabonis’ Hall of Fame father

Episode 2, “Meet the Hoopers Part II”

Kevin Garnett offers some of the funniest commentary in Start 5Especially in episode 2 as he describes a locker room scene of Hall of Fame center Arvydas Sabonis, the father of Domantas Sabonis. KG said Sabonis was “the best in the world, hands down” and recalls playing on the same team as him during the 1995 NBA Rookie Game.

Sabonis played for nearly 15 years before making his NBA debut in 1995 at the age of 31. Since he was born in the Soviet Union, he was not allowed to play in the NBA after being drafted by the Portland Trail Blazers in 1986. CG, who was 19 at the time, recalls seeing Sabonis and his wife in the locker room smoking a cigarette. And talking trash.

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Jimmy Butler writes songs and makes music about his life with country artists

Episode 5, “The Struggle Is Real”

Jimmy Butler proves he’s full of surprises in Start 5 When he announces that he is working on his own original country album. Although Butler never shows off his singing chops in the Netflix docuseries, he works with several country artists in his Miami home as their songwriter, pulling ideas for songs straight from his personal life. Although the group does not have an official name, Butler told them about a recent text message exchange he had with a potential love interest who was leaving for Dubai. He tells the group he wants to write a song about the friend zone And they come into action with acoustic guitar chords and authentic country lyrics in one of the most unexpected scenes in Start 5.

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Anthony Edwards Says He Wants “All The Smoke” In The NBA (Except With Kyrie)

Episode 8, “I’m Here!”

It’s no surprise that Anthony Edwards is one of the most confident players in the NBA, and rightfully so. His seemingly invincible mindset is on display throughout Start 5 As he led the Timberwolves to an improbable Western Conference Finals run, defeating Nikola Jokić and the Denver Nuggets in an instant classic Game 7 during the second round. Edwards’ cockiness finally came around to haunt him when it came to Kyrie Irving and the Dallas Mavericks, who beat the T-Wolves 4 games to 1 to advance to the 2024 NBA Finals. Edwards proclaimed he wanted “all the smoke” in the NBA before being humiliated by Irving and the Mavs.

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Jayson Tatum felt the weight of the world lift off his shoulders after 2024 NBA Finals win

Episode 10, “Just Themselves”

Start 5 Episode 10 ends with Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics finally securing flag number 18 and reclaiming their status as the winningest NBA Finals team of all time. Tatum led the Celtics to the Eastern Conference Finals in five of his seven seasons And recently lost to Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors on their home court in the 2022 NBA Finals. With their Game 5 victory over the Mavericks, Tatum was finally able to silence the haters who doubted Tatum’s ability to lead a championship team.

Tatum, of course, was aided by some of his superstar teammates, who collectively became the most efficient offensive team in NBA history. Regardless, Start 5 demonstrated how much pressure was lifted on Tatum’s shoulders and how relieved he was to prove to the city of Boston and himself that he belonged Titletown, where anything short of a championship is considered a failure. Tatum took a line from Curry’s handbook, exclaiming on the TD Garden floor, “What will they say now?“

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Jimmy Butler learned about his father’s terminal illness before winning the Eastern Conference Finals MVP in 2023

Episode 5, “The Struggle Is Real”

One of the most remarkable stories in Start 5 was about how Jimmy Butler learned of his father’s terminal illness and what happened next. Butler left in Game 7 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics and won the MVP Award just hours after learning that his father had been diagnosed with a terminal illness. Butler left TD Garden to walk See his dad in the hospital and hand him the Easter Conference Finals MVP trophyWhat Butler Says “gave him a different kind of energy“And a burst of hope and inspiration.

Next season, during a regular season game against the Spurs, Butler got a triple double and handed his father his autographed shoes Before he flies out for his brother’s wedding. When Butler’s plane landed later that day, he learned his dad had passed. Butler expressed how much he loved playing dominoes with his dad and how integral he was to his life.

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Kevin Garnett says Anthony Edwards could be the new face of the NBA post-LeBon

Episode 10, “Just Themselves”

Kevin Garnett gave Tatum and the Celtics props for the NBA title In 2024, their first championship since 2008 when he, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen were on the team. He noted that Tatum never needed to be anyone other than who he really is, despite all the criticism that he needs to be more vocal and aggressive on the basketball court. Star 5 Certainly reinforces the idea that nothing silences naysayers like victory. KG gave a special shoutout to Anthony Edwards at the end of the Netflix docuseries, saying he could become the new face of the NBA once LeBron James inevitably retires. like Start 5 Displays, Edwards may still be quite far from his NBA prime.