Netflix’s essential new docuseries Start 5What is going on? On and off-court lives of five superstar NBA players Throughout the 2023/2024 NBA season, focuses on the highs and lows of top-level sports. Although it is difficult to deal with the question of the retirement of LeBron James from the NBA, because the icon is in his 21st season, Start 5 Also offers some intriguing reveals about three young guns – Anthony Edwards, Domantas Sabonis and Jayson Tatum – and one seasoned pro, Jimmy Butler.
For each, the holy grail is the Larry O’Brien Trophy, the NBA championship bauble, which they will fight for over an exhausting 82-game season of exhilarating highs and excruciating lows. James had his hands on the trophy before, But the young stars are looking for their first NBA championship and are consumed by the prospect of capturing one. Tatum, in episode 10, “Just Be Yourself,” is clear about what constitutes a personal obsession: “I’d cut off one of my fingers to win a championship.”
LeBron James has won 4 NBA Championships so far
The 21-season veteran continues
LeBron James is at the end of a 21-year NBA career that saw him pick up four championships with three different teams. Drafted way back in 2003 by the Cleveland Cavaliers, he won the title in 2012 (with the Miami Heat), 2013 (again), 2016 (with the Cavaliers) and 2020 (with the LA Lakers). James is the league’s oldest player ever at 39 and began the 24/25 season as his career high scorer, with 40,474 points.
Related
Often rumored to be on the cusp of retirement, James signed a new two-year, $103 million deal with the Lakers That will see him shooting hoops professionally well into his forties, and has achieved the remarkable feat of playing alongside his son, Brony James, who was drafted as the Lakers’ 55th pick in the 2024 NBA Draft. Clearly, he’s not going anywhere anytime soon and will be looking for a fifth championship trophy in 2025. James’ stature in the game is already assured, and in Start 5 It is His legacy the other four seek to copy.
Jayson Tatum won his first NBA Championship in the 2023-24 season
Tatum captures his first NBA title in starting 5
Chief among Start 5s rising star is Jayson Tatum, the Boston Celtics small forward. At just 26, Tatum has seven NBA seasons under his belt, an Olympic gold medal, and five all-star appearances. Tatum’s off-court demeanor isn’t as boisterous or maverick as that of Edwards or Jimmy Butler, but he’s a killer on the court. After appearing in five of the last seven Eastern Conference Finals with the Celtics Tatum’s quiet determination to go further in 2024 drives start 5′s narrative.
“Tatum is the driving force behind the Celtics’ run to the 2024 championship final”
It is Tatum who is the driving force behind the Celtics’ run to the 2024 championship final. serial winner till 1984, Boston had only managed one win since (2008) and went into the new season hungry for silverware. They faced the Dallas Mavericks, led by the formidable Luka Doncic, in the showpiece event and Tatum shone in taking the trophy with a 3-1 series win. Tatum’s first NBA championship will almost certainly be followed by more, and importantly, with all his digits intact.
Ant Edwards, Jimmy Butler and Domantas Sabonis have 0 NBA Championships
After a frustrating 2024, all three still have a tough future
Anthony Edwards is the de facto star of starting 5; At just 22, the Minnesota Timberwolves irrepressible guard brings charisma, marketability and a sense of humor to everything he does, including a star turn in Adam Sandler’s movie Hassle in 2022. Having led the Wolves to the conference finals in three consecutive seasons, he again falls short in 2024, Losing out to the Mavericks in the Western Conference final. Edwards isn’t afraid the NBA trophy is in his future: “Take your losses like you take your wins, man. Chin up. We will be back.”
35-year-old Jimmy Butler, the eccentric resident of the NBA, took his Miami Heat team to the NBA Finals in 2020 and 2023 but fell victim to injury in 2024 and was forced to sit out the season. Meanwhile, underrated Lithuanian-American Domantis Sabonis, of the Sacramento Kings, and scouted for the 2024 All-Stars in Start 5 Despite leading the NBA with 26 triple-doubles, capped a frustrating season by missing the playoffs. Sabonis led the Kings to the Western Conference first round in 2023 but did not progress further.
NBA superstars LeBron James, Jimmy Butler, Jayson Tatum, Domantas Sabonis and Anthony Edwards give fans an intimate look into their lives on and off the court. The docuseries follows their 2023-2024 season, capturing not only the intense games, but also personal moments with family, showing the balance between professional demands and personal commitments.