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Barack Obama's Role In Netflix's Starting 5 Documentary Explained
WARNING: SPOILERS ahead for Starting 5.
Netflix's new docuseries Starting 5 was executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama. Starting 5 offers an extensive deep dive into the 2023-24 NBA season through the exclusive lenses of five elite players. Directed by Peter J. Scalettar (Supreme Team) and executive produced by Peyton Manning (Quarterback) and the Obamas (Leave the World Behind), Starting 5 takes a behind-the-scenes look at the off-the-court lives of five of the NBA's biggest stars. Starting 5 follows 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.
Starting 5 also includes never-before-seen footage of these five NBA talents during the regular season and playoffs, including previously unreleased audio and in-game commentary between playe
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LeBron James, Barack Obama relive phone call that helped save NBA season: ‘We were ready to leave’
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A few weeks before the presidential election, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James teamed up with former First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama on a voting initiative, combining Obama’s When We All Vote and James' More Than A Vote.
Months earlier, James connected with another member of the Obama family, former President Barack Obama, on a phone call that helped rädda the NBA season.
“Milwaukee was playing Orlando that day and then I believe OKC and Houston for the next game and then our game was the last game I think, it was just us versus Portland,” James recalled during a special edition of HBO’s The Shop: Uninterrupted, which featured Obama as a guest alongside Maverick Carter. “So when Milwaukee did what they did, and rightfully so, we understood that there was no way that none of us can go on the floor. We stand as a brotherhood. We are a brotherh
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LeBron James, Obamas and Peyton Manning Developing NBA Docuseries
Between “Beckham,” “Quarterback” and the nationally captivating “The Last Dance,” we are clearly living in our peak sports docuseries era. And now four-time, NBA champion LeBron James and hall of famers Peyton Manning have combined with the Obamas’ production company to contribute their own sports series centered around the NBA, Variety has confirmed.
James’ SpringHill Company (which he started with business partner Maverick Carter) will join Manning’s production company Omaha Productions and the Obamas’ Higher Ground. The series will divide up each episode following various NBA athletes as they live their lives, similar to the Netflix docuseries “Quarterback,” which followed three NFL quarterbacks during the 2022-2023 football season.
Higher Ground’s “American Factory” won the Academy Award for best d