Jayson Tatum is far from the only NBA superstar featured in “Starting 5” — the new Netflix-produced docuseries that follows some of basketball’s top talents on and off the court.
As the title of the series implies, the show follows five NBA stars in its first season: Tatum, LeBron James, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Edwards, and Domantas Sabonis. Given that it followed all five players throughout the 2023-24 season, Tatum figured to earn plenty of the spotlight — considering he helped lead Boston to a championship in June.
But speaking to reporters on Thursday, Tatum acknowledged that Netflix’s producers gave him the option to wait until season two of the series if he wanted to be the star of the show.