NBA Star Domantas Sabonis Gets Vulnerable in Netflix Docuseries ‘Starting 5’
variety.comAndrés Buenahora editor You get home from a day at the office and find a Netflix crew in your living room. This is what Domantas Sabonis has experienced during the past year.
Only for the six-foot-ten Lithuanian American basketball player, “the office” is Golden 1 Center, synonymous with purple-infused jerseys and crazed fans chanting “Light the Beam!”, a rallying cry in reference to the 1,000 watts of RGB laser power that radiates until midnight with each subsequent Sacramento Kings victory.
Sabonis, the Kings’ starting center and a three-time NBA All-Star, is one of five main cast members in Netflix’s sports docuseries “Starting 5.” It follows the lives of five players — LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers, Jayson Tatum of the Boston Celtics, Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat and Anthony Edwards of the Minnesota Timberwolves — during the 2023-24 NBA season. “Every time we went to the park, I had six, seven cameramen following me,” Sabonis says.
Netflix did an excellent job of ensuring the same crew was assigned to his family, he said. “You kind of forget the cameras are there.
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