Netflix’s ten-part docuseries Starting 5, which follows five basketball superstars as they travel through the 2023/2024 NBA season, majors heavily on the career and possible future of LeBron James, the league’s longest-ever serving player and icon of the game. At 38, nudging 39, James is undoubtedly at the back end of a sparkling career that has spanned more than two decades and taken in four Larry O’Brien Championship Trophies. James’ standing in basketball history is unquestioned, and his form throughout the 23/24 season as indicated by Starting 5 and its many reveals, suggests that he still has plenty left in the tank.
