Starting 5 (2024) s01e01 Episode Script

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[owl hoots]
[LeBron] People know
I take Halloween very seriously.
It's my favorite holiday,
by the way by far.
[spooky music playing]
Beetlejuice,
it's one of my favorite movies.
"I'm a graduate
of Harvard Business School."
"I travel quite extensively."
"I lived through the Black Plague,
had a pretty good time."
"I've seen The Exorcist about 167 times,
and it keeps getting funnier
every single time I see it."
"Not to mention the fact
that you're talking to a dead guy."
"Now, what do you think?"
"You think I'm qualified?"
[laughs]
Could you imagine me
having shown up to the game on Sunday
and playing the game like this?
Like, "From St. Vincent-St. Mary,
uh, number 23, um, Beetlejuice."
- [woman laughs] James!
- [LeBron] James.
"It's showtime!"
[crowd cheering]
[LeBron] Basketball is a beautiful sport.
[buzzer sounds]
- [Sabonis] It's more than a game.
- [Butler] It has given me everything.
[man] And one!
- [Tatum] The people expect a lot.
- [Edwards] It's a lot of pressure.
- No!
- [man screams]
[tense music swells]
And there's no greater feeling
than being on the court. I love that.
[commentator] And the 2023-24 season
is underway.
[McMenamin] When you talk about the NBA,
there's 450 players from around the world.
- [Shelburne] It's so competitive.
- [pundit] Most are playing to survive.
[man] But some guys make it look easy.
I'm Jayson Tatum.
- Jimmy Butler.
- Domantas Sabonis.
- Anthony Edwards.
- LeBron James.
[commentator] Gonna be an exciting season.
Whoo!
- We got threes like that all day.
- Easy assist if you throw me the ball.
Keep your foot on the gas.
Sit on his lap! Sit on his lap!
Bang, time to show you
What we came to do ♪
- [commentator 2] Tatum.
- [pundit] He's kind of unstoppable.
- [Montgomery] He has the talent.
- Here we go!
But for some reason,
there's not a championship
that's coinciding with that.
[Shelburne] Can he deliver in the clutch?
I would cut off one of my fingers
to win a championship.
[commentator 3] Jimmy Butler's a machine!
[Garnett] He ain't Jimmy Buckets
for nothing.
[Montgomery] One of the top personalities.
- [pundit 2] He has the bravado.
- [pundit 3] He shows the silly side.
I love it when people
get to express theirself.
Shake your ass, shake your ass ♪
[laughs]
[commentator 4] Sabonis catching bodies!
[Shelburne] He is the big man.
He often gets forgotten about.
But he's 110% at everything he does.
[pundit 4] He wears
the hard hat every night.
This is a guy you would love
to have on your team.
I got you. Come on!
Being a leader lights a fire in me.
[commentator 5] Edwards Hold on!
[pundit 5] He'll try to snatch your soul
out of your body anytime he dunks on you.
[pundit 6] A superstar is here.
The future face of the NBA.
[Montgomery] But is he mature enough
to lead his team?
[yipping]
Oh shit!
Nobody can stop me.
Yeah!
[commentator 6] LeBron James!
[pundit 7] No other player in history
has sustained the elite
over a long period of time like LeBron.
- Surprised at myself at this point.
- [Russell] Yeah, old man!
I wanted to be the greatest of all time.
- We made history.
- [Shelburne] For how long?
Because this season feels like
a changing of the guard.
[LeBron] I'm not tired.
[Shelburne] This next generation,
they have big shoes to fill.
I just wanna get home and drink some wine.
[LeBron] This season, the access is
different from anything I've done.
- All the games, all the plane rides.
- Doing something I love every day.
No one's ever seen me
in an intimate space like this.
- [Shashana laughs]
- Tigey!
The Big Bird is here.
[laughs]
- [Sabonis] It's a year-round job.
- [Tatum] We had our ups and downs.
[Sabonis] You're not
with your family as much.
You wanna show Daddy your dino?
Every day is a sacrifice.
It's not always
as sweet as everybody think that it is.
We are born the same ♪
You know, we almost lost
our son in the summertime.
[commentator] Anthony Edwards
out for personal reasons.
[reporter] Jimmy Butler
is taking a leave of absence.
- We don't know the details.
- Sometimes, it's hard.
[screams]
- [Butler] We're not superhuman.
- [Edwards] Hey!
[Butler] But basketball
has given me so much.
- Ah!
- Ah!
["Worship" playing]
It's only you that makes me all I am ♪
Every year in the NBA,
100 players get swapped out.
- [grunts]
- [Sabonis] You gotta work for your spot.
- [Tatum] Everybody has something to say.
- Don't give a fuck what you think.
[Tatum] It might be a game for you,
but, like, this is my life.
Let's fucking go!
[LeBron] Ooh, ooh.
The main goal never changes.
Boom!
We just gotta fucking win.
- [ball bouncing]
- [sneakers squeaking]
[LeBron] What do you wanna do?
Ride with me?
- Thank you.
- [woman] Of course. Of course.
Good seeing all of you.
[indistinct chatter]
["Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)" playing]
And the winner is Hov, my man ♪
Speech ♪
First of all, I wanna thank my connect ♪
The most important person
With all due respect ♪
Thanks to the duffel bag
The brown paper bag ♪
The Nike shoebox
For holding all this cash ♪
The Roc Boys in the building tonight ♪
Hey ♪
Oh, what a feeling
I'm feeling life, hey ♪
You don't even gotta
Bring your paper out ♪
[reporter] LeBron, any part of you
think this could be your last season?
[reporter 2] Last time we spoke to you,
you mentioned that, you know,
your basketball future was uncertain.
[reporter 3] You were potentially
considering retirement.
How quickly after that did you realize,
"I have a lot of gas left in the tank"?
Rare guns
If you dare come near the fortress ♪
This apple sauce
Is from the apple orchard ♪
This kinda talk
Is only reserved for the bosses ♪
What's up, boy? J-Hood, what up, boy?
Three. Four total. Catch and shoot.
Shake. Drift, catch and shoot.
Oh, you crazy.
[LeBron] This is season prime time.
Meaning season 21.
Playing over two decades
with the amount of minutes,
the amount of games I've played,
'cause of my dedication to my work,
I think it's a huge part of the reason
why I'm still able to play at this level.
Get up, girl! Ooh!
[Montgomery] LeBron
is going into his 21st season.
You know how hard it is to be
who LeBron has been for 20 years?
[McMenamin] We talk about the guys who
have played this deep into their career.
He is pushing the limits
of what a player's prime is considered.
So, AD AD, be up so he can't
so he can't snake the dribble.
When you're LeBron James,
like, he truly knows how his body feels.
Like, I don't see any degress.
I don't see anything that suggests
that he needs to walk away.
[McMenamin] Anyone who has spent
any time paying attention
to what's happened in the NBA
in its 77, 78-year history
will recognize
that there's only a few players
that are worthy of putting their name
in the record books
as as one of the greatest to ever do it.
And the things you need to do
in order to be a part of that conversation
starts with championships
[commentator] LeBron James
captures that elusive title.
[LeBron] I'm LeBron James
from Akron, Ohio.
Cleveland!
This is for you!
[commentator] This historic
2020 NBA championship
belongs to the Los Angeles Lakers!
[LeBron] I wanna be that team this season.
I'm trying to put my mind
into that emotion right away.
And also facilitate that to my teammates
as well. This is where we come together.
- Hook it up.
- This guy's got our group. What we got?
- [LeBron] Together. One, two, three!
- Together!
[gulls squawking]
[boy] Dada!
[Butler] Dada's having a good day,
isn't he, buddy?
Yeah. He gets to see his
He gets to see his babies.
Just smell.
Ah.
Ya.
Rylee, your brother
just blew out my candle.
I wonder who taught him how to do that.
- [Rylee] Me!
- Yeah.
- You not gonna blow it out again?
- [Rylee] Nuh-uh.
- [Butler] I can trust you?
- Yeah! [chuckles]
- [Butler] I can trust you? Okay.
- Yeah. Yeah.
[Rylee squeaking]
- Are you
- [Butler] You just gonna smell it?
[Butler] I thought
you weren't gonna do that.
[laughs]
Rylee, what kind of coffee
does Dada drink?
- [Rylee] Coffee.
- No. What kind?
[phone ringing]
- [Rylee] Cappuccino.
- Good job.
[Butler] Coffee today is
normally always cappuccinos,
a lot of cappuccinos, you know.
I think I'm on cappuccino six.
I actually made three of them myself,
so I'm proud of myself for that.
See that artwork right there?
That's perfection.
- [Brayan] Yeah.
- Yeah, don't do that.
It's not yours.
This is Dada's.
You got your apple.
My barista skills are
still very beginner level.
But it's because I have a job
that I must try and master/conquer first,
which is basketball.
[commentator] And Jimmy Butler
will cleave it in.
[Butler] Describing my style of play,
my game, I legit can do it all.
- [commentator 2] Can he win it here?
- [Butler] I can shoot threes.
[commentator 2] Yes!
[Butler] A guard?
I'm a pretty good defender.
[commentator 3] Butler
Here, talk to the hand.
I'm like a king of all trades,
I think that's what the saying is.
The Black king of all trades.
[commentator 4] Oh,
Jimmy frickin' Butler puts it in!
[Butler] I gotta I gotta brace myself.
- First day of the new year
- [woman] Yeah. Imagine that.
[Butler] I'm emotional, man.
[McMenamin] Jimmy Butler
is living a kind of a life
that is atypical for an NBA superstar.
He is also, you know,
a bit of an eccentric.
He's been showing up to Media Day
with a different hairstyle
basically to troll all the media
'cause we gotta use
that profile pic of his
every time we identify him
in the starting lineup
on these national broadcasts.
"What are you doing, Jimmy?"
But, like, to him, it's a big, long joke.
[Butler] I think it was
a month before Media Day.
It was literally my nanny.
Oh, she was like,
"You know what? Just emo it."
And I was like,
"That actually is a great idea."
[woman] Jimmy, what are you doing?
[Butler] Media Day.
[woman] Rylee, look at your dad.
- I don't like this hair.
- [Butler] You don't like this hair?
[woman] Oh, Brayan!
Why not?
This is Dada.
Dada's emotional right now.
[woman 2] So the story of Emo Jimmy,
I feel like it started
as him kind of just like
"What you do over the weekend?"
I'm like, "I went to emo night."
"Oh, what's emo night?"
Like, "Just a bunch of people at a bar,
listening to the same stuff we've
been listening to since high school."
He's like, "What are you listening to?"
"Here it is."
"I like that." "Okay, great."
Like [chuckles]
And there goes Emo Jimmy.
["Sugar, We're Goin Down" playing]
Am I ♪
[Butler] What's happening?
How are you, brother? You good?
- Leave me alone. I can't break character.
- [man] Okay, all right.
[Butler] Don't make me
break character right now.
Who I am this week ♪
Drop a heart ♪
And break your name ♪
We're always sleeping in ♪
- And sleeping ♪
- [light laughter]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, laugh it up.
We're going down, down ♪
[Butler] I got to be emo for a day,
but I'm low-key kinda emo all the time.
I mean, aren't we all feeling that way
and some, like, emotions just take over?
[commentator] And they're having words.
- [Butler] Oh yeah!
- [commentator 2] Eye to eye!
- [commentator] What's gonna happen?
- [commentator 2] That is a no-no!
Yo, yo, yo, chill, chill,
chill, chill, chill. The cameras is on.
[Butler] It made so many people's day.
"This basketball player, he's actually
up there, you know, being who he is."
There's no way you just wanted to do this.
- [Butler] Yes, I did.
- Well
[laughs]
What's wrong with you?
'Cause, man, like, the whole lip ring
A loaded God complex
Cock it and pull it ♪
[Tatum] You think you can shoot better
than Brett?
- [man scoffs] Here we go.
- [Deuce] Yeah!
[game announcer] Welcome to NBA Pro!
[game music playing]
[Tatum] You scared?
I ain't never scared.
[game beeping]
[Tatum] One.
You gotta get 100.
Deuce Tatum is my five-year-old son,
soon to be six.
The most famous person in Boston,
the biggest personality.
My best friend, my mini-me.
[reporter] Deuce, you wanna say something?
- Hi!
- [reporter] Oh, that
[laughs]
[Brandy] Scoot up
so you don't hit my ceiling.
See all them marks? You did that.
[Brandy] And your daddy
gonna have to lift you up to clean it up.
[Tatum] You know, as a kid,
I dreamed about being
the best basketball player in the world,
as every other ten-year-old did.
Kobe was he was everything for me.
I just felt the connection.
I used to watch all his games
and highlights on YouTube,
and he really inspired me
to wanna go after and chase my dream.
I got to meet Kobe. Got his autograph.
You know, as a kid, going to school,
one day, we had to write a one-page essay
on what we wanted to be when we got older.
She got to me and I said, you know,
"My favorite player is Kobe Bryant.
I wanna be in the NBA."
She kinda laughed and was like,
"You need to be more realistic."
And I remember going home and crying
and telling my mom I was embarrassed.
And I'll never forget. She kinda
just wiped the tears off my eyes.
And she was like, "Remember this moment."
[Brandy] I've always been competitive,
and I think the thing
that Jayson and I have in common is,
whenever someone doubts us
or tells us we're not capable
or that, you know, something we can't do,
it just flicks a switch,
and, you know, from then on,
it's like, "All right, I'll show them."
[Tatum] Growing up in St. Louis,
my parents had me when they were 19.
They, you know, never were together.
But, you know, my dad,
he was the person
that, you know, introduced me to the game.
[man] When Jayson was born,
I put that basketball in his hand.
We were on our way home from the hospital,
and I said, "Hey, I don't really know
what fatherhood is, you know,
but I know that I play a sport,"
and I was like, "Hey,
this ball is gonna bond us together."
I was like, "I'm not gonna just teach you
how to grab a rebound or dunk the ball."
"I'mma teach you everything. And how
I'mma teach you, you might not like it."
[Tatum] My dad pushed me
to work as hard as I did.
We had our ups and downs.
[Brandy] Jayson was trying to decide
which high school he wanted to go to,
and we chose Chaminade.
Hi, my name is Jayson Tatum,
and one reason I came to Chaminade
was because of sports,
mainly basketball.
[Hanlan] I've known Jayson
for over a decade.
We've been working together
since he was a high school freshman.
[Brandy] When I reached out to Drew,
he told me no.
Like, "I don't work
with people that young."
And I was like,
"Listen, I will take out a payday loan."
"I will borrow money. I'll make payments."
"I don't know what I'll do,
but just give him a shot."
And he was like, "If he gets through
the workout without quitting,
then I'll work him out."
[Hanlan] The first workout, all I did was
basically just run him to the ground.
I mean, 30 minutes
of non-stop, high-intensity drills.
I got a call from Brandy, and she said,
"Man, Jayson said that was
the hardest workout he's been through,
but he said something really cool
you'd be proud of."
"He said, 'Mama, they're gonna have to
carry me off the court before I gave up.'"
And that's when I knew
that he really had something here and here
that was gonna allow him to, you know,
really take his game to a special level.
He was number one in the country.
And he was still, every single morning,
meeting me at 6:00 a.m.,
making, you know, 500 shots
by the time most of his competitors
were, you know, waking up.
He saw how much his mom sacrificed for him
to give him all the best opportunities
that he could possibly have.
The thing I've always loved about Jayson
was he put all of his eggs in one basket.
There was no plan B.
[Tatum] 'Cause I had dreams
of playing in the NBA.
Never let anybody tell you
what you can and can't be.
With the third pick in the 2017 NBA Draft,
the Boston Celtics select
Jayson Tatum from Duke University.
[cheering]
[Irish folk music playing]
[Tatum] When I first got here, I was 19.
I was just happy to be in the NBA.
I wasn't thinking about
leaving my mark here in Boston.
I just wanted to play basketball.
[commentator] Tatum.
Tatum drives.
Tatum finishes.
He can do it all.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] Tatum finding some space.
Side three It's good.
Tatum, off the bounce, gets inside
Tatum's been unstoppable.
Jayson Tatum is scorching right now.
[Tatum] I've made All-Stars
and all those things,
multiple conference finals,
and, you know, been to the Finals.
And, essentially, the only thing
I haven't done is win a championship.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Tatum] If you wanna succeed here,
you hang your championship or you don't.
[McMenamin] In order for Tatum to be
included with the names like Bill Russell,
John Havlicek, Larry Bird,
Kevin Garnett, on and on and on,
he's gotta lift the Larry O'Brien Trophy.
[Shelburne] He had so many opportunities
where he's in
the Eastern Conference Finals
or right there in the NBA Finals.
[commentator] It's over. The Golden State
Warriors return to a familiar place.
They're on top of the NBA world.
He knows that, and I don't think
he's scared of it, but that's reality.
[pundit] I think he has greatness in him.
Is he ever gonna be great?
[Tatum] Being one of the best players
and being on Boston,
there's the expectation
that comes with that.
Whether you turn on the TV
and watch it or not,
you're always gonna hear it. Those clips,
those comments are always there.
[pundit 2] What a persecution complex
you people have.
I do not think
he's been over-scrutinized at all.
I think he's getting
the standard superstar scrutiny,
comes-with-the-territory kind of stuff.
[Montgomery] If you're Jayson Tatum,
you have to understand
that you win or lose by you.
If y'all win a championship,
Jayson Tatum had a big part in that.
If the Boston Celtics
don't win a championship,
they're gonna point at Jayson Tatum
'cause they'll be like,
"You're the leader."
"Why aren't y'all winning?"
It's great to see. You know, I'm playing
for the best franchise in the NBA,
and, um, hopefully
we can get number 18 this year.
- [Garnett] I brought your phone.
- [man] Thank you.
[Garnett] Jayson Tatum
is carrying a great weight
of tradition on their backs.
Jayson Tatum, in this group
that he's playing with,
the Boston Celtics,
have a really rare chance to create
something special for themselves.
[somber music playing]
[net swooshes]
[Shelburne] This is when
he's not just the face of the Celtics,
but he could be
the face of the league if he wins.
And everything that the Celtics have done
and everything he is doing
is trying to make sure that he is
in the best position to win this year.
[Mazzulla] Um, it's not easy.
You know, you study greatness,
and it takes years.
The day after every season,
you gotta make that decision again,
regardless of how the last season went.
You know, it's a credit to him
because he makes that decision daily.
[Garnett] Whatever their Celtic thing is,
they have a chance to build it
right in front of our eyes.
They're young enough.
They been through a lot.
They're experienced.
There's no more excuses.
[net swooshes]
[pundit] The deal with LeBron.
If there's anything he hates,
it's talking about rest.
He hates the fact that we gotta talk
about him and his minutes,
and as he's getting older because
all those things talk about his mortality.
[LeBron] When you're younger,
you're always
listening to what people are saying.
You think that their word is bond.
You think everybody in the media is right.
You realize, when you get older,
like, none of that shit really matters.
I kinda stay in the moment
before the game,
just kinda just, like,
getting my body into form,
listen to my music
around the same time as well.
I love so many genres of music
and so many artists that
it's literally just a vibe.
It's like, you know,
it depends on
which artist I'm into that day.
Anywhere from,
you know, Jay-Z, Eminem, Nas.
Make history before you go ♪
Fuck the misery
You living po', we gettin' dough ♪
Except the dollars
Other reasons why I'm living, yo ♪
Time is valuable ♪
Lo and behold
We young, Black, and powerful ♪
[Mancias] First game of the year,
big game. It's been a long road.
Seventeen years together.
Eighteen years together.
Ups and downs, but primarily ups.
But we're, uh, we're excited, man.
We're excited to, uh, to be at the place
that we're at right now, physically.
You know,
I don't think it's ever been done before.
Season 21.
I mean, we're in uncharted territory,
but we won't stray from our foundations.
Before every game,
we try to do what's called, uh,
you know, like, a like an activation.
Prepping his body,
his muscles, his joints, his tendons
for the stresses of playing,
you know, some heavy minutes.
[Davis] America, LeBron James
gets on my nerves.
[chuckles]
Y'all don't know
the dynamic of our relationship.
We really Outside of the
outside of the floor,
we really don't hang with each other
'cause he gets on my nerves,
and I get on his.
So we just make it look good
for the cameras.
[laughing]
[Davis] The way he commits to the game,
the way he takes care of his body,
the way he locks in, it's no surprise,
with his level of professionalism,
how he's able to still do
what he do at year 21
at a very elite and high level.
[crowd cheering]
[commentator] From Ball Arena
here tonight,
as they just wheeled
those rings right by us,
we got the Lakers and the Nuggets.
[man] What?
I'm good.
[indistinct chatter]
No, you keep it open.
I don't mind hearing this shit.
It's good. It's motivation.
But I've come through ♪
And we mean to go on
And on and on and on ♪
[LeBron] That song is so iconic.
I mean, "We Are the Champions."
I've been there four times
to the mountaintop.
I've heard that song four times
in the NBA.
And, uh, you know,
I would love to hear it again.
[crowd cheering]
[LeBron] This is game one of the season.
We're here
at the defending champions', uh, arena,
the Denver Nuggets.
We got a long time, a long season to be
worrying about, like, statistical shit.
I mean, like, how we're gonna play.
We gonna watch film.
We can do all that shit.
Just, like, play free.
To the hits, defense, we fly around.
Motherfuckers get beat,
be there to protect them.
Get a mid. Get a X if you need it.
Come out and come back in, all right?
So just play hard as shit.
- Together on three. One, two, three.
- Together.
[suspenseful music playing]
[commentator] It's a rematch
of the Western Conference Finals
from a season ago.
[commentator 2] The oldest player
in the association,
but he's like fine wine, people.
He's only getting better with age.
[commentator] And the NBA season
is underway.
And James already!
At 38, he pulls off an acrobatic move,
and here come the Lakers.
- [commentator 2] Did you say 38 years old?
- [commentator] And almost 39.
[commentator 2] Twenty-first year
in the league? Doesn't look it.
[LeBron] I'm here. I'm here.
[commentator 2]
LeBron, driving, all the way,
got to the rim, throws it up and in.
Just a freight train.
[commentator] You can't keep
giving space to LeBron.
That's his best offense,
is just get his body into you,
pulling you into the rim.
[LeBron] You got see ball, ball, ball.
I got ball.
I'm here. I'm here. I'm here.
Red. Red. Red.
- What do you want me to do?
- [buzzer sounds]
- [announcer speaking indistinctly]
- Me?
[McMenamin] We came into the season
with Darvin Ham talking about
wanting to keep LeBron
on a minutes restriction,
28 to 32 minutes per game.
Now that we have a highly, highly
balanced, skilled, athletic, younger team,
those guys gonna step up
and do a lot of heavy lifting early.
Yeah, you stay high.
As soon as as soon as
as soon as you go right here,
he's throwing it here,
and it's right there. Misdirection shit.
- [man] Hey.
- [LeBron] Get another fucking stop.
[man] Stay organized.
Yeah, I know. I know y'all got me on
fucking old-man time percentages and shit.
Play eight minutes and shit.
Two shots in eight minutes.
Just getting cardio.
I hate this shit already.
This shit's garbage.
I know I'm in better shape than everybody.
[Paul] His passion for winning
is second to none,
and I think the toughest part about it is
he gets this,
"Oh, he's controlling the team. Right."
And the reality of it is
that's not true.
But for him,
it probably becomes very, very frustrating
to be positioned as you have the control
without actually having the control.
[LeBron] The minutes restriction,
it's something I just I don't agree with.
I've never agreed with it.
I prepared my body physically
and mentally prepared
my mind for for battle.
I've had, you know, conversations
and talks and battles with my coaches,
and I get it,
but I also understand me, and I get me,
and there's nobody gets me more than me.
Um
[man] When you signed your deal,
did it hit the same as the first one?
Yeah, the first one hit. You like
We ain't from shit. We come from shit.
So we get that first million,
like, for a for a
for a Black kid outta the hood,
when you get a million dollars, bro,
we know that ain't the A-all, be-all.
But it's more
than our family's ever had before,
so that is, like
I ain't never signed a contract
more than my first one.
Like, for the feeling.
That first one, you like, "Shit!"
I was given the keys to a franchise
at 18 years old,
and then around about 19, 20,
I realized I was the face of the NBA.
They never told me,
but I was looking around like,
"Oh shit."
I mean, can you imagine
being 18, 19, 20, 21 years old
with a bunch of money
and being able to do what you wanna do
and not be able
to just walk into a movie theater
and not be able
to just go to an amusement park
or not be able to hang out
with your friends and go out and just
be a kid?
[Zhuri] I think he's just a normal person.
Everyone thinks he's, like,
the legend of basketball.
But all we think is, like, he's our dad,
and he's, like, just,
like, a normal person.
I can only turn like this right now.
[chuckles]
The James household is
a fun household, I think.
We have lots of interesting personalities.
LeBron, obviously, he is crazy.
[scary music playing]
[LeBron laughs]
[imitating Beetlejuice]
"Hey. How you doing?"
[laughs]
[Bryce laughs] Bruh.
[LeBron] This is
my Holy Trinity right here.
Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, and Jason.
The big three.
I will say I'm Freddy Krueger.
Bosh is Michael Myers,
and then D-Wade is definitely Jason,
I would say.
But they are the big three.
I didn't start the superteams.
They started the superteam.
[chuckles]
I'm telling you, I come from
a horror movie family who played way too
Look, my mama's saying Look.
Get my mama here.
She's the one who started me on horror.
My whole family, and they play too.
- Like, they play around. Don't, like
- [Gloria] Scare each other.
You scare
You get scared the shit out of you
if you're not on your Ps and Qs,
for sure, in my household growing up.
It just happened.
Just from watching scary movies
[LeBron] It was my mom,
myself, my two uncles.
And my mom can attest to this 'cause,
you know, right now, everybody, like,
they think I lie about everything
when I tell the truth about everything,
but it's so good, people think I'm lying.
So I came home from school one day,
and we was living on Hickory Street.
Um, our first house that we lived on
- [Gloria] Family house.
- Our family house.
And I walked through the door,
and my cousin Brent had the green
he had the green and red sweater.
He had the fucking hat on,
the Freddy Krueger hat,
and back in the day What them girls
used to wear on their hair?
[Gloria] A nail a hair clip.
Yeah, hair clips, and he had, like,
the hair clips on his nails, right?
On his fingers.
He had them on his fingers.
And all I remember
This might be too explicit for the camera,
but this is Netflix. They're passing.
I've seen a lot of shit on Netflix.
[chuckles] I come around the corner
No, no, I walk in the house,
and he jumps out of nowhere and said,
"Where you going, little fucker?"
[woman laughs]
And I fainted.
- Oh.
- [woman laughs]
Gone. I know where I was going to.
Night-night land, that's where I went.
Yeah, that's when it started.
- [man] We're ghosts.
- [man 2] Ooh.
[LeBron] Whose food is that? Savannah?
She got French fries tonight?
[Savannah] That man is crazy.
He is. He is crazy.
He wants to live in my skin.
Literally, if I let him crawl in my skin,
he would live there.
[indistinct chatter]
[laughing]
[LeBron] Ah!
[Savannah] Both of us are
really young at heart.
I think that's the best way
to keep things fresh and new.
We are two peas in a pod.
He's my bestie. [chuckles]
[LeBron] You get older,
and you really start to dial in
on the shit that's really important.
You understand
what the true meaning of a partner is.
You really, truly understand
what family really, truly means.
Then your eyes you able to see more.
I wouldn't be who I am,
I wouldn't have had the career I've had,
I wouldn't be who I am without her.
[Savannah] I'm proud of us keeping a
sense of normalcy
in such an abnormal situation.
It's a part of doing it our way.
- Come on, bro, we late!
- [chuckles]
[chuckles]
[man] You guys look great.
[clinking]
See who I can hop, skip,
and jump over right quick.
Basketball, I'm okay at it,
but that's not the best thing
that I'm even good at.
[curious music playing]
Please pass, Pop.
- [Butler Jr.] Okay.
- Yes!
The greatest domino player in the world,
I can only go by what I know,
what I've seen,
and who I am, is myself.
I learned to first play dominoes
growing up.
That's how my dad taught me
how to count, learn probability,
and learn to kick ass at a early age.
Shout-out to you, Pop.
My dad, he lives with me.
He's doing incredibly well.
We have a phenomenal relationship.
Dominoes every day.
He's at as many games
as he can make it to.
[Butler] No, I tell you who did it.
I did it.
I won.
Hey, Rod, can I get a, uh
Let me get a victory
I don't know. A victory something, man.
Just make it good, Rod. Make it good.
Dada gotta go to work.
Dada gotta go to work.
Aw.
I love you, buddy.
Dada will see you tonight, okay?
[commentator] Time for Heat basketball.
Put that mic down, pick up the basketball,
and get ready for the action because
it's the Heat-Lakers coming your way.
[Montgomery] If you're Jimmy Butler,
and LeBron is coming to town,
you know that they're coming back
feeling very comfortable
'cause this was a court they played on,
and there's a familiarity there.
But you also probably
are still, in the back of your mind,
thinking, "This is my house now."
The 30th pick in the 2011 draft,
the Chicago Bulls select
Jimmy Butler from Marquette University.
[applause]
[Butler] The team I was drafted by,
the Chicago Bulls,
they could never beat, hell,
LeBron and/or the Heat.
So it gave me a opportunity
to, like, make my name in this league.
"Yo! You need to find a way
to beat the Heat."
[commentator] Six seconds.
Four seconds.
James on the drive Stripped by Butler!
Picked up by Noah.
[Butler] When I came into the league,
early on, you hate the Heat.
You hate LeBron.
Hell, you hate any word
that rhymes with "Heat."
Feet. We don't like feet.
[LeBron] Jimmy Buckets, from the day
he stepped into the league from Marquette,
you knew you had to have your hard hat on.
You cannot step out on the floor
when Jimmy's on the floor
and not be ready to go
'cause, uh, he'd dog you.
[crowd clamoring]
[whistle blowing]
[Garnett] Jimmy Butler is a fucking dog.
That's his that's his DNA.
That's what he's known for.
I respect Jimmy. Real shit.
In Jimmy we trust.
[commentator] LeBron James, good to see
that man back in the Heat's house.
No question.
[LeBron] The minutes restriction
got lifted,
and I just knew that,
you know, for me personally,
it wouldn't be something that, you know,
will last throughout a whole season.
I don't think it lasted
as long as they would have liked.
But it worked in my in my benefit.
Yo, expect no-calls.
Be strong with the ball, all right?
They do a lot of reaching
and grabbing and shit.
- Defense, one, two, three.
- Defense.
[commentator] And look at this matchup.
Butler against LeBron.
The past versus the present.
- [LeBron] Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo!
- [commentator] Turnaround. Nope.
[commentator 2] Huge defense
by Jimmy Butler.
Love him taking this challenge,
guarding LeBron right now.
[Butler] I'm never nervous. I really think
I can beat anybody at anything
'cause, sooner or later,
I feel like they gotta have a bad day.
But I also realize
that people don't view, you know, dominoes
as part of training. I do.
[classical music playing]
[Butler] I see the game differently
because the game slows down a little bit.
It's teaching you, like,
whatever hand you're dealt,
everything's not gonna be going your way.
Are you just gonna
throw your dominoes in? No.
You know how to manipulate the game
in so many different types of ways.
But you still gotta figure it out.
You still gotta find a way to win.
So if y'all think y'all think
y'all can beat me at anything,
I'm all for it.
I'm good. I'm good.
Baby, go back. Go back.
[net swooshes]
It's all right.
[classical music continues]
[announcer speaking indistinctly]
[commentator] Nine points for Butler.
Butler Yes.
[Butler] Bang, bang!
[classical music ends]
[LeBron] Shit.
You always wanna be a winner.
Who wants to lose in anything?
[showers running]
[man coughs]
AR, throw me one
- [Reaves] That's it.
- That's it?
Can we get some more towels, please?
And hand towels.
Oh, no, no, we just need, uh, body towels.
[LeBron] I am at the top of my game
mentally and physically every single day.
If there was somebody on the floor
that I felt was in better condition
or was better fit for the moment than me,
then I could possibly sit down
for a little longer.
I have not seen that yet.
[engine revs]
Ooh, la, la ♪
It's Young Mula-la ♪
Me no do ra-ra, boom-boom, kumbaya ♪
Vroom-vroom, zoom by ya ♪
Me and all me goon brada ♪
Mario Brother shroom power
Make me doom-doom-da-da ♪
Ooh, la, la, ah, oui ♪
[Edwards] I do not look up to anybody
in the league right now currently.
Not at all.
Yeah, not the slightest. [chuckles]
Ooh, la, la ♪
- Ah, oui, oui, ooh, la, la ♪
- Ma chérie, ma chérie ♪
[Edwards] Yeah, I wanna cook LeBron
one-on-one. Like, who don't?
If you say you don't,
you ain't you don't wanna compete.
Ooh, la, la, ah, oui, oui ♪
Ooh, la, la, la, la ♪
[engine running]
Looking for M's like I lost a friend ♪
Jump out of my bed
Like, "Where that bread?" ♪
You gon' hold the egg
Waiter, bring the check ♪
When we talk, we Kalashnikov
Keep us in your thoughts ♪
Fully dressed at the crack of dawn
Weapons letting off ♪
I can hear them from the block
See them creeping through the fog ♪
Season's greetings
Now feeding season can start, oh my God ♪
Look alive, lookin' like I live life
On a crooked line ♪
Doin' fine, you want maximum stupid
I am the guy ♪
First of all, fuck the fuckin' law
We is fuckin' raw ♪
Steak tartare
Oysters on the half shell, sushi bar ♪
Life a bitch and the pussy fish ♪
Still fucked her raw, I'm a dog ♪
[music fades out]