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News of Elle Duncan’s possible jump to Netflix has set off a “stampede” of on-air talents angling to fill her multiple marquee roles within ESPN, sources tell Front Office Sports. Scores of on-air talents—both with experience covering women’s basketball and working as a host—are eying Duncan’s portfolio of jobs at the four letters. They include co-hosting the 6 p.m. SportsCenter with Kevin Negandhi as well as serving as women’s college basketball host for College GameDay and host of WNBA Countdown. “The resumes are flying. There’s going to be a lot of people fighting for these jobs. Burke’s phone is going to be lighting up,” says one source, referring to ESPN president of content Burke Magnus.
The sports documentary space is robust, but it ain’t easy. I’m hearing that “Starting 5” is getting benched after a two-season run on Netflix. The NBA-focused effort tracked five players over the course of the season, and even with a fortuitous ending with two of its characters reaching the seven-game NBA Finals (Tyrese Haliburton and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander), the audience just wasn’t there to keep the show going. Kevin Durant, James Harden and Jaylen Brown were also featured in Season 2, while LeBron James, Domantas Sabonis, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Edwards and Jayson Tatum were featured in Season 1. Omaha Productions, James’ SpringHill Co. and Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground were executive producers on the show.
The fact that her team even took the court was a coaching feat in itself. She wanted to set her remaining players up to have Harris come calling with good news the next time. "Every NBA team, front office, staff member, GM, assistant GMs -- they're all there," Harding said. "Of course, there was a lot of disappointment and anger and sadness, but then there was also opportunity, too. So you can't let that take away from your opportunity." Harding and her team had unwittingly become characters in a true crime docuseries, playing out in real time. "Everyone's like, 'You're going to be on Netflix,'" Harding said. "It's tough because I remember the trip. I remember the trip. I remember everything. I remember him getting on the bus that morning ... "I still don't understand everything. I don't know if I'll ever understand."
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The 2025–26 NBA season has officially tipped off, and Netflix is diving deeper into basketball with a new project chronicling the illustrious career of Houston Rockets star forward Kevin Durant. Netflix has teamed up with OBB Pictures, the film and TV division of OBB Media, and Boardroom to create the definitive documentary series charting the NBA great’s life on and off the court: his upbringing in the Washington, DC, and Maryland area, college at the University of Texas, his immediate impact in the NBA, and his role representing the United States in the Olympics.
He was much more revealing on the new season of Netflix’s “Starting 5,” which released all eight episodes Thursday as it followed around Harden, Kevin Durant, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyrese Haliburton and Jaylen Brown last NBA season. In the third episode, Harden, on a trip back to Houston as his Los Angeles Clippers were playing the Rockets, revealed he has a son Jace, who was 6 years old at the time of filming. “Jace means the world,” Harden said from the home in Houston he still keeps despite being traded away in 2021. “I think everybody who has children understands the difference of love you have for someone that you created. It’s a joy. It’s, you know, your little mini-me. And, for me, just not even being selfish, but just something that you created, something that you wanna mold and be better than you is a different kind of love.”
Starting 5 is back. The Netflix sports series returns for Season 2 with eight new episodes and a fresh lineup of NBA stars, including Jaylen Brown, Kevin Durant, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Tyrese Haliburton, and James Harden.
“The whole way media works and television works has changed so dramatically,” Silver said. “Just by way of example, all of us of a certain age know it used to be the case that new programs launched in the fall. There were never new programs in the summer. Nobody thinks that way anymore. New programs are launching all the time on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Peacock, whatever service you use. We don’t think that way. “Ratings have changed from what they used to be. Netflix is the most valuable pure play media company out there. Nobody in this room knows what their ratings are. We don’t even think in terms of ratings. We think maybe in terms of popularity, buzz around a program. We’re going through a transition, and we’re going to work through that.”
Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson once clashed on the court in the 2001 NBA Finals, but now the basketball legends are joining forces to revive the Reebok brand they helped make iconic. In the Netflix docuseries, “Power Moves,” which premiered this week, the Hall of Famers swap jerseys for executive titles, with O’Neal stepping in as president of Reebok Basketball while Iverson takes on the role as vice president. The six-episode series offers a behind-the-scenes look at their mission to spark a cultural resurgence for the classic sneaker company.
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Netflix: Shaq reveals his top 10 greatest NBA players of all time 👀 Watch one of the all-time greats make his next play on Power Moves with Shaquille O'Neal premieres June 4.
Promoting a documentary series streaming on Netflix, Power Moves with Shaquille O’Neal, Shaquille O’Neal went into revealing his all-time Top 10 list. Sharing his opinion on the best-ever NBA players, 53-year-old Shaq initially listed himself in tenth place, but quickly moved on to present his ten favorites. The turned-basketball analyst reserved first place for Michael Jordan. In addition, he did not name his partner in the brand new Netflix series, Allen Iverson. Shaq’s all-time Top 10: 1. Michael Jordan 2. Kobe Bryant 3. LeBron James 4. Magic Johnson 5. Bill Russell 6. Wilt Chamberlain 7. Larry Bird 8. Hakeem Olajuwon 9. Tim Duncan 10. Julius Erving
Reuniting with Adam Sandler, Boban Marjanovic makes an appearance in the upcoming sports comedy film Happy Gilmore 2, set to stream on Netflix on June 25. The 36-year-old Serbian center previously worked with Sandler in the Netflix film Hustle, starring Juancho Hernangomez. Other acting credits include John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. Bouncing back in Hollywood action, he joins a long list of cameos in the sequel to the 1996 film, Happy Gilmore.
Nearly 16 years after the infamous locker room incident in which Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas and teammate Javaris Crittenton pointed firearms at each other, Netflix is giving it the Untold treatment. In a trailer released on Tuesday, Netflix revealed that one of the three upcoming episodes of its Untold series will document Arenas’ and Crittenton’s beef that resulted in both players receiving season-ending suspensions after they pulled guns on each other on Christmas Eve, 2009. The episode, aptly titled “Shooting Guards,” features sit-down interviews with both Arenas and Crittenton. The latter was recently released from prison after serving 10 years after pleading guilty to murder charges in 2011.
