Kobe Bryant wins Oscar for animated short film ‘Dear Basketball’
March 5, 2018 by admin
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Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant added another trophy to his large collection of career accolades Sunday. Except this one has a much different feel than the five Larry O’Brien trophies the future Hall of Famer won over his storied basketball career.
Bryant’s Dear Basketball won an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film at Sunday’s Academy Awards. The six-minute film is based on a poem Bryant wrote that was published in The Players Tribune in 2015, when he announced his retirement from the NBA. Glen Keane, who has animation credits for Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast, helped direct the film.
“I don’t know if it’s possible. I mean, as basketball players we’re really supposed to shut-up and dribble but I’m glad we do a little bit more than that,” Bryant said as he accepted the Oscar.
“Thank you, Academy, for this amazing honor. Thank you, John Williams, for such a wonderful piece of music. Thank you, Verizon, for believing in the film. Thank you, Molly Carter, without you we wouldn’t be here. And to my wife Vanessa, our daughters Natalia, Gianna, and Bianka. Ti amo con tutto il mio cuore. You are my inspiration. Thank you so much, guys, thank you.”
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Backstage, Bryant got a healthy applause, a bit unusual for an Oscar winner in the media room.
“I feel better than winning a championship,” Bryant said. “It’s crazy.”
As for his strong start to his post-NBA career, Bryant acknowledged it wasn’t an easy transition.
“It’s a hard thing for athletes to start over. You have to begin again.”
He called Williams a ”real-life Obi-Wan Kenobi.” Fitting, after receiving the award from Mark Hamill, who of course plays Luke Skywalker in the Star Wars franchise.
Bryant, 39, who was accompanied Sunday by his wife Vanessa, previously told The Undefeated that the Oscar nomination served as validation that he was more than just a basketball player.
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Kobe: Oscar nom shows he ‘can do something other than dribble’
“I’ve always been told that as basketball players the expectation is that you play. This is all you know. This is all you do,” he told the outlet. ”Don’t think about handling finances. Don’t think about going into business. Don’t think that you want to be a writer — that’s cute. I got that a lot.
“What do you want to do when you retire? ‘Well, I want to be a storyteller.’ That’s cute. This is … a form of validation for people to look and say, ‘OK, he really can do something other than dribble and shoot.’”
Bryant, who retired in 2016 after 20 years in the NBA — all with the Lakers — also won two Olympic gold medals, two NBA Finals MVP awards, one regular-season MVP and was an 18-time All-Star.
Alexander reported from Los Angeles.
Follow Scott Gleeson on Twitter @ScottMGleeson and Alexander @BryAlexand
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