Not every day, do you see someone win an Oscar, let alone a sports personality. To this day, years after his win, we still think Kobe Bryant getting an Oscar is perhaps one of the most significant representations of sports in the media industry.
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Forget blockbuster movies, forget millions in revenue, true recognition like the Oscars is the hallmark of making it in the entertainment industry. Only Bryant cracked the code. Kobe Bryant finally got one over Michael Jordan.
In one of his last interviews ever, a sit down with Stephan Jackson and Matt Barnes for All The Smoke podcast, Bryant talked about everything under the sun. And when asked about his Oscar win, he went into the trivialities of winning the prized award.
But not before making a silly joke about getting one over Mike.
“He Can’t Get One of These”: Kobe Bryant and Stephan Jackson joke about Lakers legend winning Oscar over Michael Jordan
Call it banter or gloating, Kobe was overjoyed to have something his idol didn’t have, an Oscar. Talking to Jackson and Barnes he says, “He Can’t Get One of These” and lets out a big laugh.
The hosts ask him about the trivialities of winning the award and Bryant explains that in the arts, everything is different. He talks about how, unlike basketball, he doesn’t know the opponent, or cannot control the outcome.
Bryant waxes lyrical about the process of creation and why pouring your heart and soul is the only way to success. He talks rather stoically, about not being tense and just patiently waiting for the outcome.
Dear Basketball won the Oscar for best animated short film in 2018.
Kobe Bryant’s Dear Basketball was
Kobe Bryant’s short film, Dear Basketball, is a powerful and emotional tribute to the game he loved. The six-minute animated film is based on a letter Bryant wrote in 2015. He wrote the letter to announce his retirement from basketball. Bryant decided to animate the letter as a part of his bid to animate more stories about basketball.
The film features stunning animation and a beautiful score by legendary composer John Williams. The film is a visual and auditory masterpiece. Through his words and imagery, Kobe conveys the profound impact basketball had on his life and how it helped shape him into the person he is today.
You can tell the sheer range of emotion Bryant portrays just through his voice alone. Dear Basketball is a poignant reminder of the immense talent and passion that Bryant brought to the game and the legacy he leaves behind.
