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Best Animated Short Film | 2018 | Glen
Sports | 2018
Outstanding PostProduced Graphic Design | 2018 | Glen
Best Animated Short Subject | 2018
Video Animation | 2018 | John
In 2018, Kobe Bryant became the first professional athlete and NBA player to be nominated for and to win an Academy Award; winning in the category of Best Animated Short Film for "Dear Basketball".
With his 2018 Oscar win, Kobe Bryant became the first African American to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
"Dear Basketball" was shown and closed the tribute ceremony to celebrate the lives of Kobe and his daughter Gianna Bryant, held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 24th 2020, following their tragic demise in a helicopter crash on January 26th 2020.
"Kobe Bryant: Dear Basketball, from the moment I started rolling my dad's tube socks and shooting imaginary game-winning shots In the Great Western Forum, I knew one thing was real: I fell in love with you. A love so deep I gave you my all - from my mind & body to my spirit & soul. As a six-year-old boy, deeply in love with you, I never saw the end of the tunnel. I only saw myself running out of one. And so I ran. I ran up and down every court. After every loose ball for you. You asked for my hustle. I gave you my heart. Because it came with so much more. I played through the sweat and hurt. Not because challenge called me. But because YOU called me. I did everything for YOU. Because that's what you do. When someone makes you feel as alive as you've made me feel. You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream. And I'll always love you for it. But I can't love you obsessively for much longer. This season is all I have left to give. My heart can take the pounding. My mind can handle the grind. But my body knows it's time to say goodbye. And that's OK. I'm ready to let you go. I want you to know now. So we both can savor every moment we have left together. The good and the bad. We have given each other all that we have. And we both know, no matter what I do next, I'll always be that kid with the rolled up socks. Garbage can in the corner. :05 seconds on the clock. Ball in my hands. 5... 4... 3... 2... 1. Love you always, Kobe"
