Kobe Bryant Discussion: Mamba Out!

If we had the championship roster around prime Kobe hangs them up with two more at least.

 

Kobe plays no D .... too old.





Love those two little clips and that he's being able to enjoy this with her.

:Headbang:

 

Yeah! One man's phobia is another man's treasure ..... eh?

 

or another man's hat. (Never Forget!)

 

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/am...brings-star-power-animated-short-race-1040778

 

jeezus .... Kobe's getting audience now and landing collaborations with legends in the Film Industry. Glen Keane and John Williams if you need them.

"Keane, meanwhile, is about as highly regarded an animator as there is, having worked at Disney for 38 years — during which he personally animated characters like Aladdin and Pocahontas — before leaving in 2012 to form Glen Keane Productions. And, further to the film's advantage, he animated Dear Basketball in the hand-drawn style that seems to be as popular with members of the short films and feature animation branch as any, even as it becomes less commonly seen in the industry. Dear Basketball, which Keane has called "the most difficult thing I've animated by a mile," is the product of black-and-white sketches, accented only by bits of purple and gold, the Lakers' colors."

"And then there's Williams. Bryant first reached out to the legendary composer two years before retiring from basketball, hoping to observe and apply Williams' approach to music — from the way Williams first develops ideas to the way he structures a composition — on the court. The two became fast friends and, as a gift to Bryant, Williams took two weeks off from working on Star Wars: The Last Jedi to score Dear Basketball — the first traditionally animated film that Williams has ever scored. Bryant subsequently spoke at Williams' AFI Life Achievement Award tribute in June 2016 and then, earlier this month, read "Dear Basketball" at a Hollywood Bowl concert while Williams conducted a performance of his score by the Los Angeles Philharmonic behind him.

Williams, of course, is about as popular with the Academy as anyone in history. The only individual who ever accumulated more Oscar nominations than Williams' 50 was — wait for it — Walt Disney."