Kobe White

Bryant, who retired from the N.B.A. in 2016, was involved in turning a poem he wrote into a film, "Dear Basketball," which won a 2018 Oscar award for best animated short.  The film depicts Bryant as a child dreaming of basketball glory and as an N.B.A. star. Bryant said the film was "about the emotional journey of having a dream, believing it'll come true; it comes true, then the realization that you have to wake up from that dream and move on to another."   In accepting the award, Bryant said: "As basketball players, we're supposed to shut up and dribble. I'm glad we do a little bit more than that."