Kobe Bryant Lands Oscar Nomination for 'Dear Basketball'

Kobe Bryant Lands Oscar Nomination for 'Dear Basketball' The retired superstar's film was nominated in the Best Animated Short category. The six-minute video is an animated portrayal of Bryant's retirement letter that he wrote in The Player's Tribune in 2015. Glen Keane, the animator who worked on 'Dear Basketball', was also nominated. “I am a movement nerd. My son Max played basketball and I constantly sketched during his games. There’s a rhythm I already knew.”