美国篮球运动员科比·布莱恩特从一个小男孩逐渐成长为洛杉矶湖人队超级巨星的传奇历程。动画短片《亲爱的篮球》是一部以粗粝素描画为风格的动画短片，时长5分多钟，从2016年春天开始进入制作周期，历时8个月，是科比与好莱坞大师级动画导演格兰·基恩合作的一个小项目，一开始，双方都没想过这部作品能获得奥斯卡奖，制作它的主要目的，是为了能在去年年底，举行科比球衣退役仪式的湖人队主场进行播放。短片的灵感来自科比于2015年底，宣布自己将在下一赛季结束后退役，并在社交网站上发布的一篇同名长文，文章和后来的动画短片，都在讲述科比从小男孩成长为篮球巨星的励志故事。科比在制作过程中担任编剧、制作人，并为短片录制自述旁白。亲爱的篮球原文：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 clockBall in my hands. 5 … 4 … 3 … 2 … 1Love you always, Kobe自从把我父亲的圆筒球袜卷成球状，开始想象着自己置身于大西部论坛球馆（大西部论坛球馆原为NBA场馆之一，从1967年至1999年期间一直是洛杉矶湖人队的主场，它也是湖人队使用时间最长的主场）投进那些制胜球时，我就确切的明白了一件事情：我深深爱上了你。深爱，我为你倾其所有——从我的心、我的身体到我的精神、灵魂。六岁时爱上了一颗跃动的皮球，却从未见到过隧道尽头的一抹曙光，我只看见自己一直在隧道中用尽力气，奔跑奔跑奔跑。所以我一直在跑。我在场上前后来回地跑，为了你去追逐每一个地板球，你渴望我的拼抢，我就还你全部身心，因为这之间蕴含了太多的东西。我带着伤痛打球，打到汗流浃背，不是因为“挑战”呼唤了我，是因为你呼唤了我。我做的一切都是为了你，因为你能够让一个人感受到鲜活的生命感。你赠予了一个六岁男孩他的湖人梦，我会因此而永远爱你。但现在我无法再继续这样疯狂地迷恋你了，这个赛季，我已经倾其所有。我的心还能够承受住磨难，我的心态还能够处理好艰难。但我的身体已经知道，是时候说再见了。这没事，这没事。我已经准备好让你走了，我希望你现在知道，这样一来，剩余的时间内，我们可以尽情享受每一时刻。好的和坏的，我们已经给予了各自所有。我们都知道，无论接下来我会做什么。我永远都会是那个把袜子卷成球状，瞄着墙角的垃圾罐做着篮球梦的孩子。“还剩5秒钟！” 5 4 3 2 1 永远爱你的， 科比
