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2017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。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 … 1