NBA stars react to Kobe's Dear Basketball winning an Oscar
Kobe Bryant's biographical short animated film 'Dear Basketball' won the Oscar for the Best Animated Short Film at the 90th Academy Awards. While Kobe wrote the film himself, it was directed by Glen Keane.
Kobe's accomplishment has the whole basketball world swooning in amazement. Jayson Tatum, who grew up idolizing Kobe and modeled much of mid-range game after him, kept it short.
CJ McCollum knows that Kobe is one tough act to follow. His tweet says as much.
LeBron James and Jaylen Brown alluded to Kobe's message to fellow ballers to have an impact off the court too.
Kobe was also congratulated by Evan Turner, 5-time All-Star Kevin Love and former All-Star Caron Butler among others.
Celtics legends Bill Russell and Paul Pierce, along with Lakers legend and current President of Basketball operations Magic Johnson chimed in as well.
Former teammate and 3-time Finals MVP Shaquille O'Neal had perhaps the best tweet of them all.