Written in reverie on January 27, 2020

Jovani 2022-04-19 09:03:09

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I'm not a basketball fan, nor a Kobe fan, but when I wake up and see such news, it's like a straw in my heart that already bears a lot of weight-2020 may not be what I expected when it was on the tail of 2019. In that way, "Although 2019 is bad, I believe that 2020 will be better." Perhaps as Benjamin said, progressivism is not inevitable and deserved, every challenge, every danger, every The possibility of slipping into a darker abyss is by no means necessarily overcome by the so-called "progressive tendencies of history"; they are real and urgent issues.

Back to this short film, the simple picture reproduces the content of the recitation, the dream of a little boy and the legend of a generation of superstars. Purely from the quality of the work, it is indeed inferior to the lost and found and garden parties of the year, and it is understandable that there is controversy about winning the Oscar.

I don't know why when I watch it, although Kobe's feelings for basketball have a touching simplicity, simplicity, and sincerity, I still can't help thinking that there may be thousands of children. They used to love basketball and chase their respective dreams to a level no lower than Kobe, but the one they paid for may not be able to give them equal love and affirmation, and it is even more impossible for a team to spend 6 months. time to compose a dirge/carol for this love, either because not everyone has a gift like Kobe, or because of external factors such as family, society, etc. If a person is destined not to be like Kobe, although he has spent countless days and nights of sweat and physical wear and tear, but finally can "raise the eyebrows" with his dream, but is destined to be only a disgraced follower, then can he still be like this? Persistently, knowing that it can't be done, and foolishly shooting again and again towards the dream that may not be possible in the end?

I look forward to seeing a story like this one day.

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  • Kobe Bryant: 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 clock. Ball in my hands. 5... 4... 3... 2... 1. Love you always, Kobe