After The Last Dance, will Kobe Bryant be entitled to a documentary too?

Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant do not lack in common. Here is one more: like "His Airness", filmed as closely as possible with "his" Bulls during his last season in Chicago, in 1997-98, the "Black Mamba" was also followed by a team filming throughout the 2015-16 season, his last in the NBA, the 20th in the jersey of the only team he has known, the LA Lakers.

» READ ALSO - The Last Dance: Michael Jordan will not touch anything on the receipts

These cameras, they were the result of the will of Kobe Bryant, with the agreement of the NBA. And this with the idea of ​​making it a documentary in the years to come. Information revealed by ESPN , the US media not knowing exactly in what form these images were going to be exploited by the former number 24, who died in January in a helicopter accident with eight other people, including his daughter Gianna. A series, like The Last Dance, the documentary which retraces the last season of "MJ" among the Bulls? Maybe, maybe not. In any case, ESPN reports that Kobe has directly supervised the installation in recent months. A priori, the project is still relevant despite his death, we are assured.

Unprecedented access

"They had unprecedented access and by far greater than anyone before," said John Black, Lakers public relations manager for almost 30 years. We certainly allowed them to do everything we could in what the league allowed, and sometimes, with a wink and or looking elsewhere, even more. ” The film crew has grown in number over the season, reaching up to six members for Kobe Bryant's last game on April 15, 2016. A 101-96 victory over Utah Jazz, with 60 points for the five-time NBA champion at stake. A final bouquet-shaped box to end a XXL career in style.

» READ ALSO - Coronavirus: NBA and players OK for a 25% salary drop

Locker rooms, training, matches ... Nothing escaped the cameramen hired by the "Black Mamba", eager to have total control over the story of his last season. A project that takes on a very special dimension after the tragic disappearance of MVP 2008…

Read also

• Michael Jordan dances with the Bulls