Spike Lee pays homage to Kobe with a Gucci dress The director showed up at the Oscars 2020 in a custom yellow-purple suit

Spike Lee's Instagram account was filled with tributes to Bryant in the days following the helicopter crash that prematurely slashed the life of the former NBA star and eight other people, including 13-year-old daughter Gianna.

The Atlanta director has always had a special relationship with the ex Lakers, so much so that he directed "Kobe Doin 'Work", a 2009 documentary in which an entire day of his life is told, including comments from the protagonist during the game with the Spurs. Just the Black Mamba had managed to win the Oscar in 2018 thanks to the short film "Dear Basketball", the letter with which he had decided to announce his retirement to the world.

Even the shoes of the Nike Kobe Elite ''Strategy'' are a tribute to the legend of the Lakers, on an evening in which Bryant was remembered with his phrase: “Life is too short to stop and be discouraged, you have to give yourself a move, you have to go on".