Spike Lee arrived to the Oscars in Los Angeles with a heavy heart on Sunday as he paid tribute to his friend, Kobe Bryant, by wearing a custom suit that honored the former NBA great.
Bryant and eight other people, including his daughter Gianna, died two weeks ago in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles.
Bryant won an Oscar for the Best Animated Short Film in 2018 for his film “Dear Basketball.”
Lee is a big basketball fan who has long been seen sitting courtside at Knicks games at Madison Square Garden.
His special purple suit on Sunday had the No. 24 on the front and back and he also wore a pair of Nike Kobe 9 Elite “Strategy” shoes.
Spike Lee pays tribute to Kobe Bryant in the Nike Kobe 9 Elite “Strategy” #Oscar2020 pic.twitter.com/v9yX83FjHn
— Def Pen Kicks (@DefPenKicks) February 9, 2020
Spike Lee pulled up to the #Oscars in a full Kobe Bryant tuxedo pic.twitter.com/Dlfnf92vlQ
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) February 9, 2020
Well done, Spike Lee.
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