Report: Kobe gave feedback on footage from final season before death

In the months before his death in January, Kobe Bryant provided feedback on edited footage captured during his final season in the NBA, league sources told ESPN's Baxter Holmes.

The footage had been edited in anticipation of a future potential documentary on the Los Angeles Lakers icon, sources told ESPN. Production will reportedly likely continue as planned despite Bryant's death.

Bryant personally employed as many as six camera crews during the 2015-16 season, filming behind-the-scenes glimpses into his final tour around the league.

"They had unprecedented and, by far, greater access than anyone else ever," John Black, the Lakers vice president of public relations, told ESPN. "We certainly allowed them to do everything we could within what the league would allow, and sometimes, with a wink and look-the-other-way, allowed them even more."

There is no release date associated with the project at this time.

Among Bryant's many pursuits upon retirement in 2016 was the film "Dear Basketball," which earned Bryant and co-collaborator Glen Keane an Academy Award for Best Animated Short in 2018.

The 41-year-old Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and seven others died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, in January this year.