Kobe Bryant gave camera crews from NBA entertainment "unparalleled access," to his final season with the Lakers in 2015-16, according to ESPN's Baxter Holmes.
Bryant was filmed, "in locker rooms both at home and on the road, in the training room, throughout the team's practice facility and even on the team charter's plane," per Holmes. As many as six camera crews were present for Bryant's 60-point game in his career finale, capturing one of the greatest moments of the five-time champion's career.
"They had unprecedented and, by far, greater access than anyone else ever," former Lakers public relations vice president John Black told Holmes.