Before his tragic death in a helicopter crash, the basketball legend had applied his intense work ethic and brilliant mind to reinvent himself as a business and media mogul - and an Oscar-winning filmmaker.
In the twilight of Kobe Bryant's career with the Los Angeles Lakers, the 18-time All-Star shared a vision with billionaire Chris Sacca: When his time in basketball ended, he would become an investor.
"To the shock of a couple other people sitting with us, I replied, 'Kobe, I'm sorry, but I just don't take you that seriously,' " Sacca recalled in an email to the Los Angeles Times. "He laughed ... then said, 'What would change that?' "
