Nets forward Kevin Durant and Jazz guard Mike Conley joined Kobe Bryant in the pantheon of NBA stars turned Oscar winners. The two served as executive producers for the film Two Distant Strangers, the winner of the 2021 Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
The film, starring rapper Joey Bada$$, is about a man who is stuck in an endless loop on the same day and moment where's he's killed by the police.
In an interview with CBS Los Angeles, Conley touched on the project and how his teammates were giving him a hard time about the Oscar nomination.