I regularly watched three sports with my dad growing up: football (soccer), baseball, and especially basketball. Since those were The Days Before Mark Cuban, we didn't really watch the Dallas Mavericks. We were unapologetic, carpetbagging Bulls and Lakers fans. When your home team blows, you don't have many other choices.

Spike Lee's Kobe Doin' Work took me back to my most fondly remembered of those days. The DVD offers three audio options: no commentary (just the game), Censored Commentary (ESPN broadcast version), and Uncensored Commentary. I loved watching a game with Kobe Bryant doing color commentary on the game itself, his style of play, and things that are picked up by the mic that Spike had on him during one of the biggest games of 2007-08. Spike shoots and edits this piece so well that I can easily see non-fans of the sport having a great deal of difficulty getting bored. I'd love to see Spike shoot an NBA Finals in the same way with mics on players and then have them do after-the-fact commentary. This was infinitely more interesting than the average NBA broadcast.

The DVD includes an intro from Spike, deleted scenes (4th quarter, press conference), a Bruce Hornsby music video ("Levitate), and a behind-the-scenes piece. The intro and Spike on Kobe's Commentary abruptly cut off, which might have just been a mastering issue with my disc.