Last night, Robert Pera said that Link was the Grizzlies' Michael Jordan.
And today, when Chris Wallace looked through the news, he really did see plenty of comparisons between Link and Jordan.
"Link has scored 50-plus points in the playoffs for the second time in his career. We all know Michael Jordan's record is an unbelievable eight times! But Link still has a long career ahead of him. Who knows whether he can break that seemingly impossible record."
"People used to say that Michael Jordan's 72 wins in a single season were the ceiling for regular-season records. And what happened? The Grizzlies went out and won 74! So don't talk about what's impossible. A player like Link can't be judged by ordinary standards."
"Michael Jordan never played a Game 7 in the Finals during his career. Well, now I'm really looking forward to seeing Link accomplish that too."
Link's 51-point comeback win had drawn nearly every spotlight.
So much so that almost nobody mentioned James' 44 points, 8 rebounds, and 6 assists. James' godlike playoff performance had been completely buried beneath Link's.
Amid all the praise, everyone thought Link must have been floating on cloud nine by now.
Yet the reality was exactly the opposite.
Link had asked Pera to have a championship ring made for him in advance, but that did not mean he had become carried away.
As a superstar who had clawed his way up step by step from being undrafted, Link would never lose himself in success. The ones who got carried away had all fallen at his hands, and he had no desire to follow in his opponents' footsteps.
Asking the owner to make his ring ahead of time instead made Link even more cautious.
After all, he now had one more reason why he