After a quiet New Year's Day, the Grizzlies resumed their regular-season campaign.
On January 2, the entire Grizzlies team flew to Los Angeles. They would play two consecutive nights at Staples Center, facing the Lakers and Clippers respectively.
So this time, Link and the others would be staying in Los Angeles for three straight nights.
As soon as he arrived in Los Angeles, Link received a text from Kobe. His old friend invited him over to his house after training that afternoon.
Link gladly accepted. After all, the last time he had seen Kobe was at his own wedding.
The moment training ended that afternoon, Link called a car and headed to Kobe's mansion.
But as soon as he entered, Kobe's second daughter, Gianna Bryant, seemed even more excited than Kobe himself.
"Link, that game where you got a quadruple-double was absolutely incredible! Even my dad has never done something like that. It's unbelievable!"
Link smiled awkwardly, because when Gianna said that, he noticed Kobe's face had already gone dark.
For a basketball superstar, seeing the daughter who loved basketball most worship someone else—who could stand that?
"Actually, Dad could do it too. He just never did." Helplessly, Kobe pulled out the classic dad move and patted her head.
"Alright, alright. How's your Chinese been lately?" Seeing this, Link quickly changed the subject. Otherwise, Kobe might have kept him there for a one-on-one today.
After dinner, Link and Kobe played table tennis for a while.
Kobe had a table tennis table specially set up in his game room, and he often sparred with guests there.
The story behind that table was quite something.
It was said that on Thanksgiving in 2013, Lakers website reporter Mike Trudell and Lakers player Sean Williams were playing table tennis when they saw Kobe. Trudell