(2012) Seven years ago today, Jeremy Lin dropped 38 points against the Lakers. The night before, Kobe Bryant was asked about Linsanity and said he had no idea what was going on. "Who is this kid?

Lin admitted he was stunned when Bryant brought it up years later, in that casual yet disarming way only Kobe could manage. "I was like, okay wow that was really impressive," Lin said of the exchange.

On February 10, 2012, Kobe Bryant set out to extinguish the phenomenon sweeping the NBA — Linsanity — with a dose of cold, hard reality. While the Black Mamba claimed he didn't know who Jeremy ...