The relationship between Gan Guoyang and Kobe is a mixture of hostility and warmth.
Kobe has grown another year older, and under his persistence, his marriage with Vanessa now seems very blissful.
His once-opposing parents and his mother, who tried to control him, are powerless and helpless under Kobe's stubbornness and disregard, like many other parents.
Kobe has truly matured. Over the summer, he sold the house where he once lived with his parents, effectively driving them out of the home.
He bought a villa in Portland's new development district, no longer at Oswego Lake Park, and he also bought a new house in Los Angeles for his mother-in-law, spending most of his offseason in Los Angeles.
His private trainer, who had accompanied him through high school and the first few seasons of his career, was fired, as the trainer seemed to lack respect for Vanessa, the lady of the house.
