Kobe Bryant on Larry Nance Jr.’s 2012 tweet: ‘It’s water under the bridge’

LOS ANGELES — Kobe Bryant joined ESPN’s Jemele Hill Saturday night for a wide ranging one-on-one interview as part of the BET Experience, including addressing a tweet that was directed towards Bryant by new Lakers rookie Larry Nance Jr. in 2012 in reference to his sexual-assault case.

“It’s water under the bridge, man,” Bryant told Hill.

The tweet was discovered by the L.A. front office after the team drafted Nance Jr. with the 27th overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft. It was quickly deleted by Nance Jr. shortly after his name was called.

Nance Jr. reached out to his new teammate on Friday and showed respect to the All-Star guard that’s set to embark on his 20th season.

“I looked at it, and it was like, ‘This is when you know it’s about time to hang these things up, when your teammate writes you, Hi, Mr. Bryant.'”

As for Bryant’s immediate future, the 36-year-old didn’t give the audience a definite answer, simply saying that he’ll “assess” accordingly.