Kevin Durant, like many of his peers, was profoundly inspired by Kobe Bryant.
On Tuesday, Durant spoke to reporters for the first time since Bryant's death in a helicopter crash in California on Sunday.
"It's hard to comprehend all of this," Durant said. "But just having that time and those moments with Kobe—he's always about pressing forward. At this time it's so hard. Just the amount of impact he had on all of us.
"It's hard to keep going right now. But as a basketball community, as a world as a whole, I know we're all just mourning and sticking together when it comes to this.