Kendrick Perkins Wants to Squash Beef With Kevin Durant After Kobe Bryant Tragedy

This certainly doesn't make the heartbreak worth it by any stretch of the imagination, but one of the silver linings that comes when lives are tragically cut short is the introspection that leads all of us to collectively re-evaluate what is important in life and what is ultimately insignificant.

We saw that with Jay Williams' poignant reaction to the news, and we are also seeing it on the timeline of Kendrick Perkins, where he is asking for forgiveness from his former Thunder teammate Kevin Durant after the two had a social media spat a couple weeks ago:

Just wanted to tell you I Love you my brother and whatever I did to hurt you I’m sorry bro and hope you forgive me!!! I love you bro real Talk! @KDTrey5
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 26, 2020

Perkins also shared some of his other thoughts:

My new motto with everything is, What Would Kobe do? He’d want us to focus more on the loss of his daughter. He’d want us to get past differences with our brothers and move on. He’d never want the game to be cancelled or be stopped. He’d want us to keep going! #RIPKOBE??????
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 27, 2020

Can’t Fucking Sleep!!!! Thinking about going outside right now and shoot a few turn around jumpers for Mamba!!!
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 27, 2020

I think the @NBA needs dedicate the entire NBA All-Star weekend to Kobe “Mamba” Bryant!!! Name it Kobe Bryant All-Star weekend!!! #ripmamba
— Kendrick Perkins (@KendrickPerkins) January 27, 2020

This news will take a long time for the NBA family to cope with, and hopefully serve as a permanent reminder to us all to make the most of every day.