The Minnesota Timberwolves were off on Sunday at home, a day before hosting the Sacramento Kings at Target Center.
Around 12 p.m. CT, news broke that all-time NBA great Kobe Bryant passed away in a tragic helicopter crash on Sunday morning in California that claimed the lives of Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter, and seven other people.
Timberwolves players, among seemingly everyone else remotely connected to the game of basketball or to Bryant himself, took to social media to express their shock, horror, disbelief, and, ultimately, tributes to one of the best players to ever play in the NBA.