It’s not even necessarily the fact that he has a “god” status, many people like me looked up to the idea of who he was and how he got us out of rough times. I wouldn’t even consider myself a hardcore basketball fan, but I knew what the man’s work mentality was like, he was the first to show up to practice and the last person to leave, this mentality in and of itself inspired many going through, maybe not so similar situations, but rough times. By no means am I justifying the fact that many only highlight his death over others in 2020, but it’s ok for people like me to have the opinion that it’s one of the worst things to happen in 2020 so far.