“I think the way this whole thing has unfolded, it’s always human nature to be in denial of something that we can’t really understand,” Kerr said. “As this stuff was unfolding over the last couple of weeks, it’s hard to fathom that the sports world can come to a complete stop. So your mind as a vulnerable human being is trying to rationalize everything — like we could do this, we could do that, we could take this measure, this is how we could still play. And then all of a sudden when the reality hits home it’s: ‘Oh my God. This is real.’”