Steph Curry Uses Title Celebration to Make Political Statement About Brittney Griner

Steph Curry has a platform and he isn’t afraid to  use it.

The Golden State Warriors opened their championship defense on Tuesday with drama-free a ring ceremony.

Draymond Green and Jordan Poole didn’t hug it out. But they were both all smiles as they tried on their new hardware for size. Meanwhile, Stephen Curry used the moment to speak to a cause. Before the Warriors hung the fourth championship banner secured by their current core, Curry took a moment to give a birthday shoutout to Brittney Griner while calling for her release from a Russian prison.

“Brittney Griner’s birthday is today,” Curry said in front of a sold-out Chase Center crowd. “She’s 32 years old. We want to continue to let her name be known, and we pray — it’s been 243 days since she’s been wrongfully incarcerated in Russia — we hope that she comes home soon and that everybody’s doing their part to bring her home.”

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— Golden State Warriors (@warriors) October 19, 2022

The NBA and WNBA have kept Griner front and center, and Curry delivered a reminder that she’s still very much needs to come home.

Griner remains detained following her Feb. 17 arrest for carrying less than a gram of hash oil in her luggage through a Russian airport.

Hopefully Steph’s message is going to get Griner a little closer to coming home.

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