Stephen Curry offers Warriors’ support of Brittney Griner

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry took the microphone in the midst of Golden State’s championship ring ceremony Tuesday night time to make an impassioned plea in help of Brittney Griner because the WNBA star spent her thirty second birthday in a Russian jail.

“We need to proceed to make use of our platform and the chance to shout out a really particular member of the basketball neighborhood. Brittney Griner’s birthday is at present, she’s 32,” Curry advised the group on opening night time earlier than the defending champions hosted LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. “We need to proceed to let her identify be recognized and we pray … it’s been 243 days since she was wrongfully incarcerated in Russia. We hope that she comes house quickly, that everyone’s doing their half to get her house.”

The Warriors, lengthy dedicated to social points far past basketball, celebrated their fourth championship in eight years.

Griner is awaiting a listening to in Russia later this month for her enchantment of a nine-year jail sentence for drug possession.

She was convicted Aug. 4 after Russian police mentioned they discovered vape canisters with hashish oil in her baggage at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow. Her protection legal professionals mentioned she had been prescribed hashish for ache. The WNBA star mentioned she had inadvertently packed them and had no felony intent.

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