Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors handles the ball in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers throughout a pre-season recreation on Octob
Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors handles the ball in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers throughout a pre-season recreation on October 18, 2019 at Chase Heart in San Francisco, California.
Noah Graham
Nationwide Basketball Affiliation star Stephen Curry mentioned basketball stays an necessary automobile for sparking dialog and driving progress, even because the league continues to undergo the implications of political fallout with China.
The Golden State Warriors participant advised CNBC on Thursday that conversations can develop into “difficult” when politics is concerned, however he insisted that the U.S. basketball league will proceed to talk out on key world points.
“Guys within the league are championing so many points, not solely domestically however the world over,” Curry advised CNBC’s Nancy Hungerford.
“Basketball is a automobile to assist these conversations to start out and to proceed and hopefully make progress,” he added.
The NBA has lengthy loved a popularity as one among sport’s extra outspoken voices on social and political points.
That stance got here to a head in October, nonetheless, when the final supervisor of the Houston Rockets, Daryl Morey, tweeted his support for Hong Kong activists who’ve been locked in monthslong anti-government protests.
The tweet was met by robust opposition from China, prompting Morey to stroll again his remarks, however that did little to stem the outflow of…