Steph Curry and Steve Kerr instructed Warriors gamers to not fear about Trump election win, teammate says

EXCLUSIVE: Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry and head coach Steve Kerr had been backing Vice President Harris fairly passionately within the current election. 

Nonetheless, her crushing loss to President-elect Donald Trump didn’t cease them from specializing in getting an enormous win in opposition to the Boston Celtics final week, in response to a group participant. 

Second-year Warriors capturing guard Brandin Podziemski instructed Fox Information Digital in an unique interview what the vibe of the group’s locker room was like after Trump’s landslide victory over Harris final week. Podziemski says Curry and Kerr made it some extent to remain targeted on the upcoming recreation. 

“We had been in Boston and our focus was beating the Celtics,” Podziemski mentioned. “Whoever was elected, we’ll need to cope with it in any case, and so Steve and Steph and the entire group made it some extent to simply give attention to the sport as a result of that is all we might management.” 

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Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry presents Vice President Kamala Harris with a jersey bearing #1 on Jan. 17, 2023 in Washington, D.C. The Warriors received the 2022 NBA Championship. (Win McNamee/Getty Photos)

Podziemski urged that there was a various vary of opinions within the Warriors’ locker room however only a few conversations in regards to the precise election outcomes. 

“All people simply has their very own opinions and their very own issues that they consider in, and I do not suppose, that it doesn’t matter what you consider in, it may change something when it comes to relationships with our guys, so we simply sort of let everyone have their very own opinion, we did not actually share a lot about all of it amongst one another, we had been simply sort of specializing in what’s in entrance of us.” 

The Warriors received the win in opposition to Boston final Wednesday 118-112. Curry had 27 factors that night time, because the group is off to a quick 9-2 begin to the season. 

Each Curry and Kerr had been vocal supporters of Harris throughout the cycle, with each making talking appearances on the Democrat Nationwide Conference in July. 

Kerr even went as far as to mock Trump on stage throughout his speech, boasting that Democrats would be capable to use Curry’s well-known on-court celebration upon a Trump defeat, however that prediction was improper. 

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Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr delivers a speech on the primary night of the DNC Conference. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle by way of Getty Photos)

“After the outcomes are tallied that night time, we are able to, within the phrases of the good Steph Curry, we are able to inform Donald Trump, ‘Night time, night time!’” Kerr mentioned as he rested his head on his palms like a pillow. 

Nonetheless, for the reason that election outcomes on Tuesday, each Curry and Kerr have congratulated Trump on his win and wished the subsequent president luck. 

“It is a scenario the place Trump received. Congratulate them on a hard-fought marketing campaign,” Curry instructed reporters after the Celtics recreation. “The entire half about how this nation’s imagined to work is everyone supporting one another and coming with the best intentions to guide the nation in the best route. That is my hope. I do not maintain any resentment or in poor health will. You need these subsequent 4 years to go nice for everyone. We wish accountability on that entrance, too.”

Podziemski, who’s initially from the suburb of Greenfield, Wisconsin, first got here to the Bay Space in 2022, when he transferred from the College of Illinois to Santa Clara College. He was drafted within the first spherical by the Warriors within the 2023 NBA Draft and has stepped up as an efficient bench participant in his second season throughout the group’s sizzling begin.

As a lot as he has regarded to Curry and Kerr as leaders and champions, he doesn’t see their political activism as one thing he would essentially observe himself. 

“I do not actually have a look at, when it comes to politics, anyone as a task mannequin,” Podziemski mentioned. “As an individual, as a basketball participant, I look as much as Steph so much, however in the case of politics, everyone has to have their very own opinion and their very own voice sooner or later, so for me I worth what he says, I worth what everybody else has to say, and I simply hold it pushing.”

Podziemski, who was named an all-rookie first group in his first season, has averaged 8.2 factors with 4.6 rebounds and three.4 assists to start out his second 12 months. For him, this season is necessary due to what it means to Curry, no matter his political impression. 

Curry didn’t rule out the potential for working for president himself when he’s executed enjoying basketball throughout an interview on CBS earlier this 12 months. 

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Golden State Warriors participant Stephen Curry, left, appears on as U.S. basketball coach Steve Kerr speaks throughout the day by day briefing within the Brady Briefing Room of the White Home in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 17, 2023. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP by way of Getty Photos)

Till then, all Curry is targeted on is getting to a different NBA Finals. At 36 years outdated, Curry solely has so a few years left to chase a fifth championship. It’s a dialog that Podziemski has had with the veteran loads of instances this 12 months. 

“We talked over the summer time fairly a bit that he solely has so a few years left, he is aware of that, so he desires to get ring quantity 5,” Podziemski mentioned. “That is his large focus, and he is aware of he solely has a lot left within the tank to present, so he desires to win.” 

Podziemski is doing his half to attempt to make that occur. 

In the meantime, the second-year participant has adopted the instance of one other Warriors veteran teammate extra intently. Podziemski has not too long ago began a brand new sponsorship with Invisalign, as he has partnered with the dental know-how model as considered one of his endorsement offers, following the lead of fellow Warriors guard Kevon Looney. 

“Over 18 million folks use them worldwide, so it made sense throughout for me,” he mentioned. 

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