KD: 我們將支持Stephen Curry並追隨他 精選

勇士造訪白宮的風波似乎稍為被Carmelo Anthony加盟雷霆的消息壓了下來，不過仍然有不少NBA以至體育界的人仕發表意見。
(圖左為Colin Kaepernick)
而事實上，近期NFL球員在國旗儀式上單膝跪地並拒絕起立的事件同樣發酵中，這個抗議形式源自於前舊金山49人隊四分衛Colin Kaepernick，一年前Colin Kaepernick為了表達美國壓迫有色人種和警察執法不公，而在國旗儀式上單膝跪地，並其後引起不少NFL球員的模仿。美國總統Donald Trump對這個行為極為不滿，數次在Twitter以及公開場合大肆批評，甚至用上"sxx of a bxxxx"這種粗言穢語，致使NFL球員在國旗儀式上的抗議愈演愈烈。

據UPL.com的報導，金洲勇士小前鋒Kevin Durant在接受訪問時對NFL的事件表達了自己的意見: "運動讓我們團結在一起。" "我們擁有一個巨大的平台，人們可以在電視上看到我們。我們想散播一個信息，一個關於平等的信息。我們想一起去做這個事情。這很簡單，與團體或者其他東西無關。人們只是希望被平等地對待，跟他們皮膚顏色是甚麼、信仰是甚麼、他們是誰都沒有關係。有關係的只是他們是人，我們希望每個人都是在一起而且是平等的。"

引用Durant said, "Sports is what brings us all together," and he felt Sunday was an opportunity to deliver a message.
"We have a huge platform, and people watch us on TV. We want to spread a great message, a message of equality," Durant said after the Warriors' practice Sunday. "We want to do this thing together, man. It's simple. It's not about parties or anything. People just want to be treated equally and fair. And not by the color of their skin or what they worship or who they are, just for them being people, we want everybody to be together and equal.
"It's great that our NFL players and NBA players are standing together and using our platforms for good."

和Donald Trump結上梁子的還有Kevin Durant的隊友Stephen Curry，早前Donald Trump在Twitter上指Curry對造訪白宮感到猶豫，因而撤回邀請，這件事同樣在NBA引起頗大的波瀾。 而KD也對自己的隊友表示了絕對的支持: "顯然，我的反應是我們會站在Steph的身後。他是我們的兄弟，是我們的隊友，更是我們的領袖，我們將追隨著他，站在他的身後。在這個時間點上我們要去支持他。我們生活在一個瘋狂的世界，特別是當我們的總統只是通過Twitter來和人交流，不過那看起來只是野獸的本性而已。"
"我對我們球隊和球員處理所有事情的方式感到驕傲。最後，我希望我們的聲音會被聽到，我們想繼續打球並鼓勵人們變得更好。在勇士打球、在打最高水平的籃球，這讓我可以在另一層面去影響人。所以我們專注於利用好我們的聲音，能成為這支球隊的一部分讓我感到很驕傲。"

引用"My reaction was we stand behind Steph, obviously," Durant said. "That's our brother, our teammate, and he's our leader. We follow behind him, and we stand behind him. We support him in this time. It's a crazy, crazy world we're living in, especially when our president just goes at people on Twitter. But that's just the nature of the beast right now.
"I'm very proud of how our organization handled everything, all the players handled everything. At the end of the day, we want our voices to be heard, and we want to play basketball and inspire people to be better. And I think playing for the Warriors, playing at the highest level of basketball, it allows us to impact people on another level. So if we focus on that and also using our voice for good, it makes me proud to be a part of this organization."

(source: http://www.upi.com/https:/www.upi.com/Sports_News/NBA/2017/09/25/Golden-State-Warriors-F-Kevin-Durant-endorses-NFL-protests-over-Donald-Trump-comments/7331506321242/)