Durant proud of Curry, NFL players for using stage to inspire change

Kevin Durant respects people who do the right thing and inspire positive change.

As such, he has Stephen Curry's back after the Golden State Warriors point guard received a "surreal" tweet from President Donald Trump, who withdrew his invitation for the champs to visit the White House due to Curry's hesitancy to attend.

"We stand behind Steph, obviously," Durant told reporters Sunday, per Mark Medina of The Mercury News. "He's our brother, our teammate. He's our leader and we follow behind him and stand behind him. We support him in this time.

"It's a crazy, crazy world we're living in, especially with out president just going at people on Twitter. ... I'm very proud of how our organization handled everything, all the players handled everything."

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Several members of the club were opposed to visiting the White House due to their feelings about the man occupying it, and the Warriors planned to meet Friday to decide as a team on whether they would meet Trump. However, the president made the decision for them following Curry's comments.

Durant isn't upset about the result, as he's been critical of Trump and said multiple times since the team captured the title that he didn't want to make the customary visit to the Oval Office. The Finals MVP indicated that even when the organization was undecided about the trip, he never was.

"I've never thought about going," he said.

"I just don't agree with the president that's in the office right now. I don't believe in what he believes in. I'm all about equality, man. I'm not a real big politic guy, but I know right from wrong and I feel like I know how people are supposed to be treated. We don't agree on those things.

"At the end of the day, we want our voices to be heard and we wanna play basketball and inspire people to be better. Playing for the Warriors, playing at the highest level of basketball allows us to impact people on another level. We focus on that and using our voice for good. It makes me proud to be part of this organization."

The All-NBA forward joins the many people who've thrown support behind Curry, including LeBron James and NBPA president Michele Roberts.

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Durant added that it's not just basketball players who are using their platforms to make a difference, giving props to those in the NFL who've engaged in national anthem protests.

"I think our NFL players are doing a great job of sending a great message and we stand behind them as athletes and we support them as well," KD said, as quoted by ESPN's Chris Haynes.