The Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers are the two most politically left-wing teams in all of the NBA, and now, they face each other again after possibly their most “woke” year ever.
On one side of the court are the Golden State Warriors whose players and coach Steve Kerr have spent the past two years slamming Republicans and President Donald Trump at every opportunity.
The winners of last year’s NBA championship are so anti-Trump that the president disinvited[1] them from the White House to celebrate their big win. Instead the team visited[2] the African American Museum in Washington, DC.
But the White House visit kerfuffle is far from the only incident. The team has a long history of left-wing political activism.
In February, for instance, Warriors forward Kevin Durant called[3] Fox News Host Laura Ingraham a racist, for telling NBA star LeBron James to “shut up and dribble.”
At that same time, Durant added that President Donald Trump’s behavior has allowed people to be racists. The player said Trump “made it cool for people to kind of speak their truth and kind of show what they’re really about.”
Warriors top shooter Stephen Curry has also been a frequent critic of the president. In 2017 Curry tweeted[4] that Trump was an “ass.” Curry also preemptively announced[5] that he would not go to the White House if the team was invited to celebrate its 2017 NBA championship.
Warriors coach Steve Kerr has been rivaled only by spurs coach Greg Popovich, when it comes to attacking President Trump.
In 2017, Kerr accused[6] Trump of “dividing” the nation and said that
