NBA star whose team blew huge Finals lead endorses Hillary Clinton for president
If anyone knows about blowing a huge lead when the stakes are highest, it's the Golden State Warriors.
Warriors star Steph Curry just endorsed Hillary Clinton.
Curry was asked who he supports for president while at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference in San Francisco. His one-word answer, per The Mercury News: "Hillary."
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Last June, Curry's Golden State Warriors botched a 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals while falling to a transcendent LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in seven games. It was the biggest comeback -- or choke job, depending on your perspective -- in NBA Finals history.
Clinton has long enjoyed a substantial lead over Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump in pre-election polls. A recent verbal gaffe and health scare have kindled insecurity among some supporters, however.
But now Curry is firmly "with her," as they say. What could possibly go wrong?
Not that we're anxiously overanalyzing this or anything. Nope. Definitely not.
Sam Laird is Mashable's Senior Sports Reporter. He covers the wide, weird world of sports from all angles -- as well as occasional other topics -- from Mashable's San Francisco bureau. Before joining Mashable in November 2011, his freelance work appeared in publications including the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Slam, and East Bay Express. Sam is a graduate of UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz, and basketball and burritos take up most of his spare time. Follow him on Twitter @samcmlaird.
