The Golden State Warriors were front and center during Wednesday's ESPYS and host Stephen Curry taking home
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multiple awards and drawing attention to the issue of WNBA star Brittney Griner who is currently being held in
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Russia. Curry has won the ESPYS for the Best NBA Player and for Best Record-breaking Performance, was
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joined by WNBA athletes Nneka Ogwumike as well as Skylar Diggins-Smith to discuss Griner's situation on
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the program. It was reported that the United States considers Griner wrongfully detained. "It's been 153 days
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since BG has been unlawfully detained for thousands of miles from her home, from family members, from
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her friends, and away from her team," Diggins-Smith stated at her performance at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles.
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"All throughout this time, we've kept Griner within our thoughts as well as our hearts, even knowing
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that it's not enough to get her home, you guys." Wearing the Griner's Phoenix Mercury jersey under his tracksuit, Curry
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noted the effort to release Griner. "But even as we pray that things will go well, we ask all of the sports world to
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remain motivated for her and to continue to support her," he said. "She's an individual, the group of athletes here this evening
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