Stephen Curry, Chris Paul And Other NBA Stars To Appear In Anti-Gun Violence Ads

Every Christmas Day, the NBA takes over television. This year the games will be accompanied by anti-gun violence commercials staring some of the sport’s biggest names.

Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul, Joakim Noah and Steph Curry will appear in ads made by Everytown for Gun Safety, an advocacy group seeing to end gun violence in America. All four players appear in one video and each has an individual clip discussing why the cause matters to them.

While the players generally focus on similar themes such as a the risk of senseless killing and pain of losing a loved one, Curry does a fine job of articulating his feelings.

“There are countless people that are effected. They can’t just go down the street to the corner store. They can’t go with their families to the park; they can’t do things for fear of their lives and that’s sad,” the Warriors guard said.

“And, as a parent of two little girls, anytime you hear of anyone who wasn’t even involved in an altercation or someone not involved in a dispute getting caught in the middle… that hurts. I don’t know what I would do if I got a call and knew my daughter’s gone. No parent should have to go through that. Whatever we can do to hopefully change our culture, that’s what we’re here for. I have a voice and I want to share it and stop gun violence in its entirety.”

Photo: Stephen Curry during Game One of the 2015 NBA Finals at ORACLE Arena on June 4, 2015 in Oakland, California.

Article by Joe Kozlowski