Donald Trump confirmed on Saturday that he won’t invite the Golden State Warrios to the White House after the NBA reigning champion had announced that they would boycoott to visit the US president.
On his twitter account, Trump tweeted: “Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!”
Traditionally, the President of US always receives the team that won the title in one of the major North American professional championships such as Basketball, Baseball, Hockey and American Football in the weeks or months following his coronation, as well as in the very popular unversity championships.
The day before, Curry had told on ESPP that his team the Warriors could make a “statement” by refushing the invitation, while members of the Oakland team denounced the behavior of Trump.
“Obviously, we will not rush to make a decision whose significance must be measured. We have the opportunity to make a statement which, hopefully, encourages unity, encourages us to measure what it means to be an American and fight for something. I don’t want to go” Curry said.
“You can talk about all the different personalities that have said things and done things, from Kaenpernick to what happened with Michael Bennete to all sorts of examples of what has gone on in our country that has led to change.
“We’re all trying to do what we can using our platforms, using our opportunities to shed light on that. That’s kind of where I stand on that. I don’t think us going to the White House will miraculously everything better, but this is my opportunity to voice that.” Curry added.
Golden State Warriors superstars, Kevint Durant and Stephen Curry say they won’t visit to the White House if the team is invited by US president Donald Trump. (Source:www.chinatopix.com)
In last August, Warriors’ key players Kevint Durant also told that he would boycott the visit to White House as well.
“I don’t respect the person who’s in office right now, I don’t agree with him, I will make my voice heard by not going there,” Durant said.
According to Durant, the mistrust of the players was increased in mid-August by the remarks of the American president, who had send back white supremacists and anti-fascists back to back for the violence of Charlottesville.
“Since he took office, since the very presidential campaign, our country is so divided and it is not a coincidence. When [Barack] Obama was president, we had so many hopes for our community,” Durant said.
