It hasn't been even 24 hours since the Golden State Warriors won their second NBA championship in three years, but questions about a potential visit to the White House are already roaming the new champs.
When forward Andre Iguodala was asked if he would be willing to attend if President Donald Trump extended an invitation, his response was as raw as they get.
“Hell nah,” Iguodala told Sam Amick of USA TODAY Sports ahead of Game 5 against the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Players from all sports leagues have been divided on whether to attend like customary, or express their displeasure with the new regime by opting not to go.
“I think we handle (the White House situation) when it gets there. I mean, it may be different. There might be somebody different in (office),” said Iguodala. “That's a realistic thing to say though, right? So you don't know what's going to happen.”
The veteran sixth man said the best case scenario would be for Trump to not even extend an invitation, saving the formalities for both parties.
“Maybe (Trump) doesn't (invite us) and we don't go, or we don't say anything and make a big deal of it, and he doesn't make a big deal of it and we go our separate ways. Y'all might write about it. I might call him and say, ‘If they ask, just say our schedules conflicted.' And then if y'all write something, we'll say, ‘fake news.'”
This Golden State team could be the first not to show up to the White House, given the vast majority of black players that have vocally opposed Trump since the start of his presidential campaign.
Making this theory even closer to reality, head coach Steve Kerr was one of the three head coaches who spoke about their disapproval of Trump's election as president, which can make this a rather uniform decision from the top down.
Owner Joe Lacob was also rather non-committal when asked the same question as a guest in ESPN's First Take.
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