No White House, no problem for the defending NBA champions.
The Warriors plan to visit with local students and tour the National Museum of African-American History and Culture on Tuesday ahead of Wednesday night’s game vs. the Wizards.
Klay Thompson on the D.C. trip: "White House is a great honor, but there's some other circumstances that make us uncomfortable going."
— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) February 27, 2018
They will tour the African-American museum with a group of kids pic.twitter.com/Hwh0MXCuKQ
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Golden State Warriors will celebrate their championship in D.C. today by touring the African American Museum with students from Seat Pleasant, the hometown of Kevin Durant.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) February 27, 2018
"The White House is a great honor, but there are other circumstances that we felt not comfortable going," Warriors guard Klay Thompson told reporters Monday night. "We're not going to politicize anything. We're just going to go hang out with some kids and take them to the African-American Museum and teach them things we learned along the way, life lessons and hopefully give them some great memories."
President Donald Trump withdrew the Warriors’ invitation to the White House in September after Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant both said they wanted to skip the trip.
Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 23, 2017
Warriors head coach Steve Kerr told ESPN that he left it up to the players to determine how they wanted to spend their time during their off day in D.C.
"It's their championship. They got disinvited to the White House, so it's up to them what they wanted to do. So they made their plans," Kerr said. "I want the players to have a good day and to do something positive and to enjoy what they're doing."