Report: Warriors to discuss possible White House visit as team

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The Warriors will meet as a team this fall to decide whether they would accept a possible invitation to the White House to celebrate their NBA championship, ESPN reported Thursday night.

Whether Golden State would accept an invitation from President Trump was a much-discussed topic on social media in the wake of the team winning its second NBA title in three years. After two reporters published unsubstantiated tweets that said the team “unanimously” had decided to boycott a visit to the White House, Golden State released a statement saying that no such decision had been made.

The White House has yet to invite the Warriors. But according to ESPN, it is believed that the White House would extend an invitation if the team decided to attend.

Members of Golden State’s organization have been critical of Trump’s administration.

Last month, Kevin Durant told ESPN that he doesn’t want to celebrate the team’s championship at the White House because “I don’t respect who’s in office right now.” Backup point guard Shaun Livingston said during a radio interview in February that he “definitely wouldn’t go” to the White House if the Warriors won the championship.

Head coach Steve Kerr , one of the most politically conscious coaches in professional sports, has said that the president’s proposed immigration ban is “against the principles of what our country is about.”

After Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank said in February that having a pro-business president like Trump is “a real asset to our country,” guard Stephen Curry told the Bay Area News Group that “I agree with that description, if you remove the ‘et.’” Backup power forward David West has called Trump’s election “unnerving and unsettling.”

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Since Trump took office, members of the New England Patriots and national college football titlist Clemson have visited the White House for championship celebrations.

Connor Letourneau is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: cletourneau@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @Con_Chron