Trump: White House invitation to Warriors is ‘withdrawn’

President Trump tweeted Saturday that an invitation to a reluctant Golden State Warriors to visit the White House to celebrate their NBA championship had been “withdrawn.”

President Trump tweeted Saturday that an invitation to a reluctant Golden State Warriors to visit the White House to celebrate their NBA championship had been “withdrawn.” Photo: Spencer Platt Photo: Spencer Platt Image 1 of / 15 Caption Close Trump: White House invitation to Warriors is ‘withdrawn’ 1 / 15 Back to Gallery

President Trump tweeted Saturday that an invitation to a reluctant Golden State Warriors to visit the White House to celebrate their NBA championship had been “withdrawn.”

“Going to the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team. Stephen Curry is hesitating, therefore invitation is withdrawn!” Trump tweeted shortly before 6 a.m. PDT.

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the White House is considered a great honor for a championship team.Stephen Curry is hesitating,therefore invitation is withdrawn!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

The White House was not known to have formally invited the Warriors, and the team has said its players were considering what to do if an invitation were forthcoming. On Friday, Warriors General Manager Bob Myers said, “It deserves a proper forum” and “some honest discourse.”

Last month, Warriors forward Kevin Durant told ESPN that he does not 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.

Curry said earlier in the summer that he didn’t want to make the White House visit. At Friday’s media day for the Warriors, he reiterated his stance.

“My views haven’t changed,” he said. “I don’t know if they can be changed.”

“We basically don’t stand for what our president has said,” Curry said when asked on Friday what type of statement a boycott would make. “By not going, hopefully it will inspire some change for what we tolerate in this country and what we stand for, what is accepted and what we turn a blind eye toward.”

On Saturday morning, Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Dublin, responded to Trump’s tweet by saying that, “This is a bigger loss for @realDonaldTrump , than it is for @StephenCurry30 & the @warriors — a team of supreme class. #DubNation .”

Curry, the two-time Most Valuable Player point guard, had a pointed critique of Trump earlier this year.

After Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank said in February that having a pro-business president like Trump is “a real asset to our country,” Curry told the Bay Area News Group that “I agree with that description, if you remove the ‘et.’”

Trapper Byrne is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: tbyrne@sfchronicle.com