"First of all, if everybody wanted Steph, he would have been the No. 1 pick", Durant said, according to ESPN.
It is a tradition in the United States that professional sports teams visit the White House as the Chicago Cubs did in January when they spent time with President Barack Obama after capturing their 2016 Major League Baseball title. When Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank said in February that having Trump in the White House was a "real asset" to the country, Curry told the Mercury News that he agreed "if you remove the "et" from asset".
The Golden State juggernaut rolled over Cleveland four games to one in the best-of-seven championship series, which ended with a 129-120 Warriors home triumph on Monday (Tuesday in Manila) that brought NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant his first championship. A decision has not yet been announced, but Curry has made his feelings clear.
The Warriors are poised to dominate the league over the next several years, especially if Kevin Durant agrees to take less money to keep the team together.
The announcement that Curry still wouldn't want to go to the White House received the expected online response, continuing a conversation that started after the Warriors had won the championship. It's kind of fantastic that we've managed to put a stigma on the concept of a super team that players are sensitive to as they continue to try and form super teams.
"Somebody asked me about it a couple months ago, a hypothetical, if a championship were to happen: 'What would I do?' " Curry said during his exit interview at Golden State's practice facility Wednesday afternoon.
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Varadkar born in Dublin in 1979, is the son of an Irish Catholic nurse from County Waterford and a Hindu doctor from Mumbai. Addressing the Dáil (Irish parliament) after his election, he said: "I've been elected to lead, but I promise to serve".
"To have teammates that encourage you, that lift you up, that's what we all need in life", he said. "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".
Another Cleveland player, Iman Shumpert, was more direct, saying in November, "I'm not going to the White House". But speculation has centered whether the Warriors would refuse a meeting with Trump.
This isn't the first time Curry has spoken out against Trump.
"It means the world for me to win the championship", Durant told the crowd. That's not going to happen.
Coach Steve Kerr has previously described Mr Trump as a "blowhard" and that he was "ill-suited" to be President, while back-up player David West said the President set a shocking example for kids.
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