The last NBA team to visit the White House was LeBron James’s Cleveland Cavaliers on Nov. 10, 2016, just two days after Donald Trump was elected president and when Barack Obama was still in office. During the Trump administration, the Golden State Warriors did not celebrate their 2017 and 2018 championships with the traditional ceremonial visit at a time when Coach Steve Kerr, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and other members of that team were critical of Trump. In lieu of a White House visit in 2018, the team toured the National Museum of African American History and Culture. “We’re celebrating [the championship] how we want to celebrate it,” Durant, now a member of the Brooklyn Nets, said at the time.
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