Warriors get shunned by president Trump

He’d had all morning to decide how to respond to being called out in a tweet by President Donald Trump and disinvited to celebrate the Warriors’ NBA title at the White House.

NFL owners are issuing statements decrying the president’s tweets on the peaceful protest their players have engaged in to call attention to racism and police brutality.

The NFL Players Association is making videos urging its players to stand together on Sunday to protest the president’s condemnations, with imagery from civil rights era protest marches.

Then, President Trump ended all debate by disinviting the team over Twitter and criticizing Curry’s public comments at media day Friday.

But instead of the well-reasoned, calm, decision-making process the Warriors, NBA and senior White House officials had worked for months to set up, there was suddenly no choice to attend or not attend, and no chance at civil discourse at all.

Two-time NBA champion and two-time NBA MVP Stephen Curry found himself name-checked on Twitter by the president of the United States.

Lacob said he was preparing for the team meeting when the president’s tweet came across his screen.

That a chance at civil discourse, even if it was just among the Warriors players, coaches, owners and executives, never took place.

Kerr mentioned the president’s divisive statements Friday about NFL players who kneeled during the national anthem.

I have my personal views, Steve Kerr has his views, Rick Welts has his views, Bob Myers has his views, the players have their views.