Because the White House hasn’t even extended an invitation, according to Warriors coach Steve Kerr. Why hasn’t it? Impeccably accurate ESPN NBA reporter Ramona Shelburne
writesthat “the NBA has stayed in close enough communication with the White House on the matter, and it is believed an invitation would be extended if the team decided as a group to attend.” In other words, the White House hasn’t invited the Warriors because it doesn’t want to give the team—whose star players Curry and
Kevin Durant have expressed their contempt for the president and said they don’t want to or just won’t go—the opportunity to decline. Trump is attempting to withdraw an invitation that hasn’t been issued because it won’t be accepted. It must be humiliating.