Adam Silver: Championship teams should visit White House if invited

Adam Silver believes that if a team is invited to the White House, it should go.

When the Golden State Warriors won the title last month, they indicated they were undecided on whether they'll visit President Donald Trump.

Portland Trail Blazers shooting guard C.J. McCollum recently asked the NBA commissioner if he thinks attending those visits should be up to the league, team, or individual players.

"I definitely don't think it should be a league decision," Silver replied in the interview for The Players' Tribune. "I don't think we should be directing teams or players to go to the White House. It's my view that if invited, our teams should go to the White House. Regardless of people's personal political views, I think that these institutions are bigger than any individual politician or any individual elected official.

"And it concerns me that something like going to the White House after winning a championship - something that's been a great tradition - would become one that is partisan.

"I will say, though, even though I think that teams should make decisions as organizations, that I would also respect an individual player's decision not to go."

Stephen Curry, David West, and Andre Iguodala have all been critical of the 45th president, with the latter straight up saying he wouldn't go to the White House this year. Head coach Steve Kerr has also spoken out against Trump's principles in the past, but he did say his team should still consider visiting the White House.

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When the Dubs won the title in 2015, they visited then-POTUS Barack Obama.