SAN FRANCISCO — The Golden State Warriors are heading again to the White Home.
The defending NBA champions have accepted an invite to be honored by President Joe Biden on the White Home Jan. 17, the group confirmed Friday afternoon.
The Warriors, who beat the Boston Celtics in six video games this summer time to assert their spot again on prime of the league, will already be on the town on the time as they’re scheduled to play the Washington Wizards the night time earlier than. The San Francisco Chronicle was first the report the information.
This would be the Warriors second journey to the White Home within the Steve Kerr period and first one since 2016 when the 2015 title-winning group met with then-President Barack Obama. Golden State skipped out on the honorary go to in 2017 after then-President Donald Trump rescinded a possible invitation in response to Steph Curry saying he wouldn't go after the group received.
Final yr, the Bucks grew to become the primary reigning NBA champions to go to the White Home in 5 years.
After apply Friday, Curry mentioned he was excited for the go to, particularly for the gamers who will probably be experiencing it for the primary time.
“I haven’t actually thought of it that a lot as a result of simply generally the narrative of the season and all the things we’ve been making an attempt to do on the court docket however positively trying ahead to it,” he mentioned. It’s “one final alternative to have fun our championship final yr earlier than you type of put all the things within the rear view about what’s gonna occur with the remainder of the yr.”