The Toronto Raptors will become the latest NBA championship team to decline a White House visit with President Donald Trump, according to star shooting guard Danny Green.
The 32-year-old veteran addressed the issue during the latest episode of his own podcast 'Inside the Green Room' with co-host Harrison Sanford, who asked Green if he and the Raptors would accept an invitation to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue following their historic NBA Finals win.
'I just don't think that we accept.' Green said. 'I think it's a hard no.'
The Raptors' June 13 NBA Finals victory is the first championship for the Canadian franchise, which began as the league's first and only international expansion team in 1995.
Toronto Raptors shooting guard Danny Green (right) said the reigning NBA champions are likely to decline a White House visit with President Donald Trump
Speaking on his own podcast Saturday, Green told co-host Harrison Sanford, 'I just don't think that we accept' a hypothetical Trump White House invite
Green is an American who grew up in Long Island, New York not far from Trump's hometown of New York City, but while he doesn't want to meet with Trump, he said he's pleasantly anticipating a ceremonial meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
'I'm looking forward to it,' Green said of visiting Trudeau and Canada's Parliament in Ottawa. 'It's different stuff that I'm looking forward too... just to see how [Trudeau] operates, his atmosphere, work. His kid's a big fan. His son, he says I'm his favorite. I don't know if that's true or not, but [Trudeau] said it in front of the team.'
Unlike Trudeau, Trump has verbally attacked many of his country's most popular athletes since becoming a politician.
The president has been condemned for questioning NBA star Lebron James' intelligence and going after former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, referring to him and other pro football players who kneel in protest of racism and police brutality during their team's
