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Raptors would take a pass on White House invitation, Danny Green says

WASHINGTON—For the first time in Donald Trump’s presidency, the NBA has a champion other than Golden State, but don’t expect the Toronto Raptors’ position on visiting the White House during this administration to be much different from that of the Warriors.

“I just don’t think that we accept,” Raptors player Danny Green said during Yahoo’s Inside the Green Room podcast, speaking of his opposition to Trump’s policies and views. “And I try to respect everybody in every field that they do, regardless of how crazy things are, but he makes it really hard. He makes it very, very tough to respect how he goes about things and does things.