NBA Champion Warriors visit Obama in White House

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US President Barack Obama holds a jersey as he poses with the 2015 NBA Champion Golden State Warriors during an event in their honor in the East Room of the White House on February 4, 2015 in Washington, DC (AFP Photo/Mandel Ngan)Washington (AFP) - President Barack Obama welcomed the reigning NBA champion Golden State Warriors to the White House on Thursday, joking with superstar Stephen Curry and his league-leading teammates.

Obama is a big basketball fan and played golf with Curry and his father, former NBA standout Dell Curry, last August while on vacation.

"Steph was using the excuse of Secret Service being intimidating for why he lost the match. That is not the case," Obama…