Phillip Barnett

Warriors Wire

For the third time over the last four years, the Golden State Warriors made their annual trip to the nation's capital as NBA champions. As NBA champions, such visits to Washington, D.C., come with a trip to the White House to celebrate the previous season's title.

Following their first title in 2015, the team made the trip to the White House and met with then-President Barack Obama.

But Obama no longer operates out of the Oval Office anymore, and the team isn't exactly on speaking terms with the current administration. Following the Warriors 2017 title, the team's invitation to the White House was rescinded by President Donald Trump in the midst of Trump's comments about black NFL players kneeling during the National Anthem.

During media day for the 2017-18 season, Warriors star Stephen Curry said that he wouldn't want to visit the White House with Trump as president. And this season, the Warriors again didn't do that. Instead, the team found some time to meet with Obama hours before the game, according to The Mercury News' Logan Murdock.

During their lone visit to Washington this season, the Golden State Warriors paid a visit to the 44th President of the United States Barack Obama hours ahead of Thursday's matchup against the Wizards. The meeting was revealed via a picture posted by team security guard Tony Banks on Instagram Thursday afternoon - a post that has since been deleted. The picture includes the full roster, who visited with Obama for about an hour, according to a source. The lone exception in the picture forward Jonas Jerebko, who traveled back to the Bay Area Wednesday for the birth of his second child.

Everyone on the roster aside from Jonas Jerebko was in the photo posted above.

According to USA TODAY Sports' Jeff Zillgitt, the Warriors didn't want word of the visit to get out. The team's security staffer deleted the Instagram post, and after the game against the Wizards, the Warriors shut down all questions about the visit.