J.R. Smith Nearly Gave President Barack Obama Tattoo Shirts at White House

During the Cleveland Cavaliers' championship visit to the White House on Thursday, President Barack Obama commended J.R. Smith for wearing a shirt.

This wasn't the first time the POTUS joked about how the eccentric shooting guard went shirtless post-Finals (skip to 3:23):

According to Kevin Love, the 31-year-old Smith nearly gave Obama one of his tattoo-print shirts, but the idea was nixed.

Here's what Love told ESPN.com's Dave McMenamin:

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J.R had the Fresh Brewed Tees with the tattoos on it, so originally (LeBron James) had mentioned, "Kev why don't you give him the jersey and Swish you hand him the shirts." I never knew they weren't going to let Swish do the shirts. When I heard my name called and Bron was like, "Kev go hand him the jersey." I was like, "What about Swish?" It was fun.

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Imagine that—the commander in chief wearing a shirt that depicts J.R.'s torso. What a world.

[h/t ESPN.com]