Nice to see President Barack Obama at Game 2 of the NBA Finals between the defending champions Golden State Warriors and the hometown Toronto Raptors. Obama is a huge basketball fan and is friends with Warriors’ star Stephen Curry. In Febuary, Obama and Curry were featured at a seminar in Oakland for Obama’s My Brothers’ Keeper charity.
Tonight, though, it was just basketball. Obama came in with Raptors’ president president of basketball operations Masai Ujiri and sat in the stands next to NBA commissioner Adam Silver as the game began. Obama got a standing ovation and an “MVP” chant from the fans.
No just pointing out the sidelines is where usually is, especially when he was president. Unless he was bowing in front of a foreign leader and apologizing for the United states.
It’s a basketball game. Unless you’re a player, ref, or coach, you’re sitting on the sidelines. Have you seen a basketball game before? They can be pretty exciting, but it’s pretty uncommon for spectators to storm the court. If Barry did that, and I’m sure he could–who is going to say no to a guy who is more respected across the world than our current president?–I’m sure couchside Internet personalities would make posts about what an egomaniac Obama is.
In fact, I’m pretty sure that Obama could have stepped on court during the course of play, Curry would’ve held up his dribble and handed Obama the ball, and he could’ve taken three-pointers until he made one, all without a whistle.
But he always struck me as a big-hearted guy. I’m sure if you shared your feelings on the matter with him via letter, he’d sent you an apology and a autographed picture.
Amen, amen to that! I know I’m in the minority, but listening to the audio version of Hillary’s book now and I’d gladly taken her in a nanosecond compared to Dumb Donnie.
