MVP = Most Valuable President?
Posted on Monday, January 26th, 2009 at 8:44 amThe 44th president of the United States is a basketball junkie, and everyone knows it. Barack Obama, the first African-American man to become the president of the most powerful country in the world loves hoops.
A seldom-used player back in high school, Obama nevertheless maintained his love for the game, and even as he grew older, he kept on playing. During the campaign, Obama played pick-up ball in stops in North Carolina, Indiana, and other places across the country. He was also seen filling out his brackets for the NCAA’s March Madness.
Even NBA players like Chris Duhon (of the New York Knicks) who has played pick-up ball with Obama knows that the new president’s got game. A lefty, Obama can be seen dishing out no-look passes to his teammates, finding them at the right spots as well as shooting from deep.
Currently, the White House only has a half court, so David Stern and the NBA have offered to help set-up an indoor full court for the new president. The owner of the Washington Wizards also offered use of his team’s home court, the Verizon Center.
With the help of the new most powerful man in the world, basketball hopefully will become more popular than ever before.