Obama - Scoring Big Points With His Interest in Basketball

DID YOU KNOW...

- Obama played high school basketball, and even though a benchwarmer, scored two points en route to a state championship in 1979?
- the President-elect's brother-in-law is Oregon State basketball coach Craig Robinson?
- his Secretary of Education is former Harvard cocaptain Arne Duncan?
- his attorney general, Eric Holder, played on the Columbia freshman team?
- his national security adviser, retired general James Jones, played at Georgetown?
- his personal aide, Reggie Love, played with Duke's national champs in 2001?
- according to Obama's brother-in-law, Obama's game most closely resembles that of Lenny Wilkens.

FROM THE BOSTON GLOBE...

A lot of good could come from this. Basketball is a global sport. At a time when much of the rest of the world is not happy with us, it might help to have a President who shoots hoops. Unlike golf, bowling, jogging, horseshoes, and cycling, basketball is a team game. Obama has written eloquently about the merging of individual skill and teamwork that is so integral to basketball. Pickup basketball is the ultimate meritocracy - best team wins and gets next game. It is democratic and inclusive. It calls for sharing and teamwork. It demands honesty - you call your own fouls.

Obama's got game, check out this video of him raining jumpers.

http://basketballbuzz.ca/story.php?title=barack-obama-draining-jumpers-at-the-white-house