Earlier today the Los Angeles Lakers paid a visit to the White House. As all champions do, they got a chance to meet and take pictures with the President. He wanted to take them out on the White House’s new court, but the weather was bad in D.C.
“Congratulations to the Los Angeles Lakers for winning your 15th NBA title and fourth in the last 10 years,” said Obama. “I still get enormous pleasure from watching great athletes, and nobody exemplifies excellence in basketball better than the Los Angeles Lakers.
Kobe & nem hooked Obama up with a personalized jersey with his name and the number 1 on the back.
“This team knows that being a champ is about more than trophies and rings,” he said. “It’s about being a winner off the court, and giving back to those that are less fortunate. The Lakers and the NBA have always been about serving others … and that tradition continued last week when the NBA players association, led by Derek Fisher, pledged to donate one million dollars to support relief efforts in Haiti.”
Obama even managed to get in a cheap shot on Magic Johnson. He started off talking about Phil’s 10 rings: “I do want to point out that six of them came with the Bulls,” said Obama, a big time Chicago fan. “You remember that, Magic?” Then he started to mimic Jordan doing a reverse layup which got everybody cracking up. That’s probably the only time ever that you’ll see somebody go in hard on Magic and he just sits there and takes it (no mo).
From what I’ve read the President was very knowledgeable of the team: He called Phil Jackson the “Zen Master” and when he went in to shake Kobe Bryant’s hand, he immediately pulled back because he didn’t want to do anything to KB24’s broken finger. Respect.
“Of course I have to acknowledge Kobe Bryant, one of the most competitive players I’ve ever seen,” said Obama. He has MVP’s under his belt, he’s the youngest player to ever reach 25,000 points in his career, and he’s playing with a broken finger, I wouldn’t even be able to get out of bed with a broken finger.”
LMAO. I wonder what they’ll get him next year?
