Saturday, November 19th, 2011 at 10:34 am  |  94 responses

Barack Obama to Hold Charity Exhibition Game


by Ryne Nelson / @slaman10

President Barack Obama has already discussed how he’s “concerned” and “heartbroken” about the NBA lockout. He can’t end the lockout, but the President will temporarily satisfy his basketball jones through a who’s who exhibition game in December.

The South Florida Sun Sentinel reports that participants already include Alonzo Mourning, Ray Allen, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Bosh, Vince Carter, Tyson Chandler, Jamal Crawford, Kevin Durant, Baron Davis, Derek Fisher, Rudy Gay, Blake Griffin, Tyler Hansbrough, Dwight Howard, Juwan Howard, Antawn Jamison, Kevin Love, Cheryl Miller, Dikembe Mutombo, Chris Paul, Doc Rivers, Amar’e Stoudemire, John Wall and Russell Westbrook among others.

The League seems to have given the proverbial ‘OK’ to the exhibition by announcing an exemption to the gag order preventing contact between players and League officials.

More details below on the game, which will be played in a yet-to-be-announced venue in Washington DC.

The latest lockout offering? The Obama Classic Basketball Game, a fundraising event that apparently will have a Miami Heat flavor.

Friday night, BarackObama.com, a fundraising wing, announced that an NBA lockout game will be held Dec. 12 at a yet-to-be-announced venue in Washington, with Miami Heat forwards Chris Bosh and Juwan Howard, as well as Heat executive Alonzo Mourning among those on the playing rosters.

Mourning, 41, has not played since sustaining a serious knee injury in 2007, but has taken the court for various charity events. He is one of many retired players listed among the participants.

NBA lockout rules strictly forbid active players and members of team or NBA staffs to participate in common events, which also would be a factor with Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers and Orlando Magic assistant coach Patrick Ewing listed as event participants. To this point, team and league executives have been told to remain away from such lockout exhibitions.

However, the Sun Sentinel learned Friday night that the NBA has issued dispensation for team officials and locked-out players to interact in Obama event.

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  • J.D.

    I don’t think you guys know what “charity” means. BarackObama.com isn’t a charity.

  • misso

    I hope they televise it, sounds like its gonna be fun. Cheryl Miller? Mos def gotta televise it

  • Yesse

    Cool rosters. Nice to see Zo back as well.

  • rob stewart

    That’s already 24 players on the rosters with more to come. Sometimes more is less. Make some cuts Obama.

  • Gregg

    No better way to raise morale during a recession than to watch some VINSANITY!!

  • @Deknowz

    It’s good to be king! lol

  • rob stewart

    @Gregg
    do you think it’s still 2000 or something?

  • james

    I’m all in for more pro-level basketball, but would prefer if my commander in chief does something more productive with himself.

  • http://wikipedia.org Eddie1

    Dr. Dre’s Detox = NBA Lockout. Think about it. Illuminate yaself.

  • http://cnbc.com JTaylor21

    Bush’s dumba** used to take vacations on that texas ranch of his every other week and no one was complaining back then but Obama is holding a charity game for one day and you’re talking about doing something more productive with himself.

  • http://www.slamonline.com rich

    @james Dont worry Obama prolly has a simultaneous drone strike planned for tip off. had one some day he attended a boxing match so why not?

  • Maniac

    Lol how does the lockout compare to detox???

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    @ rich: Good point; sporting events are a great diversion.

  • Fifty

    Dikembe Mutombo…. swag

  • Mike

    Finally, VC decided to get off the couch apparently and play some ball.

  • http://dodgers.com Joey E.

    Maniac: It involves black people, duh

  • http://www.breitbart.com George Orwell

    Solyndra, Fast&Furious, Asian Hawaii, Voting ‘Present’, Beer Summit, Bill Ayers, Tea Party ‘terrorists’ and OWS ‘victims’, MSNBCNNPR, Making fun of Special Olympics, etc. – The list could go on and on.

  • http://www.breitbart.com George Orwell

    @JTAYLOR21 – Obama has taken more vacation days in his first term than Bush by a wide margin. Let me guess…you got all your ideas from Jon Stewart the comedian, Micheal Moore the one-percenter, and MTV culture.
    Good job! You think what you’re told!

  • http://gmail.com z

    Well said jtaylor. There’s def a double standard for some reason whenever obama’s brought up

  • Dope(Georgia Boy)

    !George Orwell And you probably believe The President’s Birth certificate is Fake,Listen To Rush Limbaugh, and appart of The Fox News Culture aka The punk ass KKK gang.

  • Bojangles

    Hopefully all proceeds go towards paying off the U.S. deficit. With a star studded lineup like this, they should be able to get it down to 14,999,999,500,000.

  • Jaysmoove

    there we go ray ray!!!!

  • http://hibachi20.blogspot.com Moose

    Good campaigning tool as well. Re-elect Barack, please.

  • http://www.npr.org/2011/03/24/134817531/the-nation-how-is-saudi-arabia-a-good-tyranny cheecagomayne

    idk y ppl defend obama, that guy has the same policies as bush. he has set up gitmo sister prisons everywhere. the dollar has a half life of four years because of his careless spending. Obama and Bush are and were corporatist war mongers, vote Ron Paul!lol

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Yeah… comments aren’t showing up.

  • Enigmatic

    Obama and Bush both suck/sucked as presidents.
    F*ck ALL politicians.
    Can we move on now?

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Either SLAM’s website is messed up or I’ve just posted the same comment about 5 times.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Yep, wtf.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Slick Ric

    I agree with Enigmatic(if that’s the real one or some imitation). All these politicians are conniving puppets.

  • http://slamonline.com Ugh

    The internet: where people who know _a_ come together to share opinions on everything _b_-_z_.

  • http://slamonline.com LakeShow

    I like Bush. I like Obama. BUT, that’s the people, not the presidents. They both are/were terrible presidents. Both spent way to much in the wrong areas. Both have loose policies on the most important issues. LMAO at those who defend either of them.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    Obama is not much better than Bush–but that has nothing to do with any of the reasons listed by “George Orwell.”

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    does SLAM like, not allow you to copy paste into the comment box or something? Every time I copy paste my comments don’t show up.

  • http://thetroyblog.com Teddy-the-Bear

    FUUUCK, does SLAM have something against Bill Ayers?? I can’t post a single fuuuuckign comment in defense of him.

  • http://www.slamonline.com spit hot fiyah

    relax teddy lol, @lakeshow, if u like bush as a person read bugiosi’s prosecution of george w bush for murder

  • Enigmatic

    Teddy, I feel you man. I been having a REALLY hard time commenting lately. And it had been really frustrating cause y’all the only cats I can speak basketball with.
    For some reason, not having a link on my name seems to help, thus the non blue and boldness of my name.

  • Overtime

    @Enig, you guys still having that online association on 2k12?

  • http://www.slamonline.com UNFROZEN CAVEMAN LAWYER

    CHANGE! EVERYTHING IS SO DIFFERENT NOW STAN. THE AIR IS FRESHER, I CAN BREATHE EASIER. MY JOB IS BETTER. THE SUN IS BRIGHTER. FOOD TASTES BETTER. AND ITS ALL BECAUSE OF OUR DEAR LEADER, THE GREAT OBAMA.

    …
    K-RINO- DEATH OF A POLITICIAN.
    …..
    THIS IS NOT A CHARITY GAME.

  • robb

    @George Orwell defending George W. Bush?? wow

  • http://sportsnickel.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/silvastpierre.jpg Jukai

    LOl watching SLAM debate politics is always a hoot.

  • http://www.breitbart.com George Orwell

    I don’t believe Obama is a Muslim, I believe he is a pretend Christian. I don’t like Rush Limbaugh. I support socialized health care. I don’t like Glenn Beck. I don’t support George Bush. You assume all those things, and more, about me because you are have been programmed and conditioned by the media to guard the democrat party and organized Labor interests. Thanks for the display of groupthink to show your brainwashing though. Good job! You think what you’re told!

  • Waggle

    Co-sign Jukai. Get out the popcorn.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Great!!! I just typed another paragraph that didn’t show up! Piece of sh!t!

  • http://slamonline.com datkid

    george orwell- there’s no way obama has taken more vacations than bush. and obama is far more christian than bush ever was.

    enigmatic- obama really isn’t that bad of a president. honestly

  • http://www.breitbart.com George Orwell

    Datkid: You’re ideologuing. Check the facts. Obama has had more vacation days in his first term that President Bush did in six years. Or did that fact not show up on CNN and MTV. YOU CANNOT TRUST THE MEDIA TO REPORT THE TRUTH. Look at how many ‘green’ companies received bailout money and then went bankrupt. Then look at how many of those companies were run by major Obama donors. If Herman Cain was from Hawaii and didn’t know what CONTINENT OR COUNTRY it was part of, do you think that would make the news? Obama said that about four days ago, but let me guess…you didn’t know about it because the media won’t go near anything that shows Obama as anything but a genius/god. Based on a twenty-year old rumor there was over 200 stories about Herman Cain’s “scandal”, because he’s a Republican. Anthony Weiner had to have pictures of him with his d#ck in his hand and they still avoided that story. Big, evil Andrew Breitbart had to break that story because the mainstream media was terrified it might hurt democrat interests. The democrat plantation needs you to believe that their opponents are racist, so they can’t let Herman Cain be the nominee, even though he’s who conservatives wanted. That doesn’t fit the accepted narrative, written and orchestrated by a tiny few in LA and NY. Liberals and the Democrat Party at CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NPR, PBS, CBC, and MTV choose our nominee, just like they choose yours. Oh, but Fox news is the one that’s part of a conspiracy, right? You’re so f%cking brainwashed.

  • http://www.breitbart.com George Orwell

    If you only accept the pablum that the media and pop-culture feed you at face-value, then you deserve to live in deception.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Really want to join this discussion but SLAMonline is f*ckign with me!!!

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Obama is obviously not much better than Bush (possibly worse), but not for any of the reasons listed by George–it’s hilarious what kind of priorities Americans have. You never talk about what politicians ACTUALLY do for/with the country–you talk about birth certificates and sex scandals and past affiliations.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Obama is not better than Bush, but not for any of the reasons listed by George. Americans really have their priorities mixed up… Nobody talks about what politicians ACTUALLY do, but instead focus on s3x scandals, past affiliations, and dumb quotes.

  • Teddy-the-Bear

    Well final-f*cking-ly.

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