Today, the Cleveland Cavaliers made the trip to visit President Barack Obama in the White House, as is traditional for the reigning champions to do prior to their first game in Washington D.C. In the video below, you can see President Obama’s full speech, and watch him receive a custom number 16 Cavaliers jersey.
Here are a few highlights, in case you don’t want to/don’t have time to watch the full video.
President Obama made a hilarious reference to J.R. Smith’s non-shirt-wearing tendencies:
President Obama referenced LeBron James’ dislike of sleeved jerseys:
"Sometimes the sleeves get a little too tight so I have to rip them off" —Obama jokes, channeling LeBron James pic.twitter.com/cQ4BFVj19T
— SLAM Magazine (@SLAMonline) November 10, 2016
The team checked out the library:
In light of Donald Trump being elected president, Cavs forward Richard Jefferson made the bold prediction that this would be the last team to visit the White House:
Richard Jefferson on Snapchat. pic.twitter.com/dZgvSz6ysD
— HoopsHype (@hoopshype) November 10, 2016
