O's got game. Obama joins Tar Heels in pick-up game.

[Lex]

Obama joins Tar Heels in pick-up game

Chapel Hill, N.C. — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama warmed up for another day of campaigning Tuesday playing basketball with the University of North Carolina Tar Heels at UNC's practice facility.

Obama walked onto the court with UNC coach Roy Williams and introduced himself to all of the players.

Tyler Hansbrough, Wayne Ellington, Ty Lawson, Marcus Ginyard and Danny Green talked with the presidential hopeful, who was dressed in dark sweatpants and a gray T-shirt.

Obama took a few practice shots before playing in a pick-up game with the UNC players. He played in the backcourt with Lawson on one team.

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[MadBadger]

1. That picture right there is why I cant stand Tyler Hansborough.

[Buzz Clik]

16. Hansborough is not going pro early, because ...

... he sucks. Yes, he's a very good college player. But his future is on the bench of a second-rate team or playing in Italy or Turkey. He's 6'9" and plays inside. He scores a huge percentage of his points from the free-throw line, and he's got nothing from the outside. He's slow and can hardly get daylight under his feet.

If he blocked Obama's shot, I hope he keeps that in his memory. It will be the biggest moment of his basketball career.

[kmsarvis]

21. From one Obama supporter to another.........

STOP HATING ON HANSBOROUGH.

[Buzz Clik]

28. Two things, and they're nearly genetic.

1. My son goes to Duke.
2. Roy "No Talent Ass Clown" Williams was coaching at Kansas when I was at Kansas State.

I'm sorry. Nothing personal against you, but my head would literally detonate if I said something nice about your boy.

Tell him to brush up on his Italian. :evilgrin:

[reggie the dog]

25. riding the bench on a second rate team

still pays damn well.

[Buzz Clik]

29. Yeah, for a year or two.

Then, it's off to daddy's used car business.

[reggie the dog]

34. or you can

open your own business.

[Buzz Clik]

35. LOL! Yes. I'm just being a butthead.

I have a Duke connection and an historical dislike for UNC's coach.

[reggie the dog]

36. ahhhh

then it all makes sense

[ms liberty]

20. You mean Flopsy McFlopsborogh?

That's what mr liberty calls him! We can't stand him in our house, either!

[Buzz Clik]

31. Oh, the things you say!

:yourock: :woohoo:

[ms liberty]

38. I got a million of 'em...I live in NC where basketball is a religion...n/t

[book_worm]

2. Didn't Hill once joke about challenging him to a bowling match?

I wonder if she will challenge him to a game of one on one?

[Buzz Clik]

5. Remember when Charles Barkley played Barney the Purple Dinosaur on SNL?

That would be Obama versus Hillary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tkix60xjUC8

Except the eye thing.

[stray cat]

3. Sweats again! He is definitely hiding something

[jenmito]

8. He wants to be seen as a presidential candidate-not a sex symbol. It would be a distraction.

:D

[olkaz]

4. I **really** wish the media would pick up on this

Sports guys like me love this type of thing.

[jenmito]

12. Yeah. When he played his 3-on-3 pickup game in IN, I wrote to "Morning Joe" Scarborough and said I

hope he runs the B-ball clips as often as he ran the bowling clips, and I looked forward to his "critique" of his skills.

[Doctor_J]

6. Roy doesn't look thrilled. Dean Smith is a devoted Dem. Looks

like Williams must be a Repuke.

Gobama!

[Lex]

10. You'd be wrong.

nt

[Doctor_J]

18. About what? Is roy a Dem?

[Cant trust em]

7. Tomorrow's headline "Obama snubs Duke fans". NT

[Tim4319]

9. That was funny!

[Lex]

11. Coach K raised money for Senator Elizabeth Dole.

:puke:

[kid a]

13. BUT...had he gone to duke, he'd be hanging with the elitists, and then he was a lacrosse playa

[Doctor_J]

19. Snark. These are good

[ms liberty]

22. That would be hard for him to do...

considering one of the aides who's been traveling with him for the last year or so is Reggie Love, who went to Duke on a football scholarship, and who got quite a bit of playing time as a walk-on for the basketball team, and graduated from Duke in '05 with a degree in political science.

[Cant trust em]

23. Awesome. I really liked Reggie when he was playing.

I'd always chant "Gimme Some Love" when he'd do something good.

[ms liberty]

24. Yes - he's one of our favorites as well. n/t

[Bake]

33. In that case, I might have to reconsider my support of Hillary!!

Anybody who snubs Duke can't be all bad!!!!!

:rofl:

Bake

[jenmito]

14. 5th R!

:hi:

[Lex]

15. cool

:hi:

[joeybee12]

17. The first photo looks photo-shopped, I'm sure it's real, just saying it's

got that strange photo-shop look to it.

The second, well, write a caption, like, Coach saying, "Stick to politics, I don't need no stinkin ed-vice."

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

26. No technical fouls when you play Obama.

The secret service will tackle your ass :D

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

27. AFAIK, Grant Hill, a Duke alum and quite a good NBA player

is an Obama supporter...

That being said, and taking into consideration Reggie Love, the pictures above make me want to spew chunks as a Duke fan :)

[Ichingcarpenter]

30. More photos here

http://tarheelblue.cstv.com/view.gal?id=27853

[Cha]

37. Thanks, Ichingcarpenter..I like that pic of Obama

and Marc Campbell.

Thanks for the thread, Lex.

[Bigleaf]

32. “You guys are leaving the next president of the United States wide open,”

Mr. Williams jokingly yelled. When the senator was fouled, one of the players apologized. Not to worry, Mr. Obama said. “The Secret Service won’t do anything to you.”

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/04/29/956266.aspx