NBA Chief's Tough Love: Obama Not Great at Hoops

'He's not as good as he thinks he is,' says David Stern
By John Johnson,  Newser Staff
Posted Oct 27, 2012 7:48 AM CDT

David Stern said this week that he's retiring as NBA commissioner in 2014, but some comments about President Obama's basketball prowess might be getting more attention. "He's not as good as he thinks he is," Stern told Reuters in an interview picked up at Bleacher Report. And he added a comment conservatives will surely love: "He's a lefty. He goes the same way every time." Stern, it should be noted, was smiling as he dissed, and he pronounced himself a "loyal Democrat." (More David Stern stories.)

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