Obama, NBA Stars Play Hoops for Troops

President Obama played basketball today with a constellation of NBA stars and a ringer from the national champion UConn women's team. Service members injured in action and participants in the White House mentoring program watched, but the press pool waited outside, the Washington Post reports. Retired stars Magic Johnson and Bill Russell played but Kobe Bryant only watched, reports The Hill.

LeBron James, Grant Hill, Dwyane Wade, Alonzo Mourning, Shane Battier, Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Derek Fisher, Chris Paul, Derrick Rose, and Etan Thomas took part the event, in a gym at Fort McNair, near the White House, as did UConn star Maya Moore. (More President Obama stories.)