Obama's Game

He's got tremendous upside potential:

Mr. Robinson, now the coach of Brown University’s men’s team, said the 6-foot-2 senator is too skinny to be an imposing presence, but he is fast, with good wind even when he was a smoker. Mr. Obama is left-handed, and his signature move is to fake right and veer left, surprising players used to guarding right-handed competitors.

The potential political analogies there are a little too obvious to be worth pointing out.

Comments

If only his politics were like his game...

Posted by Petey | June 1, 2007 10:06 AM

Here's hopin'.

Posted by Sam L. | June 1, 2007 10:13 AM

"the potential political analogies"

yeah, like "try that move three times and you're going to get the ball slapped away".

you can't claim to have a game if you've only got one move.

Posted by thag | June 1, 2007 10:18 AM

So awesome, so so awesome. But can he dunk?

Posted by SomeCallMeTim | June 1, 2007 10:19 AM

More importantly ... can he pop the J and hit the open 3? Cause otherwise Fred Thompson is just going to lay back under the basket and stuff him when he tries to penetrate.

Posted by Curt M | June 1, 2007 10:23 AM

Expect to see a press release from Hillary's campaign extolling her skills at Jell-o wrestling.

Posted by Peter | June 1, 2007 10:34 AM

Article seems to indicate that he has the mid-range jumper.

Posted by Matthew Yglesias | June 1, 2007 10:34 AM

Yo Matt, are you willing to take Kobe for Gilbert? Please say yes?

Posted by Laker Fan | June 1, 2007 10:39 AM

The Democratic Party used to be for hard-working Americans.

But since the 1960s the Democratic Party has sold out the lower and middle classes for the sake of multiculturalism.

Barack Obama is indicative of this. He loves multiculturalism. He wants to increase massive third-world immigration to drive down American wages.

There are more poor white people in America than poor blacks, but Obama could care less. He laughs and dismisses them as "white trash."

The marriage between big business and multiculturalism is the worst thing ever to happen to the American worker. Big business is using legal and illegal immigration to drive down American wages, and Obama is a part of this problem.

Posted by David | June 1, 2007 10:53 AM

Yo Matt, are you willing to take Kobe for Gilbert? Please say yes?

Sure, though I don't think the salaries match. Given that LA gave us Caron Butler for Kwame Brown, I could even imagine a possible universe in which this happens.

Posted by Matthew Yglesias | June 1, 2007 11:19 AM

"Sure, though I don't think the salaries match."

Bad deal. Kobe'll be over the hill before you can assemble a team around him.

Stick with Agent Sand Dollar, and find some way of getting Zach Randolph to team up with him.

Posted by Petey | June 1, 2007 11:33 AM

David,
When and where did Obama call poor whites "white trash"? I wouldn't want facts to get in the way of your nativist ranting, but am curious as to whether you just made that up, or got it from Hannity.

Posted by Ben Cronin | June 1, 2007 12:12 PM

Matt, did you support Bradley in 2000?

Posted by Julian Elson | June 1, 2007 1:43 PM

This article put me over the top. I'm officially declaring my endorsement for Obama in '08. (To be fair, I was leaning strongly in that direction anyway.)

Posted by Pooh | June 1, 2007 3:02 PM

I've read that his wife Michelle is stellar, but the story in the article that she had her brother play ball with him to make sure he didn't hog the ball or call ticky fouls is absolutely tremendous.

Posted by Rod Hoffman | June 1, 2007 5:01 PM

I know, I loved that. "You can tell a lot about a person by playing basketball with him." Fuckin' right you can. That's how we know Bruce Bowen is a Bad Person.

Posted by too many steves | June 1, 2007 5:03 PM