Obama mentions Japanese-American hoops legend Wat Misaka, the first non-white player in the NBA, who played briefly for the New York Knicks in the 1940s.
As is his style, the Baller-in-Chief used hoops as a way to connect, once again showing that people love to focus on what they have in common.
A basketball presented by Obama to Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan was one of the highlights of the China-US Summit, says a Xinhua News Agency report.
U.S. President Barack Obama’s praise of NBA basketball player Yao Ming was noticed by the Chinese superstar.
The press also took great interest in Blatter’s meeting with Barack Obama, scheduled for Monday.
Obama invoked China’s biggest export — or, at least tallest — at a summit on China-U.S. relations, quoting Houston Rockets center Yao Ming.
President Obama mentions basketball and the mutual love of sports that he and Ghana’s President Mills share.
President Barack Obama and Brazilian President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva discussed the USA’s gutsy defeat to Brazil in last month’s Confederations Cup Final.
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