President Obama is well known for playing pickup games of basketball for fun. In August 2010 President Obama was joined on the court for a pick-up game of basketball by about a dozen professional basketball greats. LeBron James remarked that Obama passed better than expected on key plays during the game. At the same time Obama was gaining points on the court, the jobless numbers likewise shot up to 9%. After election day in November, Obama sought distraction from rising unemployment numbers and an angry electorate, by playing basketball. Sport commentators characterized Obama's fieldgoal percentage as better than expected. Later in a November 26th pickup game Obama, after taking an elbow to the face which afterwards required 12 stitches, played with unexpected energy on the court. Obama hopes to some day apply what he has learned on the court to economic policy.
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