All-Presidential basketball starting lineup

[Juggity]

Turns out Obama is rusty these days. A Kobe-esque 2-22 performance. (http://deadspin.com/barack-obama-still-bad-at-basketball-464880921)

That said, who do you pick for the starting lineup on your all-presidential b-ball team?

I've got:

C - Abe Lincoln, 6'4 ; presidential equivalent of David Robinson; long as fuck, defends the paint like he defended the Union

PF - George Washington, 6'2 ; bruiser inside like Karl Malone, but he can create his own shot without having John Stockton to set him up every time

SF - Gerald Ford, 6'0 ; tough choice between Gerald Ford and John Kennedy for SF. Kennedy was a swimmer like TD, but I go with Ford because the dude was a great football player, and held up better than Kennedy over the years since Kennedy had back problems and was disqualified from army service because of them

SG - Barack Obama, 6'0 ; current Obama may be washed up on the court, but prime Obama is a a solid choice at shooting guard

PG - James Madison, 5'4 ; Muggsy Bogues height, but Constitutional framer court vision

[TDMVPDPOY]

abe lincoln 6'4? is that with him wearing that hat? gtfo man

[Juggity]

abe lincoln 6'4? is that with him wearing that hat? gtfo man

Without the hat, 6'4. With it, closer to 6'11 or 7'

[BatManu20]

abe lincoln 6'4? is that with him wearing that hat? gtfo man

You joking? It's pretty common knowledge that Abe was a legit 6'4", which for his time period, was towering. Probably the equivalent of a 6'8" person today.

[DMC]

Abe Lincoln, the big Emancipation.

[Lincoln]

I'd have William Howard Taft play the enforcer role off the bench. Dat 300lb bully down low in the paint.

Andrew Jackson as my deshawn Stevenson thug nigga

[DMC]

Bill Clinton for the human victory cigar, just don't sniff it.

[TDMVPDPOY]

abe lincoln....will he pull a paul pierce?

since he looks almighty sittin on that chair....

[whitemamba]

abe lincoln 6'4? is that with him wearing that hat? gtfo man

thats according to google...

[Juggity]

abe lincoln....will he pull a paul pierce?

since he looks almighty sittin on that chair....

FDR would probably be the Paul Pierce by default...

[Venti Quattro]

Surely Barack Obama has to be in that lineup. He's the only black guy in the presidential pool.

[Latarian Milton]

kinda a pity you didnt find ronald reagan a spot on your squad tbh. dude would be a guaranteed fan favorite

[BillMc]

No Teddy Roosevelt? TR was tough as they come. Once got shot on the campaign trail and finished his speech. Boxer, cowboy, rough rider... and turned Grizzlies into Teddy bears.... And I'd like to see the ole "Trust buster" go up against Stern.

At the very least he'd bring energy off the bench.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

I go with Thomas Jefferson (a wiry 6'2) as my starting SF. The guy was a musician, scientist, architect, politician, religious scholar, farmer, and just about anything else he set his mind to being so it's easy to see him being able to develop a Pippen-esque all around game. Already a step up on Kobe in terms of finding women who can't say no.

[HI-FI]

I go with Thomas Jefferson (a wiry 6'2) as my starting SF. The guy was a musician, scientist, architect, politician, religious scholar, farmer, and just about anything else he set his mind to being so it's easy to see him being able to develop a Pippen-esque all around game. Already a step up on Kobe in terms of finding women who can't say no.
:rollin/thread

[spurraider21]

C - Abe Lincoln, 6'4 ; presidential equivalent of David Robinson; long as fuck, defends the paint like he defended the Union

SG - Barack Obama, 6'0 ; current Obama may be washed up on the court, but prime Obama is a a solid choice at shooting guard

PG - James Madison, 5'4 ; Muggsy Bogues height, but Constitutional framer court vision


Abe Lincoln, the big Emancipation.


FDR would probably be the Paul Pierce by default...

:lmao

[nowhereman523]

You gotta put Van Buren in there as backup PG. The "Little Magician" with ball control wizardry.