Obama Honors Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry

ladies and gentlemen the 2015 NBA champions the Golden State Warriors ladies and gentlemen the President of the United States accompanied by coach Steve Kerr Joe Lake oh and Peter Guber and mr. Jerry West welcome to the White House everybody give it up for the NBA champion Golden State Warriors everybody please have a seat now let me begin by saying I was hoping that Riley curry would be here today to share the podium with me but I guess I'm going to have to get media training some other day the East Room is not as loud as the roar achill but dubnation is well represented we've got some members of my cabinet and Congress in the house who are big fans and I don't just mean Harrison Barnes who apparently they call the senator he's from Iowa so maybe he's got some politics in his blood but we've got one of the biggest gold and say warrior fans around our leader in in the House of Representatives Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi we've got Republican leader Kevin McCarthy's here so this is bipartisan we have Mayor Shabbas here so we're glad you're here to celebrate the best in the mint I also want to recognize a warrior executive board member and NBA legend one of the greatest of all time the logo Jerry West as well as owner Joe lekha and general manager Bob Myers give them a big round of applause now it is rare to be in the presence of guys from the greatest team in NBA history so we're pretty lucky today because we've got one of those players in the house Steve Kerr from the 9th 1995-96 Chicago Bulls it's good to see you back now for those of you who don't know the word has started this season without coach Kerr who was recovering from back surgery so Luke Walton stepped up and led the team to a ridiculous 39 and four record unfortunately the NBA won't let look count those wins as his own which man that doesn't seem fair you defied the cynics the accomplished big things you racked up a great record and you don't get enough credit I can't imagine how that feels now let's face it the Warriors are in the midst of a pretty special two-year run folks are saying that they are revolutionising basketball they are so good that they seem to be just breaking the game itself and I don't play anymore but I still know a little bit about basketball and this really is one of the best that we've ever seen great shooting great passing a small ball nuclear lineup it's almost not fair and they play not just well but they play well together they play as a team the way basketball is supposed to be played and it's beautiful to watch when they're working on all cylinders now let's face it beautiful was not how folks described the Warriors for many years I may be one of the few who are old enough to remember the last time they were good back in in the middle 70s I was last time they won a championship I was 10 years old so the EO the franchise had had some good teams and some great players but it had been struggling one college player forgot that there was even a team in Oakland that was klay Thompson by the way but a few years ago Joe lakum took over pointed out pointed to that 1975 championship banner and said that's a very lonely flag we need another one and last year they got it 67 wins 16 straight at one point that used to seem like a lot until this year where they started out 24 and 0 ended last season with their first title in 40 years and obviously a big part of that was League MVP Steph Curry Stef's pretty good sure for those of you who watched the game against the Wizards last night he was to use a slang he was clowning jumping up by the way for the record I heard during this summer after our golf game that Steph was using the excuse of Secret Service being intimidating for why he lost the match that is not the case but he will have another opportunity obviously watching Steph plays is incredible and for anybody who enjoys basketball it is it is just a lot of fun but it's not just Steph there's the other splash brother Klay who dropped 37 points in a quarter and whose jump shot is actually a little prettier I love the Sun there were barns dunks Bogut blocks draymond green showing us heart over height every single night drayman's also known to add a few more words that I cannot repeat then you've got a couple of unselfish all-stars in their own right that were coming off the bench Andre Iguodala and David Lee and a bench that was so good that an opposing coach complained they've got two starting lineups in the finals Golden State faced Cleveland and the guy named LeBron down two games to one coach Kerr had the guts to shake up the lineup and it worked Andre came off the bench played great D to comb the finals MVP and it was a perfect example of the kind of team this is everybody doing their part everybody ready to step up at any moment unselfish play folks looking out for each other and it's the same kind of selflessness that the Warriors show in their community as well they've led the way for the NBA's commitment to our my brother's keeper initiative promoting mentoring in the Bay Area and nationwide I know they met with some students in the white house Mentor Program earlier today these teams also supporting the city's Oakland promise effort to help more kids make it through college you've had we've had players take a stand against gun violence work with they'd work with Michelle's let's move initiative they dressed up as Santa to deliver Christmas presents to those in need and the first time I met Steph was because he had partnered with the UN Foundation to donate three anti-malarials mosquito nets for every three-pointer he makes so last night that's 33 nets so keep shooting stuff not that he needs any encouragement obviously hi yeah the point is this is a great basketball team but it's a great organization it's a great culture and these are outstanding young men and some of them I've met before Steph I've gotten to know a little better they're just they're the kind of people you want representing a city representing the NBA and the kinds of people that you want our kids to to be rooting for so they have a lot to be proud of good luck for the rest of this season maybe you'll break that Bulls record but as coach Kirk pointed out he wins either way either way he's got the record so thanks everybody regulations thank you actually I'm a little thirsty is that my water or yours I thought maybe it was yours I'm guessing it's your I want to say thank you I also want to say congratulations for becoming the first president in our nation's great history to use the term clownin so although I may be Teddy Roosevelt use it somewhere in there but we want to thank you our organization is so honored to be here to meet you to tour the White House and to celebrate our championship with you here our general manager Bob Meyers who you met earlier also mentioned to me that you're going to be a free agent at the end of this year so we don't know if you have anything lined up yet but I'm ready to go you can consider this a symbol of an offer that's coming we want you as soon as your duties are done here in the White House we'd like you to be the leader of dub nation now you

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Length: 17min 28sec (1048 seconds)

Published: Thu Feb 04 2016