President Obama is expected to be on hand to watch his hometown Chicago Bulls open their season against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday night, according to ESPN.
Cavaliers star LeBron James reportedly let word slip that the baller-fan-in-chief will likely be in attendance at the United Center in Chicago.
{mosads}”He loves the game of basketball,” James told reporters Tuesday morning. “We all know that. It’s an honor for me to be a part of a venue and a spectacle that the president would like to come and watch. It’s an honor for sure.”
James joined first lady Michelle Obama at an event last week in Akron, Ohio to promote her new higher-education initiative. But the two-time NBA champion said the first lady did not reveal the president’s plans.
“I don’t think they disclose information like that,” James said.
Obama is in Chicago to deliver a speech to the International Association of Chiefs of Police and headline fundraisers for the Democratic National Committee and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee.
The president last watched James and other NBA stars play during an exhibition between Team USA and Brazil in Washington, D.C., ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
One month after taking office, in February 2009, Obama attended a Bulls game against the Washington Wizards at the Verizon Center in Washington.