The Cleveland Cavaliers' visit to the White House on Thursday had some pretty awesome moments. For one, the team, joined by First Lady Michelle Obama, participated in the #MannequinChallenge.Â
Iman Shumpert had his mind blown when he found out that the podium could be moved.Â
President Barack Obama even took a playful jab at J.R. Smith, thanking him for wearing a shirt. As you may recall, Smith decided to nix the idea of wearing a shirt for a couple days after the Cavaliers won their first title in franchise history. The image of a shirtless Swish led to the creation of the tattoo T-shirt, which is being sold on Fresh Brewed Tees.Â
According to ESPN's Dave McMenamin, Smith "originally planned" on giving one of those tattoo shirts to President Obama, but the idea fell through.Â
Kevin Love said J.R. Smith originally planned to give President Barack Obama T-shirts depicting his tattoos when Love was presenting Obama with a Cavs jersey but the idea was nixed. "J.R had the Fresh Brewed Tees with the tattoos on it, so originally (LeBron James) had mentioned, ‘Kev why don't you give him the jersey and Swish you hand him the shirts,'" Love said. "I never knew they weren't going to let Swish do the shirts. When I heard my name called and Bron was like, ‘Kev go hand him the jersey.' I was like, ‘What about Swish?' It was fun. I didn't know I was going to have to say a few words and go up there, but that was one of those once-in-a-lifetime opportunities that I got. Got down there as quick as I could, handed him the jersey and made for a great photo op. It was a cool, organic moment."
Yeah, yeah, great photo op, Kev. But could you imagine the photo op of Swish and Obama posing with the tattoo shirt?! Taking a page out of the book of President-elect Trump, "many people say it would have been one of the greatest photo ops in U.S. history!"
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