Barack Obama's Team USA Basketball visit goes viral as fans notice uncanny resemblance to iconic Key & Peele skit

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By Leocciano Callao

Published: 22:56 EDT, 10 July 2024 | Updated: 00:01 EDT, 11 July 2024

Former US President Barack Obama's sojourn to nan USA men's hoops squad went viral for resembling an iconic Key & Peele Skit from 2014. 

In nan drama cardinal skit, Jordan Peele plays nan domiciled of Obama aft giving a statesmanlike address. While greeting a statement of onlookers, he proceeds to formally shingle hands pinch achromatic fans while giving hugs and multi-layered handshakes to achromatic members of nan audience. 

On Wednesday, nan real-life Obama appeared to embody nan skit while sending disconnected nan squad of NBA stars to nan Olympic Games successful Paris later this month. 


The viral clip shows nan erstwhile president giving casually snappy handshakes, paired pinch hugs, to Anthony Edwards, Steph Curry, LeBron James, and Anthony Davis. 

After greeting nan players, Obama approached nan coaching unit pinch patient and general handshakes - arsenic nan Obama characteristic did pinch none-black spectators successful nan skit. 

Barack Obama went viral for resembling an iconic Key & Peele skit while gathering Team USA 

The second group included Miami Heat caput coach Erik Spoelstra and Golden State Warriors caput coach Steve Kerr. 

Several users were speedy to reference nan clip's uncanny resemblance to nan skit. While reposting nan video, Barstool Sports wrote that 'Obama collapsed retired nan aged Key and Peele playbook.' 

'It is virtually precisely really nan skit went. Wow,' a personification wrote. 

'Word for word, barroom for bar,' said another. 

'He knew precisely what he was doing,' a 3rd commented while a 4th asked: 'Life imitating art, aliases creation imitating life?'

Nevertheless, Obama went connected to present a connection for nan players while proclaiming a caller title for himself. 

The erstwhile US President called himself nan 'Hooper-in-Chief' during his remarks to nan team 

The star-studded squad includes LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Steph Curry and Jayson Tatum 

The Americans beryllium successful nan aforesaid group arsenic Serbia, South Sudan, and Puerto Rico 

'It is existent I americium nan Hooper-in-Chief,' he opened his remarks. 'I conscionable want to travel present to thief sent disconnected nan soon-to-be golden badge winners. We invented this crippled and I don't for illustration it erstwhile we don't win.'

'Assuming they play arsenic a team, our talent will beryllium unmatched. I'm assured that they'll beryllium bringing backmost nan golden and representing america nan measurement we should beryllium represented astir nan world.'

The Americans will unfastened nan group shape against Serbia connected nan 28th. They will past look South Sudan connected nan 31st and Puerto Rico connected nan 3rd of August.  

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