VIDEO: Former U.S. President Barack Obama Causes Major Stir After Announcing His Plans To Boycott Major Sporting Event

Barack Obama has set tongues wagging after revealing plans to boycott a particular high-profile sporting event.

The former United States President is a big-time basketball fan, but he is no longer interested in the NBA All-Star Game.

Obama was a recent guest on the new ‘Young Man and the Three’ podcast, which is no longer hosted by JJ Reddick, given his coaching endeavors. So he sat down with Tyrese Haliburton and Tommy Alter this week to discuss various basketball topics, including his disenchantment with the annual event.

The ex-POTUS bemoaned the lack of competitiveness at the game every year, comparing it to the days when the likes of Kobe BryantMichael Jordan, and Isiah Thomas were involved.

“Y’all gotta have a little more pride in that All-Star Game,” he said. “It’s not as if you all don’t play pickup during the summers. You know how to play in a way that, ‘alright, I’m not going to hurt anybody, I’m not going to take anybody out.’ But that All-Star Game, it’s broke, man. People aren’t running, trying all kinds of [stuff].

“When Kobe [Bryant], Michael [Jordan] and Isiah [Thomas] were playing, they weren’t playing like it was the regular season, but they wanted to win.”

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