Everyone seemed to be thinking the same thing after seeing a video of Barack Obama meeting up with the USA Men’s Basketball team on Wednesday.
The former American president visited the star-studded team — which features some of the NBA’s biggest names in LeBron James and Steph Curry — during the USA Basketball’s 50th anniversary party on Wednesday. A video that captured him saying hello to the players and staff has quickly blown up across social media.
Key and Peele sketch Team USA edition pic.twitter.com/EURtfrn3Cd
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The video captures Obama dapping up Curry, James, and Anthony Davis before going for a more formal handshake with some staff members of the team. It resembled a skit put together by Key & Peele in 2014.
As you would imagine, the internet found this interaction absolutely hilarious.
It is literally exactly how the skit went. Wow
— James Jinnette (@james_jinnette1) July 11, 2024
Word for word bar for bar😂
— MacManMiller (@DAndreXMiller) July 11, 2024
That’s absolutely incredible lol
— DJ Martinez (@DJMartinez06) July 11, 2024
He knew EXACTLY what he was doing 😭
— TIME IS DUE ⏳ (@justkoolie) July 11, 2024
LMAOOOOO
— Macaiyla (@macaiyla) July 11, 2024
Ironically enough, the Key & Peele sketch was inspired by Obama, who had a similar moment back in 2012 when meeting up with another NBA superstar in Kevin Durant.
@kicks This video is definitely in the hall of fame 😭 #nba #basketball #sports #kicks #kd #obama ♬ original sound – KICKS
Following last night’s epic handshake moment, Obama was in attendance to watch Team USA’s first Paris Olympics exhibition game at T-Mobile Arena. They were going up against Canada and wound up walking away with an 86-72 victory.
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While not intentional on Obama’s part, this video has quickly gone viral and is something fans will continue to share laughs over for a long time to come.
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