Hoops Nation

Barack Obama and legendary NBA star Michael Jordan will team up in New York on Wednesday for a basketball-themed fundraiser expected to raise $2 million for the president’s re-election campaign.
 

Obama campaign spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said the president will attend three different events in the Big Apple on that day.
 

“When we get to New York … there’s a dinner that’s $20,000 per person — we’ve sold about 120 tickets,” Psaki told reporters aboard the president’s airplane on Tuesday.
 

“There are two earlier events, including an autograph signing event. Tickets are $250 per person. And a skills camp, a (basketball) shoot-around,” she said.
 

Psaki however refused to say if Obama, an avid basketball fan and player who often plays in pickup games with White House staffers, will shoot hoops with Jordan, widely seen as the greatest basketball player of all time.
 

(via Yahoo! Sports)