Basketball fan, President Barack Obama, was spotted in courtside to watch his Chicago Bulls face LeBron James' Cleveland Cavaliers in first game of new NBA season.
Basketball fan, President Obama at the courtside to watch the opening match of the 2015-16 NBA season in Chicago
The U.S National Basketball Association (NBA), returned for a new season on Tuesday, and the most influential man in America, President Barack Obama was at the opening game in Chicago.
The president took his courtside seat to watch LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers face off with the Chicago Bulls in the first game of the season.
It was revealed that the president is a huge fan of the Chicago Bulls and there was speculation that he would be present to see them face the reigning Eastern Conference champions.
LeBron James who met Obama in the past at the White House after his NBA championship victories with the Miami Heat, said before the game on Tuesday;
'He loves the game of basketball. It's an honour for me to be a part of a venue and a spectacle that the president would like to come and watch. It's an honour for sure.'