The Dream Team

Barack Obama has indeed assembled what he calls "the best basketball-playing Cabinet in American history." Here's a who's who of the incoming Administration and others in the Obama hoop loop—enough ballers to fill up three pickup squads

CABINET
ALL-STARS

Arne Duncan
Secretary of Education
6'5" co-captain at Harvard in mid-'80s, played in USBL and Australia; has won three Hoop-It-Up three-on-three titles

Eric Holder
Attorney General
Before a season on Columbia freshman team was 6'2" co-captain of the Stuyvesant High Hoopsters in Manhattan

Ret. Gen. James Jones
Natl. Security Adviser
In 1963--65 the future Supreme Allied Commander Europe was a 6'5" frontcourt reserve at Georgetown

Susan Rice
Ambassador To U.N.
5'3" point guard at National Cathedral School in D.C. played for Oxford as a Rhodes scholar at New College

Timothy Geithner
Treasury Secretary
While president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, he played in its league. Said to hate to miss a pickup game

AIDES DE HOOP

Craig Robinson
Oregon State Coach
President's 6'6" brother-in-law was two-time Ivy League Player of Year at Princeton and a pro in England

Marty Nesbitt
Campaign Treasurer
Board chair of Chicago Housing Authority and CEO of The Parking Spot played at Division III Albion ( Mich.) College