Yesterday, President Barack Obama was presented with a Dallas Mavericks jersey by star Dirk Nowitzki as Obama welcomed the 2011 NBA champions to the White House.

The Mavericks chose #23 for Obama’s jersey. In typical self-aggrandizing fashion, Obama joked that he had made the number 23 popular before the legendary Michael Jordan, whose #23 jersey was retired by the Chicago Bulls in 1994 (and by the Miami Heat in 2003, even though Jordan had never played for the team).

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