The Boston Celtics visited the White Home on Thursday, assembly United States President Joe Biden to make their last celebratory lap because the NBA’s reigning champions.
Biden congratulated Boston on capturing its report 18th Larry O’Brien Trophy, the staff reunited with ex-Celtics reserve Oshae Brissett and the staff introduced Biden with a customized No. 46 jersey. It was the primary time anybody on final season’s roster — in addition to Jrue Vacation — had attended the White Home for a championship journey, making the once-in-a-lifetime expertise much more particular for a handful of Celtics.
Right here’s what Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Derrick White considered the journey:
Jayson Tatum
“It was cool,” Tatum informed reporters at Friday’s follow, per CLNS Media. “It was my first time being there. It’s an honor to be within the White Home and clearly meet the President and have that reminiscence collectively. You realize, I’ve at all times watched these ceremonies rising up, of different champions. So to be part of that custom was particular.”
Tatum mentioned of coming into the Oval Workplace: “It was a surreal feeling. You’ve seen a bunch of images and movies and to go in there, possibly one thing I by no means thought I might do. So it was a cool expertise.”
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Jaylen Brown
“We have been there to be celebrated with our guys in order that’s what it was,” Brown mentioned Friday, per CLNS Media. “It’s rather a lot. It’s arduous to win a championship and it’s very particular. The final time we gained right here in Boston was 16 years in the past so that you simply have fun and embrace that. All the opposite stuff is essential however that’s what we have been there for and to cherish that second with my teammates, my brothers, with my guys, that’s all I used to be centered on.”
Throughout the go to, Brown bounced questions round to some Secret Service brokers, asking in regards to the White Home’s historical past all through the staff’s tour.
“Properly, I like historical past,” Brown mentioned, per CLNS Media. “That’s my favourite topic so I’m at all times asking questions and chiming in. That was fairly enjoyable, getting some updates on my American historical past.”
Derrick White
“I didn’t actually know what to anticipate,” White mentioned following the go to Thursday, per CLNS Media. “I used to be simply form of wanting ahead to it after which I stroll in, I used to be like, ‘I’m a little bit bit extra excited than I assumed I used to be going to be.’ I believe it was simply numerous pleasure simply to be within the White Home and all the selections that go on in there and we have been in a position to enter the Oval Workplace which is fairly cool. So simply being the place all the selections, all the massive issues occur was the good half.”
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Boston may add a cherry on high of its keep within the nation’s capital with a victory over the Washington Wizards at Capital One Enviornment on Friday evening.
