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The NBA Presidential Cabinet

11/06/2008 4:15 PM ET By Tom Ziller

    • Tom Ziller
    • Tom Ziller is an NBA Blogger for FanHouse
The next Cabinet is being chosen as we blog. Time for a futile, derivative exploration of which NBA personalities would fit into the elected president's team.

Secretary of State: Adonal Foyle. You'd think Dikembe Mutombo would get an easy nod here. But in these trying times, Deke's showboating Finger Wag might do more harm than good. Cooperation, not grandstanding. Foyle is a safe choice. It will also relieve him of the boredom he faces with his current job.

Secretary of the Treasury: Stephon Marbury. A fierce negotiator who refuses to take a penny less than his guaranteed $22 million salary. Starbury has also focused on understanding the plight of the less wealthy, selling sneakers for $15 and watching CNN with homeless on the Bowery. Like Foyle, he's not really busy right now.
Secretary of Defense: Tim Duncan. Duncan's Spurs have been the most well-prepared team of this era, and Big Fun is inarguably the real constant, the consistent anchor that keeps everyone else at their best. Strategy, strength, calm.

Secretary of Labor: Derek Fisher. Kevin Martin and Amare Stoudemire could also have important contributions to discussions of efficiency.

Secretary of Transportation: Matt Bonner. The Red Rocket is all about going green. Darius Miles gets special consideration, though.

Secretary of Energy: Leandro Barbosa. Anderson Varejao was a flop during confirmation hearings.

Secretary of Commerce: LeBron James. The United States would become the world's top exporter of sneakers.

Attorney General: Adam Silver. David Stern is quite offended, but we're looking to the future, bub.

Secretary of Homeland Security: Charles Oakley. America's enforcer.

Chief of Staff: Scott Skiles. America's ballbuster.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development: Donald Sterling. ... or maybe not.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs: Kevin Willis. He's still on a roster somewhere, right? If not, Brian Grant gets the nod. If he's still alive.

Secretary of Agriculture: Brad Miller. He knows both tractors and herbs well.

Secretary of the Interior: Greg Oden. On the court, he stays inside the paint. Off the court, he stays inside the trainer's room.

Secretary of Education: Phil Jackson. Mandatory book reports for every American. To be turned in with your taxes.

Secretary of Health and Human Services: Dirk Nowitzki. Through the magic of YouTube, Secretary Dirk will teach all American children the deep stretching exercises which make overcoming a high ankle sprain breezy.

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