{"id":10054,"date":"2024-11-22T06:30:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T06:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=10054"},"modified":"2024-11-22T06:30:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T06:30:23","slug":"four-highlights-from-celtics-title-celebration-at-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=10054","title":{"rendered":"Four Highlights From Celtics Title Celebration At White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"post-1966648\"><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ??--><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-hero__copy-upper\">\n<div class=\"article-hero__default-inner\">\n<h3 class=\"article-hero__subheading h6\">Boston celebrated its 2024 championship at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-hero__copy-lower\">\n<div class=\"article-hero__default-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com\/union-bulletin.com\/content\/tncms\/assets\/v3\/editorial\/0\/a3\/0a3a54a7-9277-5d9c-9304-d8813248aff5\/673fce9c8a5fa.image.jpg?resize=750%2C500\" alt=\"President Biden welcomes 2024 NBA champion Boston Celtics to White House | National | union-bulletin.com\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Boston Celtics had their latest celebration of their 2024 NBA championship Thursday afternoon with the long-time tradition of visiting the White House in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden welcomed the Celtics to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for the traditional ceremony to honor the champions, in this case a historic season for Boston for an NBA-best 18th championship.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a few highlights from the visit to the White House for the Celtics:<\/p>\n<p><strong>CELTIC SECURITY<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident Biden began his remarks with an interesting connection to the Celtics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of you might not know this, but my Secret Service name is Celtic, for real because I\u2019m Irish,\u201d Biden said, per White House video.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Is that a security breach or a cool story?<\/p>\n<p>Either way, Biden made an early connection to the NBA champions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody behind me is Irish in their heart,\u201d Biden added. \u201cI feel a special pride in this trophy. From this old Irish Celtic to all you Celtics, congratulations.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p><strong>GIFT PRESENTATION<\/strong><br \/>\nJayson Tatum and Derrick White presented President Biden with a No. 46 green Celtics jersey to America\u2019s 46th president as well as a basketball with the presidential seal.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hold that thought on that basketball\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>THINK FAST!<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident Biden did not leave the gifted basketball on display solely as a prop. He followed his remarks by taking the ball, showing a pump fake and dished a pass to the front row of the Celtics congregation to Al Horford.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HISTORY LESSON<\/strong><br \/>\nBiden noted the significance of the Celtics continuing the visiting tradition given Boston was the first NBA franchise to begin that run with the welcome of John F. Kennedy in January 1963.<\/p>\n<p>That meeting brought several ties for the nation\u2019s 35th president and Brookline, Mass. native.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Celtics earned a trip to the White House as guests of President Joe Biden to celebrate the 2024 NBA Finals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Four Highlights From Celtics Title Celebration At White House - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=10054\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Four Highlights From Celtics Title Celebration At White House - 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