Someone Asked President Obama a Question About J.R. Smith During a Twitter Q&A on Climate Change and Actually Got an Answer

This was a pretty amazing interaction on the President's part.

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Earlier this afternoon, President Obama held a Twitter Q&A on climate change:

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Ready to answer your questions on climate change. Let's do this! #AskPOTUS pic.twitter.com/5KrIb5jL6S

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

During the Q&A, he fielded all kinds of questions about—you guessed it—climate change. So most of his answers looked like this:

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.@ZCarlander more severe weather events lead to displacement, scarcity, stressed populations; all increase likelihood of global conflict.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

But at one point, one clever J.R. Smith fan found a way to sneak a basketball-related question into the mix. He did it by asking if the President thinks J.R. is going to be able to heat up enough to destroy the "O-Zone" during the NBA Finals:

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.@POTUS will JR Smith heat up enough in the Finals to destroy the O-Zone and the Warriors? #AskPOTUS

— Nathen Vieira (@NathenVieira) May 28, 2015

And believe it or not, President Obama took time out of his day to both read the tweet and respond to it:

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.@NathenVieira jr smith having a great season but the heart of the Cavs is Lebron. And no one can outshoot Curry - maybe Korver if wide open

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

And he didn't stop there. Later, President Obama also addressed the Bulls' decision to fire Tom Thibodeau:

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.@apat246 @chicagobulls love thibs and think he did a great job. Sorry to see him go but expect he will be snatched up soon by another team.

— President Obama (@POTUS44) May 28, 2015

Wow. Did that really just happen?

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