"Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that enables its users to send and read messages known as tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the author's profile page and delivered to the author's subscribers who are known as followers"
It has gained more and more poularity, the system of Twitter. As a die hard basketball fan on the internet, you have probably already recognized a lot of NBA stars use it on their own, to tell their fans about what they are doing all day long, to give them a further and more detailed look into their lifes actually. Shaquille O'Neal ([url]http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ[/url]) uses it, being one of the most followed stars on the web service. On a side note: Barack Obama ([url]http://twitter.com/BarackObama[/url]), U.S. president, is also a member of the Twitter service. So do other NBA players and stars like Chris Bosh, Charlie Villanueva, Mark Madsen, DeMar DeRozan, Baron Davis and Kevin Durant, just to name a few. In addition there are also coaches and owners of clubs who use Twitter, for example Marc Cuban or Alvin Gentry.
Mark Madsen, who posts a lot there, describes Twitter as "a big chance for celebrities or sportstars to communicate with their fan-base".
Charlie Villanueva, Detroit's new Power Forward, twittered in hafltime of a game of Milwaukee against Boston, having played for Milwaukee in the first half. Kevin Durant posted his five favourite women having Beyonce on the first place and Baron Davis tweeted about bad memories on a chai latte and orange juice.
Are the NBA stars taking it too far? Do they really need to twitter all day long, do they have to share everything with the world?
As always there are two sides of the medale: Of course, if there wasn't Twitter, fans never had such a great access to the private lifes of NBA players or stars in general. The other way around is pretty much the same: They can be in near as possible contact with their fans, communicate with them and tell them about their lifes, if they really need to. Actually, this is kind of a show-off, it doesn't have to be though. A good example for the positive side about Twitter is Shaquille O'Neal. Two guys were reading a message on his twitter page and thought it wasn't the real Shaq. He posted he's out for dinner in a restaurant, the guys knew and drove to. Shaq was sitting inside, the guys were unsure if they should talk to him, but Shaq screamed over to them telling them they should. After he got back a new tweet was online saying "To all: If you see me, just say hi. We're not like others, we're from Twitterania. We have a special connection". Shaq's popularity on his account grew a lot though that happening. Talking about the positive sides of Twitter, it also has it's negative: Charlie Villanueva really took it too far by twittering in halftime. You just can't do that if you are a NBA player and you're supposed to do something else. It's okay to do it before or after, but not during a game and not in the arena at all. Bad news for people, who think like that. Charlie V. will be allowed to tweet during games in Detroit! Forbidden in Milwaukee after he did it in the locker room, what is known as the "Twitter-gate", he will be allowed to do it in Detroit. Nothing you're looking too serious with, actually that is not professional, although that's what they are supposed to be, if their are athletes at this high level. The NBA, who also has it's own twitter account, shouldn't allow twittering at all during games. The topic can lead into a big discussion of pro and contra or vica verse people, who either really want to know what happens with their stars or who think they aren't professional by twittering during games.
We will see what the NBA comes up with in the future, there probably won't be any changes though, but for me Twitter gives you a good chance to get a view into life of stars, though it really isn't nessacary to use it during games or something else, that really is important and you get payed for.
It has gained more and more poularity, the system of Twitter. As a die hard basketball fan on the internet, you have probably already recognized a lot of NBA stars use it on their own, to tell their fans about what they are doing all day long, to give them a further and more detailed look into their lifes actually. Shaquille O'Neal ([url]http://twitter.com/THE_REAL_SHAQ[/url]) uses it, being one of the most followed stars on the web service. On a side note: Barack Obama ([url]http://twitter.com/BarackObama[/url]), U.S. president, is also a member of the Twitter service. So do other NBA players and stars like Chris Bosh, Charlie Villanueva, Mark Madsen, DeMar DeRozan, Baron Davis and Kevin Durant, just to name a few. In addition there are also coaches and owners of clubs who use Twitter, for example Marc Cuban or Alvin Gentry.
Mark Madsen, who posts a lot there, describes Twitter as "a big chance for celebrities or sportstars to communicate with their fan-base".
Charlie Villanueva, Detroit's new Power Forward, twittered in hafltime of a game of Milwaukee against Boston, having played for Milwaukee in the first half. Kevin Durant posted his five favourite women having Beyonce on the first place and Baron Davis tweeted about bad memories on a chai latte and orange juice.
Are the NBA stars taking it too far? Do they really need to twitter all day long, do they have to share everything with the world?
As always there are two sides of the medale: Of course, if there wasn't Twitter, fans never had such a great access to the private lifes of NBA players or stars in general. The other way around is pretty much the same: They can be in near as possible contact with their fans, communicate with them and tell them about their lifes, if they really need to. Actually, this is kind of a show-off, it doesn't have to be though. A good example for the positive side about Twitter is Shaquille O'Neal. Two guys were reading a message on his twitter page and thought it wasn't the real Shaq. He posted he's out for dinner in a restaurant, the guys knew and drove to. Shaq was sitting inside, the guys were unsure if they should talk to him, but Shaq screamed over to them telling them they should. After he got back a new tweet was online saying "To all: If you see me, just say hi. We're not like others, we're from Twitterania. We have a special connection". Shaq's popularity on his account grew a lot though that happening. Talking about the positive sides of Twitter, it also has it's negative: Charlie Villanueva really took it too far by twittering in halftime. You just can't do that if you are a NBA player and you're supposed to do something else. It's okay to do it before or after, but not during a game and not in the arena at all. Bad news for people, who think like that. Charlie V. will be allowed to tweet during games in Detroit! Forbidden in Milwaukee after he did it in the locker room, what is known as the "Twitter-gate", he will be allowed to do it in Detroit. Nothing you're looking too serious with, actually that is not professional, although that's what they are supposed to be, if their are athletes at this high level. The NBA, who also has it's own twitter account, shouldn't allow twittering at all during games. The topic can lead into a big discussion of pro and contra or vica verse people, who either really want to know what happens with their stars or who think they aren't professional by twittering during games.
We will see what the NBA comes up with in the future, there probably won't be any changes though, but for me Twitter gives you a good chance to get a view into life of stars, though it really isn't nessacary to use it during games or something else, that really is important and you get payed for.
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