This post is an excerpt from "Social Media Culture in Sports," a project I did with Stevie Crisosto - make sure you check out her blog "Sports and the Media"
NBA Players on Twitter
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Kevin Durant @KevinDurant35
Kevin Durant plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder and he has just started his second year in the NBA. Durant is extremely active on Twitter and generally tweets about 6-7 times per hour. He talks to many people, has 79,093 followers and follows 282 people. His Twitter page is customized with a picture of him and his teammates. He has a link to his facebook page and his Bio states, “I’m me, I do me, and I chill.” Other than carrying on conversations with people he just tells people what he is doing and comments after games:
“Jus got home...goin down to Stillwater to watch my horns smack OSU a lil lata” –Oct 31st
“Great win on the road against a STACKED Detroit Pistons team...we showed alot of toughness!!!” –Oct 30th
It seems as though Durant is constantly on Twitter and always looking to interact with someone. Some of his tweets include:
“Talk to me...sumbody DM me or sumthin...what's the topic for today” –Oct 30th
“whats good people...in the room bored..who wants to skype?” –Oct 29th
Shaquille O'Neal @THE_REAL_SHAQ
Shaq is an incredibly funny guy and shows it on Twitter - his preferred medium. He is one of the most popular NBA tweets with more than 2.5 million followers. He keeps his tweets pretty light hearted, but also works to entertain his followers
Dwight Howard @DwightHoward
Charlie Villanueva @CV31
He’s the notorious NBA player who dared post to his Twitter account at halftime during actual game vs the Celtics and got scolded by Scott Skiles.
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Inside the NBA Twittersphere
This post is an excerpt from "Social Media Culture in Sports," a project I did with Stevie Crisosto - make sure you check out her blog "Sports and the Media"
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