[外電] Shaq joining in on halftime Twitter craze
Source: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=4004473
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Shaq joining in on halftime Twitter craze
Updated: March 22, 2009, 12:51 AM ET
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PHOENIX -- Halftime "tweets" seem to be the latest NBA fad.
Suns center Shaquille O'Neal posted a note on his Twitter feed before a home
game against Washington on Saturday night, suggesting he planned to post to
the popular social networking Web site during halftime.
And sure enough, a brief message was posted on Shaq's feed before the third
quarter.
"Shhhhhhh," it read.
It was the same message O'Neal delivered when asked about his Twitter plans
before the game. When told Phoenix coach Alvin Gentry already knew about it,
O'Neal bent over, leaned against the locker-room wall and groaned loudly,
saying his plans were blown.
"I was going to do it and not get in trouble, then brag about not getting in
trouble," O'Neal said.
Gentry, when asked about O'Neal's plans before the game, said he didn't care.
"As long as he gets 25 [points] and 11 [rebounds], he can do whatever he
wants. He can Twitter, Facebook, MySpace," said Gentry, who also has a
Twitter account set up by his daughter.
Last Sunday, Milwaukee Bucks forward Charlie Villanueva became an overnight
Web celebrity after he posted a note, called a "tweet", to his Twitter feed
during halftime of his game against Boston.
"I stirred something up," Villanueva said after Milwaukee's 96-84 loss to the
Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night. "I'm a trend setter, I guess."
Villanueva wrote that he had to step it up in the second half. He did, and
the Bucks won. But coach Scott Skiles was annoyed, saying it gave the
impression that Villanueva wasn't focused. Skiles said Villanueva would not
be fined for the incident but said it was a "no-brainer" that players
shouldn't be doing such things from the locker room any more.
O'Neal referenced Villanueva when he announced his plan on his Twitter feed.
"Attention all twitterers I'm a tweet at halftime and not get fined like vill
a new wave a whteva his name is," Shaq wrote.
Twitter allows its users to send short, text-message style notes to a mass
audience and is rising in popularity among athletes, politicians and
celebrities.
O'Neal (screen name: "THE-REAL-SHAQ") occasionally uses the site to give away
tickets to fans. Cyclist Lance Armstrong ("lancearmstrong") provides updates
on the frequency of his anti-doping tests and posts pictures from his
training rides.
Though Villanueva promised not to tweet again during a game, he did question
whether there's much difference between a player taking a few seconds to do a
television interview at halftime and taking a few seconds to use their mobile
phone to post a Web message to fans.
"My intention wasn't to create this attention, to create problems or anything
like that," he said Saturday. "I was trying to do something harmless. I
respect the team rules. If other guys do it, all power to them."
On Friday, the new Women's Professional Soccer league announced it will allow
selected players to tweet during its inaugural game between the Los Angeles
Sol and Washington Freedom on March 29. Depending on fan response, league
officials are considering allowing players to tweet during games all season.
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