From Jerry Zgoda of the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Byron Scott won three NBA championships when he played for the Lakers and he coached the New Jersey Nets to the NBA Finals twice. He is a worldly guy who can talk intelligently on a variety of subjects.
But if you want to see his head explode, just ask the New Orleans coach if he has a team policy on tweets and tweeting.
“A what?” he asked, his eyes widening.
C’mon, Coach, you know: Tweets, tweeting, the verb for what you do on Twitter, the popular Internet networking site that got Milwaukee forward Charlie Villanueva in trouble with his coach last week. He posted a brief update at halftime during last Sunday’s game against Boston and then almost singlehandedly went out and beat the Celtics.
Bucks coach Scott Skiles was not thrilled one of his players used a cellphone to post on the Internet during a game.
“Who did? Charlie Villanueva?” Scott asked, unaware of the latest issue inside an NBA locker room. “No, I don’t have a policy on that. I don’t know what the hell tweeting is.”
Click here to read McHale’s comments. You won’t be disappointed.
March 21st, 2009 at 7:49 pm
Can you imagine Michael Jordan or Larry Bird being that distracted at halftime? I can’t, but I can imagine them chewing out someone who did do such a boneheaded thing.
If a player has anything to share about a game in which he is engaged, it should be with teammates, coaches and trainers.
Not only would I fine any player, and I mean ANY player who was posting to Twitter during a game, regardless how he played the 2nd half, but I would have him treated for addiction as well.
March 22nd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
Basketballogy:
No, I can’t imagine Bird or Jordan being distracted at halftime. I think the Bucks did the right thing. They fined Villanueva to prove a point, but they didn’t go overboard by turning the situation into more than it was.
Charlie V. actually played well in the second half.