Villanueva tweeted during Sunday's Celtics game

I think it's 160 characters, you 'character'. That's hilarious though...almost as hilarious as Shaq's twitter feed, which is ... uh ... hilarious

Is this the next thing to write into an employee handbook, much like sending personal emails, etc.? Not something to be done on the job?

It's definitely 140 characters. Players listening discreetly to iPods during warm-ups is one thing, arguably, but this seems like the first published instance of what will become cultural commonplace: professional athletes unable or unwilling to separate personal marketing/PR from team goals and objectives. Now admittedly Villanueva did indeed "step up" as he prognosticated in his tweet. But this culture of half-time self-expression will ultimately be detrimental in my view. Think of Terrell Owens on the sidelines with Twitter capabilities? Unfiltered access to his ideas? Technology will cause more problems than it solves in this context.

As if anyone would want to waste thier time getting your insights

Doc Rivers already stated that he wants to sign cancer-marbury to a long term deal. Knick fans approve that. How sweet it is to have marbury, the achiever of the lifetime loser award, on the Celtics.

Well Golly Lee. I can't believe the Celtics signed the best point guard in NY Knicks history. Marbury singlehanded led the Knicks to a 112-226 record the past 4 years as the teams captain and starting point guard. Another incredible task he did was to lead the US Olympic team to a bronze medal as their starting point guard.

I hope that maybe the Celtics can work on a long term deal with this 'winner'. LOL

What do you expect him to do? His team is stuck in the dreaded NBA middle class. They have no hope now and will not have any hope for the future. Twitter away.

No long term deal - MORON - salary cap - MORON - bronze medal, all his fault? - MORON - Knicks haven't been relevant since Ewing - and still never won - MORON -was choosing a guy who can't play in the first round Marbury's fault, too - MORON

Please go away, you are ignorant

Twitter is overkill, pretty much useless...and this is coming from a technology fiend. Use texts or Facebook Mobile.

"No long term deal - MORON - salary cap - MORON - bronze medal, all his fault? - MORON - Knicks haven't been relevant since Ewing - and still never won - MORON -was choosing a guy who can't play in the first round Marbury's fault, too - MORON"

Isn't this the clown that whined endlessly about bloggers making their posts "personal"?

Hey Nick -
look in the mirror
who makes it more personal than my buddy Nick?
I didn't make it personal with him until he wrote the exact same crap FOUR times
I answered him 3 times without using the word moron - not that that is any of your business

Do you memorize my quotes, or have you finally learned to cut and paste?

I've never whined in a post about comments being too "personal." Have you?Regardless, everyone recognizes you as the moral compass around here.

You pulling the "none of your business" card again? C'mon, opk3. Enough with the third grade one liners.

Wow - where did I say that???????????????????????
You make the comments personal, Nick, you don't whine about it - just about Bynum
It is just your nature to be that way, I guess.
Do you deny everything you do and say in your life, too, or do you save the denials for us?
Oh yeah - THIS is your life - except on weekends

So, here is Nick - "I never said 'none of your business'"

Wha? Alright. I'll give this to you slow. Look two posts above. Ready? Okay, now find the words "not that that is any of your business." There ya go. Still confused?

Really. How the hell do you manage to get yourself dressed in the morning?

I want to wish my Celtic buddies (gag) a happy st. patti's day.

The best thing to do with marbury is to let him be a starter over rondo. He is the best point guard in the NBA. New yorkers know that.

Good Luck

I never said "NONE of your business", you must have me confused with someone else - not my MO, your ship is sinking fast, no one knows what the hell you are talking about, you are the moral compass, I love Andrew Bynum, kiddo, chief, Lakers, hog, sparky..........
blah blah blah

you are now boring me - time for a new schtick

opk3,
I think Native New Yorker is sarcastic in his comments. No need to get bent out of shape anytime Marbury/long term deal is brought up.

I agree with Classless. Cool your jets, opk3.

Classless - thanks, consider me un-bent!

Wow. Look at opk3 bending over backwards for Classless...

Enjoy the view, Nick!

Well, I'll give opk3 this. At the least he is finally owning up to seeking Classless' companionship.

the above messages are the exact reason why twitter/blogs/social media of many different types are: A) Useless; B) Annoying; C) Irrelevant (since this article is about twittering pervading all facets of life, and it devolved into a pissing match starting with stephon marbury and ending with a view of someone bending over.)
i blame al gore. I'm also using a crappy mix of both of your names to prove a point. The anonymity involved with the blogosphere allows people to rant and rave with no worry of repercussions, so i can yell all i want about what chodas you all are, and you'll never know who i am. oh, go celtics.

Thanks for the input, NVO. But no one cares what you think.

Nick Van Opk3 - I personally agree with your comments
It is not my personality at ALL to behave this way
This guy just gets under my skin for some reason
Ordinarily, I would not respond, but I feel some need to expose him as full of crap
I'm sure it is just a phase, and it will pass eventually
Thanks,

On the down side, though, I have a feeling you are about to be "Van Exeled"

Have flowers arrived at your doorstep yet, NVO? Watch for it - if he hasn't done it yet, I'm sure opk3 has thought about it.

3 days late - right on cue

Sorry opk3 - as you know, I don't spend my weekends pouring over this blog. I stay away. But we all know about the quality alone time your wife gets on weekends.

But that was quite a zinger.