Brandon Jennings, point guard for the Milwaukee Bucks, couldn't wait all of forty-five minutes to show his excitement after a double overtime win against the Portland Trailblazers.
Immediately following the game, Jennings tweeted, "Back to 500. Yes!!! "500" means where doing good. Way to Play Hard Guys."
The NBA's twitter policy prohibits players from tweeting forty-five minutes after the game ends.
Jennings was fined $7,500 for the tweet. He later replied in a tweet,“I understand I got fined, but 7500? For being happy over a win, you would of thought I said something bad. I mean it was a big win for us.”
Jennings should have also been fined for thinking the word "where" is the same word as "we're."
Mark Cuban chimed in on how the NBA is fining players/coaches/owners/etc. too much. Mark Cuban tweeted, can't say no one makes money from twitter now. the nba does".
http://mashable.com/2010/01/04/social-media-athletes/
David Bressler
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