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The Tweet of Villanueva

Twitter, a very common way to let people know your thoughts and a web site and service that allows you to send short text messages.

Because of the latest event that had coach Scott Skiles give Charlie Villanueva a talking to, NBA came up with a new Twitter rule.

Coach Skiles felt that doing a ?tweet? during half time would have other people reading that tweet, or even other players in the team that people are just not serious. If tweeting can be done during one of the most important parts of the game, then there is no focus. Players will start slacking feeling that their concentration can even be divided to tweeting and listening to the coach giving him hot tips and game plan for the next half of the game.

Shaquille O?Neal wholly agrees with NBA?s new rule on Twitter.

He feels that games are very important, even those periods spend on short time when the coach gives tips and advises to do better when the game begins, what more for the half time break that is very much needed for all players and coach alike.

O?Neal was also quoted as saying that there have been uncalled for situations when the other players did things that were not a good expression and reflection of themselves as basketball players, especially as a reflection to the NBA trademark.

Although to be fair to Villanueva, after posting the tweet, wherein he said that he was in the locker room to post that tweet, mentioning that their coach required ?toughness? when they play with the Celtics after half time, did really well when he played after half time. Villanueva played one of his best games that night, finishing as the top scorer of the game, with nineteen points, and were able to beat the Celtics on that game.

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The New York Knicks and Bits of Information

The New York Knicks will be missing yet another player in their training camp.  The Knicks h have been playing with the new team, new drafts ensuring better performance coming from the newer players, and getting to know each other, as they play practice games. Unfortunately, Eddy Curry, suffering from a torn right calf muscle, had to fly to New York to have his operation which would let him miss three to five days of practice.

During the two thousand eight to two thousand nine season, Curry was able to play only three games because of another injury. Now, he has yet to heal properly because during one of their practice sessions, he accidentally tore one of his calf muscles, common to tennis players.

That is one player less for the Knicks, which hopefully, will have a speedy recovery for Curry.

Talking about New York Knicks, Bryant?s jersey is still getting really popular votes in Europe compared to other players in the NBA, even NBA?s European players.

Bryant?s jersey was considered the top seller in Europe, and all this happening twice in a row. Way to go, Kobe!

The list was taken from sales from retail stores all across the continent of Europe for the NBA season two thousand eight to two thousand nine.

Looking at the top sellers? list which would include the United States sales and China sales altogether, Kobe is still the top seller. He is closely followed by Kevin Garnett, of the Boston Celtics. Spain player, Pau Gasol, is the third challenger, while another NBA teammate of Bryant, LeBron James, is the fourth contender. Dwayne Wade is the fifth in the top five list.

Other players who made it in the list include Tony Parker, Andrea Bargnani and Jose Calderon. If you will notice, the US? NBA players dominate the list, but still has a sprinkling of other countries like Spain, Italy and France joining the group.