NY Post · Oct 8, 2015
The backstory behind Nets’ Donald Sloan’s daily Twitter mantra
Donald Sloan Photo: NBAE via Getty ImagesAUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Scrolling through the Twitter timeline for Nets guard Donald Sloan won’t provide you with much variety. In fact, virtually every tweet is the same two words: “I’m up.”
So what’s the point? No, it’s not alerting his nearly 10,000 followers that he’s awake and ready to start his day. Instead, it’s Sloan’s way of saying, after spending the past five years trying to establish himself as an NBA player, he’s ready to do what it takes each day to stay in the league.
“I’m up grinding, working out, physically and mentally getting myself ready for whatever’s next,” he said. “Long story short, it’s my time. I’m up.”