Because Twitter is celebrating its 10th anniversary today, more attention has been paid to the first ever tweet, sent by Jack Dorsey.
just setting up my twttr
— Jack (@jack) March 21, 2006
With that tweet in mind, we thought it would be interesting to see what some of the best NBA players sent as their first tweets. Using Twitter's first tweet discover feature, we've put together the original tweets from 18 of the NBA's biggest stars.
We've ranked them in the order the players joined twitter. Oddly, most of the NBA players joined Twitter in 2009 or 2010. Kobe Bryant is the last adopter of the twitter among these stars, with Dwight Howard among the first. The two funniest tweets likely belong to DeMarcus Cousins and Russell Westbrook.
Dwight Howard
Excited about the new website! www.dwighthoward.com
— Dwight Howard (@DwightHoward) November 22, 2008
Dwyane Wade
just out of practice in ATL..putting the past behind and focused...
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) April 21, 2009
Kevin Durant
@itsmechaneliman yep finally....it seems like im very late though
— Kevin Durant (@KDTrey5) April 28, 2009
Blake Griffin
out in L.A. for the weekend just had a late birthday celebration for my brother at my agents house. happy bday taylor.
— Blake Griffin (@blakegriffin32) May 1, 2009
Stephen Curry
twitter is legit...
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) May 26, 2009
James Harden
sitting in the green room....about to watch my future unfold before me...
— James Harden (@JHarden13) June 25, 2009
Paul George
Love life!!!!
— Paul George (@Yg_Trece) July 4, 2009
Chris Paul
What's up everybody...glad to be on twitter, took me a while but my boys @rudygay22 and @therealdwade finally convinced me to try it out...
— Chris Paul (@CP3) July 5, 2009
Carmelo Anthony
Headed to ESPN: http://bit.ly/4aCZFh
— Carmelo Anthony (@carmeloanthony) September 22, 2009
John Wall
nuttin just chillin....new to this twitter thing!!!
— John Wall (@JohnWall) April 13, 2010
DeMarcus Cousins
jus got dis and dnt knw wat im doin ...
— DeMarcus Cousins (@boogiecousins) April 14, 2010
Russell Westbrook
Bowling!!!!How U Gon Act??
— Russell Westbrook (@russwest44) April 29, 2009
Anthony Davis
still trying to see how to wrk this Twitter page!!!
— Anthony Davis (@AntDavis23) June 24, 2010
LeBron James
Hello World, the Real King James is in the Building "Finally". My Brother @oneandonlycp3 gas'd me up to jump on board so I'm here. Haaaa
— LeBron James (@KingJames) July 6, 2010
Dirk Nowitzki
Im on Twitter!
— Dirk Nowitzki (@swish41) October 21, 2010
Kyrie Irving
feels good to be back!! yessir!!
— Kyrie Irving (@KyrieIrving) June 28, 2011
Derrick Rose
I want to wish everyone on @USAbasketball good luck today. Bring home the gold! Wish I could be out there with you all #teamusa #olympics
— Derrick Rose (@drose) August 12, 2012
Kobe Bryant
The antisocial has become social #mambatweets
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 4, 2013
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