One of the most common issues, if you’d call it that, in the NBA is that of halftime cell phone use. It’s exactly what it sounds like; players go into the locker room for halftime, and while there, they check their cell phones.
If that sounds insane to you, then you’re likely on the same page as New York Knicks team president Phil Jackson.
Andrew Keh of The New York Times wrote a brilliant piece highlighting what has become a strange phenomenon in the NBA. In the heat of the battle, a vast number of players on teams across the Association are checking their cell phones for social media updates.