“Amare is Real” Twitter Promotion Video Needs Help
The most recent trend amongst NBA players is competing for the elite status of possessing the highest total of followers on twitter. Some players offer signed photos to the people helping them exceed 30,000 plus followers.
Some are even more creative.
Twitter is a useful form of communication, but shouldn’t people follow you sans the excessive motivation?
Allen Iverson announced today he is close to signing with a team via twitter:
- If you think that I am just going away-Think again! I am getting ready for the NBA season. Waiting for the call. Charlotte, Miami, NY.5:04 AM Aug 18th from web
Amare Stoudamire’s futile attempt at a youtube promotional video for twitter is an insult to the more creative videos available by professional athletes.
Why can't I be the king of twitter? (Credit: picapp.com)
We laughed last year when the Chris Bosh produced an advertisement asking for support and votes for an All Star birth. It was well thought out, displaying creativity fans are unaccustomed to from NBA players.
Bosh had a solemn reason to create an ad. Playing in Toronto can lead to all star voting omissions. Canada is a no mans land up there.
Bosh is annually All Star worthy, but he needed a viral video to help thrust himself over the hump with votes.
In case you missed it, here it is:
This is where Amare misses the point. His twitter ad is so unequivocally unentertaining and unoriginal that it might just become viral based on how people will make fun of it. Like this article is doing right now.
Here is how I discovered it, following his twitter feed, of course:
- Amareisreal25,000 + strong. Keep it going tweeps! Share this with your friends http://bit.ly/g07jJ Follow me!
They say any press is good press, so in some ways Amare wins:
The thing puzzling me is what do players gain from these followers?
Couldn’t they spend this time watching game tape? Reviewing the game that ended their season, watching what went wrong, and why? Preparing for the upcoming season, learning more weaknesses, examining play schematics, what spots a particular player runs to based within which offensive set?
You know, the basic things an eight-figure salary should require.
Maybe studying and working hard to better himself at his profession is an afterthought to making his fingers sore from tweeting madly.
Long live Amare, and his narcissism.
I might be wrong, but I would hope my thoroughbred athletes would spend more time becoming smarter and more knowledgeable about the competition within the industry.
Those qualities lead to championship-caliber basketball.
Similar Posts:
Thu, Aug 20, 2009 by Adam Sedie
Injuries, News, Opinions