Deron's Twitter Feed Is Brilliant in Its Simplicity

I don't really get Twitter. It's like a text message, but with no excuse for being curt and strangulated. You have an entire keyboard in front you, for heaven's sake. Plus, how many people's second-to-second updates/thoughts/blurts interest me in the least? At least Tumblr sends traffic my way.

All that changed this morning, when a friend put me on to Deron Williams's Twitter lair. I'd heard that the Jazz were planning to get more web-savvy and accessible, but this is really next level. Deron cuts to the quick with every one of these, making for an overall effect that's both strangely informative and almost Zen-like in its simplicity. Some samples:

Some people have asked who we'd rather play in the next round. It's too early to worry about that. We have 2 get a w tomorrow. 08:58 PM May 13, 2008

In LA. Keeping an eye on the Spurs and Hornets game. Won't make a prediction because they are both great teams. 07:59 PM May 13, 2008

So when I was asked what it will take to win tomorrow night, I said Score More Points. 04:00 PM May 13, 2008

That game. What can I say about it? I'm so proud of what we did. See you all on Friday. 02:32 PM May 12, 2008 

And the most chilling utterance, for those in the media business:

People don't understand that it gets frustrating to get the same question everyday from reporters. 02:28 PM May 13, 2008

There it is. This little device packs about twice the honesty and ten times the convenience for everyone involved when it comes to the reporter/athlete interaction. From now on, they should screen you at the door. If your questions aren't bulls***, and/or you have a good, conversational rapport with the guys, you get into the locker room. But for the dozens standing around looking for the exact same rote articulation of the obvious, Twitter's here to bring a better day. For everyone involved in this thankless ritual.

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