Monday, September 28, 2009

Bobcats' Gerald Wallace has fun on video

So there I was, skulking around Bobcats media day at the arena today, being a non-sportswriter, when I hear team captain Gerald Wallace say to a team staffer something along the lines of:

I've given four video interviews so far and I've said exactly the same thing. They're all the same.

I whipped out my iPhone, asked Wallace if he'd like to do something a little different, and we made the video below. I think he got a kick out of it. I know I did. It's fun to see these guys in a slightly different light.


I also spent a little time with Raymond Felton, who told me how he learned to handle the ball: By dribbling in the grass and dirt of the little town where he grew up.


On the purely social media side, fans should get a kick out of this: Nazr Mohammed sometimes retweets his fans. "If somebody says something good, I send it back out," said the big man.

Rookie Gerald Henderson told me likes Twitter because he can speak directly to the fans. The young man is very well-spoken, I must say.

The Bobcats will see the king of NBA tweeting, Shaquille O'Neal as the Bobcats play the Cavaliers in Charleston on Oct. 10. Think the team will let me ride down on the bus and tweet what I see?

4 comments:

  1. Mohammed on Twitter is @NazrMohammed.
    Henderson is @GhJr09.
    The official Bobcats stream is @gobobcats.

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  2. Man, I can't wait for the Bobcats season!!! The bobs are the REAL pro franchise in Charlotte...GO CATS!

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  3. This beats the pants off the BS fowler puts out. Keep it up. Scott, get your nose out of the top of the cowgirls stadium and bring the Charlotte fans the action.

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  4. Hey Jeff!

    Saw you speak a week ago at Social Media Columbia - thanks and good job!

    This is neat - I'm a huge NBA fan, so it's really cool to see a different side than the usual interviews.

    And PS, how cool is it to be in a job where you get to meet players like this?!

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