Kobe Bryant: Twitter Troll?
We just saw why bama will be bcs champs @10ajmccarron and @barrettajones not afraid to confront each other in order to win. #respect
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 8, 2013
Kobe Bryant joined Twitter last week. Like any celebrity, he immediately got a ton of followers. As of today, he has well over 600,000 followers. (Just 8% are fake!) What I expected from Kobe Bryant’s Twitter was a bunch of corporate tweets and faux-intellectual inspirational quotes. I was not prepared for what Kobe Bryant, The Troll.
Good luck to my man @raylewis today True inspiration. True Legend — Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 6, 2013
Who roots for Ray Lewis? The media, people from Baltimore and no one. It’s Ray Lewis. Not only did Kobe start adding a ridiculously unnecessary “#mambatweets” hashtag to his tweets, but he also did things like post pictures of sunset from his yacht and championship banners. Then there was this in response to the rumor that he and Dwight Howard clashed on New Year’s Day. He and D-Ho took a picture facing off over coach Mike D’Antoni. Well played, Kobe.
The mamba vs d12 !! It’s on lol twitter.com/kobebryant/sta…
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) January 7, 2013
And then there are the people he is following. The first person he followed? Alex Morgan. The third? Michael Phelps. The fifth? Darren Rovell. In addition to following Pau Gasol, Steve Nash and Dwight Howard, he chose Oprah, Jim Rome, Ellen, Bryce Harper, Kevin Hart and Miss California who is apparently very good friends with Miss Alabama. Why is Kobe following a Miss California who has just 2,000 followers? Kobe knows his entire Twitter existence will continue to be examined, but I won’t fall for it. I know he’s just trolling.
Previously: Kobe Bryant & Dwight Howard Feuding: Teammates Had to Hold Howard Back in the Locker Room, Report Says
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January 8th, 2013 at 9:18 PM
I don’t think this is trolling. Kobe may just really be this big of a douche.
January 8th, 2013 at 9:33 PM
Congrats to Shamburglar. One of his screenshots of AJ’s gal made it in the DAR.
January 8th, 2013 at 9:37 PM
what is DAR?
January 8th, 2013 at 9:39 PM
Better than his first choice of “#surprisesex”
January 8th, 2013 at 9:49 PM
I don’t understand the article? Are you mad that Kobe knows Twitter “tricks”?
January 8th, 2013 at 10:08 PM
Justified started off with a The Big Lebowski joke so CRM should be happy right now.
January 8th, 2013 at 10:22 PM
You should try working your internet better. The Chive (hot chicks and funny pics) has a Daily Afternoon Randomness post. Its like an afternoon roundup that they actually, you know, do.
January 8th, 2013 at 10:31 PM
Googling DAR just now led me to a wonderful feature called FLBP (future lower back problems). Those girls just melted my computer screen.
January 8th, 2013 at 11:27 PM
Fuck all the Kobe haters. If the rest of the Lakers played with half the intensity and commitment that Kobe had, they wouldn’t be 4 games out of the last playoff spot in the West. Of course even at their best they’re not better than LAC, OKC, Spurs, or any of the Top 5-6, but they should not be under .500.
January 8th, 2013 at 11:43 PM
He tried this. It ended badly, remember Denver?
January 9th, 2013 at 8:06 AM
Sorry Jason I didnt see this last night. They have a post daily around 530pm called Daily Afternoon Randomness.
January 9th, 2013 at 11:33 AM
Yeah, we totally should’ve picked up on that.
January 9th, 2013 at 11:38 AM
I saw DAR and thought it was a Beastmaster reference for possibly the first time in the history of the site…my disappointment is great
January 9th, 2013 at 11:40 AM
i always knew kobe would hit a woman.