Kyrie Irving introduced himself to the casual basketball fan. Dwight Howard made a three and got clowned for existing. Kobe Bryant showed he still has it and LeBron ate a small piece of humble pie. All-Star weekend brings out the best and worst of Twitter and here is a small portion of the better tweets from a great weekend.
Oh the irony.
Harlem Shake record came on, Diddy didn't even move! Guess Diddy ain't feeling the remix! Haaaaaaa!
— Karεn Ciil (@KarenCivil) February 18, 2013
Would you really have wanted that?
*Side eye* at my momma for not loving me enough to put my hair in rollers before I birthed my kids. #lifeisbutadream
— Reagan Gomez (@ReaganGomez) February 17, 2013
That’s why we have DVR’s or more than one TV.
All the single ladies are watching Beyoncé tonight. If you have a man, he's gonna make you watch NBA All-Star.
— Broomchillda (@JamelleMyBelle) February 17, 2013
Something needs to change.
The dunk contest is no longer the headliner it should be moved to Friday and should be The first All Star event. Before the celebrity game.
— Charlamagne Tha God (@cthagod) February 17, 2013
Worked once, why not again?
Idea: NBA makes an empty threat to take away All Star weekend unless stars will do dunk contest. Feel like I've seen that work somewhere…
— Tania Ganguli (@taniaganguli) February 17, 2013
You’re right and that’s sad.
Royce White has had more successful flights than this dunk contest.
— Myles Brown (@mdotbrown) February 17, 2013
This is a little bit of grandstanding, but I’ll allow it.
As I sit here watching the slam dunk contest on @nbaontnt I can't help but think abt #trayvon b/c he was still w/ us this time last yr #fb
— Rep. Alan Williams (@Alan4Florida) February 17, 2013
You’re better than this.
Can ESPN please stop with Michael Jorden's 50th birthday? Wilt Chamberlain is the greatest player in NBA history. Case closed.
— Dan Shaughnessy (@Dan_Shaughnessy) February 17, 2013
Good work, young fella.
Long day, so we will extend #dunkcancer drive until 2morrow. Follow @dunkcancer & go to DunkCancer.com to see how u can help.
— Terrence Ross (@T_DotFlight31) February 17, 2013
He looked totally different.
Did y'all realize that was Bubbles from "The Wire" on that Ford commercial? Don't believe me rewind it. Good for him…#AllStarGameThoughts
— Doug Stewart (@Doug2LiveStews) February 18, 2013
I’d wonder about you.
Keep it real, if I filled my play list with all Neyo! I'm prepared 2 Foul out the 1st quarter//
— Tony Allen (@aa000G9) February 18, 2013
Does this explain Alicia and Ne-Yo?
let this be a lesson folks, how the music is engineered effects how you perceive the artist singing. and at the end of the day most…….
— Questo of The Roots (@questlove) February 18, 2013
Aren’t you supposed to be playing Dr. King in a movie?
Shout out to those showing love. Everybody has an off day….all good.Fuck any and all haters. Talk it while I live it bitches!!!
— Ne-Yo!! (@NeYoCompound) February 18, 2013
Dwight can’t catch a break even from the kickers.
Dwight Howard is starting for the West all-starsHmmm I'm guessing Kobe has a good laugh about that
— Jay Feely (@jayfeely) February 18, 2013
I’d love to be at this dinner.
2 Kings dinner…. @s_c_@dickc #gettingit twitter.com/KingJames/stat…
— LeBron James (@KingJames) February 17, 2013
Harsh, but it’s fair.
Alicia couldn't be on "Key" if she hired a Locksmith. #NBAAllStar
— TheBestDressed™(@TheBestDressed) February 18, 2013
It wasn’t at all, but where have you been?
I Love A-Keys But This ant her night
— Juelz Santana (@thejuelzsantana) February 18, 2013
Yes it is and what’s the problem?
The Super Bowl is a game with a concert at halftime. This a party at a club with an NBA All Star game mixed in…
— Andrew Siciliano (@AndrewSiciliano) February 18, 2013
Well played, Arian.
There is no defense being played. This is a disgrace! They should cancel the nba all-star game!
— Arian Foster (@ArianFoster) February 18, 2013
Kobe never forgets a slight.
At least lil @cp3 and baby Mamba can play together NBA can't veto this one Ha! twitter.com/kobebryant/sta…
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) February 17, 2013
Happy Birthday!
Happy 50th birthday MJ–friend, winner, ultimate competitor and the greatest. #MJ50 twitter.com/ScottiePippen/…
— Scottie Pippen (@ScottiePippen) February 17, 2013