At this point, seemingly half the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, though, you also get a picture into the more interesting aspects of NBA life. This feature is your window into that world.

Landry Fields: People picking their nose while driving.. Do you know I can still see you!?

Steve Nash: I was just lifting weights and caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I'm worried they might fire our strength coach.

Vernon Hamilton: Left my mac book in the back of my seat on the airplane. Here in sin city.#fml

Shawn Marion: Watching casino now the mob is so serious

JaVale McGee: Anybody have any dunk ideas... Real ones... For the contest?... Hit my email

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Kobe Bryant(notes) can sometimes be a tough player for Nike to market, both because he's incredibly divisive and because his media image of "relentless winner with few friends" makes him someone to be appreciated rather than identified with. Unlike Michael Jordan, he can't combine a near-psychotic need to be the best with mass appeal.

So Nike has decided to put him in a bizarre long-form commercial directed by Robert Rodriguez ("Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams," "The Adventure of Sharkboy and Lavagirl"). The second trailer can be viewed above, and it looks like classic Rodriguez: guest cameos, genre trash, and a knowing wink so everyone knows nothing is too serious. Plus, it features Kanye West, Danny Trejo, and Bruce Willis.

Rodriguez's typical reliance on ironic reproductions of old genre staples makes him an odd person to direct a commercial for Kobe, who takes everything associated with basketball fully seriously. But there's a common belief that the most enjoyable camp art

Last season, Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers famously hid $2,500 in the visitors' locker room at Staples Center for his team to collect upon its return for the NBA Finals. It was a motivational tool, and if it hadn't worked then I suppose Rivers would've just picked it up the next season and gone on his merry way. If it'd been lost in the offseason, well, Rivers has plenty of other money to keep him happy.

As you probably heard, the Celtics visited Los Angeles on Sunday to face the Lakers. Except, according to Rivers, he didn't do it this year. But that won't stop Luis Scola(notes) and his teammates from looking anyway when they visit Staples Center for Tueday's game against the Lakers. From Jonathan Feigen for the Houston Chronicle:

As the next team to use the Staples Center visitors' locker room, the Rockets said that if Rivers left buried treasure, it wouldn't be waiting for him this time.

"I'm going to be the one," said forward Luis Scola. "I'll find it. If there's money in

As we all learned during the Team USA media onslaught at last summer's world championships, Kevin Durant(notes) is the nicest young superstar the league has seen in ages. In addition to scoring tons of points and leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to the postseason, he is courteous to reporters, kind to teammates and generally seems more grounded than other players who get voted to be All-Star starters. You wouldn't mind seeing your son be his friend or your daughter bringing him home.

It turns out he is capable of getting very angry, though. During the first quarter of Sunday's loss to the Miami Heat in OKC, Durant and Chris Bosh(notes) got in a bit of a verbal argument that earned both technicals. After the game, the NBA's nicest player was asked about it, and he responded with the kind of comments not typically associated with him. From Art Garcia on NBA.com:

"I was talking to my teammate and [Bosh] decided he wanted to put his two cents into it," Durant explained after the 108-103

At this point, seemingly half the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, though, you also get a picture into the more interesting aspects of NBA life. This feature is your window into that world.

Sean May: Watching the new news right now... There is some crazy ish going on in Egypt? Or Yemen? Or something... Riots! They just ran a dude over

Chris Douglas-Roberts: I'm all about life experiences & experiencing new things. Thats why TO is my favorite NBA city. Errything is different here.

Sherron Collins: You will never get away with killing somebody #first48

Ron Artest: One of my good friends changed his name to pumpkin butter. I told him we r no longer friends. Am I wring

Kevin Durant: Dwade is killin in those baseball shades...i think ima get me a pair!

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As Mr. Dwyer explained a little bit ago, this post by Henry Abbott on TrueHoop has taken our basketball corner of the Internet by storm Friday for claiming that Kobe Bryant(notes) is not as clutch as everyone thinks. By the numbers, Kobe makes a little less than one of every three shots when his team is down two, down one, or tied on the final possession, which makes him one of the worst performers among players with at least 30 attempts in those situations. Kobe also rates poorly in all situations in the final five minutes or overtime.

This is obviously surprising given his reputation as the best closer in the NBA. But the fact remains that Kobe does have this reputation, and it's there that we must question why it persists even if the numbers claim it's wrong.

The most obvious reason is that laymen and commentators across North America say Kobe's the best in late-game situations. Those comments feed upon itself, and eventually everyone just accepts that Kobe owns the fourth quarter.

After a few years on the sidelines, Bill Walton is back in the public eye. With diminished back and joint pain, he's now calling the occasional game for Sacramento Kings broadcasts and generally bringing the same hyperbolic passion for basketball and life that made him a love/hate figure in the booth for NBC and ESPN.

Thursday night, Walton worked with Celtics play-by-play man Michael Gorman on Boston-area coverage of the Celtics' 88-78 win over the Blazers in Portland. And, not surprisingly, he had some hilarious comments. Here they are, as compiled by Paul Flannery for WEEI.com (via TBJ):

On oft-injured Portland center Greg Oden(notes):

He should move to Hawaii, lose a ton of weight and start all over... become a yoga master.

On former Pistons Bill Laimbeer, Rick Mahorn and Dennis Rodman:

They just made those decisions. That they were going to break all the rules of human decency.

On Ray Allen's(notes) shooting form:

Flawless ... like Yosemite Falls coming right through the rim.

At this point, seemingly half the NBA is on Twitter. It's a wild world of training updates, questions as to which movies they should go see, and explanations of their Call of Duty prowess. Every so often, though, you also get a picture into the more interesting aspects of NBA life. This feature is your window into that world.

Tiago Splitter: Anybody watchs The Office ? Is funny? ... I will watch in the US version, i cant understand britain english... Is so different to me...

Terrence Williams: If I had a girl I would hire cheaters lol #wordaapp

Marcin Gortat: Oki people im going to kill some nazi in call of duty...!!!!!!! later...

Wilson Chandler: Forgiveness is easier to obtain than permission

Kevin Durant: Jimmer Fredette is the best scorer in the world!!

You can also follow Eric Freeman on Twitter at @freemaneric.