Some of these late-aughts-to-early-2010’s tweets are shocking, not just for the content but because I truly cannot imagine a professional athlete ever publicly admitting to being as passionate a fan of the Twilight series as Patrick Beverly did in 2011-2012.
NBAFilmTweets gives us a chance to appreciate some of the lesser-known personalities in the league – Richaun Holmes comes off the bench for the Sacramento Kings, a historically mediocre and wholly unremarkable franchise, but, when he retires from the league, he should seriously consider a media career. ESPN might need a film critic.
Of all the films mentioned in these tweets, none is more widely debated, discussed, and dissected as Pulp Fiction. Tarantino is clearly one of the NBA’s favorite directors, but, just as his seminal 1994 classic was divisive upon release, so it has been among basketball’s elite. Just look at the journey 6x All-Defense guard Tony Allen went on during his viewing:
