Much has transpired in the NBA world since our last chat. Shaquille O’Neal eclipsed the one-million followers mark, Derek Fisher proved he could win a title without the Diesel, and I learned that even a poorly singing young good luck charm can’t help Courtney Lee convert lay-ups.

Here’s a look back at all you need to known about NBA Twitter during the month of June…

TWITTER OF THE MONTH

Will Kobe Bryant ever win a title without Shaquille O’Neal? Yes. And Shaq took the high road in his congratulatory tweet:

kobe, u deserve it. You played great . Enjoy it my man enjoy it. And I know what yur sayin rt now "Shaq how my ass taste "

HATER OF THE MONTH

Paul Pierce doesn’t tweet very often, but when he does its biting:

LA vs orlando. Looked like a german sherperd vs a poodle that's ok the rotwieler celtics will b back in 2o10

IF YOU COULD KILL KOBE BRYANT AND GET AWAY WITH IT, WOULD YOU?

It’s understandable that Dwight Howard would be a little distraught after losing to the Lakers in his first NBA Finals appearance, but maybe we need to get the guy on suicide watch after his string of recent Twitter posts:

next one. ummm this gonna be tough for some. if u could die and go to heaven right now. would u die

ahhhh im up from my nap. lol.its been raining wayy to much where i stay. but i heard when it rains angels are crying. someone special died.

While we’re on the subject of the almighty G.O.D., most of Baron Davis’ twitters over the past few weeks have involved his trip to Jerusalem. Apparently he had some sort of religious awakening:

wall prayers answered!!! Just hiked mt. Zion!! God bless all people. We r all equal. Jerusalem puts it all in perspective!!!

THE BIG BORE TO THE BIG ARISTOTLE

As if we needed any more proof that Tim Duncan is dull. So you’re going to call Shaquille O’Neal, the funniest man in the NBA, and drop a boring stat on him. Come on Timmy:

The winner of game four has won the series the last 9 out of eleven times, tim duncan just called me and told me that

They Got Game(s)

We live in an insanely narcissistic world people. It’s a place where almost everyone dreams about being a celebrity or sports star. (In my fantasy, NaismithLives.com senior writer Adam Stanco is my driver and I am dating Whitney Port from The Hills.) What I certainly DO NOT fantasize about is sitting at my house playing online videogames with other celebrities. This may be the only difference between Chris Bosh and myself:

@KevinDurant35 Let's play 2k9 DM me your xbox live name, we should setup a live stream and let the people watch! Lol

People gave Andrew Bynum a hard time when he popped up in photos at the playboy mansion (seen here: Andrew Bynum at Mansion), but at least he was acting his age.

What we’ve basically established here is that Chris Bosh and Kevin Durant would rather chill with Sonic the Hedgehog while Bynum’s kickin’ it with Kendra Wilkinson. To each his own, I suppose.

I'M A LOVE INTEREST OF ADAM STANCO, GET ME OUT OF HERE!

After scrolling through Bosh’s Twitter page I was extremely disappointed to discover that he only has a few degrees of separation from that of beloved reality star Spencer Pratt (of Get Out of My Car and Get Me Out of Here fame).

My Twitter click path went as such: Chris Bosh -> Kim Kardashian -> Perez Hilton -> Spencer Pratt

Props to Bosh for being friendly with Kardashian, although I think he’d have a tough time swooping in and snatching her away from this: Reggie Bush in GQ

Speaking of asses, back to Pratt. Since I embarrassingly found myself sitting on his Twitter profile, I figured I may as well scroll to see if I could find any morsel of thought worthy of commentary. Maybe in real life Spencer is actually an engaging, insightful, or socially conscious person, I thought.

This is the most interesting thing I found:

Wow I needs
(7:51 AM Jun15th from TwitterFone)

Okay, so it’s not a full sentence. But what possibilities! A brain? A girlfriend, err, wife with a brain? A pen to autograph a picture requested by Adam Stanco? Endless.

I was also somewhat depressed to discover that Spencer has 300,000+ more followers than I do. I’m pretty sure it’s because people are skeptical that it’s actually me on my account. To combat this I have decided to change my Twitter name to @THE_REAL_TODD_KAP. Just joking. Follow me here.

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Sidenote: In case you were wondering what Shaq looks like in a bikini: Shaqtini
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CAR TROUBLE?

Tyson Chandler got a glimpse into what it feels like to own a ’94 Chevy Lumina:

was cruisin down the street in my 64 Lincoln cont. People were taking pics of me.. It just stoped on me..it's smokin!!

TWITTER TRAILBLAZER (OR BUCK)

We reported in our last Twitter installment (Twitter Bits) that Charlie Villanueva became the first player to tweet during halftime of a game. Well, he’s done it again (we think):

I'm thousands of feet in the air yet I can still twitter LOL. I'm on Virgin American Airlines, left JFK to LAX but they got WiFi. Nice!

wonder if I'm the 1st to have tweet'ed in the air, hmm? Virgin uses Go-Go, its pretty fast, all for $12.95. I'm on my laptop. 5hr flight.

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Sidenote: First hip-hop Twitter reference (as far as I can tell):

There’s nothing to it, cock it, bang it, and get rid of that
Hit his fitted cap, he won’t have a chance to twitter that
- 50 Cent on Talking in Codes
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THE FLATS ARE COOL, BUT...

Twitter is amazing for many reasons. Most interesting to me is the way it has redefined the way news is made, dispersed, and in some cases directly commented on by those involved.

Last week the Shaq to Cleveland rumor reared its head again and ESPN NBA analyst Jalen Rose offered his two cents on the situation:

I'm the Cleveland cavs and I can put Shaq w/LeBron next season-w/o gvng up more than one of my core players-i would do it in a heartbeat-

O’Neal responded via Rose’s twitter page:

GO TO THE CAVS but I know LBJ can leave after the 2010 season and u would hv another year thru 2011 on your deal-what up?

Evidently O’Neal doesn’t like the prospect of spending a Lebron-less year in Cleveland. I can relate. I lived in that city for 20+ years without King James. Not pretty.

FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME (OR TWITTER)

We’ve all had the thought, just not the opportunity to actually express it directly to the players involved. But as fate would have it, one fan had the chance to tell Minnesota Timberwolves center Kevin Love what many fans think when the see their favorite players wasting valuable practice time pecking away on their Blackberry’s. Stop tweeting, get in the gym, and bring our pathetic city a championship!:

some kid caught me on the phone coming out of the gym today and said "while you twittered, I was working on my game"...

TWITTER MOVIE GOERS

Mark Cuban

The Hangover deserves best pic of the year. I never laughed so hard. The ultimate guy flick. end credits are classic.

Shaquille O’Neal

yea I saw hangover, u gotta see it, the mike tyson part was funny as ( ). You fill in the blanks, lol

(psst, it’s either “hell” or “shit”)

Tyson Chandler

anybody who's going thru somethin right now like my boy Joe Dirt' said you just got 2 keep on keepin on.....