Whether it is with your phone, computer or tablet, the second screen experience to use Twitter when watching an NBA game has become almost a necessity. Scrolling through Twitter while watching a game informs you on the injury news, stats and, of course, the latest hilarious meme moments that occur from time to time. Those reasons are basically why the majority of NBA fans have a Twitter account. And those reasons are also why NBA commissioner Adam Silver has a Twitter account.
Silver’s account, however, is secret, and the actual handle is unknown. That’s how Silver wants it, though, as he enjoys reading tweets about the NBA but doesn’t want people tweeting at him. He does tweet occasionally from the official NBA Twitter account, but overall, his personal one is secret, a fact Silver openly talked about with ESPN’s Arash Markazi on Friday.
Adam Silver has a secret Twitter account and loves #NBATwitter as much as you do. pic.twitter.com/BeWcT7jWjj
— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) June 2, 2017
“First, yes, I follow social media,” Silver tells Markazi. “I have an account on all the different platforms. I don’t choose to tweet, other than on the official NBA account, so I also have an account just to follow what’s going on. I don’t feel it’s such a secret. I don’t think there’s much of an expectation of privacy for people on social media.”
As Silver mentions, talking about his secret Twitter account strips away the secrecy of the whole thing. But since it is still truly secret, who Silver follows on Twitter is unknown, which means he could be following you, and you’d be none the wiser.
