NBA to announce social media guidelines, ESPN reports

An NBA league source tells ESPN’s Marc Stein that the league will unveil “minimal” guidelines for players, coaches and other team officials using Twitter and other social media sites this week.

Stein writes:

The primary restriction of the policy is expected to prevent various team representatives from tweeting during games, after the stir caused late last season when Detroit Pistons forward Charlie Villanueva, then with Milwaukee, tweeted from the Bucks’ locker room during halftime.

Stein also reports that the NBA will allow individual teams to set their own organizational guidelines for the use of social media in a manner similar to how some teams have adopted a strict dress code which goes beyond the league mandated dress code.

Edit- The NBA released its policy on Wednesday and it is exactly as Stein reported. For the record, Shaq said he has no problem with the new policy.