MVT: Most Valuable Tweeters.

Imagine you've just committed the most vicious flagrant foul of the NBA season. You elbowed a rival around his jawline and gave him a concussion. You were thrown out of the game, but apologized afterwards.

Your next move probably wouldn't be to take things to Twitter.

But you're not Metta World Peace.

Hours after his controversial dunk celebration/assault of James Harden, Metta World Peace addressed the incident on Twitter.

His first tweet came at 6:51 p.m.:

"Hope James Hardin is ok... I remember when I hit by Marc Gasol the same way.. I was spitting up blood and a headache during the game..."

Some notes on this tweet:
1. World Peace spelled Harden's name wrong. Are you serious?

2. World Peace (back in the Ron Artest days) was hit in the nose by Marc Gasol on Feb. 7, 2011. Gasol was called for a foul (not a flagrant) and World Peace had a bloody nose. Although he said after the game he could not remember the injury, he played in the fourth quarter and hit a clutch three-pointer in a win. "I just kept going," World Peace said after that game. "Once I got my head cleared, [I] toughened up a little bit and got out there and played basketball. You do what it takes to win."

One hour later World Peace decided to see what the fuss was all about.full story >>

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James Harden, Metta World Peace, NBA, Twitter

Tim Tebow was traded to the New York Jets on the same day that the NFL suspended Saints coach Sean Payton one year for the team's bounty program. It's surprising the Internet didn't break, which was nice since we found all these gems on Twitter:

Boomer Esiason
"The #NFL is crazy this week. Peyton,Payton and Tebow. #Trifecta"
How I See It: Fact.

David Akers
"After the penalty for the Saint ha shown to be so big... People r sayin they won't buy Bounty paper towels Anymore. #pretty funny."
How I See It: Pretty funny for a player on another top NFC team. Maybe not for people in New Orleans.

Landry Fields
"Tebow Time in NY!"
How I See It: This is a subtle reminder Tebowmania and Linsanity are now in the same state.

Antonio Cromartie
"Y bring Tebow in when we need to bring in more Weapons for @Mark_Sanchez let's build the team around him. We already signed to 3 year ext."
How I See It: More of a circus act: Tim Tebow or Antonio Cromartie?

Tony Dungy
"We'll see if Tim Tebow can help Rex Ryan with his language? I know he welcomes the challenge!"
How I See It: What language? His Latin in church?full story >>

Tags:

NFL, Sean Payton, Tim Tebow

Shannon Sharpe
"Once it happened to j.montana no other gr8 was safe. RT @swag_8484 @ShannonSharpe Peyton done in Indy!"
How I See It: Damn those 49ers for choosing a young Steve Young over an old Joe Montana!

Boomer Esiason
"Miami,AZ,NYJ,WASH? I say AZ, Whisenhunt and Fitzgerald. No Brady or Eli to deal with."
How I See It: Who saw the day when Peyton would be advised to avoid playing against Eli? #elistheclutchbrother

Jon Beason
"Wow!!! Payton Manning no longer a colt. In my opinion he's the best to ever play the position! #he'snotdone!"
How I See It: That could certainly be true. Especially if you're talking about Peyton*.

Sean May
"Say it Ain't so..... Peyton Manning is out of #Colts"
How I See It: Wish I could, man. But I can't.

Rob Bironas
"So, i just saw that the Colts released Manning? Where's he play next?"
How I See It: It looks like somebody's lobbying for a Tennessee homecoming.full story >>

Tags:

NFL, Peyton Manning

After Jeremy Lin nailed the game-winning three-pointer Tuesday night in Toronto to give the Knicks their sixth consecutive victory, other athletes responded by lighting up Twitter with more #linsanity.

Chris Paul
"Watching this Knicks vs Raptors game...HUGE shot by @JLin7 #Respect"
How I See It: #stillwishiwasaknick

Reggie Miller
"OK, I GIVE IN!!!!!!!!!!! Its Legit!!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!"
How I See It: Knicks fans still aren't too fond of you.

Eddie Royal
"So this jeremy lin guy is pretty good huh?"
How I See It: That's coming from a Tim Tebow receiver.

Kirk Morrison
"The year of the dragon. #EnoughSaid #JeremyLin"
How I See It: Cause that's not racist. #learnfromfloydmayweathersmistakes

Michael Strahan
""Linsanity" http://t.co/tEPgsirI"
How I See It: This guy once struck fear in NFL quarterbacks?full story >>

Tags:

Jeremy Lin, NBA

Alex Morgan
""@SI_Swimsuit: @alexmorgan13 will appear in #SISwim 2012 in BODY PAINT! http://t.co/bB053UJB" -Surprise!"
How I See It: First SI Swimsuit appearance means Alex has two career options: The Kournikova route (flop at your spot and fall back to modeling) or the Sharapova route (still be really good at your sport).

Jennie Finch
"Mexican Food = No Will Power for me! I lose every time! #IAteEveryCalorieIBurnedToday!"
How I See It: Yeah, you're definitely fat and ugly, Jennie. No woman wants to look like you.

Amar'e Stoudemire
"Thanks to Jeremy Lin & The Knicks, Y'all help me get my mind off my Bro for a few hours, Thx. Great game guys. Enjoy the win. Travel safe."
How I See It: #imlookingforwardtohavingapointguardagain @raymondfelton @chaunceybillupsfull story >>

Aaron Rodgers
"Just read this quote by Bruce Lee, "the less effort, the faster and more powerful you will be". Maybe I was wrong about the pro bowl?"
How I See It: Has Bruce Lee ever been in danger of being tackled. You can't beat Ray Lewis with kung fu.

Deion Sanders
"So clean im dirty. http://t.co/qOjP1mAz"
How I See It: So reserved, you're Prime Time. OK, that's sarcasm.

Victor Cruz
"I play this game for my family and the people from Paterson, NJ that understand the struggle. #BapBap"
How I See It: With all due respect to Paterson, NJ: "It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win." -Bruce Springsteen #salsafull story >>

Tags:

Super Bowl

LeBron James
"I hate getting in late from a road game cause I can never sleep when I get home! SMH #restlesstweet"
How I See It: Dang, man. Tough life you got there.

Amar'e Stoudemire
"This summer I taped an episode w/ @tvland's @the_exes. The show airs tonight @ 10:30pm, but first here is a sneak peak http://t.co/nNjGOdOS"
How I See It: Starting to think it might be time you focus on basketball again ...

Stephon Marbury
"The only good a haters good for, is speaking your name at the beginning and end of their thought."
How I See It: Only Starbury could make a comment about haters so
egotistical. Where are you right now anyway?full story >>

LeBron James
"Seriously just felt like we just flew to China. It's all good though #NBALife"
How I See It: It was Oakland. Don't blame jet lag for that big 0 in the fourth quarter.

Nate Robinson
"The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.... #mainthingSWAG"
How I See It: See, LeBron? There's a man who doesn't make excuses.full story >>

Santonio Holmes
"RT @OG_JoeSimo: Okay, Santonio Holmes quit on the #Jets, now let's quit on him. Let's make today Unfollow @santonio10 Day - RT it... #NYJ"
How I See It: One could argue Santonio Holmes does have a sense of humor for retweeting this.

Baron Davis
"That was a joke people. Excuse the person from the Observer who made a Typo. . I was Just having fun. My Goldmember is not herinated. Lol"
How I See It: Yeah, baby, yeah.full story >>

Michael Strahan
"@JustinTuckNYG91 LOL!! Never hating.... Just observing the truth. Great game man!!"
How I See It: Come on. You don't hate the Cowboys too? Five years ago, ESPN could have inserted your name for Justin Tuck's.

Emmitt Smith
"The little Giants the movie is on and my kids are watching it. How crazy is that! Wow :-)"
How I See It: Be a good Cowboy and turn it off. Of all weeks, you're really going to let them watch it this week?

Antonio Pierce
"@DeionSanders"
How I See It: An ex-Giant talking to an ex-Cowboy. What is going on here?full story >>

Written by ThePostGame Staff

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