--- title: Jimmy Kimmel: NBA Mean Tweets Read By Amar'e Stoudemire Jeremy Lin description: NBA players read mean tweets about themselves canonical: https://time.com/2883363/watch-nba-players-hilariously-read-mean-tweets-about-themselves/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-06-16T17:31:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:10:49.294Z og:title: Watch NBA Players Hilariously Read Mean Tweets About Themselves og:description: From Amar'e Stoudemire to Jeremy Lin to Dwight Howard og:url: https://time.com/2883363/watch-nba-players-hilariously-read-mean-tweets-about-themselves/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte27186749e86a889/698697bf55a8590e65a81639/482540137.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5184 og:image:height: 2916 og:image:alt: Houston Rockets v Brooklyn Nets og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch NBA Players Hilariously Read Mean Tweets About Themselves twitter:description: From Amar'e Stoudemire to Jeremy Lin to Dwight Howard twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte27186749e86a889/698697bf55a8590e65a81639/482540137.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch NBA Players Hilariously Read Mean Tweets about Themselves > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) Jim McIsaac / Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jun 16, 2014 5:31 PM UTC Jimmy Kimmel loves to invite [celebrities](http://time.com/108903/celebrities-read-mean-tweets-jimmy-kimmel/) to read mean tweets about themselves on his late-night talk show. On Sunday night he asked NBA players to do the honors. Players recited tweets that ranged from light digs — like “Damarcus Cousins is an emotional lesbian” — to some legitimately cruel and profanity-ridden rants. Some of the athletes simply read the tweets and move on, but others sling back an insult or two. 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