In fact, I think the exact opposite of what you’re saying is true. With Twitter, you have to type what you’re thinking then post it. There are two actions involved when conveying something via Twitter. In a post-game interview, all you have to do is say something. It’s not like we can say things out loud and hit “delete” if we don’t like it.

I totally disagree with you here. There is no “cooling off” period when using Twitter, and no “takebacks” either. You can’t usually get yourself into more trouble in an interview because they are controlled by producers and media people for the team. Sure, if you are at a bar and interacting with fans, you could get into a more physical problem, but there’s usually a bouncer or some other type of security to handle that. In the case of Twitter it is a player and his computer and that’s it. You can delete what you wrote, but it can always be found. And it is VERY FAST. Type something in now and you have thousands of people seeing it and retweeting it before you can say “Oh sh*t…I think that came out wrong!!!”