BDA client’s social media popularity is on the rise. On January 17, Steve Nash reached one million fans on his Facebook page. He is currently the eighth most popular NBA player on Facebook, with 1,012,866 fans.
Nash is ranked one ahead of BDA’s own Yao Ming, who has 958,786 fans. BDA’s Rajon Rondo ranks as the fourth most popular and has 1,703,834 fans. Other BDA players with a large number of Facebook fans include Brandon Jennings and Greg Oden.
BDA players aren’t just communicating with fans through Facebook. Twitter gives fans a way to directly communicate with their favorite players and be updated on their daily lives. A variety of BDA players enjoy using Twitter to communicate with their fans and get to know them better.
Recently, Steve Nash was named 2010 Tweeter of the Year by hoopshype.com. In the running for the title was fellow BDA player Brandon Jennings. On January 6, Darren Collison participated in a Twitter Q & A for NBA Fit and answered fans questions regarding basketball, health and fitness. BDA strives to connect our players to their fans through various social media outlets.