There was a recent rumor going around that Kevin Garnett, considered as soothsayer, turned down a ball boy that “you’ve got a better chance of catching Bin Laden.”

After the game Lakers-Celtics game, two of the renowned writers named Marc Spears and J.A. Adande Tweeted that Kevin Garnett turned down the ball boy when the latter was asking for his autograph. The Tweets after having published were deleted promptly, which leads to the theory that perhaps it was just a conspiracy to bring down the basketball pro Kevin Garnett.

We all know what it is with popular people, right? They can’t please everybody even if they want to and everything they are going to say are sometimes taken out of the context just to earn big bucks in the paparazzi world.

Twitter has been the leading social media network that can make rumors spread like wild fire especially when it comes to popular sports star. Internet has become extremely efficient in making information spread across, hasn’t it? At the time that the two writers have deleted their Tweets, it has already spread around and not even the most efficient internet fire fighter can make the fire die down.

Even though the two writers have deleted the messages that they posted – seconds to minutes even – it still does not stop the post from going around. Thousands of re-tweets from people who have been in the habit of following rumors and news have made the message spread even more into overwhelming numbers, making Twitter the best place for hot topics.

It was easy to simply delete the Tweet but the damage has already been done and moving on as if it never happened is not how the internet works. Days, months and years after, the news will still be there archived or buried but it is there unless all the people who re-posted the message will delete their posts as well.

Two writers quoting KG are all it takes to start an internet fire but it takes nothing to stop it from spreading around. That’s just how internet and technology works. Messages and tweets have already created chaos and confusion among fans and followers.

But, did Kevin Garnett really do it? So, unless he makes a statement, the Tweets will just remain a Tweet. What KG said will just remain as it is – misquoted, abused for personal gain and taken out of the context to earn publicity.

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