Who Will Take The NBA Twitter Crown This Season?

Life is good. I'm on vacation in sunny Florida, and the NBA season is set to tip-off tonight. With that, my colleague Jon Thompson fired over a list of NBA team rankings based on Twitter followers. Thanks, Jon, for stepping up while I'm mostly away from the computer this week!

Before social media purists get their panties in a bunch, we both recognize that the quantity of followers is nowhere near as important as the quality of conversation, community participation, and influence. This is just a fun experiment.

Without further ado, here are the rankings (Division/Conference/League).

Who will win the "Follower" title this season?

EASTERN CONFERENCE

ATLANTIC

1 / 4 / 5 Boston Celtics - http://twitter.com/celtics (20,210)

2 / 5 / 12 New York Knicks - http://twitter.com/thenyknicks (11,492)

3 / 7 / 15 Philadelphia 76ers - http://twitter.com/sixers (9,814)

4 / 14 / 28 New Jersey Nets - http://twitter.com/NetsBasketball (3,803)

5/ 15 / 30 Toronto Raptors - http://twitter.com/raptors (2,126)

CENTRAL

1 / 2 / 3 Cleveland Cavaliers - http://twitter.com/cavs (26,360)

2 / 3 / 4 Chicago Bulls - http://twitter.com/Chicagobulls (21,856)

3 / 8/ 19 Detroit Pistons - http://twitter.com/DETPistons (8,193)

4 / 10 / 22 Indiana Pacers - http://twitter.com/IndianaPacers (5,712)

5 / 11 / 25 Milwaukee Bucks - http://twitter.com/bucks (5,299)

SOUTHEAST

1 / 1 / 2 Orlando Magic - http://twitter.com/Orlando_magic (779,858)

2 / 6 / 13 Miami Heat - http://twitter.com/MHEAT (11,373)

3 / 9 / 21 Atlanta Hawks - http://twitter.com/atlanta_hawks (5,789)

4 / 12 / 26 Washington Wizards - http://twitter.com/washWizards (5,084)

5 / 13 / 27 Charlotte Bobcats - http://twitter.com/Gobobcats (4,438)

WESTERN CONFERENCE

PACIFIC

1 / 1 / 1 L.A. Lakers - http://twitter.com/LAKERS (1,183,016)

2 / 2 / 6 Phoenix Suns - http://twitter.com/PhoenixSuns (18,399)

3 / 7 / 11 L.A. Clippers - http://twitter.com/MYCLIPPERNATION (12,219)

4 / 10 / 17 Sacramento Kings - http://twitter.com/sacramentokings (8,243)

5 / 15 / 29 Golden State Warriors - http://twitter.com/WARRIORS (2,183)

SOUTHWEST

1 / 3 / 7 Houston Rockets - http://twitter.com/HoustonRockets (17,196)

2 / 4 / 8 San Antonio Spurs - http://twitter.com/SPURS (16,766)

3 / 5 / 9 Dallas Mavericks - http://twitter.com/dallasmavs (12,924)

4 / 11 / 20 New Orleans Hornets - http://twitter.com/hornetsdotcom (7,023)

5 / 14 / 24 Memphis Grizzlies - http://twitter.com/memgrizz (5,565)

NORTHWEST

1 / 6 / 10 Portland Trailblazers - http://twitter.com/pdxTrailBlazers (12,494)

2 / 8 / 14 Denver Nuggets - http://twitter.com/DenverNuggets (11,230)

3 / 9 / 16 Utah Jazz - http://twitter.com/Utah_Jazz (9,717)

4 / 12 / 21 Oklahoma City Thunder - http://twitter.com/OKCThunder (6,496)

5 / 13 / 23 Minnesota Timberwolves - http://twitter.com/MNTimberwolves (5,628)