The Knicks gave the lamest, least plausible excuse for their coach’s Twitter porn appreciation

This weekend, bored and/or enterprising Knicks fans noticed something funny on interim head coach Kurt Rambis’ Twitter page:

(Link to a fuller image, which is NSFW.)

What you’re looking at is the list of Rambis’ “likes,” topped by a tweet that depicts a woman masturbating. If you the Twitter user want to demonstrate that you appreciate a tweet and perhaps save it for later, you click the “like” button on it. Important note: This is a public event! Anyone can look at your page and see what you’ve “liked.” They can also look to see who you follow, and ... hey, look at that, Kurt Rambis follows some pretty porn-y accounts, too:

That’s it. It is very ordinary and very okay for people of all walks of life to look at sex things on the Internet. Rambis’ only misstep is not realizing that everyone can see when he uses Twitter as his medium to do that. It’s a little embarrassing and pretty funny, but definitely not a big deal.

The Knicks denied Rambis’ involvement, and said they have been in touch with Twitter to investigate and rectify the situation. As further evidence of a hack or spam job, the Knicks cited Rambis’ account also liking a suspicious tweet from a money-lending site.

From the Daily News:

“Kurt did not like those items on his Twitter page and we worked with Twitter to make sure the situation did not happen again,” Supranowitz said.

The Knicks PR guy actually WENT ON RECORD about this. A few things:

1. Aaaahahahahahaaaahaahaahahaha

2. No. No he did not get hacked. No hacker on Earth savvy enough to hijack the verified account of a famous person would use that ability to merely “like” a relatively softcore pornographic image and follow a couple questionable accounts. That’d be like if a robber cracked a bank safe and stole only the wrappers off the rolls of quarters.

3. And by the way, as of this writing, Rambis’ account has un-“liked” the masturbation photo but still follows those accounts:

Honestly, I bet he follows those accounts on purpose, but “liked” that one photo by accident, since it appears he interacts with Twitter very rarely. If you aren’t very dexterous, it’s easy to do. Even if that isn’t the case, clumsy thumbs would have been a waaaaay better fake excuse than the most small-time hacker ever.

4. Aaaahahahahaahahahahaha

5. I can completely understand why the Knicks are sensitive to sordid stories involving their coaches, given the news and rumors surrounding the recently fired Derek Fisher. They should still be smart enough to know that: 1. This really isn’t a big enough deal for the team to get involved. 2. This story would be gone by Tuesday if they didn’t come up with the played-out and wholly implausible “he got hacked” tale and give that to local papers.

Anyway, enjoy your pictures of naked people on the Internet, everyone. Just try to keep them to yourself. (By the way, there are whole websites devoted to pictures -- VIDEOS, even -- of naked sex people. They’re way better than Twitter accounts *and* they’re more discreet. Have fun out there!)