This is why youngsters need to think before they tweet: because something done at age 17 could eventually be seen by a high-profile future co-worker.

New Oklahoma City Thunder forward Jerami Grant, now 22, found this out after someone unearthed 5-year-old posts following his acquisition from the Philadelphia 76ers this week.

The tweets from 2011 - when Grant was still in high school in the D.C. suburbs - aren't exactly effusive in their praise for Russell Westbrook's efficiency:

Rather than risk facing any sort of wrath of Westbrook, Grant quickly chalked it up to youthful indiscretion:

- With h/t to SI.com