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# ![NBA Graphic](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/t:_nba.png) NBA

Marcus Smart has agreed to a contract buyout with the Washington Wizards and will sign a 2-year deal with the Los Angeles Lakers. Additionally, Japanese guard Yuki Kawamura has agreed to a two-way NBA contract with the Chicago Bulls after a strong summer league performance. These are the latest significant moves in the NBA.

### About NBA
The NBA, the top professional basketball league in North America.  

### Engagements: XXXXXXXXXXX [#](/topic/_nba/interactions)
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![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:_nba/c:line/m:interactions.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Chart Data](/topic/_nba/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XXXXXXXXXXX  
**Daily Average**: XXXXXXXXXXX  
**1 Week**: XXXXXXXXXXXXX -XX%  
**1 Month**: XXXXXXXXXXXXX +26%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX +142%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXXXXXXXXXX +74%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXXXXXXXX on 2025-02-06  
**1-Year Low**: XXXXXXXXXX on 2024-09-05  

| Social Network | YouTube    | X          | News    | TikTok     | Reddit |
| -------------- | -------    | -          | ----    | ------     | ------ |
| Engagements    | XXXXXXXXXX | XXXXXXXXXX | XXXXXXX | XXXXXXXXXX | XXXXXX |
  

  
  
### Mentions: XXXXXX [#](/topic/_nba/posts_active)
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![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:_nba/c:line/m:posts_active.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Chart Data](/topic/_nba/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XXXXXX  
**Daily Average**: XXXXXX  
**1 Week**: XXXXXXX -XX%  
**1 Month**: XXXXXXX +65%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXXXXX +66%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXXXXX +0.62%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXXXX on 2025-07-02  
**1-Year Low**: XXXXXX on 2024-08-26  

| Social Network | YouTube | X      | News | TikTok | Reddit |
| -------------- | ------- | -      | ---- | ------ | ------ |
| Mentions       | XXXXXX  | XXXXXX | XXX  | XXXXXX | XXXXX  |
  

  
  
### Creators: XXXXXX [#](/topic/_nba/contributors_active)
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![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:_nba/c:line/m:contributors_active.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Chart Data](/topic/_nba/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
XXXXXX unique social accounts have posts mentioning NBA in the last XX hours which is down XX% from XXXXXX in the previous XX hours
**Daily Average**: XXXXXX  
**1 Week**: XXXXXX -XX%  
**1 Month**: XXXXXXX +48%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXXX +62%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXXX +9.70%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXXX on 2025-06-30  
**1-Year Low**: XXXXX on 2024-09-13  

The most influential creators that mention NBA in the last XX hours

| Creator                                            | Rank | Followers  | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                            | ---- | ---------  | ----- | ----------- |
| [@chefkoudy](/creator/youtube/chefkoudy)           | X    | XXXXXXXXXX | XXX   | XXXXXXXXXX  |
| [@chicagobulls](/creator/twitter/chicagobulls)     | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | XXX   | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@ShamsCharania](/creator/twitter/ShamsCharania)   | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | XXX   | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@nba](/creator/tiktok/nba)                        | X    | XXXXXXXXXX | XXX   | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@chicagobulls](/creator/tiktok/chicagobulls)      | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | XX    | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@TheHoopCentral](/creator/twitter/TheHoopCentral) | X    | XXXXXXXXX  | X     | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@bleacherreport](/creator/tiktok/bleacherreport)  | X    | XXXXXXXXXX | XX    | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@antdefalco7](/creator/tiktok/antdefalco7)        | X    | XXXXXX     | X     | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@hogezy](/creator/tiktok/hogezy)                  | X    | XXXXXXX    | XX    | XXXXXXXXX   |
| [@bleacherreport](/creator/youtube/bleacherreport) | XX   | XXXXXXXXX  | XXX   | XXXXXXXXX   |

[View More](/list/creators/_nba/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: XX% [#](/topic/_nba/sentiment)
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![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:_nba/c:line/m:sentiment.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Chart Data](/topic/_nba/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XX%  
**Daily Average**: XX%  
**1 Week**: XX% +2%  
**1 Month**: XX% no change  
**6 Months**: XX% no change  
**1 Year**: XX% -X%  
**1-Year High**: XX% on 2024-08-16  
**1-Year Low**: XX% on 2025-03-16  

**Most Supportive Themes**
- **Celebration of SGA and Thunder's Success and Praise for Pacers:** (22%) Celebrating Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Oklahoma City Thunder’s success, and praising the Indiana Pacers' performance.
  
**Most Critical Themes**
- **Knicks' Home Game Losses and Coaching Criticism:** (7%)  Fans are disappointed over the Knicks' home game losses and criticizing coaching and player performance.
  
Network engagement breakdown:  
| Network | Positive   | %   | Neutral    | %   | Negative  | %  |
| ------- | --------   | -   | -------    | -   | --------  | -  |
| YouTube | XXXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXX | X% |
| X       | XXXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXX | X% |
| News    | XXXXXX     | X%  | XXXXXX     | X%  | XXXXXX    | X% |
| TikTok  | XXXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXX | X% |
| Reddit  | XXXXXX     | X%  | XXXXXX     | X%  | XXXXX     | X% |
|         |            |     |            |     |           |    |
| Total   | XXXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXXX | XX% | XXXXXXXXX | X% |
  


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In the posts about NBA in the last XX hours

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**Top topics mentioned**
In the posts about NBA in the last XX hours

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### Top News [#](/topic/_nba/news)
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Top news links shared on social in the last XX hours  

*Showing a maximum of X news posts for non-authenticated requests. Use your API key in requests for full results.*  

"Marcus Smart agrees to buyout with Wizards will sign 2-year $XX million deal with Lakers: Report - Yahoo Sports"  
[@YahooSports](/creator/x/YahooSports) on [X](/post/news/sports.yahoo.com-791795030) 2025-07-19 21:22:04 UTC 575.1K followers, XXX engagements


"Wizards 94-85 Knicks (Jul XX 2025) Box Score - ESPN"  
[@espn](/creator/x/espn) on [X](/post/news/espn.com-594746990) 2025-07-19 21:12:57 UTC 208.1M followers, XX engagements


"Sources - Marcus Smart plans to join Lakers after Wizards buyout - ESPN"  
[@espn](/creator/x/espn) on [X](/post/news/espn.com-273826257) 2025-07-19 21:11:00 UTC 208.1M followers, 1.5M engagements


"Warriors Offered Bradley Beal a Contract Amid Suns Buyout: Report - Yahoo Sports"  
[@YahooSports](/creator/x/YahooSports) on [X](/post/news/sports.yahoo.com-1909252858) 2025-07-19 17:46:34 UTC 575.1K followers, XX engagements



### Top Social Posts [#](/topic/_nba/posts)
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Top posts by engagements in the last XX hours

*Showing only X posts for non-authenticated requests. Use your API key in requests for full results.*

"ESPN story on Marcus Smart intending to join the Los Angeles Lakers after a buyout with the Washington Wizards -- and after playoff berths in all of his nine seasons with LA's rival Boston Celtics:"  
[@ShamsCharania](/creator/x/ShamsCharania) on [X](/post/tweet/1946681395222380786) 2025-07-19 21:19:46 UTC 3.2M followers, 1.4M engagements


"Lakers offseason so far: signed Ayton signed Smart signed LaRavia re-signed Hayes Top __ team in the West"  
[@statmuse](/creator/x/statmuse) on [X](/post/tweet/1946681331208839195) 2025-07-19 21:19:31 UTC 839.4K followers, 770K engagements


"Luka Doncic recruited Marcus Smart to join the Lakers per ESPN (h/t @fullcourtpass)"  
[@LegionHoops](/creator/x/LegionHoops) on [X](/post/tweet/1946681210303881461) 2025-07-19 21:19:02 UTC 900.3K followers, 1.7M engagements


"BREAKING: Marcus Smart has agreed to a buyout with the Wizards and intends to sign a two-year $11M deal with the Lakers per @shamscharania"  
[@BleacherReport](/creator/x/BleacherReport) on [X](/post/tweet/1946680750188667016) 2025-07-19 21:17:13 UTC 19.9M followers, 461.2K engagements