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# ![Steve Ballmer Graphic](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/t:steve-ballmer.png) Steve Ballmer

Steve Ballmer faces serious allegations of NBA salary cap circumvention involving a $XX million no-show job for Kawhi Leonard, sparking fan outrage and calls for him to sell the Clippers. Meanwhile, discussions continue about Microsoft's successful pivot to cloud services under Satya Nadella, a strategy Ballmer once reportedly downplayed.

### About Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer is a prominent American businessman, investor, and former Microsoft CEO, also known for his ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers NBA team.  

### Insights [#](/topic/steve-ballmer/insights)
- steve ballmer posts created is up XX% from the previous week.

### Engagements: XXX [#](/topic/steve-ballmer/interactions)
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![Engagements Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:steve-ballmer/c:line/m:interactions/iv:1d.svg)  
[Engagements 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/steve-ballmer/time-series/interactions.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XXX  
**Daily Average**: XXXXXXX  
**1 Week**: XXXXXX -XX%  
**1 Month**: XXXXXXXXX -XX%  
**6 Months**: XXXXXXXXXXX +83%  
**1 Year**: XXXXXXXXXXX +12%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXXXXXXX on 2025-09-03  
**1-Year Low**: XXX on 2025-10-26  

| Social Network | Reddit | TikTok | X  | YouTube |
| -------------- | ------ | ------ | -  | ------- |
| Engagements    | XX     | XX     | XX | XXX     |
  

  
  
### Mentions: XX [#](/topic/steve-ballmer/posts_active)
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![Mentions Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:steve-ballmer/c:line/m:posts_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Mentions 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/steve-ballmer/time-series/posts_active.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XX  
**Daily Average**: XXX  
**6 Months**: XXXXX +31%  
**1 Year**: XXXXX +21%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXX on 2025-09-04  
**1-Year Low**: X on 2025-10-26  

| Social Network | Reddit | TikTok | X | YouTube |
| -------------- | ------ | ------ | - | ------- |
| Mentions       | X      | X      | X | X       |
  

  
  
### Creators: XX [#](/topic/steve-ballmer/contributors_active)
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![Creators Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:steve-ballmer/c:line/m:contributors_active/iv:1d.svg)  
[Creators 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/steve-ballmer/time-series/contributors_active.tsv)  
XX unique social accounts have posts mentioning Steve Ballmer in the last XX hours which is no change from in the previous XX hours
**Daily Average**: XX  
**1 Month**: XXX -XX%  
**6 Months**: XXXXX +40%  
**1 Year**: XXXXX +9.50%  
**1-Year High**: XXXXX on 2025-09-04  
**1-Year Low**: X on 2025-10-26  

The most influential creators that mention Steve Ballmer in the last XX hours

| Creator                                   | Rank | Followers | Posts | Engagements |
| -------                                   | ---- | --------- | ----- | ----------- |
| [@shreeharis](/creator/reddit/shreeharis) | X    | XXXXXXX   | X     | XX          |

[View More](/list/creators/steve-ballmer/100)
  
  
### Sentiment: XX% [#](/topic/steve-ballmer/sentiment)
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![Sentiment Line Chart](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:600/t:steve-ballmer/c:line/m:sentiment/iv:1d.svg)  
[Sentiment 24-Hour Time-Series Raw Data](/topic/steve-ballmer/time-series/sentiment.tsv)  
**Current Value**: XX%  
**Daily Average**: XX%  
**1 Week**: XX% +4%  
**1 Month**: XX% +2%  
**6 Months**: XX% -XX%  
**1 Year**: XX% -XX%  
**1-Year High**: XXX% on 2024-11-24  
**1-Year Low**: X% on 2025-06-10  

**Most Supportive Themes**
- **Microsoft's Cloud Pivot:** (20%) Steve Ballmer's past reluctance towards cloud services is contrasted with Satya Nadella's successful pivot, which is credited with Microsoft's current top-tier status.
- **Billionaire Status and Wealth:** (30%) Steve Ballmer is frequently mentioned in lists of the world's richest individuals, often alongside other tech titans like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
- **NBA Ownership and Clippers:** (40%) Ballmer's role as the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers is a recurring theme, particularly in discussions about team management and NBA investigations.
  
**Most Critical Themes**
- **NBA Salary Cap Circumvention Allegations:** (70%)  Recent reports allege that Steve Ballmer and the Clippers engaged in salary cap circumvention through a fraudulent no-show job for Kawhi Leonard, leading to fan outrage.
  
Network engagement breakdown:  
| Network | Positive | %  | Neutral | %  | Negative | %  |
| ------- | -------- | -  | ------- | -  | -------- | -  |
| Reddit  | X        | X% |         |    |          |    |
| TikTok  | X        | X% | X       | X% |          |    |
| X       | X        | X% | X       | X% |          |    |
| YouTube | X        | X% | X       | X% | X        | X% |
|         |          |    |         |    |          |    |
| Total   | X        | X% | XX      | X% | X        | X% |
  


**Top assets mentioned**
In the posts about Steve Ballmer in the last XX hours

[Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)](/topic/microsoft)
[Intuit Inc. (INTU)](/topic/$intu)
[Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL)](/topic/$googl)
[Tesla, Inc. (TSLA)](/topic/tesla)
[NVIDIA Corp. (NVDA)](/topic/$nvda)
[IBM (IBM)](/topic/ibm)
[Spotify Technology (SPOT)](/topic/$spot)

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

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

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""CEO Steve Ballmer stated Microsoft is as much an Israeli company as an American company.""  
[X Link](https://x.com/makhoury1946/status/1983506596199055540) [@makhoury1946](/creator/x/makhoury1946) 2025-10-29T12:09Z XXX followers, XX engagements


"STEVE BALLMER WHY WHY DO YOU DO THIS TO US FANS WHAT HAVE WE DONE TO DESERVE THIS #nba #warriors #clippers #steveballmer @NBA @warriors @LA Clippers"  
[TikTok Link](https://www.tiktok.com/@slickpickle06/video/7566520416001412383) [@slickpickle06](/creator/tiktok/slickpickle06) 2025-10-29T06:03Z X followers, XX engagements


"Im telling you Boomer mindset is root cause of all problems in India Bill Gates & Narayana Murthy had same mindset regarding OpenAI investment then Vishal Sikka was kicked out by Narayan Murthy Satya Nadella given pass by Bill Gates because of Steve Ballmer disaster before"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MarwariJain/status/1983316233153065387) [@MarwariJain](/creator/x/MarwariJain) 2025-10-28T23:33Z XXX followers, XXX engagements


"💎 THE REAL-TIME BILLIONAIRES LIST (26 OCT 2025) X. Elon Musk $XXX B X. Larry Ellison $XXXXX B X. Mark Zuckerberg $XXXXX B X. Jeff Bezos $XXXXX B X. Larry Page $XXXXX B X. Sergey Brin $XXXXX B X. Bernard Arnault $XXXXX B X. Jensen Huang $XXXXX B X. Steve Ballmer $XXXXX B XX. Michael Dell $XXXXX B XX. Warren Buffett $XXXXX B XX. Amancio Ortega $XXXXX B XX. Rob Walton $XXXXX B XX. Jim Walton $XXXXX B XX. Alice Walton $XXXXX B XX. Michael Bloomberg $XXXXX B XX. Mukesh Ambani $XXXXX B XX. Carlos Slim Helu $XXXXX B XX. Bill Gates $XXXXX B XX. Franoise Bettencourt Meyers $XXXX B XX. Changpeng Zhao"  
[X Link](https://x.com/GlobalStatsXX/status/1982722076017336797) [@GlobalStatsXX](/creator/x/GlobalStatsXX) 2025-10-27T08:12Z 11.6K followers, 72.4K engagements