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All entities
NBA

NBA

NBA league

League
NBA
Type
league
Avg Mentions/Run
67.3
Share
AI insight

NBA is consistently visible across all four AI platforms — a balanced answer-share profile.

BX Overall trend

Bowstone Index
65.0

BX Overall combines AI visibility and social momentum across all tracked leagues.

Good
1-week change
+3.4

vs. Aug 15, 2026

Both weeks are reconstructed from the mentions and social snapshots on record now, not captured at the time — so a later correction to either input moves a week already reported.

Driver mix (this week)
AI Visibility
+5.3
Social Presence
—
AI Visibility Rank (all leagues)
#1
of 12 leagues · small sample
ranked by AI mention share
BX Overall Rank
#3
of 12 leagues · small sample
combines AI visibility + social momentum
AI Visibility
100.05.3
normalized across all 12 leagues
Social Presence
0.0
-0.0% WoW · normalized across all 12 leagues
Market Signal
Not applicable for leagues
Mentions (latest run)
73
+14 vs prior run
Dominant platform
Claude
21 of 73 mentions
Avg. rank when listed
2.1
31 ranked appearances
Total followers
135.2M
0.0

Why it moved this week

+12 mentions

Aug 15, 2026 → Aug 22, 2026 · one or both runs reconstructed from stored mentions

Paid tier

Full driver breakdown, model contribution, and prompt-level changes.

Attribution is probabilistic. These are the prompts, models and sources whose measurements changed most alongside this entity — not a claim that any of them caused the movement.

Platform dependence

  • Claude21 (29%)
  • GPT-4o17 (23%)
  • Gemini15 (21%)
  • Perplexity20 (27%)

Recommendation quality

471total mentions across all tracked runs
  • Top Mention43 (9%)
  • Strong Mention129 (27%)
  • Listed298 (63%)
  • Qualified1 (0%)

AI sentiment breakdown

Positive 53%Neutral 46%Negative 0%
Sentiment by platform
  • Claude55% positive
  • GPT-4o43% positive
  • Gemini61% positive
  • Perplexity53% positive

Social followers over time

AI mentions trend

ClaudeGPT-4oGeminiPerplexity

Top cited domains

Perplexity only · cited per question, not per entity

  • linkedin.com14 prompts54%
  • reddit.com12 prompts46%
  • en.wikipedia.org11 prompts42%
+258 more domainsPaid tier

Share of the 26 cited questions this entity was mentioned in.

Recent news mentions

Weekly digests · entity named, not necessarily the lead story

  • Bob Iger, Joshua Kushner to buy Lakers at $12.5 billion valuation

    Los Angeles Times · Aug 17–23, 2026

  • Trail Blazers say they’re considering meeting with city to discuss arena lease term sheet

    The Athletic · Aug 3–9, 2026

  • Pistons trade Caris LeVert and two second-round picks to Bucks for Taurean Prince and Gary Harris

    ESPN · Aug 3–9, 2026

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  • Kawhi Leonard trade to Raptors remains on hold amid NBA investigation

    ESPN · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026

  • The biggest NBA sports business stories this week are the salary-cap squeeze, the Kawhi Leonard-to-Toronto trade, and a wave of major player-money moves around…

    NBA news · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026

  • The biggest athlete-driven sports business stories this week are centered on ownership stakes, record-setting memorabilia sales, and major endorsement/deal acti…

    Athletes news · Jul 27 – Aug 2, 2026

  • The most significant NBA sports business stories this week center on record-breaking sponsorship deals, major team valuation movements, and a multi-billion doll…

    NBA news · Jul 20–26, 2026

  • The most significant sports business news stories involving individual athletes this week center on Giannis Antetokounmpo’s dual investments in a prediction mar…

    Athletes news · Jul 20–26, 2026

Why it matters

  • Balanced platform profile

    Visibility is spread across platforms — a balanced profile that limits the risk of disappearing from any one AI assistant.

  • AI momentum building

    AI mention share moved +0.7% run-over-run. Rising AI visibility often precedes broader attention — track this entity against social growth on the Correlation view.

  • Appearing in weekly news

    Appeared in 8 weekly news summaries. Sustained news presence typically feeds AI visibility in subsequent runs.