The 2011-2012 NBA season is less than a month old, but the league impact online was felt immediately. From opening day on, we’ve consistently seen a lot of players’ names in the terms buzzing on Twitter, Alexa, and Google Trends.
Below is the current rankings of the NBA’s biggest stars – from highest to lowest – according to their PeekScores.
PeekScore is a rank from 1 to 10, assigned to every person. The higher someone’s score, the “more important” they are on the web. In calculating your PeekScore and updating it often, PeekYou takes into account your known presence and activity on the Internet, including but not limited to; your blogging, participation in social networks, the number of your friends, followers, or readers, the amount of web content you create, and your prominence in the news.
Being polarizing doesn’t hurt you here. Being talked about in any form helps. See the list after the jump
LeBron James Miami Heat 10.00 / 10.00
Kobe Bryant Los Angeles Lakers 10.00 / 10.00
Carmelo Anthony New York Knicks 9.45 / 10.00
Kevin Durant Oklahoma City Thunder 9.43 / 10.00
Chris Paul Los Angeles Clippers 9.35 / 10.00
Dwight Howard Orlando Magic 9.31 / 10.00
Derrick Rose Chicago Bulls 9.28 / 10.00
Amar’e Stoudemire New York Knicks 9.09 / 10.00
Dirk Nowitzki Dallas Mavericks 8.98 / 10.00
Dwayne Wade Miami Heat 8.83 / 10.00
Paul M. Banks is CEO of The Sports Bank.net, an official Google News site generating millions of unique visitors. He’s also a regular contributor to Chicago Now, Walter Football.com, Yardbarker, and Fox Sports
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