NBA Draft Talk Is Already Heating Up Twitter

442,000 tweets related to the 2017 NBA Draft have been sent since last Friday

The 2017 National Basketball Association Draft is set for Thursday night, but the trade of the No. 1 pick and other rumors got Twitter going early.

Twitter said in an email to Social Pro Daily that 442,000 tweets related to the 2017 NBA Draft have been sent since last Friday, and the three top spikes in conversation were:

  1. Cleveland Cavaliers rumored to be pursuing Chicago Bulls small forward Jimmy Butler: 29,000 tweets Monday from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
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