Sam Amick ✓

@sam_amick · Northern California · joined 15 Jan 2009

Senior NBA Writer, The Athletic, via USA TODAY, Sports Illustrated, FanHouse, The Sacramento Bee; VP of @ProHoopsWriters. E-mail: samick@theathletic.com.

301 728Followers

1 818Following

43 697Posts total

672.5KViews on collected posts

Against accounts of the same size

12 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. below its peers on both reach and engagement.

Median views3 821this account8 935median for 100K–1M

Reach, %1.27%this account3.24%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %0.89%this account1.32%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	3 821	8 935	0.43×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.27%	3.24%	0.39×
Engagement rate	0.89%	1.32%	0.67×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

315.8K26 Aug

2.2K

251.3K

1.3K

1.2K

2.8K

941

24.2K

1K

24.8K

42K3 Sep

4.9K

Last 12 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.11%26 Aug

1.50%

0.27%

1.54%

1.74%

2.79%

1.28%

0.35%

2.27%

0.32%

0.51%3 Sep

0.08%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.32%.

What the audience does

Likes65.2%1 172 in total

Reposts13.4%241 in total

Replies5.5%99 in total

Quotes5.1%92 in total

Bookmarks10.7%193 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

Latest posts

ICYMI... In the wake of the NBA's hammer-drop on the Clippers in the Kawhi Leonard-salary cap circumvention case, a look back at the summer of 2019 where this saga all began, at @TheAthletic (free to read) https://t.co/FkHTOr6WQd 4.9K views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 03 Sep 2026 Seven years later, Uncle Dennis’ deeds - and the Clippers’ handling of the ill-fated Kawhi Leonard experience - come back to haunt them, at @TheAthletic https://t.co/wH2Vq9MgR2 42K views · 170 likes · 35 reposts · 6 replies 03 Sep 2026 Per sources, Jeanie Buss contends that the Buss family meeting which was called for ahead of the Iger-Kushner sale was re: the “last man standing” issue with the family Trust. This is Jeanie’s attorney, Adam Streisand, detailing those “ongoing discussions” during an Aug. 19 https 24.8K views · 65 likes · 10 reposts · 5 replies 26 Aug 2026 @sam_amick She really wants to hold onto a title that the new ownership definitely doesn’t want her to have. 1K views · 20 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 26 Aug 2026 Jeanie Buss explains her preference not to sell, in part, by noting that other Lakers minority owners have deemed it unwise based on value. “Indeed, other owners of stakes in the Lakers have expressed their support for Jeanie remaining Controlling Owner, and have voiced their 24.2K views · 67 likes · 9 reposts · 8 replies 26 Aug 2026 @sam_amick @MelodyGutierrez As soon as the Walter sale goes through, I see Iger and Kushner removing her as governor either way, citing this as a big distraction for the team. Unfortunately it will take until later in the year for the sale to go through. 941 views · 10 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies 26 Aug 2026 @sam_amick what a gross human being she is. She's been telling us that for YEARS - look how she treats her siblings. But even for her this is really low 2.8K views · 71 likes · 4 reposts · 2 replies 26 Aug 2026 @sam_amick This lady and Jay Mohr are something else. Seems like they’d take all the shares for themselves if they could. 1.2K views · 21 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 @sam_amick @DanWoikeSports @MelodyGutierrez For the love of God, please fuck off @JeanieBuss If you truly care about LAL, go away. 1.3K views · 19 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies 26 Aug 2026 Jeanie Buss is not only calling for the family's vote of the Lakers shares to be deemed void, but for co-trustees Joey and Janie Buss be removed from those positions for "breach of fiduciary duty." She calls for her siblings to be liable "for loss and damages" as well. “Their 251.3K views · 486 likes · 103 reposts · 44 replies 26 Aug 2026 @sam_amick @MelodyGutierrez Jeanie has to let this go. Even if the sale is blocked, she's being removed as Governor lol 2.2K views · 30 likes · 2 reposts · 1 replies 26 Aug 2026 Jeanie Buss and her attorney, Adam Streisand, have filed a petition to block her siblings’ attempted sale of the family’s Lakers shares. A court hearing is scheduled for November 5, according to a filing that was publicly processed today. Much more here, with @MelodyGutierrez, 315.8K views · 210 likes · 73 reposts · 31 replies 26 Aug 2026

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