CHA · East · 2025-26
Hornets fans
The 22nd saltiest fanbase of 30: 32% of what Hornets fans say about players is negative, 22% positive, across 24,665 comments.
Verdict
n=24,665 comments by Hornets fans about tracked players
22saltiest of 30
Method
Who they talk about
No one player dominates what Hornets fans say: LaMelo Ball leads at 8%, and 2 of their 10 most-discussed are Hornets.
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LaMelo BallCHAown roster1,883 n - 2
Victor WembanyamaSAS1,266 n - 3
Kon KnueppelCHAown roster1,229 n - 4
LeBron JamesLAL1,147 n - 5
Shai Gilgeous-AlexanderOKC768 n - 6
Luka DoncicLAL715 n - 7
Stephen CurryGSW576 n - 8
Nikola JokicDEN528 n - 9
Giannis AntetokounmpoMIL508 n - 10
Joel EmbiidPHI448 n
Bar length: his share of the leader's n. Segments: negative, neutral, positive.
Their own players
Hornets fans are less negative than rival fans on all 4 players: the widest gap on LaMelo Ball (-19 pts), the narrowest on Coby White (-5 pts). 3 more sit under the floor of 200 of their own comments.
| Player | Own fans | Rival fans | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| LaMelo BallG | 29%n=1,883 | 47% | -19 19 points less negative than rival fans |
 Moussa DiabatéF | 18%n=313 | 28% | -11 11 points less negative than rival fans |
| Kon KnueppelG-F | 15%n=1,229 | 21% | -6 6 points less negative than rival fans |
 Coby WhiteG | 17%n=305 | 22% | -5 5 points less negative than rival fans |
 Miles BridgesF | 59%n=181 | 64% | under the floor of 200 of their own comments, so no gap is read |
 Brandon MillerF | 30%n=92 | 27% | under the floor of 200 of their own comments, so no gap is read |
 Grant WilliamsF | 37%n=52 | 59% | under the floor of 200 of their own comments, so no gap is read |
Rival fans: every other flaired fanbase, summed. Δ in points, own fans minus rivals.
Grudges and flowers
Of the 23 players Hornets fans have at least 200 comments about, they are hardest on Cooper Flagg (+12 pts negative against his usual) and warmest to James Harden (+2 pts positive against his usual).
Grudges
Show all 23
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Chet Holmgren+453% - 7
Nikola Jokic+442% - 8
Paul George+238% - 9
De'Aaron Fox+252% - 10
Jalen Brunson+236% - 11
Anthony Davis+142% - 12
Luka Doncic+142% - 13
Giannis Antetokounmpo+132% - 14
LeBron James+133% - 15
Anthony Edwards025% - 16
Victor Wembanyama028% - 17
Kevin Durant-239% - 18
Karl-Anthony Towns-235% - 19
James Harden-252% - 20
Kawhi Leonard-333% - 21
Bam Adebayo-325% - 22
Stephen Curry-326% - 23
Draymond Green-447%
Flowers
Show all 23
- 6Chet Holmgren-119%
- 7Kawhi Leonard-222%
- 8Nikola Jokic-225%
- 9Victor Wembanyama-232%
- 10Draymond Green-313%
- 11Karl-Anthony Towns-326%
- 12De'Aaron Fox-314%
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Joel Embiid-417% - 14Stephen Curry-429%
- 15LeBron James-423%
- 16Paul George-514%
- 17Luka Doncic-517%
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander-623% - 19Jalen Brunson-825%
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Jalen Duren-910% - 21
Cooper Flagg-1021% - 22Anthony Edwards-1224%
- 23Bam Adebayo-1218%
The league on them
Of the 21 fanbases with at least 200 comments about Hornets players, Pistons fans are hardest on them (+20 pts negative against the Hornets' usual) and Raptors fans warmest (+4 pts positive against usual).
