LAL · West · 2025-26

Lakers fans

The 12th saltiest fanbase of 30: 34% of what Lakers fans say about players is negative, 24% positive, across 140,706 comments.

Verdict

33.5%42.2%24.3%

33.5%Negative47,168 comments

42.2%Neutral59,334 comments

24.3%Positive34,204 comments

n=140,706 comments by Lakers fans about tracked players

12saltiest of 30

Method

A fanbase is the r/NBA flair its commenters wear, the team badge beside a username; comments with no flair are not counted here. A fanbase needs at least 200 comments about a player or a roster to be read against it, and every rate is from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Who they talk about

LeBron James alone is 10% of what Lakers fans say about players; 3 of their 10 most-discussed are Lakers.

Bar length: his share of the leader's n. Segments: negative, neutral, positive.

Their own players

Lakers fans are less negative than rival fans on 8 of their 9 players: the widest gap on Austin Reaves (-19 pts), and more negative only on Dalton Knecht (+2 pts).

Lakers fans on their own players, against every other fanbase
Player	Own fans	Rival fans	Δ
Austin ReavesG	27%n=4,392	47%	-19 19 points less negative than rival fans
Marcus SmartG	33%n=541	48%	-15 15 points less negative than rival fans
Deandre AytonC	41%n=2,267	54%	-13 13 points less negative than rival fans
Luka DoncicF-G	31%n=12,108	44%	-13 13 points less negative than rival fans
Jaxson HayesC-F	37%n=827	49%	-12 12 points less negative than rival fans
Bronny JamesG	34%n=1,406	38%	-4 4 points less negative than rival fans
LeBron JamesF	31%n=14,015	33%	-2 2 points less negative than rival fans
Rui HachimuraF	24%n=1,291	25%	-1 1 points less negative than rival fans
Dalton KnechtF	39%n=499	37%	+2 2 points harsher than rival fans

Rival fans: every other flaired fanbase, summed. Δ in points, own fans minus rivals.

Grudges and flowers

Of the 72 players Lakers fans have at least 200 comments about, they are hardest on Russell Westbrook (+15 pts negative against his usual) and warmest to VJ Edgecombe (+12 pts positive against his usual).

Grudges

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Flowers

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The league on them

Of the 29 fanbases with at least 200 comments about Lakers players, Suns fans are hardest on them (+11 pts negative against the Lakers' usual) and Wizards fans warmest (+4 pts positive against usual).