What the room said about Al Horford, verbatim: the highest-scoring comments in each class.
Exhibit 01Negative.LAL flair
A center rotation of Dray, Post, and beyond washed Horford will do that to you
Exhibit 02Negative.PHI flair
Fuck Al horford
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
Al Horford is going to be retired or completely washed by next season.
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Al Horford that cleared the classifier's confidence bar
and a second pass confirming it is about him. No usernames: the site judges players, not commenters.
Fans
Of what r/NBA says about Al Horford, his own Warriors fans are 19% negative, rival fans 29%, unflaired commenters 25%. Fewer than two fanbases have 200 comments about him, so no fanbase stands out.
19.2%Own fansGSW flair · 182 comments
28.7%Rival fansevery other flair · 994 comments
24.6%Unflairedno flair · 574 comments
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Al Horford are left out of the lists;
the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.
Rooms
Al Horford was talked about most on the front page: 589 of his 1,750 comments, −5 net sentiment against +6 across his season. His harshest room was news posts, −8 on 20% of his comments; his warmest the game threads, +26 on 22% of his comments. The front page ran 31 points harsher than the game threads, the reverse of the usual order: his season was a story off the court.
% neg% posn
Game threads22% of his commentsWarmest23.549.9383
Front page34% of his comments27.222.1589
News20% of his commentsHarshest28.720.8342
Method
A room is the kind of post a comment sat under: a game thread, the front page, a highlight. A room is drawn when it holds at least 200 comments about Al Horford; left out here: Highlights (187), Post-game threads (176), Daily chat thread (57), Lowlights (6), Discussion posts (4), Injury posts (1). The bar is the room's share of his comments, its split the room's sentiment. Harshest and warmest are by net sentiment, positive minus negative, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.
Timeline
Over 4-week windows, the negative share of comments about Al Horford ran between 17% and 42%. His worst week was the week of Mar 9, 50% negative of 30 comments; his best the week of Apr 13, 59% positive. 20 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.
May 4 · 28% negative · 15% positive · 40 commentsNo games
May 11 · 23% negative · 18% positive · 40 commentsNo games
May 18 · 27 comments, under the floorNo games
May 25 · 9 comments, under the floorNo games
Jun 1 · 16 comments, under the floorNo games
Jun 8 · 8 comments, under the floorNo games
Jun 15 · 21 comments, under the floorNo games
Jun 22 · 29% negative · 29% positive · 66 commentsNo games
Jun 29 · 18 comments, under the floorNo games
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJun
worst week best week · hover or tap a week for its games.
4-week rolling rates from summed counts; weeks under 30 comments are left off the lines.Method
Lines are 4-week rolling rates from summed counts (Σ negative ÷ Σ comments), drawn only where the window holds at least 30 comments. Dots are single weeks, sized by n. Bands follow the season calendar.
Games
The room talked about Al Horford in 3 of his 51 games, at least 20 comments each. Too few graded games on one side to split wins from losses.
+41In wins18% neg · 58% pos · 286 comments
—In lossestoo few graded losses
+6His season26% neg · 32% pos · 1,750 comments
Games the room talked about Al Horford in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date
Phase
Opp
Result
Min
Pts
Reb
Ast
FG
3P
TOV
+/−
P/R/A
Comments
Verdict
Apr 15Play-in
Play-in
@ LACW 126–121
W 126–121
22
14
3
0
5-8
4-7
2
-7
14/3/0
6,468
+46n=19646 points warmer than his season, from 196 comments.
Oct 23
vs DENW 137–131
W 137–131
29
13
3
2
5-7
3-4
2
+6
13/3/2
4,998
+31n=4131 points warmer than his season, from 41 comments.
Oct 21
@ LALW 119–109
W 119–109
20
5
5
1
2-7
1-4
2
-10
5/5/1
6,775
−6n=496 points harsher than his season, from 49 comments.