Alex Caruso · Court Sentiment

Verdict

40.1%27.9%32.0%

40.1%Negative5,885 comments

27.9%Neutral4,101 comments

32.0%Positive4,694 comments

−8Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=14,680 comments about Alex Caruso

Receipts

What the room said about Alex Caruso, verbatim: the highest-scoring comments in each class.

Exhibit 01Negative.HOU flair
Caruso has gone from feel good story to little bitch real quick
Post · [Highlight] Alex Caruso pushes the broadcast camera away at the end of regulation▲ 1,440May 19, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.SAS flair
FUCK CARUSO GO HOME YOU BALD FUCK
Post · Dylan Harper quickly dives in to save an angry Castle from potentially getting a technical or ejection after Caruso fouled him. Overlooked play that might have saved the game for the Spurs▲ 768May 31, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
Caruso why you not getting upset like when Grayson Allen did the same thing to you? Bum.
Post · [Highlight] Alex Caruso pulls Stephon Castle down on the fast break — call stands as a common foul▲ 764May 31, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Alex Caruso 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 Alex Caruso, his own Thunder fans are 23% negative, rival fans 41%, unflaired commenters 44%. Among the 11 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Suns fans are hardest on him at 51% negative and Thunder fans kindest at 45% positive.

22.5%Own fansOKC flair · 1,666 comments

40.9%Rival fansevery other flair · 7,364 comments

44.2%Unflairedno flair · 5,650 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Alex Caruso are left out of the lists; the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Rooms

Alex Caruso was talked about most in the game threads: 7,787 of his 14,680 comments, −9 net sentiment against −8 across his season. His harshest room was the daily chat thread, −25 on 5% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, +6 on 4% of his comments. The game threads ran 5 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads53% of his comments42.533.97,787

Post-game threads4% of his commentsWarmest34.840.7514

Daily chat thread5% of his commentsHarshest51.026.1721

Front page22% of his comments34.431.13,245

Highlights11% of his comments37.028.51,576

News4% of his comments32.727.9630

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 Alex Caruso; left out here: Lowlights (142), Injury posts (53), Discussion posts (9). 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 Alex Caruso ran between 17% and 52%. His worst week was the week of Dec 22, 57% negative of 345 comments; his best the week of Feb 23, 50% positive. 3 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Oct 6 · 38% negative · 29% positive · 34 comments
- W vs CHA 122–116
Oct 13 · 21% negative · 47% positive · 47 comments
- W @ MIL 116–112
- W vs DEN 94–91
Oct 20 · 39% negative · 26% positive · 272 comments
- W vs HOU 125–124
Oct 27 · 15% negative · 45% positive · 92 comments
- W vs SAC 107–101
- W vs WAS 127–108
- W vs NOP 137–106
Nov 3 · 20% negative · 47% positive · 123 comments
- W @ LAC 126–107
- W @ SAC 132–101
- W @ MEM 114–100
Nov 10 · 18% negative · 45% positive · 167 comments
- W vs GSW 126–102
- W vs LAL 121–92
- W @ CHA 109–96
Nov 17 · 15% negative · 33% positive · 55 comments
- W vs SAC 113–99
- W @ UTA 144–112
- W vs POR 122–95
Nov 24 · 37% negative · 26% positive · 155 comments
- W vs MIN 113–105
- W vs PHX 123–119
Dec 8 · 39% negative · 28% positive · 735 comments
- W vs PHX 138–89
- L vs SAS 109–111
Dec 15 · 44% negative · 27% positive · 226 comments
- W vs LAC 122–101
- L @ MIN 107–112
Dec 22 · 57% negative · 20% positive · 345 comments
- L @ SAS 110–130
- L vs SAS 102–117
- W vs PHI 129–104
Dec 29 · 44% negative · 22% positive · 41 comments
- W vs ATL 140–129
- W vs POR 124–95
- W @ GSW 131–94
- L @ PHX 105–108
Jan 5 · 40% negative · 27% positive · 139 comments
- W @ MEM 117–116
- W vs MIA 124–112
Jan 12 · 37% negative · 26% positive · 123 comments
- W vs SAS 119–98
- W @ HOU 111–91
- L @ MIA 120–122
Jan 19 · 41% negative · 23% positive · 39 comments
- W @ CLE 136–104
Feb 2 · 24% negative · 30% positive · 100 comments
- W vs ORL 128–92
- L vs HOU 106–112
Feb 9 · 24% negative · 39% positive · 85 comments
- W @ LAL 119–110
- W @ PHX 136–109
- L vs MIL 93–110
Feb 16 · 26 comments, under the floor
- W vs BKN 105–86
Feb 23 · 27% negative · 50% positive · 242 comments
- W @ TOR 116–107
- W vs DEN 127–121
- W @ DAL 100–87
Mar 2 · 37% negative · 27% positive · 75 comments
- W @ CHI 116–108
- W @ NYK 103–100
Mar 9 · 37% negative · 23% positive · 137 comments
- W vs BOS 104–102
- W vs MIN 116–103
Mar 16 · 27% negative · 43% positive · 160 comments
- W @ ORL 113–108
- W @ BKN 121–92
- W @ WAS 132–111
Mar 23 · 55% negative · 19% positive · 155 comments
- W @ PHI 123–103
- L @ BOS 109–119
- W vs CHI 131–113
- W vs NYK 111–100
Mar 30 · 43% negative · 23% positive · 232 comments
- W vs DET 114–110
- W vs UTA 146–111
Apr 6 · 24% negative · 27% positive · 51 comments
- W @ LAL 123–87
- W @ LAC 128–110
Apr 13 · 42% negative · 26% positive · 62 comments
- W vs PHX 119–84
Apr 20 · 48% negative · 15% positive · 570 comments
- W vs PHX 120–107
- W @ PHX 121–109
Apr 27 · 32% negative · 37% positive · 119 comments
- W @ PHX 131–122
May 4 · 46% negative · 27% positive · 536 comments
- W vs LAL 108–90
- W vs LAL 125–107
- W @ LAL 131–108
May 11 · 32% negative · 35% positive · 268 comments
- W @ LAL 115–110
May 18 · 33% negative · 43% positive · 5,089 comments
- L vs SAS 115–122
- W vs SAS 122–113
- W @ SAS 123–108
- L @ SAS 82–103
May 25 · 53% negative · 22% positive · 3,651 comments
- W vs SAS 127–114
- L @ SAS 91–118
- L vs SAS 103–111

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 Alex Caruso in 28 of his 74 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −13 in losses (45% negative, 32% positive) against 0 in wins (38% negative, 38% positive), on a season net sentiment of −8.

0In wins38% neg · 38% pos · 2,761 comments

−13In losses45% neg · 32% pos · 5,019 comments

−8His season40% neg · 32% pos · 14,680 comments

Games the room talked about Alex Caruso in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
May 30R3 G7	R3 G7	vs SASL 103–111	L 103–111	39	12	5	4	3-14	1-6	3	-5	12/5/4	51,944	44 points harsher than his season, from 1,544 comments.
May 28R3 G6	R3 G6	@ SASL 91–118	L 91–118	21	7	0	0	3-7	1-3	0	-4	7/0/0	21,522	22 points warmer than his season, from 153 comments.
May 26R3 G5	R3 G5	vs SASW 127–114	W 127–114	28	22	2	6	5-10	4-8	2	+18	22/2/6	25,748	19 points warmer than his season, from 322 comments.
May 24R3 G4	R3 G4	@ SASL 82–103	L 82–103	14	0	2	1	0-1	0-0	0	-22	0/2/1	20,926	26 points harsher than his season, from 207 comments.
May 22R3 G3	R3 G3	@ SASW 123–108	W 123–108	24	15	3	1	4-7	3-5	1	+28	15/3/1	31,843	3 points warmer than his season, from 754 comments.
May 20R3 G2	R3 G2	vs SASW 122–113	W 122–113	25	17	3	5	5-7	3-4	0	+18	17/3/5	35,453	25 points warmer than his season, from 419 comments.
May 18R3 G1	R3 G1	vs SASL 115–122	L 115–122	32	31	2	1	11-19	8-14	2	0	31/2/1	53,003	22 points warmer than his season, from 2,398 comments.
May 11R2 G4	R2 G4	@ LALW 115–110	W 115–110	22	9	4	1	3-7	3-5	1	+7	9/4/1	13,015	10 points warmer than his season, from 134 comments.
May 9R2 G3	R2 G3	@ LALW 131–108	W 131–108	20	6	2	2	3-6	0-3	0	+11	6/2/2	13,634	8 points warmer than his season, from 86 comments.
May 7R2 G2	R2 G2	vs LALW 125–107	W 125–107	22	5	4	4	2-6	1-5	1	+17	5/4/4	21,807	30 points harsher than his season, from 143 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 28 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Alex Caruso's Game Score.

r = 0.39 · 28 games · win loss