2025-26

Buddy Hield

ATL · G · #8

Unofficial: 440 comments, 4,560 short of the official minimum of 5,000. Among all 223 tracked players he would rank 87th most hated.

PPG: 7.6
RPG: 2.3
APG: 1.4
GP: 51

Height: 6′4″
Weight: 220 lb
Age: 33
Born: Dec 17, 1992
Experience: 9 yrs
From: Oklahoma

Verdict

37.7%46.8%15.5%

37.7%Negative166 comments

46.8%Neutral206 comments

15.5%Positive68 comments

−22Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=440 comments about Buddy HieldUnofficial

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.DEN flair
Buddy Hield is hot dog water bro like how bad is this mf lol
Post-game thread · DET 131 @ GSW 124 · Jan 30▲ 31Jan 31, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.no flair
You can 100% count on Buddy Hield to absolutely brick any shot in crunch time… up 20? He’s lights out, down 4 in the 4th? clank city
Post · [Charania] BREAKING: The Golden State Warriors are trading Jonathan Kuminga and Buddy Hield to the Atlanta Hawks for Kristaps Porzingis, sources tell ESPN.▲ 18Feb 5, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.GSW flair
Get Buddy Hield the fuck off of my team oh my god dude
Game thread · OKC 124 @ GSW 112 · Dec 2▲ 4Dec 3, 2025Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Buddy Hield 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 Buddy Hield, his own Hawks fans are 33% negative, rival fans 37%, unflaired commenters 39%. Fewer than two fanbases have 200 comments about him, so no fanbase stands out.

33.3%Own fansATL flair · 18 comments

37.0%Rival fansevery other flair · 254 comments

39.3%Unflairedno flair · 168 comments

Method

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

Rooms

Timeline

Over 4-week windows, the negative share of comments about Buddy Hield ran between 24% and 55%. His worst week was the week of Feb 2, 42% negative of 33 comments; his best the week of Oct 20, 40% positive. 37 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Sep 29 · 2 comments, under the floor
- W vs LAL 111–103
Oct 6 · 8 comments, under the floor
- W vs POR 129–123
- L @ LAL 116–126
Oct 13 · 9 comments, under the floor
- W @ POR 118–111
- L vs LAC 103–106
Oct 20 · 24% negative · 40% positive · 45 comments
- W @ LAL 119–109
- W vs DEN 137–131
- L @ POR 119–139
Oct 27 · 10 comments, under the floor
- W vs MEM 131–118
- W vs LAC 98–79
- L @ MIL 110–120
- L @ IND 109–114
Nov 3 · 15 comments, under the floor
- W vs PHX 118–107
- L @ SAC 116–121
- L @ DEN 104–129
- W vs IND 114–83
Nov 10 · 15 comments, under the floor
- L @ OKC 102–126
- W @ SAS 125–120
- W @ SAS 109–108
- W @ NOP 124–106
Nov 17 · 16 comments, under the floor
- L @ ORL 113–121
- L @ MIA 96–110
- L vs POR 123–127
Nov 24 · 29 comments, under the floor
- W vs UTA 134–117
- L vs HOU 100–104
- W vs NOP 104–96
Dec 1 · 17 comments, under the floor
- L vs OKC 112–124
- L @ PHI 98–99
- W @ CLE 99–94
- W @ CHI 123–91
Dec 8 · 14 comments, under the floor
- L vs MIN 120–127
- L @ POR 131–136
Dec 15 · 14 comments, under the floor
- L @ PHX 98–99
Dec 22 · 4 comments, under the floor
- W vs ORL 120–97
- L @ TOR 127–141
Dec 29 · 13 comments, under the floor
- W @ BKN 120–107
- L vs OKC 94–131
Jan 5 · 10 comments, under the floor
- W vs SAC 137–103
- L vs ATL 111–124
Jan 12 · 15 comments, under the floor
- W vs POR 119–97
- W vs CHA 136–116
Jan 19 · 16 comments, under the floor
- W vs MIA 135–112
- L vs TOR 127–145
- L @ DAL 115–123
- W @ MIN 111–85
Jan 26 · 12 comments, under the floor
- L @ MIN 83–108
- W @ UTA 140–124
- L vs DET 124–131
Feb 2 · 42% negative · 12% positive · 33 comments
- L vs PHI 94–113
Feb 9 · 6 comments, under the floor
- L @ MIN 116–138
Mar 16 · 4 comments, under the floor
- W @ DAL 135–120
- L @ HOU 95–117
- W vs GSW 126–110
Mar 23 · 6 comments, under the floor
- W vs MEM 146–107
Mar 30 · 4 comments, under the floor
- W @ BKN 141–107
Apr 6 · 5 comments, under the floor
- L @ MIA 117–143
Apr 27 · 35% negative · 14% positive · 37 comments
- L @ NYK 97–126
- L vs NYK 89–140

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 Buddy Hield in 1 of his 58 games, at least 20 comments each. Too few graded games on one side to split wins from losses.

+46In wins17% neg · 63% pos · 24 comments

—In lossestoo few graded losses

−22His season38% neg · 15% pos · 440 comments

Games the room talked about Buddy Hield in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
Oct 21		@ LALW 119–109	W 119–109	22	17	1	0	6-11	5-10	2	+5	17/1/0	6,775	68 points warmer than his season, from 24 comments.