Cooper Flagg · Court Sentiment

Verdict

25.8%44.7%29.6%

25.8%Negative3,529 comments

44.7%Neutral6,120 comments

29.6%Positive4,048 comments

+4Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=13,697 comments about Cooper Flagg

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.ORL flair
They’re playing Flagg at point bc “they all look the same anyways”
Post · [Cato] There had been signs that Harrison was underwater in his front office role. In the first years, executives found it curious how difficult it was to reach him on the phone... One team source recalls a document where Harrison placed Jrue Holiday within the same tier of talent as Nikola Jokić.▲ 103Nov 12, 2025Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.no flair
Thought cooper was supposed to be a generational player, best rookie since AD. Just another duke white boy, another Laettner
Post-game thread · DAL 110 @ DET 122 · Nov 1▲ 40Nov 2, 2025Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
The only reasonable takeaway is that Cooper is going to be an Anthony Bennet level bust
Post · Cooper Flagg tries to recognize players from the 2006 NBA, unfortunately he has HORRIFIC ball knowledge.▲ 29Oct 2, 2025Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Cooper Flagg 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 Cooper Flagg, his own Mavericks fans are 21% negative, rival fans 25%, unflaired commenters 28%. Among the 12 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Hornets fans are hardest on him at 36% negative and Mavericks fans kindest at 39% positive.

21.3%Own fansDAL flair · 1,666 comments

25.2%Rival fansevery other flair · 6,394 comments

27.7%Unflairedno flair · 5,637 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Cooper Flagg was talked about most on the front page: 7,046 of his 13,697 comments, +6 net sentiment against +4 across his season. His harshest room was news posts, −6 on 20% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, +10 on 6% of his comments.

Game threads11% of his comments29.334.31,565

Post-game threads6% of his commentsWarmest26.236.5797

Front page51% of his comments24.229.87,046

Highlights11% of his comments25.235.21,454

News20% of his commentsHarshest27.521.62,684

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 Cooper Flagg; left out here: Lowlights (53), Daily chat thread (33), Injury posts (31), Discussion posts (21). 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 Cooper Flagg ran between 16% and 39%. His worst week was the week of Nov 3, 48% negative of 628 comments; his best the week of Dec 22, 45% positive.

Oct 6 · 15% negative · 43% positive · 242 comments
- W vs OKC 106–89
- L vs CHA 116–120
Oct 13 · 18% negative · 28% positive · 178 comments
- W @ UTA 114–101
- W @ LAL 121–94
Oct 20 · 39% negative · 19% positive · 807 comments
- L vs SAS 92–125
- L vs WAS 107–117
- W vs TOR 139–129
Oct 27 · 37% negative · 17% positive · 609 comments
- L vs OKC 94–101
- W vs IND 107–105
- L vs DET 110–122
Nov 3 · 48% negative · 11% positive · 628 comments
- L @ HOU 102–110
- L vs NOP 99–101
- L @ MEM 104–118
- W @ WAS 111–105
Nov 10 · 36% negative · 17% positive · 1,089 comments
- L vs MIL 114–116
- L vs PHX 114–123
- L vs LAC 127–133
- W vs POR 138–133
Nov 17 · 31% negative · 27% positive · 416 comments
- L @ MIN 96–120
- W vs NOP 118–115
- L vs MEM 96–102
Nov 24 · 25% negative · 35% positive · 295 comments
- L @ MIA 102–106
- L @ LAL 119–129
- W @ LAC 114–110
Dec 1 · 18% negative · 36% positive · 276 comments
- W @ DEN 131–121
- W vs MIA 118–108
- L @ OKC 111–132
- W vs HOU 122–109
Dec 8 · 25% negative · 32% positive · 257 comments
- W vs BKN 119–111
Dec 15 · 16% negative · 43% positive · 450 comments
- L @ UTA 133–140
- W vs DET 116–114
- L @ PHI 114–121
Dec 22 · 18% negative · 45% positive · 571 comments
- L @ NOP 113–119
- W vs DEN 131–130
- L @ GSW 116–126
- L @ SAC 107–113
Dec 29 · 25% negative · 24% positive · 319 comments
- L @ POR 122–125
- L vs PHI 108–123
- W vs HOU 110–104
Jan 5 · 24% negative · 32% positive · 264 comments
- W @ SAC 100–98
- L @ UTA 114–116
- L @ CHI 107–125
Jan 12 · 25% negative · 24% positive · 162 comments
- W vs BKN 113–105
- L vs DEN 109–118
Jan 19 · 26% negative · 34% positive · 182 comments
- W @ NYK 114–97
- W vs GSW 123–115
- L vs LAL 110–116
Jan 26 · 17% negative · 41% positive · 681 comments
- L vs CHA 121–123
- L @ HOU 107–111
Feb 2 · 23% negative · 34% positive · 925 comments
- L vs BOS 100–110
- L vs SAS 123–135
- L @ SAS 125–138
Feb 9 · 22% negative · 20% positive · 323 comments
- L @ PHX 111–120
Mar 2 · 32% negative · 23% positive · 204 comments
- L @ ORL 114–115
- L @ BOS 100–120
- L @ TOR 92–122
Mar 9 · 22% negative · 29% positive · 152 comments
- L @ ATL 112–124
- W @ MEM 120–112
- L vs CLE 105–138
- W @ CLE 130–120
Mar 16 · 18% negative · 35% positive · 115 comments
- L @ NOP 111–129
- L vs ATL 120–135
- L vs LAC 131–138
Mar 23 · 27% negative · 30% positive · 289 comments
- L vs GSW 131–137
- L @ DEN 135–142
- W @ POR 100–93
Mar 30 · 23% negative · 36% positive · 484 comments
- L vs MIN 94–124
- L @ MIL 99–123
- L vs ORL 127–138
- W vs LAL 134–128
Apr 6 · 22% negative · 43% positive · 866 comments
- L @ LAC 103–116
- L @ PHX 107–112
- L @ SAS 120–139
- W vs CHI 149–128

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 Cooper Flagg in 31 of his 74 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −2 in losses (34% negative, 32% positive) against +44 in wins (14% negative, 59% positive), on a season net sentiment of +4.

+44In wins14% neg · 59% pos · 422 comments

−2In losses34% neg · 32% pos · 1,144 comments

+4His season26% neg · 30% pos · 13,697 comments

Games the room talked about Cooper Flagg in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
Apr 10	@ SASL 120–139	L 120–139	32	33	6	5	13-25	3-7	2	-8	33/6/5	90	36 points warmer than his season, from 25 comments.
Apr 5	vs LALW 134–128	W 134–128	39	45	8	9	14-27	2-4	2	+11	45/8/9	907	40 points warmer than his season, from 94 comments.
Mar 6	@ BOSL 100–120	L 100–120	30	16	8	6	7-23	0-4	3	-17	16/8/6	1,237	26 points harsher than his season, from 53 comments.
Mar 5	@ ORLL 114–115	L 114–115	26	18	5	6	7-22	1-4	2	-4	18/5/6	121	41 points warmer than his season, from 20 comments.
Feb 7	@ SASL 125–138	L 125–138	26	14	4	4	5-12	2-3	2	-31	14/4/4	512	23 points harsher than his season, from 21 comments.
Feb 5	vs SASL 123–135	L 123–135	39	32	6	4	14-27	2-5	3	-19	32/6/4	413	62 points warmer than his season, from 44 comments.
Feb 3	vs BOSL 100–110	L 100–110	37	36	9	6	12-24	2-4	1	-2	36/9/6	63	41 points warmer than his season, from 38 comments.
Jan 31	@ HOUL 107–111	L 107–111	39	34	12	5	13-25	1-4	2	+2	34/12/5	172	41 points warmer than his season, from 40 comments.
Jan 29	vs CHAL 121–123	L 121–123	38	49	10	3	20-29	3-5	2	+2	49/10/3	612	38 points warmer than his season, from 70 comments.
Jan 24	vs LALL 110–116	L 110–116	34	16	7	6	7-20	1-5	0	-4	16/7/6	1,208	35 points harsher than his season, from 39 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 31 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Cooper Flagg's Game Score.

r = 0.65 · 31 games · win loss