Devin Booker · Court Sentiment

Verdict

37.7%45.0%17.3%

37.7%Negative5,368 comments

45.0%Neutral6,399 comments

17.3%Positive2,455 comments

−20Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=14,222 comments about Devin Booker

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.no flair
“No Booker you’re wrong, he’s a foul baiter and not even close to being even good” - r/nba
Post · Devin Booker on what makes OKC a championship team: “You can't say anything without bringing up Shai, He's the MVP of the league, and he's playing the best basketball in the league for the past two years.”▲ 946Apr 28, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.no flair
Booker folded like a chair in big moments
Post-game thread · POR 114 @ PHX 110 · Apr 14▲ 71Apr 15, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.SAS flair
Booker a bitch
Post · [Highlight] Deni Avdija shows off the handles and gets the clutch layup to fall. He has 41 points (15/22 FG) for the Trail Blazers.▲ 68Apr 15, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Devin Booker 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 Devin Booker, his own Suns fans are 31% negative, rival fans 38%, unflaired commenters 40%. Among the 12 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Thunder fans are hardest on him at 48% negative and Suns fans kindest at 30% positive.

30.5%Own fansPHX flair · 1,730 comments

37.8%Rival fansevery other flair · 6,905 comments

39.9%Unflairedno flair · 5,587 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Devin Booker was talked about most on the front page: 6,645 of his 14,222 comments, −14 net sentiment against −20 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads, −40 on 18% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, −13 on 6% of his comments. The game threads ran 26 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads18% of his commentsHarshest53.213.22,508

Post-game threads6% of his commentsWarmest39.526.8912

Front page47% of his comments33.218.86,645

Highlights15% of his comments35.617.72,154

News11% of his comments31.413.31,600

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 Devin Booker; left out here: Daily chat thread (166), Lowlights (130), Injury posts (80), Discussion posts (15). 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 Devin Booker ran between 26% and 51%. His worst week was the week of Apr 27, 53% negative of 926 comments; his best the week of Nov 10, 40% positive.

Sep 29 · 29% negative · 20% positive · 135 comments
- W @ LAL 103–81
Oct 6 · 23% negative · 24% positive · 152 comments
- W vs BKN 132–127
- L vs BKN 109–111
Oct 20 · 31% negative · 9% positive · 277 comments
- W vs SAC 120–116
- L @ LAC 102–129
- L @ DEN 111–133
Oct 27 · 31% negative · 11% positive · 238 comments
- L @ UTA 134–138
- L vs MEM 113–114
- W vs UTA 118–96
- W vs SAS 130–118
Nov 3 · 26% negative · 29% positive · 406 comments
- L @ GSW 107–118
- W vs LAC 115–102
- W @ LAC 114–103
Nov 10 · 26% negative · 40% positive · 443 comments
- W vs NOP 121–98
- W @ DAL 123–114
- W vs IND 133–98
- L vs ATL 122–124
Nov 17 · 37% negative · 23% positive · 266 comments
- W @ POR 127–110
- W vs MIN 114–113
- W vs SAS 111–102
Nov 24 · 34% negative · 27% positive · 244 comments
- L vs HOU 92–114
- W @ SAC 112–100
- L @ OKC 119–123
- L vs DEN 112–130
Dec 1 · 33% negative · 18% positive · 282 comments
- W @ LAL 125–108
Dec 8 · 34% negative · 18% positive · 255 comments
- L vs LAL 114–116
Dec 15 · 39% negative · 18% positive · 378 comments
- W vs GSW 99–98
- L @ GSW 116–119
Dec 22 · 32% negative · 21% positive · 210 comments
- W vs LAL 132–108
- W @ NOP 115–108
- W @ NOP 123–114
Dec 29 · 45% negative · 18% positive · 231 comments
- W @ WAS 115–101
- L @ CLE 113–129
- W vs SAC 129–102
- W vs OKC 108–105
Jan 5 · 28% negative · 36% positive · 669 comments
- L @ HOU 97–100
- W @ MEM 117–98
- W vs NYK 112–107
- W vs WAS 112–93
Jan 12 · 34% negative · 17% positive · 155 comments
- L @ MIA 121–127
- W @ NYK 106–99
Jan 19 · 35% negative · 21% positive · 240 comments
- W @ BKN 126–117
- W @ PHI 116–110
- L @ ATL 103–110
Feb 2 · 34% negative · 15% positive · 245 comments
- L vs PHI 103–109
Feb 9 · 33% negative · 22% positive · 408 comments
- W vs DAL 120–111
Feb 16 · 26% negative · 20% positive · 298 comments
- L @ SAS 94–121
Mar 2 · 27% negative · 11% positive · 167 comments
- W @ SAC 114–103
- L vs CHI 103–105
- W vs NOP 118–116
- W vs CHA 111–99
Mar 9 · 36% negative · 19% positive · 449 comments
- W @ MIL 129–114
- W @ IND 123–108
- L @ TOR 115–122
Mar 16 · 53% negative · 10% positive · 348 comments
- L @ BOS 112–120
- L @ MIN 104–116
- L @ SAS 100–101
- L vs MIL 105–108
- W vs TOR 120–98
Mar 23 · 34% negative · 12% positive · 225 comments
- L vs DEN 123–125
- W vs UTA 134–109
Mar 30 · 31% negative · 12% positive · 318 comments
- W @ MEM 131–105
- L @ ORL 111–115
- L @ CHA 107–127
- W @ CHI 120–110
Apr 6 · 31% negative · 20% positive · 281 comments
- L vs HOU 105–119
- W vs DAL 112–107
Apr 13 · 51% negative · 12% positive · 1,048 comments
- L vs POR 110–114
- W vs GSW 111–96
- L @ OKC 84–119
Apr 20 · 53% negative · 10% positive · 1,745 comments
- L @ OKC 107–120
- L vs OKC 109–121
Apr 27 · 53% negative · 12% positive · 926 comments
- L vs OKC 122–131

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 Devin Booker in 23 of his 73 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −57 in losses (66% negative, 9% positive) against −15 in wins (42% negative, 28% positive), on a season net sentiment of −20.

−15In wins42% neg · 28% pos · 479 comments

−57In losses66% neg · 9% pos · 1,443 comments

−20His season38% neg · 17% pos · 14,222 comments

Games the room talked about Devin Booker 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 27R1 G4	R1 G4	vs OKCL 122–131	L 122–131	41	24	0	6	8-16	1-6	6	-16	24/0/6	3,366	49 points harsher than his season, from 271 comments.
Apr 25R1 G3	R1 G3	vs OKCL 109–121	L 109–121	39	16	4	7	6-16	2-6	2	-14	16/4/7	4,418	44 points harsher than his season, from 232 comments.
Apr 22R1 G2	R1 G2	@ OKCL 107–120	L 107–120	40	22	7	4	7-14	0-3	5	-12	22/7/4	6,598	42 points harsher than his season, from 338 comments.
Apr 19R1 G1	R1 G1	@ OKCL 84–119	L 84–119	33	23	6	2	8-17	2-5	3	-25	23/6/2	6,255	35 points harsher than his season, from 141 comments.
Apr 17Play-in	Play-in	vs GSWW 111–96	W 111–96	42	20	6	8	5-12	0-4	1	+25	20/6/8	478	27 points harsher than his season, from 116 comments.
Apr 14Play-in	Play-in	vs PORL 110–114	L 110–114	38	22	1	4	7-17	0-2	2	-3	22/1/4	3,952	33 points harsher than his season, from 175 comments.
Mar 24		vs DENL 123–125	L 123–125	35	22	3	8	5-14	1-4	0	+1	22/3/8	670	38 points harsher than his season, from 31 comments.
Mar 19		@ SASL 100–101	L 100–101	34	22	0	5	8-21	0-4	4	-12	22/0/5	475	24 points harsher than his season, from 25 comments.
Mar 16		@ BOSL 112–120	L 112–120	37	40	3	6	15-24	2-7	7	+2	40/3/6	329	23 points harsher than his season, from 39 comments.
Jan 23		@ ATLL 103–110	L 103–110	28	31	4	3	12-21	5-9	2	+5	31/4/3	141	10 points warmer than his season, from 20 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 23 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Devin Booker's Game Score.

r = 0.36 · 23 games · win loss