2025-26

Donovan Mitchell

CLE · G · #45

r/NBA's 14th most hated player.

PPG: 27.9
RPG: 4.5
APG: 5.7
GP: 70

Height: 6′2″
Weight: 215 lb
Age: 30
Born: Sep 7, 1996
Experience: 8 yrs
From: Louisville

Verdict

45.0%32.6%22.4%

45.0%Negative4,867 comments

32.6%Neutral3,533 comments

22.4%Positive2,426 comments

−23Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=10,826 comments about Donovan Mitchell

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.LAL flair
Bro if somebody gives Mitchell 70mil a year, they are absolutely fucked.
Post · [Windhorst] Cavs will likely want to replace Mitchell's option season with a new contract in July, when they can add four years and up to $272 million. But Mitchell can, and probably should, wait until 2027... Then, with 10 years of service time, he can sign for five years and about $350 million▲ 506May 17, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.TOR flair
donovan mitchell ran over more fans (1) than he had buckets in clutchtime (0)
Post-game thread · CLE 89 @ TOR 93 · R1 G4 · Apr 26▲ 332Apr 26, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
RIP Donovan Mitchell, up two games in his first round series. Unc is cooked
Post · "One and Done": There are 41 players who made All-NBA First Team once in their careers, and then were unable to make First Team again.▲ 109Apr 21, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Donovan Mitchell 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 Donovan Mitchell, his own Cavaliers fans are 39% negative, rival fans 44%, unflaired commenters 48%. Among the 10 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Celtics fans are hardest on him at 48% negative and Thunder fans kindest at 32% positive.

38.7%Own fansCLE flair · 1,103 comments

44.2%Rival fansevery other flair · 5,878 comments

47.9%Unflairedno flair · 3,845 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Donovan Mitchell was talked about most in the game threads: 4,717 of his 10,826 comments, −26 net sentiment against −23 across his season. His harshest room was news posts, −27 on 10% of his comments; his warmest highlights, −11 on 8% of his comments. The game threads ran 6 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads44% of his comments49.924.44,717

Post-game threads7% of his comments48.925.8755

Front page30% of his comments39.920.33,271

Highlights8% of his commentsWarmest36.826.1867

News10% of his commentsHarshest42.115.41,089

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 Donovan Mitchell; left out here: Daily chat thread (84), Lowlights (24), Discussion posts (11), Injury posts (5). 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 Donovan Mitchell ran between 29% and 54%. His worst week was the week of Apr 27, 58% negative of 538 comments; his best the week of Nov 3, 50% positive. 2 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Oct 6 · 20 comments, under the floor
- L vs CHI 117–118
- L @ CHI 112–119
Oct 13 · 42% negative · 13% positive · 53 comments
- W vs DET 118–100
Oct 20 · 28% negative · 47% positive · 138 comments
- L @ NYK 111–119
- W @ BKN 131–124
- W vs MIL 118–113
Oct 27 · 34% negative · 32% positive · 141 comments
- W @ DET 116–95
- L @ BOS 105–125
- W vs ATL 117–109
Nov 3 · 19% negative · 50% positive · 102 comments
- W vs PHI 132–121
- W @ WAS 148–115
- W vs CHI 128–122
Nov 10 · 34% negative · 34% positive · 128 comments
- L @ MIA 138–140
- L vs TOR 113–126
- W vs MEM 108–100
Nov 17 · 32% negative · 35% positive · 101 comments
- W vs MIL 118–106
- L vs HOU 104–114
- W vs IND 120–109
- W vs LAC 120–105
Nov 24 · 28% negative · 39% positive · 96 comments
- L @ TOR 99–110
- L @ ATL 123–130
- L vs BOS 115–117
Dec 1 · 40% negative · 31% positive · 124 comments
- W @ IND 135–119
- L vs POR 110–122
- W vs SAS 130–117
- L vs GSW 94–99
Dec 8 · 38% negative · 32% positive · 104 comments
- W @ WAS 130–126
- L vs CHA 111–119
Dec 15 · 36% negative · 27% positive · 155 comments
- L @ CHI 111–127
Dec 22 · 35% negative · 30% positive · 382 comments
- W vs CHA 139–132
- W vs NOP 141–118
- L @ NYK 124–126
- L @ HOU 100–117
Dec 29 · 41% negative · 28% positive · 92 comments
- W @ SAS 113–101
- W vs PHX 129–113
- W vs DEN 113–108
- L vs DET 110–114
Jan 5 · 41% negative · 22% positive · 76 comments
- L @ MIN 122–131
- W vs MIN 146–134
Jan 12 · 31% negative · 20% positive · 86 comments
- L vs UTA 112–123
- W @ PHI 133–107
- W @ PHI 117–115
Jan 19 · 40% negative · 25% positive · 122 comments
- L vs OKC 104–136
- W @ CHA 94–87
- W vs SAC 123–118
- W @ ORL 119–105
Jan 26 · 32% negative · 36% positive · 138 comments
- W vs ORL 114–98
- W vs LAL 129–99
- L @ PHX 113–126
- W @ POR 130–111
Feb 2 · 32% negative · 19% positive · 317 comments
- W @ LAC 124–91
- W @ SAC 132–126
Feb 9 · 24% negative · 28% positive · 108 comments
- W @ DEN 119–117
- W vs WAS 138–113
Feb 16 · 33% negative · 28% positive · 145 comments
- W vs BKN 112–84
- W @ CHA 118–113
- L @ OKC 113–121
Feb 23 · 35% negative · 22% positive · 79 comments
- W vs NYK 109–94
Mar 2 · 26% negative · 41% positive · 80 comments
- L vs BOS 98–109
Mar 9 · 30% negative · 38% positive · 112 comments
- W vs PHI 115–101
- L @ ORL 122–128
- W @ DAL 138–105
- L vs DAL 120–130
Mar 16 · 43% negative · 15% positive · 72 comments
- W @ MIL 123–116
- W @ NOP 111–106
Mar 23 · 25% negative · 35% positive · 80 comments
- W vs ORL 136–131
- L vs MIA 103–120
- W vs MIA 149–128
Mar 30 · 39% negative · 20% positive · 82 comments
- W @ UTA 122–113
- L @ LAL 113–127
- W @ GSW 118–111
- W vs IND 117–108
Apr 6 · 25% negative · 30% positive · 63 comments
- W vs ATL 122–116
Apr 13 · 31% negative · 35% positive · 267 comments
- W vs TOR 126–113
Apr 20 · 55% negative · 20% positive · 444 comments
- W vs TOR 115–105
- L @ TOR 104–126
- L @ TOR 89–93
Apr 27 · 58% negative · 12% positive · 538 comments
- W vs TOR 125–120
- L @ TOR 110–112
- W vs TOR 114–102
May 4 · 50% negative · 22% positive · 1,211 comments
- L @ DET 101–111
- L @ DET 97–107
- W vs DET 116–109
May 11 · 54% negative · 18% positive · 1,696 comments
- W vs DET 112–103
- W @ DET 117–113
- L vs DET 94–115
- W @ DET 125–94
May 18 · 48% negative · 22% positive · 1,977 comments
- L @ NYK 104–115
- L @ NYK 93–109
- L vs NYK 108–121
May 25 · 48% negative · 15% positive · 810 comments
- L vs NYK 93–130

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 Donovan Mitchell in 27 of his 91 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −40 in losses (58% negative, 18% positive) against −21 in wins (48% negative, 27% positive), on a season net sentiment of −23.

−21In wins48% neg · 27% pos · 1,662 comments

−40In losses58% neg · 18% pos · 2,405 comments

−23His season45% neg · 22% pos · 10,826 comments

Games the room talked about Donovan Mitchell 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 25R3 G4	R3 G4	vs NYKL 93–130	L 93–130	31	31	4	1	9-18	5-9	4	-23	31/4/1	12,806	18 points harsher than his season, from 206 comments.
May 23R3 G3	R3 G3	vs NYKL 108–121	L 108–121	38	23	1	4	9-21	3-10	5	-22	23/1/4	8,118	40 points harsher than his season, from 190 comments.
May 21R3 G2	R3 G2	@ NYKL 93–109	L 93–109	39	26	4	1	8-18	2-7	1	-8	26/4/1	7,682	15 points harsher than his season, from 166 comments.
May 19R3 G1	R3 G1	@ NYKL 104–115	L 104–115	41	29	5	3	12-23	4-11	4	-13	29/5/3	19,144	4 points harsher than his season, from 494 comments.
May 17R2 G7	R2 G7	@ DETW 125–94	W 125–94	31	26	6	8	10-22	2-6	0	+17	26/6/8	17,494	42 points warmer than his season, from 359 comments.
May 15R2 G6	R2 G6	vs DETL 94–115	L 94–115	37	18	4	3	6-20	2-6	3	-25	18/4/3	9,941	54 points harsher than his season, from 285 comments.
May 13R2 G5	R2 G5	@ DETW 117–113	W 117–113	42	21	4	3	7-18	1-8	2	-4	21/4/3	12,686	35 points harsher than his season, from 428 comments.
May 11R2 G4	R2 G4	vs DETW 112–103	W 112–103	37	43	5	2	13-26	4-12	1	+28	43/5/2	6,878	21 points warmer than his season, from 304 comments.
May 9R2 G3	R2 G3	vs DETW 116–109	W 116–109	38	35	10	4	13-24	2-8	3	+7	35/10/4	7,027	7 points harsher than his season, from 157 comments.
May 7R2 G2	R2 G2	@ DETL 97–107	L 97–107	37	31	6	3	11-24	2-9	2	-2	31/6/3	7,260	22 points harsher than his season, from 242 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 27 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Donovan Mitchell's Game Score.

r = 0.70 · 27 games · win loss