2025-26

Dylan Harper

SAS · G · #2

r/NBA's 2nd most loved player.

PPG: 11.9
RPG: 3.4
APG: 3.8
GP: 70

Height: 6′5″
Weight: 215 lb
Age: 20
Born: Mar 2, 2006
Experience: Rookie
From: Rutgers

Verdict

18.3%32.5%49.1%

18.3%Negative2,890 comments

32.5%Neutral5,129 comments

49.1%Positive7,747 comments

+31Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=15,766 comments about Dylan Harper

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.no flair
Dylan Harper 0-5, too. Castle, Fox (except for three big Js down the stretch -- but is anyone else worried how he doesn't get to the rim anymore?), and Harper were brutal. A combined 8-for-35 for 23 points, 10 turnovers and 10 assists.
Post · Victor Wembanyama despite the loss versus Timberwolves: 29 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, 3 STL, +17▲ 72Jan 12, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.DEN flair
Dylan was bust. Spurs had to bring Derek out of retirement
Post · [NBA.com] Final Rookie Ladder of The 2025-26 Season▲ 30Apr 8, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.WAS flair
Harper is already better than him, he don’t do shit
Post · [Highlight] Jalen Brunson misses the potential game-winner over Victor Wembanyama, De'Aaron Fox gets the ball at the other end, and instead of wasting the clock, he goes for a layup, and gets blocked by OG Anunoby.▲ 28Jun 11, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Dylan Harper 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 Dylan Harper, his own Spurs fans are 16% negative, rival fans 19%, unflaired commenters 19%. Among the 11 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Thunder fans are hardest on him at 25% negative and Warriors fans kindest at 58% positive.

15.5%Own fansSAS flair · 3,252 comments

19.1%Rival fansevery other flair · 6,852 comments

19.0%Unflairedno flair · 5,662 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Dylan Harper was talked about most in the game threads: 8,345 of his 15,766 comments, +39 net sentiment against +31 across his season. His harshest room was news posts, +16 on 5% of his comments; his warmest the game threads. The game threads ran 19 points warmer than the front page.

Game threads53% of his commentsWarmest17.256.08,345

Post-game threads6% of his comments17.553.2904

Daily chat thread3% of his comments19.353.2440

Front page26% of his comments20.139.64,168

Highlights7% of his comments20.841.21,098

News5% of his commentsHarshest16.132.3734

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 Dylan Harper; left out here: Lowlights (43), Discussion posts (18), Injury posts (13). 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 Dylan Harper ran between 6% and 22%. His worst week was the week of Jan 12, 39% negative of 74 comments; his best the week of Dec 15, 61% positive. 3 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Oct 6 · 17% negative · 30% positive · 30 comments
- W vs UTA 134–130
Oct 13 · 2% negative · 51% positive · 65 comments
- W @ IND 124–108
- W vs IND 133–104
Oct 20 · 9% negative · 58% positive · 243 comments
- W @ DAL 125–92
- W @ NOP 120–116
- W vs BKN 118–107
Oct 27 · 13% negative · 57% positive · 144 comments
- W vs TOR 121–103
- W vs MIA 107–101
- L @ PHX 118–130
Nov 24 · 6% negative · 51% positive · 51 comments
- W @ POR 115–102
- W @ DEN 139–136
- L @ MIN 112–125
Dec 1 · 11% negative · 51% positive · 97 comments
- W vs MEM 126–119
- W @ ORL 114–112
- L @ CLE 117–130
Dec 8 · 13% negative · 51% positive · 252 comments
- W @ NOP 135–132
- W @ LAL 132–119
- W vs OKC 111–109
Dec 15 · 13% negative · 61% positive · 180 comments
- L vs NYK 113–124
- W vs WAS 119–94
- W @ ATL 126–98
- W @ WAS 124–113
Dec 22 · 13% negative · 56% positive · 238 comments
- W vs OKC 130–110
- W @ OKC 117–102
- L vs UTA 114–127
Dec 29 · 13% negative · 42% positive · 45 comments
- L vs CLE 101–113
- W vs NYK 134–132
- W @ IND 123–113
- L vs POR 110–115
Jan 5 · 6% negative · 43% positive · 51 comments
- L @ MEM 105–106
- W vs LAL 107–91
- W @ BOS 100–95
- L @ MIN 103–104
Jan 12 · 39% negative · 20% positive · 74 comments
- L @ OKC 98–119
- W vs MIL 119–101
- W vs MIN 126–123
Jan 19 · 21% negative · 44% positive · 66 comments
- W vs UTA 123–110
- L @ HOU 106–111
- W @ UTA 126–109
- L vs NOP 95–104
Jan 26 · 19% negative · 45% positive · 115 comments
- W @ HOU 111–99
- L @ CHA 106–111
- W vs ORL 112–103
Feb 2 · 13% negative · 41% positive · 123 comments
- W @ DAL 135–123
- W vs DAL 138–125
Feb 9 · 19% negative · 31% positive · 156 comments
- W @ LAL 136–108
- W @ GSW 126–113
Feb 16 · 22 comments, under the floor
- W vs PHX 121–94
- W vs SAC 139–122
Feb 23 · 18% negative · 45% positive · 139 comments
- W @ DET 114–103
- W @ TOR 110–107
- W @ BKN 126–110
- L @ NYK 89–114
Mar 2 · 15% negative · 56% positive · 68 comments
- W @ PHI 131–91
- W vs DET 121–106
- W vs LAC 116–112
- W vs HOU 145–120
Mar 9 · 15% negative · 47% positive · 103 comments
- W vs BOS 125–116
- L vs DEN 131–136
Mar 16 · 9% negative · 44% positive · 82 comments
- W @ SAC 132–104
- W vs PHX 101–100
- W vs IND 134–119
Mar 23 · 9% negative · 44% positive · 98 comments
- W @ MIA 136–111
- W @ MEM 123–98
- W @ MIL 127–95
Mar 30 · 14% negative · 48% positive · 139 comments
- W vs CHI 129–114
- W @ GSW 127–113
- W @ LAC 118–99
- L @ DEN 134–136
Apr 6 · 19% negative · 45% positive · 135 comments
- W vs PHI 115–102
- W vs POR 112–101
- W vs DAL 139–120
- L vs DEN 118–128
Apr 13 · 19% negative · 30% positive · 124 comments
- W vs POR 111–98
Apr 20 · 14% negative · 56% positive · 671 comments
- L vs POR 103–106
- W @ POR 120–108
- W @ POR 114–93
Apr 27 · 23% negative · 31% positive · 192 comments
- W vs POR 114–95
May 4 · 16% negative · 46% positive · 391 comments
- L vs MIN 102–104
- W vs MIN 133–95
- W @ MIN 115–108
- L @ MIN 109–114
May 11 · 10% negative · 60% positive · 1,043 comments
- W vs MIN 126–97
- W @ MIN 139–109
May 18 · 21% negative · 47% positive · 1,881 comments
- W @ OKC 122–115
- L @ OKC 113–122
- L vs OKC 108–123
- W vs OKC 103–82
May 25 · 19% negative · 51% positive · 1,950 comments
- L @ OKC 114–127
- W vs OKC 118–91
- W @ OKC 111–103
Jun 1 · 20% negative · 53% positive · 1,938 comments
- L vs NYK 95–105
- L vs NYK 104–105
Jun 8 · 22% negative · 49% positive · 4,138 comments
- W @ NYK 115–111
- L @ NYK 106–107
- L vs NYK 90–94

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 Dylan Harper in 40 of his 96 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment +35 in losses (19% negative, 55% positive) against +43 in wins (15% negative, 58% positive), on a season net sentiment of +31.

+43In wins15% neg · 58% pos · 4,079 comments

+35In losses19% neg · 55% pos · 4,550 comments

+31His season18% neg · 49% pos · 15,766 comments

Games the room talked about Dylan Harper in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
Jun 13R4 G5	R4 G5	vs NYKL 90–94	L 90–94	31	25	5	4	10-19	2-4	0	-12	25/5/4	56,307	2 points warmer than his season, from 1,144 comments.
Jun 10R4 G4	R4 G4	@ NYKL 106–107	L 106–107	32	21	4	3	8-12	3-6	3	+12	21/4/3	73,619	21 points warmer than his season, from 863 comments.
Jun 8R4 G3	R4 G3	@ NYKW 115–111	W 115–111	32	13	9	4	5-18	1-8	0	-8	13/9/4	59,290	2 points harsher than his season, from 676 comments.
Jun 5R4 G2	R4 G2	vs NYKL 104–105	L 104–105	32	15	6	3	6-12	0-3	2	+12	15/6/3	54,897	6 points warmer than his season, from 498 comments.
Jun 3R4 G1	R4 G1	vs NYKL 95–105	L 95–105	28	16	8	1	6-10	1-4	1	-5	16/8/1	45,156	12 points warmer than his season, from 888 comments.
May 30R3 G7	R3 G7	@ OKCW 111–103	W 111–103	27	12	7	3	5-8	2-3	2	+9	12/7/3	51,944	26 points warmer than his season, from 614 comments.
May 28R3 G6	R3 G6	vs OKCW 118–91	W 118–91	22	18	6	4	6-9	2-3	1	+19	18/6/4	21,522	26 points warmer than his season, from 291 comments.
May 26R3 G5	R3 G5	@ OKCL 114–127	L 114–127	25	5	6	3	1-5	1-3	3	-7	5/6/3	25,748	94 points harsher than his season, from 106 comments.
May 24R3 G4	R3 G4	vs OKCW 103–82	W 103–82	21	7	5	2	2-4	0-1	2	+25	7/5/2	20,926	33 points harsher than his season, from 92 comments.
May 22R3 G3	R3 G3	vs OKCL 108–123	L 108–123	17	6	3	2	2-7	1-3	2	-13	6/3/2	31,843	31 points harsher than his season, from 101 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 40 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Dylan Harper's Game Score.

r = 0.60 · 40 games · win loss