Isaiah Hartenstein · Court Sentiment

Verdict

44.4%38.6%16.9%

44.4%Negative3,004 comments

38.6%Neutral2,613 comments

16.9%Positive1,144 comments

−28Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=6,761 comments about Isaiah Hartenstein

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.no flair
Hartenstein is so pathetic.
Post · Castle gets his hair pulled from Hartenstein▲ 217May 21, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.DET flair
Hartenstein should not be in the game. Hartenstein should not be in the game. Hartenstein should not be in the game. Hartenstein should not be in the game. Hartenstein should not be in the game. Hartenstein should not be in the game. Hartenstein should not be in the game. Hartenstein should not be in the game. Hartenstein should not be in the game.
Game thread · SAS 113 @ OKC 122 · R3 G2 · May 20▲ 22May 21, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
Ihart really has the balls to complain. Such a bum
Game thread · SAS 113 @ OKC 122 · R3 G2 · May 20▲ 20May 21, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Isaiah Hartenstein 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 Isaiah Hartenstein, his own Thunder fans are 20% negative, rival fans 50%, unflaired commenters 48%. Among the 4 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Spurs fans are hardest on him at 57% negative and Thunder fans kindest at 28% positive.

19.7%Own fansOKC flair · 1,100 comments

50.0%Rival fansevery other flair · 3,262 comments

48.2%Unflairedno flair · 2,399 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Isaiah Hartenstein was talked about most in the game threads: 3,035 of his 6,761 comments, −37 net sentiment against −28 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads; his warmest news posts, −12 on 7% of his comments. The game threads ran 23 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads45% of his commentsHarshest54.016.73,035

Post-game threads6% of his comments37.421.2372

Front page24% of his comments32.618.11,641

Highlights12% of his comments43.515.4844

News7% of his commentsWarmest27.215.0493

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 Isaiah Hartenstein; left out here: Daily chat thread (173), Lowlights (160), Injury posts (26), Discussion posts (16). 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 Isaiah Hartenstein ran between 16% and 57%. His worst week was the week of May 18, 61% negative of 2,830 comments; his best the week of Nov 3, 49% positive. 8 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Oct 6 · 4 comments, under the floor
- W vs CHA 122–116
Oct 13 · 9 comments, under the floor
- W @ MIL 116–112
- W vs DEN 94–91
Oct 20 · 53% negative · 14% positive · 159 comments
- W vs HOU 125–124
- W @ IND 141–135
- W @ ATL 117–100
Oct 27 · 29 comments, under the floor
- W @ DAL 101–94
- W vs SAC 107–101
- W vs WAS 127–108
- W vs NOP 137–106
Nov 3 · 17% negative · 49% positive · 89 comments
- W @ LAC 126–107
- L @ POR 119–121
- W @ SAC 132–101
- W @ MEM 114–100
Nov 10 · 16% negative · 38% positive · 61 comments
- W vs GSW 126–102
- W vs LAL 121–92
- W @ CHA 109–96
Nov 17 · 19% negative · 40% positive · 43 comments
- W @ NOP 126–109
- W vs SAC 113–99
- W @ UTA 144–112
- W vs POR 122–95
Nov 24 · 44% negative · 12% positive · 187 comments
- W vs MIN 113–105
Dec 8 · 21% negative · 24% positive · 115 comments
- L vs SAS 109–111
Dec 15 · 29% negative · 24% positive · 58 comments
- L @ MIN 107–112
Dec 22 · 52% negative · 17% positive · 93 comments
- L @ SAS 110–130
- L vs SAS 102–117
- W vs PHI 129–104
Jan 26 · 22% negative · 22% positive · 125 comments
- L @ MIN 111–123
- W @ DEN 121–111
Feb 2 · 21% negative · 25% positive · 81 comments
- W vs ORL 128–92
- L vs HOU 106–112
Feb 9 · 20% negative · 8% positive · 40 comments
- W @ LAL 119–110
- W @ PHX 136–109
Feb 16 · 16% negative · 36% positive · 45 comments
- W vs BKN 105–86
- W vs CLE 121–113
Feb 23 · 42% negative · 12% positive · 73 comments
- W @ TOR 116–107
- W vs DEN 127–121
- W @ DAL 100–87
Mar 2 · 21% negative · 33% positive · 42 comments
- W @ NYK 103–100
Mar 9 · 21% negative · 40% positive · 58 comments
- W vs MIN 116–103
Mar 16 · 19% negative · 28% positive · 32 comments
- W @ ORL 113–108
- W @ WAS 132–111
Mar 23 · 27 comments, under the floor
- W @ PHI 123–103
- L @ BOS 109–119
- W vs CHI 131–113
- W vs NYK 111–100
Mar 30 · 16% negative · 25% positive · 69 comments
- W vs LAL 139–96
- W vs UTA 146–111
Apr 6 · 22 comments, under the floor
- W @ LAL 123–87
- W @ LAC 128–110
Apr 13 · 17% negative · 31% positive · 65 comments
- W vs PHX 119–84
Apr 20 · 39% negative · 9% positive · 46 comments
- W vs PHX 120–107
- W @ PHX 121–109
Apr 27 · 14% negative · 32% positive · 37 comments
- W @ PHX 131–122
May 4 · 33% negative · 27% positive · 225 comments
- W vs LAL 108–90
- W vs LAL 125–107
- W @ LAL 131–108
May 11 · 22% negative · 25% positive · 135 comments
- W @ LAL 115–110
May 18 · 61% negative · 10% positive · 2,830 comments
- L vs SAS 115–122
- W vs SAS 122–113
- W @ SAS 123–108
- L @ SAS 82–103
May 25 · 42% negative · 21% positive · 1,118 comments
- W vs SAS 127–114
- L @ SAS 91–118
- L vs SAS 103–111

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 Isaiah Hartenstein in 18 of his 65 games, at least 20 comments each. It was warmer after losses: net sentiment −27 in losses (47% negative, 20% positive) against −48 in wins (62% negative, 13% positive), on a season net sentiment of −28.

−48In wins62% neg · 13% pos · 2,055 comments

−27In losses47% neg · 20% pos · 729 comments

−28His season44% neg · 17% pos · 6,761 comments

Games the room talked about Isaiah Hartenstein 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 30R3 G7	R3 G7	vs SASL 103–111	L 103–111	21	7	5	0	3-7	0-0	2	-14	7/5/0	51,944	2 points harsher than his season, from 234 comments.
May 28R3 G6	R3 G6	@ SASL 91–118	L 91–118	16	10	5	3	5-10	0-0	0	-25	10/5/3	21,522	2 points harsher than his season, from 104 comments.
May 26R3 G5	R3 G5	vs SASW 127–114	W 127–114	31	12	15	4	6-8	0-0	3	+24	12/15/4	25,748	13 points warmer than his season, from 135 comments.
May 24R3 G4	R3 G4	@ SASL 82–103	L 82–103	18	12	7	3	6-11	0-0	1	-16	12/7/3	20,926	19 points warmer than his season, from 146 comments.
May 22R3 G3	R3 G3	@ SASW 123–108	W 123–108	21	5	8	4	2-4	0-1	2	-6	5/8/4	31,843	13 points harsher than his season, from 218 comments.
May 20R3 G2	R3 G2	vs SASW 122–113	W 122–113	27	10	13	3	4-8	0-0	3	+2	10/13/3	35,453	34 points harsher than his season, from 1,328 comments.
May 18R3 G1	R3 G1	vs SASL 115–122	L 115–122	12	2	2	2	0-1	0-0	1	+2	2/2/2	53,003	22 points harsher than his season, from 142 comments.
May 11R2 G4	R2 G4	@ LALW 115–110	W 115–110	28	5	10	5	2-4	0-0	3	+30	5/10/5	13,015	28 points warmer than his season, from 48 comments.
May 9R2 G3	R2 G3	@ LALW 131–108	W 131–108	31	12	9	2	6-7	0-0	4	+26	12/9/2	13,634	10 points warmer than his season, from 50 comments.
May 7R2 G2	R2 G2	vs LALW 125–107	W 125–107	27	10	9	1	5-6	0-0	1	+1	10/9/1	21,807	41 points warmer than his season, from 44 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 18 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Isaiah Hartenstein's Game Score.

r = 0.56 · 18 games · win loss