Ja Morant · Court Sentiment

Verdict

45.9%39.6%14.5%

45.9%Negative6,878 comments

39.6%Neutral5,925 comments

14.5%Positive2,166 comments

−31Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=14,969 comments about Ja Morant

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.SAC flair
When Vivek's Kings are asking for a pick to take on Ja, you know your value is cooked.
Post · [Windhorst] When I say [Ja Morant] has no value, I don’t even think that’s accurate. I think he has what they call in the league, negative value. Meaning teams weren’t willing to take Ja Morant unless the Grizzlies also added draft compensation▲ 4,585Feb 6, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.no flair
Seriously. I'm not trying to be dramatic, but which is more likely: Public Enemy #1 Ja shooting some fellow moron or LaMelo causing a fatal car accident?
Post · Another angle of LaMelo Ball's car accident▲ 2,291Feb 19, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.PHX flair
Ja seems like an annoying little bitch.
Post · Ja Morant to Vince Williams Jr. during their exchange at practice: “I don’t f*** with y’all. I’m with whatever.” When Williams Jr. says “Let’s go to the back,” Ja Morant replies with “You’ve been here for 5 minutes! You’re not like that!”▲ 2,093Jan 15, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Ja Morant 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 Ja Morant, his own Grizzlies fans are 37% negative, rival fans 45%, unflaired commenters 49%. Among the 13 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Warriors fans are hardest on him at 51% negative and Cavaliers fans kindest at 32% positive.

37.5%Own fansMEM flair · 1,311 comments

45.2%Rival fansevery other flair · 7,644 comments

48.7%Unflairedno flair · 6,014 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Ja Morant was talked about most on the front page: 6,248 of his 14,969 comments, −30 net sentiment against −31 across his season. His harshest room was highlights, −40 on 10% of his comments; his warmest the game threads, −11 on 6% of his comments. The front page ran 19 points harsher than the game threads, the reverse of the usual order: his season was a story off the court.

Game threads6% of his commentsWarmest37.926.9889

Post-game threads3% of his comments42.023.5417

Front page42% of his comments43.813.46,248

Highlights10% of his commentsHarshest57.317.81,480

News39% of his comments46.812.35,788

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 Ja Morant; left out here: Lowlights (70), Discussion posts (28), Injury posts (22), Daily chat thread (14). 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 Ja Morant ran between 14% and 57%. His worst week was the week of Nov 17, 64% negative of 1,322 comments; his best the week of Oct 6, 42% positive.

Oct 20 · 32% negative · 25% positive · 205 comments
- W vs NOP 128–122
- L vs MIA 114–146
- W vs IND 128–103
Oct 27 · 53% negative · 11% positive · 1,583 comments
- L @ GSW 118–131
- W @ PHX 114–113
- L vs LAL 112–117
Nov 3 · 49% negative · 12% positive · 1,212 comments
- L vs DET 106–114
- L vs HOU 109–124
- W vs DAL 118–104
- L vs OKC 100–114
Nov 10 · 50% negative · 12% positive · 577 comments
- L @ NYK 120–133
- L @ CLE 100–108
Dec 8 · 47% negative · 19% positive · 335 comments
- L vs UTA 126–130
Dec 15 · 45% negative · 14% positive · 116 comments
- W @ LAC 121–103
Dec 22 · 50% negative · 12% positive · 117 comments
- W vs MIL 125–104
- L @ WAS 112–116
Dec 29 · 44% negative · 19% positive · 531 comments
- L vs PHI 136–139
- L @ LAL 121–128
Jan 12 · 49% negative · 14% positive · 1,552 comments
- W vs ORL 126–109
Jan 19 · 37% negative · 20% positive · 281 comments
- L vs ATL 122–124

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 Ja Morant in 7 of his 20 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −39 in losses (58% negative, 18% positive) against +38 in wins (18% negative, 56% positive), on a season net sentiment of −31.

+38In wins18% neg · 56% pos · 39 comments

−39In losses58% neg · 18% pos · 340 comments

−31His season46% neg · 14% pos · 14,969 comments

Games the room talked about Ja Morant in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
Jan 18	vs ORLW 126–109	W 126–109	28	24	5	13	7-13	3-4	2	+26	24/5/13	383	70 points warmer than his season, from 39 comments.
Jan 2	@ LALL 121–128	L 121–128	31	16	3	11	7-18	0-3	3	-21	16/3/11	784	36 points harsher than his season, from 34 comments.
Dec 30	vs PHIL 136–139	L 136–139	34	40	2	3	16-22	0-2	4	+11	40/2/3	712	44 points warmer than his season, from 98 comments.
Nov 11	@ NYKL 120–133	L 120–133	34	16	3	10	4-14	2-6	8	-17	16/3/10	162	35 points harsher than his season, from 27 comments.
Nov 9	vs OKCL 100–114	L 100–114	34	11	3	8	3-18	2-7	3	-23	11/3/8	482	24 points harsher than his season, from 56 comments.
Nov 5	vs HOUL 109–124	L 109–124	34	17	5	8	6-19	1-7	6	-15	17/5/8	158	28 points harsher than his season, from 22 comments.
Oct 31	vs LALL 112–117	L 112–117	31	8	1	7	3-14	0-6	1	-4	8/1/7	1,026	28 points harsher than his season, from 103 comments.