Jabari Smith Jr. · Court Sentiment

Verdict

44.8%36.3%18.8%

44.8%Negative775 comments

36.3%Neutral628 comments

18.8%Positive325 comments

−26Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=1,728 comments about Jabari Smith Jr.Unofficial

Receipts

What the room said about Jabari Smith Jr., verbatim: the highest-scoring comments in each class.

Exhibit 01Negative.SAS flair
"I can't trust jabari to make a fuckin shot" 😭😭😭
Post · One of Kevin durant’s burner accounts is currently being exposed (Again)▲ 426Feb 15, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.MIA flair
He said and I quote “i cant trust Jabari to make a fucking shot or get a stop”
Post · Article about Houston Rockets player Jabari Smith Jr on practicing with his idol Kevin Durant during training camp from October: "I was told Jabari Smith Jr. has basically just chained himself to KD," Levine said. "He’s asked the staff to tailor his entire schedule to being with KD at all times."▲ 338Feb 17, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
One of the most disgusting chokes of all time, no hyperbole. That Jabari Smith pass to start it all off is legit one of the worst NBA plays I have ever seen, given the circumstance.
Post-game thread · LAL 112 @ HOU 108 · R1 G3 · Apr 24▲ 273Apr 25, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Jabari Smith Jr. 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 Jabari Smith Jr., his own Rockets fans are 38% negative, rival fans 43%, unflaired commenters 49%. Fewer than two fanbases have 200 comments about him, so no fanbase stands out.

38.2%Own fansHOU flair · 220 comments

43.5%Rival fansevery other flair · 881 comments

49.1%Unflairedno flair · 627 comments

Method

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

Rooms

Jabari Smith Jr. was talked about most on the front page: 640 of his 1,728 comments, −28 net sentiment against −26 across his season. His harshest room was the front page; his warmest highlights, −18 on 12% of his comments.

Game threads29% of his comments46.021.1502

Front page37% of his commentsHarshest44.516.9640

Highlights12% of his commentsWarmest42.724.3206

News14% of his comments35.912.4234

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 Jabari Smith Jr.; left out here: Post-game threads (121), Lowlights (17), Discussion posts (2), Daily chat thread (1), Injury posts (1). 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 Jabari Smith Jr. ran between 23% and 58%. His worst week was the week of Jan 5, 67% negative of 66 comments; his best the week of Nov 17, 46% positive. 25 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Oct 6 · 9 comments, under the floor
- W vs ATL 122–113
- W vs UTA 140–127
Oct 13 · 35% negative · 26% positive · 31 comments
- W @ NOP 130–128
Oct 20 · 39% negative · 26% positive · 135 comments
- L @ OKC 124–125
- L vs DET 111–115
Oct 27 · 20 comments, under the floor
- W vs BKN 137–109
- W @ TOR 139–121
- W @ BOS 128–101
Nov 3 · 13 comments, under the floor
- W @ MEM 124–109
- L @ SAS 110–121
- W @ MIL 122–115
Nov 10 · 20 comments, under the floor
- W vs WAS 135–112
- W vs POR 140–116
- W vs ORL 117–113
Nov 17 · 24% negative · 46% positive · 50 comments
- W @ CLE 114–104
- L vs DEN 109–112
Nov 24 · 13 comments, under the floor
- W @ PHX 114–92
- W @ GSW 104–100
- W @ UTA 129–101
Dec 1 · 19 comments, under the floor
- L @ UTA 125–133
- W vs SAC 121–95
- W vs PHX 117–98
- L @ DAL 109–122
Dec 8 · 25 comments, under the floor
- W vs LAC 115–113
Dec 15 · 24 comments, under the floor
- L @ DEN 125–128
- L @ NOP 128–133
- W @ DEN 115–101
- L @ SAC 124–125
Dec 22 · 21 comments, under the floor
- L @ LAC 108–128
- W @ LAL 119–96
- W vs CLE 117–100
Dec 29 · 13 comments, under the floor
- W vs IND 126–119
- W @ BKN 120–96
- L @ DAL 104–110
Jan 5 · 67% negative · 12% positive · 66 comments
- W vs PHX 100–97
- L @ POR 102–103
- L @ POR 105–111
- L @ SAC 98–111
Jan 12 · 53% negative · 19% positive · 43 comments
- W vs CHI 119–113
- L vs OKC 91–111
- W vs MIN 110–105
- W vs NOP 119–110
Jan 19 · 33% negative · 23% positive · 39 comments
- W vs SAS 111–106
- L @ PHI 122–128
- W @ DET 111–104
Jan 26 · 19 comments, under the floor
- W vs MEM 108–99
- L vs SAS 99–111
- W @ ATL 104–86
- W vs DAL 111–107
Feb 2 · 41% negative · 6% positive · 34 comments
- W @ IND 118–114
- L vs BOS 93–114
- L vs CHA 99–109
- W @ OKC 112–106
Feb 9 · 46% negative · 12% positive · 50 comments
- W vs LAC 102–95
- L vs LAC 102–105
Feb 16 · 44% negative · 11% positive · 177 comments
- W @ CHA 105–101
- L @ NYK 106–108
Feb 23 · 21 comments, under the floor
- W vs UTA 125–105
- W vs SAC 128–97
- W @ ORL 113–108
Mar 2 · 44% negative · 21% positive · 57 comments
- L vs GSW 113–115
- L @ SAS 120–145
Mar 9 · 25 comments, under the floor
- W vs TOR 113–99
- L @ DEN 93–129
- W vs NOP 107–105
Mar 16 · 51% negative · 31% positive · 51 comments
- L vs LAL 92–100
- L vs LAL 116–124
- W vs ATL 117–95
- W vs MIA 123–122
Mar 23 · 28 comments, under the floor
- L @ CHI 124–132
- L @ MIN 108–110
- W @ MEM 119–109
- W @ NOP 134–102
Mar 30 · 9 comments, under the floor
- W vs NYK 111–94
- W vs MIL 119–113
- W vs UTA 140–106
- W @ GSW 117–116
Apr 6 · 28% negative · 36% positive · 39 comments
- W @ PHX 119–105
- W vs PHI 113–102
- L vs MIN 132–136
Apr 13 · 63% negative · 8% positive · 72 comments
- L @ LAL 98–107
Apr 20 · 59% negative · 12% positive · 320 comments
- L @ LAL 94–101
- L vs LAL 108–112
- W vs LAL 115–96
Apr 27 · 40% negative · 20% positive · 172 comments
- W @ LAL 99–93
- L vs LAL 78–98

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 Jabari Smith Jr. in 7 of his 86 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −35 in losses (53% negative, 18% positive) against +14 in wins (24% negative, 38% positive), on a season net sentiment of −26.

+14In wins24% neg · 38% pos · 21 comments

−35In losses53% neg · 18% pos · 350 comments

−26His season45% neg · 19% pos · 1,728 comments

Games the room talked about Jabari Smith Jr. 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 1R1 G6	R1 G6	vs LALL 78–98	L 78–98	42	9	12	3	3-11	1-6	1	-24	9/12/3	7,226	1 point harsher than his season, from 33 comments.
Apr 29R1 G5	R1 G5	@ LALW 99–93	W 99–93	42	22	7	3	6-13	4-9	0	+5	22/7/3	6,820	40 points warmer than his season, from 21 comments.
Apr 24R1 G3	R1 G3	vs LALL 108–112	L 108–112	44	24	6	1	8-16	6-10	2	+4	24/6/1	12,328	23 points harsher than his season, from 134 comments.
Apr 18R1 G1	R1 G1	@ LALL 98–107	L 98–107	43	16	12	0	5-14	3-9	1	-7	16/12/0	5,925	39 points harsher than his season, from 34 comments.
Jan 9		@ PORL 105–111	L 105–111	41	13	8	1	6-21	0-10	1	-19	13/8/1	394	56 points harsher than his season, from 22 comments.
Nov 21		vs DENL 109–112	L 109–112	37	21	11	4	7-20	5-11	3	-8	21/11/4	2,442	43 points warmer than his season, from 24 comments.
Oct 21		@ OKCL 124–125	L 124–125	42	16	5	0	7-15	2-6	0	+2	16/5/0	20,023	15 points warmer than his season, from 103 comments.