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Jalen Brunson

NYK · G · #11

r/NBA's 8th most loved player.

PPG
26.0
RPG
3.3
APG
6.8
GP
75
Height
6′2″
Weight
190 lb
Age
30
Born
Aug 31, 1996
Experience
7 yrs
From
Villanova

Verdict

35.2%Negative15,561 comments
31.7%Neutral14,039 comments
33.1%Positive14,658 comments
−2Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=44,258 comments about Jalen Brunson

  1. 46most hated
  2. 8most loved
  3. 8most discussed
  4. 12most argued about

Receipts

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

  1. Exhibit 01NYK flair
    That ball hog bum Jalen Brunson
    Post · Luka Doncic is tied as the fastest player ever to reach 500 PTS, 100 REB, & 100 AST in a season. He ties Luka Doncic from 2022.▲ 184Dec 1, 2025Source ↗
  2. Exhibit 02no flair
    Brunson was fucking horrible in the clutch wow
    Post · [Highlight] The Knicks can't get a shot off on the final possession, Hawks win!▲ 136Apr 24, 2026Source ↗
  3. Exhibit 03IND flair
    Brunson with the 1 bucket, 2 TOs, 1 foul and 1 airball in the clutch. OG and Duece tried to carry his bum ass.
    Post-game thread · NYK 108 @ ATL 109 · R1 G3 · Apr 23▲ 136Apr 24, 2026Source ↗
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Jalen Brunson 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 Jalen Brunson, his own Knicks fans are 24% negative, rival fans 39%, unflaired commenters 37%. Among the 26 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Pacers fans are hardest on him at 54% negative and Knicks fans kindest at 43% positive.

23.9%Own fansNYK flair · 8,922 comments
38.9%Rival fansevery other flair · 18,091 comments
37.0%Unflairedno flair · 17,245 comments

Who hates him most

  1. 1IND fans54.4%+20
  2. 2CLE fans49.9%+16
  3. 3DET fans49.7%+16
  4. 4ORL fans46.2%+12
  5. 5MIL fans45.9%+12

Who defends him

  1. 1NYK fansown fans43.1%+10
  2. 2LAL fans36.2%+3
  3. 3TOR fans36.2%+3
  4. 4POR fans35.4%+2
  5. 5DEN fans35.3%+2
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Jalen Brunson are left out of the lists; the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Rooms

Jalen Brunson was talked about most on the front page: 17,619 of his 44,258 comments, +9 net sentiment against −2 across his season. His harshest room was lowlights, −37 on under 1% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, +17 on 6% of his comments. The game threads ran 24 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads44.329.316,403
Post-game threadsWarmest29.946.92,529
Daily chat thread37.737.1329
Front page27.936.617,619
Highlights35.531.03,413
News30.428.23,494
LowlightsHarshest47.010.1355
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 Jalen Brunson; left out here: Injury posts (79), Discussion posts (33). 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 Jalen Brunson ran between 26% and 50%. His worst week was the week of Apr 20, 60% negative of 1,478 comments; his best the week of Dec 8, 43% positive. 1 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

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 Jalen Brunson in 50 of his 98 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −40 in losses (57% negative, 17% positive) against −3 in wins (39% negative, 36% positive), on a season net sentiment of −2.

−3In wins39% neg · 36% pos · 14,144 comments
−40In losses57% neg · 17% pos · 3,601 comments
−2His season35% neg · 33% pos · 44,258 comments
DatePhaseOppResultMinPtsRebAstFG3PTOV+/−P/R/ACommentsVerdict
Jun 13R4 G5R4 G5@ SASW 94–90W 94–9041453314-274-73+1045/3/356,307
Jun 10R4 G4R4 G4vs SASW 107–106W 107–10644365712-253-73+1136/5/773,619
Jun 8R4 G3R4 G3vs SASL 111–115L 111–11535325511-253-55-932/5/559,290
Jun 5R4 G2R4 G2@ SASW 105–104W 105–1043820567-252-84-1020/5/654,897
Jun 3R4 G1R4 G1@ SASW 105–95W 105–9537303212-312-94+630/3/245,156
May 25R3 G4R3 G4@ CLEW 130–93W 130–933115256-142-50+1615/2/512,806
May 23R3 G3R3 G3@ CLEW 121–108W 121–10841303610-190-44+1530/3/68,118
May 21R3 G2R3 G2vs CLEW 109–93W 109–9340193147-161-73+1819/3/147,682
May 19R3 G1R3 G1vs CLEW 115–104W 115–10446385615-291-63+1538/5/619,144Recap
May 10R2 G4R2 G4@ PHIW 144–114W 144–1142822468-176-100+3122/4/6637

Bad nights get punished: across 50 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Jalen Brunson's Game Score.

−75−50−250+25+50+75010203040his season −2W vs CLE 119–111: Game Score 13.5, net sentiment −26 from 65 commentsL @ MIL 111–121: Game Score 25.4, net sentiment −26 from 43 commentsW vs CHI 128–116: Game Score 22.4, net sentiment −20 from 20 commentsL vs ORL 107–124: Game Score 18.8, net sentiment −46 from 76 commentsW vs MIL 118–109: Game Score 28.1, net sentiment +3 from 37 commentsL @ BOS 117–123: Game Score 7.8, net sentiment −41 from 66 commentsW vs ORL 106–100: Game Score 21.2, net sentiment −42 from 24 commentsW @ TOR 117–101: Game Score 27.1, net sentiment +3 from 60 commentsW vs ORL 132–120: Game Score 30.5, net sentiment +10 from 96 commentsW vs SAS 124–113: Game Score 12.4, net sentiment −5 from 245 commentsW @ IND 114–113: Game Score 19.5, net sentiment +23 from 26 commentsW vs MIA 132–125: Game Score 39.3, net sentiment +64 from 22 commentsW vs CLE 126–124: Game Score 21.4, net sentiment −24 from 192 commentsL @ SAS 132–134: Game Score 23.2, net sentiment −8 from 76 commentsL vs PHI 119–130: Game Score 18.7, net sentiment −65 from 34 commentsL @ DET 90–121: Game Score 8.0, net sentiment −51 from 49 commentsW @ PHI 112–109: Game Score 20.7, net sentiment −36 from 36 commentsW vs LAL 112–100: Game Score 14.7, net sentiment −33 from 27 commentsW vs DEN 134–127: Game Score 32.8, net sentiment +12 from 97 commentsL @ DET 80–118: Game Score 4.0, net sentiment −54 from 101 commentsW @ BOS 111–89: Game Score 24.6, net sentiment −10 from 41 commentsL vs IND 134–137: Game Score 30.2, net sentiment −56 from 41 commentsL vs DET 111–126: Game Score 25.6, net sentiment −31 from 35 commentsW vs HOU 108–106: Game Score 14.1, net sentiment +10 from 39 commentsL @ CLE 94–109: Game Score 8.5, net sentiment −46 from 37 commentsW vs SAS 114–89: Game Score 16.7, net sentiment −38 from 71 commentsL vs OKC 100–103: Game Score 14.4, net sentiment −8 from 75 commentsL @ LAL 97–110: Game Score 12.0, net sentiment −58 from 60 commentsL @ OKC 100–111: Game Score 21.2, net sentiment −11 from 64 commentsW @ ATL 108–105: Game Score 24.0, net sentiment +17 from 30 commentsW vs BOS 112–106: Game Score 20.4, net sentiment −8 from 40 commentsW vs ATL 113–102: Game Score 21.2, net sentiment −11 from 234 commentsL vs ATL 106–107: Game Score 14.9, net sentiment −49 from 301 commentsL @ ATL 108–109: Game Score 15.4, net sentiment −54 from 448 commentsW @ ATL 114–98: Game Score 5.5, net sentiment −46 from 174 commentsW vs ATL 126–97: Game Score 32.4, net sentiment +7 from 111 commentsW @ ATL 140–89: Game Score 18.4, net sentiment −4 from 56 commentsW vs PHI 137–98: Game Score 30.6, net sentiment +11 from 396 commentsW vs PHI 108–102: Game Score 16.6, net sentiment −24 from 223 commentsW @ PHI 108–94: Game Score 25.6, net sentiment +14 from 362 commentsW @ PHI 144–114: Game Score 18.7, net sentiment +30 from 161 commentsW vs CLE 115–104: Game Score 26.2, net sentiment +16 from 862 commentsW vs CLE 109–93: Game Score 17.9, net sentiment −8 from 285 commentsW @ CLE 121–108: Game Score 21.2, net sentiment +14 from 228 commentsW @ CLE 130–93: Game Score 11.7, net sentiment +21 from 191 commentsW @ SAS 105–95: Game Score 11.0, net sentiment +9 from 3,318 commentsW @ SAS 105–104: Game Score 11.6, net sentiment −18 from 1,916 commentsL vs SAS 111–115: Game Score 17.3, net sentiment −37 from 2,095 commentsW vs SAS 107–106: Game Score 28.5, net sentiment −36 from 1,744 commentsW @ SAS 94–90: Game Score 32.9, net sentiment +6 from 2,715 comments
r = 0.50 · 50 games · win loss