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Jalen Duren

DET · C · #0

r/NBA's 10th most hated player.

PPG: 19.5
RPG: 10.5
APG: 2.0
GP: 70

Height: 6′10″
Weight: 250 lb
Age: 22
Born: Nov 18, 2003
Experience: 3 yrs
From: Memphis

Verdict

46.8%34.4%18.8%

46.8%Negative4,186 comments

34.4%Neutral3,079 comments

18.8%Positive1,677 comments

−28Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=8,942 comments about Jalen Duren

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.LAL flair
Duren has been fucking awful this playoffs, double double machine all year then forgets he's a basketball player when it gets to the post season
Post · [Lowlight] Jalen Duren caught daydreaming in the paint (wide open), as Cade Cunningham finds him with a beautiful pass, but Duren wasn't ready. With a replay▲ 1,533May 12, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.no flair
Duren wants to play with the Kings because they ain’t making the playoffs so he’s not exposed as a fraud
Post · [Amick] I’m told that Jalen Duren very much wants to play in Sacramento and Kings big man Domantas Sabonis is likewise interested in the prospect of landing with the Pistons.▲ 189Jun 30, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
How pathetic is Jalen Duren these playoffs, there's playoff droppers then there's w.e tf this is
Post-game thread · DET 103 @ CLE 112 · R2 G4 · May 11▲ 117May 12, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Jalen Duren 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 Duren, his own Pistons fans are 47% negative, rival fans 47%, unflaired commenters 46%. Among the 9 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Hornets fans are hardest on him at 58% negative and Thunder fans kindest at 26% positive.

47.0%Own fansDET flair · 1,779 comments

47.4%Rival fansevery other flair · 4,228 comments

45.8%Unflairedno flair · 2,935 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Jalen Duren 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 Duren was talked about most in the game threads: 3,555 of his 8,942 comments, −41 net sentiment against −28 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads; his warmest the front page, −16 on 27% of his comments. The game threads ran 25 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads40% of his commentsHarshest57.316.23,555

Post-game threads6% of his comments48.029.0563

Front page27% of his commentsWarmest37.922.22,441

Highlights11% of his comments45.321.4971

News15% of his comments35.113.51,308

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 Duren; left out here: Lowlights (72), Daily chat thread (15), Discussion posts (14), Injury posts (3). 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 Duren ran between 13% and 58%. His worst week was the week of Apr 20, 63% negative of 633 comments; his best the week of Oct 27, 68% positive. 5 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Oct 13 · 8 comments, under the floor
- L @ CLE 100–118
- W vs WAS 119–98
Oct 20 · 47% negative · 9% positive · 32 comments
- L @ CHI 111–115
- W @ HOU 115–111
- W vs BOS 119–113
Oct 27 · 13% negative · 68% positive · 31 comments
- L vs CLE 95–116
- W vs ORL 135–116
- W vs DAL 122–110
Nov 3 · 14% negative · 67% positive · 36 comments
- W @ MEM 114–106
- W vs UTA 114–103
- W @ BKN 125–107
- W @ PHI 111–108
Nov 10 · 15% negative · 58% positive · 93 comments
- W vs WAS 137–135
Nov 17 · 11% negative · 56% positive · 147 comments
- W vs IND 127–112
- W @ ATL 120–112
- W @ MIL 129–116
Nov 24 · 25% negative · 25% positive · 73 comments
- W @ IND 122–117
- L @ BOS 114–117
- L vs ORL 109–112
Dec 1 · 23% negative · 27% positive · 30 comments
- W vs ATL 99–98
- L @ MIL 109–113
- W vs POR 122–116
- W vs MIL 124–112
Dec 8 · 30% negative · 30% positive · 33 comments
- W vs ATL 142–115
Dec 15 · 37% negative · 32% positive · 41 comments
- W @ BOS 112–105
- L @ DAL 114–116
- W vs CHA 112–86
Dec 22 · 24% negative · 43% positive · 37 comments
- W @ POR 110–102
- W @ SAC 136–127
- L @ UTA 129–131
- L @ LAC 99–112
Dec 29 · 31% negative · 29% positive · 85 comments
- W @ LAL 128–106
- L vs MIA 112–118
Jan 12 · 28 comments, under the floor
- W vs PHX 108–105
- W vs IND 121–78
Jan 19 · 13% negative · 34% positive · 32 comments
- W vs BOS 104–103
- W @ NOP 112–104
- L vs HOU 104–111
- W vs SAC 139–116
Jan 26 · 18% negative · 42% positive · 45 comments
- W @ DEN 109–107
- L @ PHX 96–114
- W @ GSW 131–124
- W vs BKN 130–77
Feb 2 · 24% negative · 26% positive · 100 comments
- W vs DEN 124–121
- L vs WAS 117–126
Feb 9 · 43% negative · 14% positive · 870 comments
- W @ CHA 110–104
Feb 16 · 41% negative · 25% positive · 76 comments
- W @ CHI 126–110
Feb 23 · 24% negative · 39% positive · 206 comments
- L vs SAS 103–114
- W vs OKC 124–116
- W vs CLE 122–119
- W @ ORL 106–92
Mar 2 · 32% negative · 29% positive · 65 comments
- L @ CLE 109–113
- L @ SAS 106–121
- L vs BKN 105–107
- L @ MIA 110–121
Mar 9 · 46% negative · 28% positive · 57 comments
- W @ BKN 138–100
- W vs PHI 131–109
- W vs MEM 126–110
- L @ TOR 108–119
Mar 16 · 29% negative · 34% positive · 41 comments
- W @ WAS 130–117
- W @ WAS 117–95
- W vs GSW 115–101
Mar 23 · 19% negative · 48% positive · 151 comments
- W vs LAL 113–110
- L vs ATL 129–130
- W vs NOP 129–108
- W @ MIN 109–87
Mar 30 · 14% negative · 51% positive · 144 comments
- W vs TOR 127–116
- W vs MIN 113–108
- W @ PHI 116–93
Apr 6 · 19% negative · 35% positive · 74 comments
- L @ ORL 107–123
- W vs MIL 137–111
- W @ CHA 118–100
Apr 13 · 29% negative · 35% positive · 66 comments
- L vs ORL 101–112
Apr 20 · 63% negative · 9% positive · 633 comments
- W vs ORL 98–83
- L @ ORL 105–113
Apr 27 · 59% negative · 15% positive · 1,380 comments
- L @ ORL 88–94
- W vs ORL 116–109
- W @ ORL 93–79
- W vs ORL 116–94
May 4 · 43% negative · 24% positive · 582 comments
- W vs CLE 111–101
- W vs CLE 107–97
- L @ CLE 109–116
May 11 · 58% negative · 12% positive · 1,769 comments
- L @ CLE 103–112
- L vs CLE 113–117
- W @ CLE 115–94
- L vs CLE 94–125

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 Duren in 21 of his 86 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −56 in losses (66% negative, 10% positive) against −19 in wins (45% negative, 26% positive), on a season net sentiment of −28.

−19In wins45% neg · 26% pos · 1,271 comments

−56In losses66% neg · 10% pos · 2,319 comments

−28His season47% neg · 19% pos · 8,942 comments

Games the room talked about Jalen Duren 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 17R2 G7	R2 G7	vs CLEL 94–125	L 94–125	26	7	9	3	3-7	0-0	3	-18	7/9/3	17,494	24 points harsher than his season, from 425 comments.
May 15R2 G6	R2 G6	@ CLEW 115–94	W 115–94	27	15	11	0	7-10	0-0	0	+9	15/11/0	9,941	20 points warmer than his season, from 319 comments.
May 13R2 G5	R2 G5	vs CLEL 113–117	L 113–117	25	9	5	4	3-5	0-0	0	-16	9/5/4	12,686	32 points harsher than his season, from 474 comments.
May 11R2 G4	R2 G4	@ CLEL 103–112	L 103–112	27	8	2	2	4-8	0-0	4	-12	8/2/2	6,878	37 points harsher than his season, from 395 comments.
May 9R2 G3	R2 G3	@ CLEL 109–116	L 109–116	29	11	4	1	5-8	0-0	3	-14	11/4/1	7,027	21 points harsher than his season, from 130 comments.
May 7R2 G2	R2 G2	vs CLEW 107–97	W 107–97	33	8	10	1	2-7	0-0	2	+6	8/10/1	7,260	2 points harsher than his season, from 100 comments.
May 5R2 G1	R2 G1	vs CLEW 111–101	W 111–101	35	11	12	4	4-11	0-0	1	+17	11/12/4	5,785	40 points warmer than his season, from 163 comments.
May 3R1 G7	R1 G7	vs ORLW 116–94	W 116–94	37	15	15	3	5-9	0-0	2	+27	15/15/3	7,685	17 points warmer than his season, from 79 comments.
May 1R1 G6	R1 G6	@ ORLW 93–79	W 93–79	32	8	9	1	4-6	0-0	2	+9	8/9/1	9,828	22 points harsher than his season, from 199 comments.
Apr 29R1 G5	R1 G5	vs ORLW 116–109	W 116–109	28	12	9	2	4-6	0-0	3	-3	12/9/2	5,060	14 points harsher than his season, from 139 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 21 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Jalen Duren's Game Score.

r = 0.77 · 21 games · win loss