Jared McCain · Court Sentiment

Verdict

33.0%40.6%26.4%

33.0%Negative2,673 comments

40.6%Neutral3,291 comments

26.4%Positive2,140 comments

−7Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=8,104 comments about Jared McCain

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.OKC flair
Got bodied by McCain and flopped, embarrassing
Post · [Highlight] Jared McCain challenges Wemby and comes up with the bucket▲ 81May 23, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.no flair
That flop by McCain is so egregious, literally just sticks his ass out and hits the floor, fuck this team
Post · [Highlight] Dylan Harper is called for the foul on Jared McCain, and Harper claims he got fouled prior to by McCain with an elbow to the chest (with a replay)▲ 69May 27, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
McCain isn't a good defender or passer. Yes, surely he's an elite contributor when his shot isn't falling. /s
Post · Jared "Sold High" McCain Today: 0 PTS | 1 REB | 1 AST | 0-4 FG | 12 MIN▲ 38Mar 28, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Jared McCain 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 Jared McCain, his own Thunder fans are 19% negative, rival fans 37%, unflaired commenters 35%. Among the 6 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Lakers fans are hardest on him at 43% negative and Thunder fans kindest at 38% positive.

19.2%Own fansOKC flair · 1,549 comments

37.2%Rival fansevery other flair · 3,792 comments

34.9%Unflairedno flair · 2,763 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Jared McCain was talked about most in the game threads: 2,841 of his 8,104 comments, −4 net sentiment against −7 across his season. His harshest room was news posts, −14 on 11% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, +9 on 5% of his comments. The front page ran 5 points harsher than the game threads, the reverse of the usual order: his season was a story off the court.

Game threads35% of his comments36.532.32,841

Post-game threads5% of his commentsWarmest25.334.4430

Daily chat thread4% of his comments38.334.6324

Front page33% of his comments30.121.32,702

Highlights10% of his comments31.925.0828

News11% of his commentsHarshest33.319.3893

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 Jared McCain; left out here: Lowlights (57), Injury posts (22), Discussion posts (6). 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 Jared McCain ran between 14% and 39%. His worst week was the week of May 25, 40% negative of 2,171 comments; his best the week of Jan 26, 47% positive. 13 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Nov 3 · 26% negative · 34% positive · 35 comments
- L @ CHI 111–113
- L vs DET 108–111
Nov 10 · 18 comments, under the floor
- W vs BOS 102–100
Nov 17 · 21% negative · 15% positive · 33 comments
- W vs LAC 110–108
- L vs TOR 112–121
- W @ MIL 123–114
- L vs MIA 117–127
Nov 24 · 19 comments, under the floor
- L vs ORL 103–144
- W @ BKN 115–103
- L vs ATL 134–142
Dec 1 · 21 comments, under the floor
- W vs WAS 121–102
- W vs GSW 99–98
- W @ MIL 116–101
- L vs LAL 108–112
Dec 8 · 15 comments, under the floor
- W vs IND 115–105
- L @ ATL 117–120
Dec 15 · 21 comments, under the floor
- W @ NYK 116–107
- W vs DAL 121–114
Dec 22 · 19 comments, under the floor
- L vs BKN 106–114
- L @ CHI 102–109
- L @ OKC 104–129
Dec 29 · 25% negative · 16% positive · 51 comments
- W @ MEM 139–136
- W @ DAL 123–108
- W @ NYK 130–119
Jan 5 · 10 comments, under the floor
- L vs DEN 124–125
- W vs WAS 131–110
- W @ ORL 103–91
- L @ TOR 115–116
Jan 12 · 29 comments, under the floor
- W @ TOR 115–102
- L vs CLE 107–133
Jan 19 · 17 comments, under the floor
- W vs IND 113–104
Jan 26 · 17% negative · 47% positive · 36 comments
- L @ CHA 93–130
- W vs MIL 139–122
- W vs SAC 113–111
- W vs NOP 124–114
Feb 2 · 30% negative · 23% positive · 493 comments
- W @ LAC 128–113
- W @ GSW 113–94
- L vs HOU 106–112
Feb 9 · 25% negative · 28% positive · 253 comments
- W @ LAL 119–110
- W @ PHX 136–109
- L vs MIL 93–110
Feb 16 · 22% negative · 25% positive · 150 comments
- W vs BKN 105–86
- W vs CLE 121–113
Feb 23 · 23% negative · 39% positive · 156 comments
- W @ TOR 116–107
- L @ DET 116–124
- W vs DEN 127–121
- W @ DAL 100–87
Mar 2 · 27% negative · 22% positive · 233 comments
- W @ CHI 116–108
- W @ NYK 103–100
- W vs GSW 104–97
Mar 9 · 26% negative · 37% positive · 262 comments
- W vs DEN 129–126
- W vs BOS 104–102
- W vs MIN 116–103
Mar 16 · 27% negative · 31% positive · 150 comments
- W @ ORL 113–108
- W @ BKN 121–92
- W @ WAS 132–111
Mar 23 · 31% negative · 21% positive · 108 comments
- W @ PHI 123–103
- L @ BOS 109–119
- W vs CHI 131–113
- W vs NYK 111–100
Mar 30 · 28% negative · 19% positive · 99 comments
- W vs DET 114–110
- W vs LAL 139–96
- W vs UTA 146–111
Apr 6 · 23% negative · 31% positive · 115 comments
- W @ LAL 123–87
- W @ LAC 128–110
- L @ DEN 107–127
- L vs PHX 103–135
Apr 13 · 27% negative · 15% positive · 52 comments
- W vs PHX 119–84
Apr 20 · 24% negative · 26% positive · 135 comments
- W vs PHX 120–107
- W @ PHX 121–109
Apr 27 · 27% negative · 24% positive · 82 comments
- W @ PHX 131–122
May 4 · 34% negative · 29% positive · 828 comments
- W vs LAL 108–90
- W vs LAL 125–107
- W @ LAL 131–108
May 11 · 34% negative · 20% positive · 514 comments
- W @ LAL 115–110
May 18 · 35% negative · 34% positive · 1,426 comments
- L vs SAS 115–122
- W vs SAS 122–113
- W @ SAS 123–108
- L @ SAS 82–103
May 25 · 40% negative · 23% positive · 2,171 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 Jared McCain in 19 of his 82 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −16 in losses (43% negative, 26% positive) against +3 in wins (33% negative, 36% positive), on a season net sentiment of −7.

+3In wins33% neg · 36% pos · 1,866 comments

−16In losses43% neg · 26% pos · 797 comments

−7His season33% neg · 26% pos · 8,104 comments

Games the room talked about Jared McCain 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	23	12	1	0	5-12	2-7	1	-8	12/1/0	51,944	5 points warmer than his season, from 401 comments.
May 28R3 G6	R3 G6	@ SASL 91–118	L 91–118	27	13	2	6	4-11	2-3	2	-14	13/2/6	21,522	30 points harsher than his season, from 123 comments.
May 26R3 G5	R3 G5	vs SASW 127–114	W 127–114	33	20	3	0	7-19	3-9	2	+1	20/3/0	25,748	3 points harsher than his season, from 389 comments.
May 24R3 G4	R3 G4	@ SASL 82–103	L 82–103	24	4	2	0	1-10	0-5	2	-13	4/2/0	20,926	40 points harsher than his season, from 100 comments.
May 22R3 G3	R3 G3	@ SASW 123–108	W 123–108	27	24	4	1	10-21	2-10	1	+28	24/4/1	31,843	18 points warmer than his season, from 417 comments.
May 20R3 G2	R3 G2	vs SASW 122–113	W 122–113	26	12	6	3	4-14	3-9	0	+9	12/6/3	35,453	13 points harsher than his season, from 221 comments.
May 18R3 G1	R3 G1	vs SASL 115–122	L 115–122	18	7	2	1	3-6	1-3	2	+9	7/2/1	53,003	20 points harsher than his season, from 141 comments.
May 11R2 G4	R2 G4	@ LALW 115–110	W 115–110	16	13	2	0	5-10	3-8	0	+27	13/2/0	13,015	4 points harsher than his season, from 104 comments.
May 9R2 G3	R2 G3	@ LALW 131–108	W 131–108	10	3	0	1	1-1	1-1	0	-6	3/0/1	13,634	22 points warmer than his season, from 52 comments.
May 7R2 G2	R2 G2	vs LALW 125–107	W 125–107	18	18	0	0	7-11	4-5	1	+1	18/0/0	21,807	15 points warmer than his season, from 233 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 19 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Jared McCain's Game Score.

r = 0.42 · 19 games · win loss