2025-26

Jaylen Brown

BOS · G-F · #7

r/NBA's 19th most discussed player.

PPG: 28.7
RPG: 6.9
APG: 5.1
GP: 71

Height: 6′6″
Weight: 223 lb
Age: 29
Born: Oct 24, 1996
Experience: 9 yrs
From: California

Verdict

37.3%38.7%24.0%

37.3%Negative7,657 comments

38.7%Neutral7,937 comments

24.0%Positive4,916 comments

−13Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=20,510 comments about Jaylen Brown

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.PHI flair
"Yes Mr. Jaylen you are correct the refs did have an agenda against you, you are so smart Mr. Jaylen"
Post · Another clip from the legendary livestream today - Jaylen Brown says this year was his “favorite year of his basketball career”▲ 1,718May 4, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.GSW flair
JB is truly the king of projection. Says the Sixers are better off without Embiid when he’s the poster child of his team being better without him. Says Embiid is a flopper when he pushes off on every drive. Glad to see this pompous asshole lose, and Embiid get the W simultaneously.
Post · Jaylen Brown on Joel Embiid: “We didn’t really have the answers for him. We tried a bunch of different things. He’s a big body. He also was flopping around. He got some extra calls ... they rewarded him for that, but that’s the league we’re in.”▲ 821May 3, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.BOS flair
Jaylen Brown, a man who mothers hate and children fear, is an inefficient shooter and should be banned from all post season awards
Post · Since Jan 3 (26 games), Jaylen Brown, the media-appointed MVP frontrunner if SGA & Jokic are ineligible, is shooting 42.4% from field and 30.3% from three with a 53.1% TS on 24.1 FGA per game. The Celtics are 8.9 pts better with him on the bench and have a 6–1 record in games he’s missed this season▲ 266Mar 5, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Jaylen Brown 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 Jaylen Brown, his own Celtics fans are 28% negative, rival fans 41%, unflaired commenters 38%. Among the 16 fanbases with at least 200 comments, 76ers fans are hardest on him at 52% negative and Celtics fans kindest at 31% positive.

27.7%Own fansBOS flair · 3,850 comments

40.6%Rival fansevery other flair · 9,008 comments

38.4%Unflairedno flair · 7,652 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Jaylen Brown was talked about most on the front page: 9,876 of his 20,510 comments, −12 net sentiment against −13 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads, −25 on 16% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, +7 on 5% of his comments. The game threads ran 14 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads16% of his commentsHarshest47.021.53,375

Post-game threads5% of his commentsWarmest30.637.51,020

Front page48% of his comments36.625.19,876

Highlights8% of his comments37.124.81,666

News22% of his comments32.920.24,417

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 Jaylen Brown; left out here: Daily chat thread (61), Injury posts (45), Lowlights (29), Discussion posts (16). 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 Jaylen Brown ran between 21% and 51%. His worst week was the week of Apr 27, 61% negative of 1,526 comments; his best the week of Dec 29, 56% positive. 1 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Oct 6 · 35% negative · 24% positive · 71 comments
- W @ MEM 121–103
- W vs CLE 138–107
Oct 13 · 20% negative · 27% positive · 117 comments
- W vs TOR 110–108
Oct 20 · 48% negative · 16% positive · 288 comments
- L vs PHI 116–117
- L @ NYK 95–105
- L @ DET 113–119
Oct 27 · 25% negative · 35% positive · 412 comments
- W @ NOP 122–90
- W vs CLE 125–105
- W @ PHI 109–108
- L vs HOU 101–128
Nov 3 · 30% negative · 25% positive · 263 comments
- L vs UTA 103–105
- W vs WAS 136–107
- L @ ORL 110–123
- W @ ORL 111–107
Nov 10 · 26% negative · 26% positive · 145 comments
- L @ PHI 100–102
- W vs MEM 131–95
- W vs LAC 121–118
Nov 17 · 29% negative · 34% positive · 97 comments
- W @ BKN 113–99
- L vs BKN 105–113
- W vs ORL 138–129
Nov 24 · 21% negative · 37% positive · 172 comments
- W vs DET 117–114
- L @ MIN 115–119
- W @ CLE 117–115
Dec 1 · 15% negative · 51% positive · 298 comments
- W vs NYK 123–117
- W vs LAL 126–105
- W @ TOR 121–113
Dec 8 · 30% negative · 34% positive · 280 comments
- L @ MIL 101–116
Dec 15 · 39% negative · 22% positive · 338 comments
- L vs DET 105–112
- W vs MIA 129–116
Dec 22 · 23% negative · 39% positive · 299 comments
- W vs IND 103–95
- W @ IND 140–122
- L @ POR 108–114
Dec 29 · 17% negative · 56% positive · 492 comments
- W @ UTA 129–119
- W @ SAC 120–106
- W @ LAC 146–115
Jan 5 · 35% negative · 26% positive · 356 comments
- W vs CHI 115–101
- L vs DEN 110–114
- W vs TOR 125–117
- L vs SAS 95–100
Jan 12 · 31% negative · 26% positive · 176 comments
- W @ MIA 119–114
- W @ ATL 132–106
Jan 19 · 26% negative · 33% positive · 212 comments
- L @ DET 103–104
- W vs IND 119–104
- W @ BKN 130–126
- L @ CHI 111–114
Jan 26 · 32% negative · 31% positive · 345 comments
- W vs POR 102–94
- L vs ATL 106–117
- W vs MIL 107–79
Feb 2 · 31% negative · 27% positive · 381 comments
- W @ DAL 110–100
- W vs MIA 98–96
- L vs NYK 89–111
Feb 9 · 30% negative · 30% positive · 205 comments
- W vs CHI 124–105
Feb 16 · 42% negative · 28% positive · 478 comments
- W @ GSW 121–110
- W @ LAL 111–89
Feb 23 · 39% negative · 28% positive · 556 comments
- L @ DEN 84–103
- W vs BKN 148–111
- W vs PHI 114–98
Mar 2 · 34% negative · 29% positive · 407 comments
- L vs CHA 89–118
- W vs DAL 120–100
- W @ CLE 109–98
Mar 9 · 44% negative · 16% positive · 1,166 comments
- L @ SAS 116–125
- L @ OKC 102–104
- W vs WAS 111–100
Mar 16 · 42% negative · 24% positive · 399 comments
- W vs PHX 120–112
- W vs GSW 120–99
- W @ MEM 117–112
- L vs MIN 92–102
Mar 23 · 40% negative · 24% positive · 648 comments
- W vs OKC 119–109
Mar 30 · 35% negative · 31% positive · 540 comments
- L @ ATL 102–112
- W @ MIA 147–129
- W @ MIL 133–101
- W vs TOR 115–101
Apr 6 · 29% negative · 29% positive · 473 comments
- W vs CHA 113–102
- W vs NOP 144–118
Apr 13 · 35% negative · 27% positive · 293 comments
- W vs PHI 123–91
Apr 20 · 44% negative · 19% positive · 513 comments
- L vs PHI 97–111
- W @ PHI 108–100
- W @ PHI 128–96
Apr 27 · 61% negative · 14% positive · 1,526 comments
- L vs PHI 97–113
- L @ PHI 93–106
- L vs PHI 100–109

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 Jaylen Brown in 26 of his 81 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −38 in losses (55% negative, 17% positive) against +11 in wins (31% negative, 42% positive), on a season net sentiment of −13.

+11In wins31% neg · 42% pos · 663 comments

−38In losses55% neg · 17% pos · 1,108 comments

−13His season37% neg · 24% pos · 20,510 comments

Games the room talked about Jaylen Brown 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 2R1 G7	R1 G7	vs PHIL 100–109	L 100–109	40	33	9	4	12-27	3-9	3	-16	33/9/4	22,263	38 points harsher than his season, from 454 comments.
Apr 30R1 G6	R1 G6	@ PHIL 93–106	L 93–106	28	18	1	2	7-17	2-6	5	-24	18/1/2	5,666	47 points harsher than his season, from 95 comments.
Apr 28R1 G5	R1 G5	vs PHIL 97–113	L 97–113	41	22	5	5	9-23	1-4	3	-17	22/5/5	3,329	31 points harsher than his season, from 54 comments.
Apr 26R1 G4	R1 G4	@ PHIW 128–96	W 128–96	31	20	7	1	6-15	3-7	3	+7	20/7/1	4,658	12 points warmer than his season, from 54 comments.
Apr 24R1 G3	R1 G3	@ PHIW 108–100	W 108–100	40	25	7	4	9-16	1-2	6	+13	25/7/4	5,048	10 points harsher than his season, from 72 comments.
Apr 21R1 G2	R1 G2	vs PHIL 97–111	L 97–111	38	36	7	4	11-24	5-12	3	-9	36/7/4	3,868	17 points harsher than his season, from 75 comments.
Apr 19R1 G1	R1 G1	vs PHIW 123–91	W 123–91	30	26	4	3	11-21	2-2	2	+23	26/4/3	2,729	13 points warmer than his season, from 34 comments.
Mar 30		@ ATLL 102–112	L 102–112	40	29	10	9	9-29	3-9	6	-5	29/10/9	341	38 points harsher than his season, from 27 comments.
Mar 25		vs OKCW 119–109	W 119–109	39	31	8	8	9-17	1-3	5	+7	31/8/8	3,073	At his season, from 139 comments.
Mar 16		vs PHXW 120–112	W 120–112	39	41	7	6	10-20	2-5	4	+9	41/7/6	329	7 points harsher than his season, from 30 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 26 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Jaylen Brown's Game Score.

r = 0.61 · 26 games · win loss