It’s that simple. Tatum was bricking everything and KD, and LeBron who Tatum would replace were better than him
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Jayson Tatum
BOS · F-G · #0
r/NBA's 23rd most discussed player.
- PPG
- 21.8
- RPG
- 10.0
- APG
- 5.3
- GP
- 16
- Height
- 6′8″
- Weight
- 210 lb
- Age
- 28
- Born
- Mar 3, 1998
- Experience
- 8 yrs
- From
- Duke
Verdict
32.4%43.8%23.8%
32.4%Negative6,012 comments
43.8%Neutral8,118 comments
23.8%Positive4,406 comments
−9Net sentimentpositive minus negative
n=18,536 comments about Jayson Tatum
Receipts
What the room said about Jayson Tatum, verbatim: the highest-scoring comments in each class.
Exhibit 01Negative.no flair Exhibit 02Negative.IND flair Tatum made ZERO shots in the Olympics outside 2 feet. He was straight fucking dog ass.
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair Reminds me of a brain damaged Jayson Tatum
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Jayson Tatum 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 Jayson Tatum, his own Celtics fans are 24% negative, rival fans 36%, unflaired commenters 35%. Among the 14 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Heat fans are hardest on him at 47% negative and Celtics fans kindest at 32% positive.
23.9%Own fansBOS flair · 4,625 comments
35.7%Rival fansevery other flair · 7,115 comments
34.8%Unflairedno flair · 6,796 comments
Who hates him most
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Jayson Tatum are left out of the lists;
the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.
Rooms
Jayson Tatum was talked about most on the front page: 9,604 of his 18,536 comments, −8 net sentiment against −9 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads, −14 on 13% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, +5 on 6% of his comments. The game threads ran 6 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.
Game threads13% of his commentsHarshest39.525.22,422
Post-game threads6% of his commentsWarmest26.431.21,070
Front page52% of his comments31.423.69,604
Highlights8% of his comments30.728.21,534
News20% of his comments32.619.53,706
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 Jayson Tatum; left out here: Discussion posts (56), Lowlights (49), Daily chat thread (45), Injury posts (35). 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 Jayson Tatum ran between 22% and 42%. His worst week was the week of May 4, 43% negative of 767 comments; his best the week of Mar 30, 35% positive.
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 Jayson Tatum in 15 of his 22 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −29 in losses (47% negative, 18% positive) against +13 in wins (28% negative, 41% positive), on a season net sentiment of −9.
+13In wins28% neg · 41% pos · 1,117 comments
−29In losses47% neg · 18% pos · 622 comments
−9His season32% neg · 24% pos · 18,536 comments
| Date | Phase | Opp | Result | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | FG | 3P | TOV | +/− | P/R/A | Comments | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30R1 G6 | R1 G6 | @ PHIL 93–106 | L 93–106 | 29 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 6-13 | 2-6 | 3 | -11 | 17/11/3 | 5,666 | 24 points harsher than his season, from 202 comments. |
| Apr 28R1 G5 | R1 G5 | vs PHIL 97–113 | L 97–113 | 41 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 8-19 | 4-12 | 4 | -9 | 24/16/4 | 3,329 | 40 points harsher than his season, from 105 comments. |
| Apr 26R1 G4 | R1 G4 | @ PHIW 128–96 | W 128–96 | 35 | 30 | 7 | 11 | 8-16 | 5-10 | 5 | +25 | 30/7/11 | 4,658 | 12 points warmer than his season, from 166 comments. |
| Apr 24R1 G3 | R1 G3 | @ PHIW 108–100 | W 108–100 | 42 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 9-17 | 5-9 | 1 | +2 | 25/5/7 | 5,048 | 12 points warmer than his season, from 267 comments. |
| Apr 21R1 G2 | R1 G2 | vs PHIL 97–111 | L 97–111 | 39 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 8-19 | 2-8 | 3 | +1 | 19/14/9 | 3,868 | 21 points harsher than his season, from 99 comments. |
| Apr 19R1 G1 | R1 G1 | vs PHIW 123–91 | W 123–91 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 9-17 | 1-7 | 1 | +20 | 25/11/7 | 2,729 | 37 points warmer than his season, from 139 comments. |
| Apr 9 | @ NYKL 106–112 | L 106–112 | 40 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 7-22 | 2-10 | 6 | -16 | 24/13/8 | 1,338 | 15 points harsher than his season, from 82 comments. | |
| Apr 7 | vs CHAW 113–102 | W 113–102 | 39 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 8-15 | 3-7 | 2 | +12 | 23/5/4 | 1,154 | 12 points harsher than his season, from 54 comments. | |
| Apr 1 | @ MIAW 147–129 | W 147–129 | 37 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 9-21 | 4-13 | 2 | +7 | 25/18/11 | 345 | 43 points warmer than his season, from 32 comments. | |
| Mar 29 | @ CHAW 114–99 | W 114–99 | 31 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 12-23 | 5-10 | 0 | +15 | 32/5/8 | 232 | 50 points warmer than his season, from 34 comments. |
Bad nights get punished: across 15 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Jayson Tatum's Game Score.