Butler is a bum. He is getting paid 50+ million and can't even score 20 points. EDIT: He is suppose to be the guy when Steph is off the floor, yet he shot 27% from the floor. WTF!!
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Jimmy Butler
GSW · F · #10
r/NBA's 29th most hated player.
- PPG
- 20.0
- RPG
- 5.6
- APG
- 4.9
- GP
- 38
- Height
- 6′6″
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Age
- 37
- Born
- Sep 14, 1989
- Experience
- 14 yrs
- From
- Marquette
Verdict
40.1%38.9%20.9%
40.1%Negative2,084 comments
38.9%Neutral2,023 comments
20.9%Positive1,088 comments
−19Net sentimentpositive minus negative
n=5,195 comments about Jimmy Butler
Receipts
What the room said about Jimmy Butler, verbatim: the highest-scoring comments in each class.
Exhibit 01Negative.no flair Exhibit 02Negative.no flair Bro, I’m a wolves fan and I still hope Jimmy Butler stubs his toe every morning
Exhibit 03Negative.MIA flair i'll translate "Fk u jimmy butler"
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Jimmy Butler 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 Jimmy Butler, his own Warriors fans are 26% negative, rival fans 41%, unflaired commenters 42%. Among the 5 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Timberwolves fans are hardest on him at 61% negative and Warriors fans kindest at 29% positive.
25.6%Own fansGSW flair · 395 comments
40.8%Rival fansevery other flair · 2,630 comments
41.9%Unflairedno flair · 2,170 comments
Who hates him most
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Jimmy Butler are left out of the lists;
the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.
Rooms
Jimmy Butler was talked about most on the front page: 2,709 of his 5,195 comments, −17 net sentiment against −19 across his season. His harshest room was news posts, −26 on 23% of his comments; his warmest highlights, −14 on 9% of his comments.
Game threads10% of his comments43.924.5510
Post-game threads5% of his comments44.428.0250
Front page52% of his comments39.222.32,709
Highlights9% of his commentsWarmest37.323.2456
News23% of his commentsHarshest40.614.21,213
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 Jimmy Butler; left out here: Daily chat thread (24), Lowlights (12), Injury posts (10), Discussion posts (9). 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 Jimmy Butler ran between 27% and 47%. His worst week was the week of Dec 15, 57% negative of 143 comments; his best the week of Oct 13, 38% 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 Jimmy Butler in 7 of his 40 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −46 in losses (60% negative, 14% positive) against −14 in wins (43% negative, 29% positive), on a season net sentiment of −19.
−14In wins43% neg · 29% pos · 195 comments
−46In losses60% neg · 14% pos · 93 comments
−19His season40% neg · 21% pos · 5,195 comments
| Date | Phase | Opp | Result | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | FG | 3P | TOV | +/− | P/R/A | Comments | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5 | @ LACL 102–103 | L 102–103 | 33 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 7-16 | 1-4 | 2 | +3 | 24/6/2 | 1,039 | 26 points harsher than his season, from 20 comments. | |
| Dec 14 | @ PORL 131–136 | L 131–136 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 3-11 | 0-0 | 3 | -4 | 16/7/4 | — | 47 points harsher than his season, from 21 comments. | |
| Nov 26 | vs HOUL 100–104 | L 100–104 | 33 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 6-11 | 2-4 | 0 | -4 | 21/5/5 | 1,567 | 28 points harsher than his season, from 21 comments. | |
| Nov 14 | @ SASW 109–108 | W 109–108 | 35 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 7-14 | 0-1 | 1 | -3 | 21/8/1 | 3,819 | 3 points harsher than his season, from 36 comments. | |
| Nov 11 | @ OKCL 102–126 | L 102–126 | 22 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2-3 | 0-1 | 1 | -15 | 12/3/2 | 1,599 | 13 points harsher than his season, from 31 comments. | |
| Oct 23 | vs DENW 137–131 | W 137–131 | 39 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 6-16 | 2-4 | 0 | +8 | 21/5/6 | 4,998 | 36 points warmer than his season, from 30 comments. | |
| Oct 21 | @ LALW 119–109 | W 119–109 | 35 | 31 | 5 | 4 | 7-14 | 1-2 | 1 | +20 | 31/5/4 | 6,775 | 1 point warmer than his season, from 129 comments. |