Joel Embiid · Court Sentiment

Verdict

45.1%35.1%19.8%

45.1%Negative12,586 comments

35.1%Neutral9,793 comments

19.8%Positive5,538 comments

−25Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=27,917 comments about Joel Embiid

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.CHA flair
Embiid’s defense has fallen so far. He’s a tragedy
Post · Yesterday, Deandre Ayton became the first starter in Lakers history to record a double-double with 0 misses and 0 turnovers. Ayton had 14pts/12reb on 7-7 FG.▲ 1,061Dec 8, 2025Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.NOP flair
Embiid not even a top 100 player anymore. The Sixers having to take on that contract for 3 more seasons is devastating
Post · Yesterday, Deandre Ayton became the first starter in Lakers history to record a double-double with 0 misses and 0 turnovers. Ayton had 14pts/12reb on 7-7 FG.▲ 161Dec 8, 2025Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
YOU CANNOT PLAY DROP COVERAGE ON LUKA DONCIC. HE IS TOO BIG, TOO STRONG, FUCKING DUMB FUCK JOEL EMBIID IS TOO SLOW AND GIVES TOO MUCH SPACE. THAT'S A PRACTICE SHOT. RIGHT IN YOUR FACE.
Post · [Highlight] Luka stops a 1-v-4 fast break with his defensive prowess▲ 157Dec 8, 2025Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Joel Embiid 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 Joel Embiid, his own 76ers fans are 34% negative, rival fans 47%, unflaired commenters 47%. Among the 20 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Knicks fans are hardest on him at 58% negative and 76ers fans kindest at 29% positive.

34.0%Own fansPHI flair · 3,631 comments

46.8%Rival fansevery other flair · 14,101 comments

46.7%Unflairedno flair · 10,185 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Joel Embiid was talked about most on the front page: 11,690 of his 27,917 comments, −19 net sentiment against −25 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads, −36 on 28% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, −12 on 6% of his comments. The game threads ran 16 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads28% of his commentsHarshest54.919.47,691

Post-game threads6% of his commentsWarmest40.328.61,690

Front page42% of his comments40.020.611,690

Highlights11% of his comments45.420.82,951

News12% of his comments42.213.53,478

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 Joel Embiid; left out here: Injury posts (153), Daily chat thread (132), Lowlights (83), Discussion posts (43). 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 Joel Embiid ran between 33% and 56%. His worst week was the week of May 4, 59% negative of 4,397 comments; his best the week of Jan 26, 31% positive.

Oct 13 · 34% negative · 25% positive · 338 comments
- W vs MIN 126–110
Oct 20 · 47% negative · 17% positive · 621 comments
- W @ BOS 117–116
- W vs CHA 125–121
Oct 27 · 47% negative · 20% positive · 905 comments
- W @ WAS 139–134
- L vs BOS 108–109
Nov 3 · 42% negative · 23% positive · 449 comments
- L @ CHI 111–113
- W vs TOR 130–120
Nov 24 · 46% negative · 16% positive · 213 comments
- L vs ATL 134–142
Dec 1 · 41% negative · 20% positive · 335 comments
- W vs GSW 99–98
- L vs LAL 108–112
Dec 8 · 42% negative · 21% positive · 486 comments
- W vs IND 115–105
- L @ ATL 117–120
Dec 22 · 49% negative · 18% positive · 440 comments
- L vs BKN 106–114
- L @ CHI 102–109
Dec 29 · 39% negative · 29% positive · 600 comments
- W @ MEM 139–136
- W @ DAL 123–108
- W @ NYK 130–119
Jan 5 · 46% negative · 22% positive · 580 comments
- L vs DEN 124–125
- W vs WAS 131–110
- W @ ORL 103–91
Jan 12 · 48% negative · 21% positive · 355 comments
- W @ TOR 115–102
- L vs CLE 107–133
- L vs CLE 115–117
Jan 19 · 40% negative · 26% positive · 536 comments
- W vs IND 113–104
- W vs HOU 128–122
- L vs NYK 109–112
Jan 26 · 30% negative · 31% positive · 729 comments
- W vs MIL 139–122
- W vs SAC 113–111
- W vs NOP 124–114
Feb 2 · 39% negative · 24% positive · 667 comments
- W @ LAC 128–113
- L @ LAL 115–119
- W @ PHX 109–103
Feb 23 · 37% negative · 16% positive · 256 comments
- W @ IND 135–114
- W vs MIA 124–117
Mar 23 · 44% negative · 20% positive · 893 comments
- W vs CHI 157–137
- W @ CHA 118–114
Mar 30 · 46% negative · 16% positive · 494 comments
- L @ MIA 109–119
- W vs MIN 115–103
Apr 6 · 38% negative · 17% positive · 607 comments
- L @ SAS 102–115
Apr 20 · 48% negative · 17% positive · 1,054 comments
- L vs BOS 96–128
Apr 27 · 42% negative · 28% positive · 6,486 comments
- W @ BOS 113–97
- W vs BOS 106–93
- W @ BOS 109–100
May 4 · 59% negative · 12% positive · 4,397 comments
- L @ NYK 98–137
- L vs NYK 94–108
- L vs NYK 114–144

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 Joel Embiid in 26 of his 46 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −52 in losses (65% negative, 13% positive) against −14 in wins (44% negative, 30% positive), on a season net sentiment of −25.

−14In wins44% neg · 30% pos · 3,943 comments

−52In losses65% neg · 13% pos · 3,685 comments

−25His season45% neg · 20% pos · 27,917 comments

Games the room talked about Joel Embiid 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 10R2 G4	R2 G4	vs NYKL 114–144	L 114–144	28	24	5	4	8-8	2-2	3	-24	24/5/4	637	24 points harsher than his season, from 511 comments.
May 8R2 G3	R2 G3	vs NYKL 94–108	L 94–108	35	18	6	5	7-17	0-4	3	-9	18/6/5	9,581	41 points harsher than his season, from 994 comments.
May 4R2 G1	R2 G1	@ NYKL 98–137	L 98–137	25	14	4	1	3-11	0-2	1	-24	14/4/1	9,068	26 points harsher than his season, from 713 comments.
May 2R1 G7	R1 G7	@ BOSW 109–100	W 109–100	39	34	12	6	12-26	1-4	1	+11	34/12/6	22,263	12 points warmer than his season, from 2,547 comments.
Apr 30R1 G6	R1 G6	vs BOSW 106–93	W 106–93	34	19	10	8	6-18	1-5	1	+7	19/10/8	5,666	9 points warmer than his season, from 353 comments.
Apr 28R1 G5	R1 G5	@ BOSW 113–97	W 113–97	39	33	4	8	12-23	0-5	3	+13	33/4/8	3,329	21 points warmer than his season, from 527 comments.
Apr 26R1 G4	R1 G4	vs BOSL 96–128	L 96–128	34	26	10	6	9-21	1-6	3	-25	26/10/6	4,658	23 points harsher than his season, from 744 comments.
Apr 6		@ SASL 102–115	L 102–115	39	34	12	1	8-19	2-6	4	-7	34/12/1	531	8 points harsher than his season, from 60 comments.
Mar 30		@ MIAL 109–119	L 109–119	34	26	7	3	10-25	2-6	3	-18	26/7/3	306	12 points harsher than his season, from 27 comments.
Mar 28		@ CHAW 118–114	W 118–114	36	29	6	2	8-19	3-6	0	+5	29/6/2	965	28 points harsher than his season, from 119 comments.

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

r = 0.39 · 26 games · win loss