2025-26

Josh Hart

NYK · G · #3

r/NBA's 33rd most loved player.

PPG: 12.0
RPG: 7.4
APG: 4.8
GP: 67

Height: 6′5″
Weight: 215 lb
Age: 31
Born: Mar 6, 1995
Experience: 8 yrs
From: Villanova

Verdict

38.1%38.8%23.0%

38.1%Negative3,661 comments

38.8%Neutral3,728 comments

23.0%Positive2,210 comments

−15Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=9,599 comments about Josh Hart

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.NYK flair
Bum ass Josh Hart can’t even win two national titles
Post · Jalen Brunson wants to set the record straight: He and Mikal Bridges won *two* national titles at Villanova while Josh Hart won one▲ 1,435May 26, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.no flair
Bum thumb Josh Hart ftfy
Post · Jalen Brunson wants to set the record straight: He and Mikal Bridges won *two* national titles at Villanova while Josh Hart won one▲ 284May 26, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
Question for Josh Hart. How deep did your thumb go up Jalen's butt, and has there been instances where the entire thumb was inserted?
Post · AMA: NBA Finals Game 2 Media Day with Knicks and Spurs on Thursday, June 4th at 5:00pm ET▲ 132Jun 3, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Josh Hart 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 Josh Hart, his own Knicks fans are 27% negative, rival fans 41%, unflaired commenters 40%. Among the 7 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Spurs fans are hardest on him at 50% negative and Knicks fans kindest at 31% positive.

27.3%Own fansNYK flair · 1,855 comments

41.1%Rival fansevery other flair · 4,446 comments

40.2%Unflairedno flair · 3,298 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Josh Hart was talked about most in the game threads: 4,390 of his 9,599 comments, −28 net sentiment against −15 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads; his warmest the post-game threads, +12 on 6% of his comments. The game threads ran 27 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads46% of his commentsHarshest48.420.04,390

Post-game threads6% of his commentsWarmest29.241.2551

Front page28% of his comments26.124.72,648

Highlights10% of his comments36.024.51,006

News8% of his comments27.621.5783

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 Josh Hart; left out here: Daily chat thread (117), Lowlights (76), Discussion posts (17), Injury posts (7). 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 Josh Hart ran between 25% and 43%. His worst week was the week of Feb 23, 55% negative of 115 comments; his best the week of Apr 6, 42% positive. 4 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Sep 29 · 17 comments, under the floor
- W vs PHI 99–84
Oct 20 · 29% negative · 16% positive · 83 comments
- W vs BOS 105–95
- L @ MIA 107–115
Oct 27 · 23% negative · 17% positive · 53 comments
- L @ MIL 111–121
- L @ CHI 125–135
- W vs CHI 128–116
Nov 3 · 21% negative · 38% positive · 58 comments
- W vs WAS 119–102
- W vs MIN 137–114
- W vs BKN 134–98
Nov 10 · 27% negative · 21% positive · 52 comments
- W vs MEM 133–120
- L vs ORL 107–124
- W vs MIA 140–132
Nov 17 · 35% negative · 23% positive · 88 comments
- L @ MIA 113–115
- W @ DAL 113–111
- L @ ORL 121–133
Nov 24 · 41% negative · 20% positive · 76 comments
- W @ BKN 113–100
- W @ CHA 129–101
- W vs MIL 118–109
- W vs TOR 116–94
Dec 1 · 29% negative · 28% positive · 79 comments
- L @ BOS 117–123
- W vs CHA 119–104
- W vs UTA 146–112
- W vs ORL 106–100
Dec 8 · 22% negative · 41% positive · 132 comments
- W @ TOR 117–101
- W vs ORL 132–120
Dec 15 · 24% negative · 35% positive · 269 comments
- W vs SAS 124–113
- L vs PHI 107–116
- W vs MIA 132–125
Dec 22 · 33% negative · 26% positive · 141 comments
- L @ MIN 104–115
- W vs CLE 126–124
Jan 5 · 28% negative · 31% positive · 67 comments
- W @ POR 123–114
Jan 12 · 24% negative · 32% positive · 76 comments
- L @ SAC 101–112
- L @ GSW 113–126
Jan 19 · 36% negative · 20% positive · 56 comments
- L vs DAL 97–114
- W vs BKN 120–66
- W @ PHI 112–109
Jan 26 · 23% negative · 19% positive · 53 comments
- W vs SAC 103–87
- W @ TOR 119–92
- W vs POR 127–97
- W vs LAL 112–100
Feb 2 · 25% negative · 31% positive · 111 comments
- W @ WAS 132–101
- L @ DET 80–118
- W @ BOS 111–89
Feb 9 · 37% negative · 10% positive · 120 comments
- L vs IND 134–137
- W @ PHI 138–89
Feb 16 · 22% negative · 12% positive · 65 comments
- L vs DET 111–126
- W vs HOU 108–106
- W @ CHI 105–99
Feb 23 · 55% negative · 17% positive · 115 comments
- L @ CLE 94–109
- W @ MIL 127–98
- W vs SAS 114–89
Mar 2 · 33% negative · 24% positive · 84 comments
- W @ TOR 111–95
- L vs OKC 100–103
- W @ DEN 142–103
- L @ LAL 97–110
Mar 9 · 30% negative · 21% positive · 33 comments
- L @ LAC 118–126
- W vs GSW 110–107
Mar 16 · 22% negative · 31% positive · 54 comments
- W vs IND 136–110
- W vs WAS 145–113
Mar 23 · 31% negative · 35% positive · 55 comments
- W vs NOP 121–116
- L @ CHA 103–114
- L @ OKC 100–111
Mar 30 · 35% negative · 24% positive · 92 comments
- L @ HOU 94–111
- W @ MEM 130–119
- W vs CHI 136–96
Apr 6 · 28% negative · 42% positive · 144 comments
- W @ ATL 108–105
- W vs BOS 112–106
- W vs TOR 112–95
Apr 13 · 29% negative · 29% positive · 63 comments
- W vs ATL 113–102
Apr 20 · 47% negative · 19% positive · 276 comments
- L vs ATL 106–107
- L @ ATL 108–109
- W @ ATL 114–98
Apr 27 · 32% negative · 27% positive · 97 comments
- W vs ATL 126–97
- W @ ATL 140–89
May 4 · 40% negative · 26% positive · 336 comments
- W vs PHI 137–98
- W vs PHI 108–102
- W @ PHI 108–94
- W @ PHI 144–114
May 18 · 46% negative · 21% positive · 1,452 comments
- W vs CLE 115–104
- W vs CLE 109–93
- W @ CLE 121–108
May 25 · 35% negative · 25% positive · 442 comments
- W @ CLE 130–93
Jun 1 · 32% negative · 35% positive · 1,312 comments
- W @ SAS 105–95
- W @ SAS 105–104
Jun 8 · 47% negative · 14% positive · 2,671 comments
- L vs SAS 111–115
- W vs SAS 107–106
- W @ SAS 94–90

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 Josh Hart in 25 of his 87 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −33 in losses (48% negative, 15% positive) against −20 in wins (46% negative, 25% positive), on a season net sentiment of −15.

−20In wins46% neg · 25% pos · 2,829 comments

−33In losses48% neg · 15% pos · 990 comments

−15His season38% neg · 23% pos · 9,599 comments

Games the room talked about Josh Hart in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
Jun 13R4 G5	R4 G5	@ SASW 94–90	W 94–90	39	13	11	2	4-11	3-6	1	+15	13/11/2	56,307	17 points harsher than his season, from 317 comments.
Jun 10R4 G4	R4 G4	vs SASW 107–106	W 107–106	33	6	8	6	2-4	1-2	2	+11	6/8/6	73,619	38 points harsher than his season, from 472 comments.
Jun 8R4 G3	R4 G3	vs SASL 111–115	L 111–115	35	16	9	5	6-10	4-7	2	-7	16/9/5	59,290	17 points harsher than his season, from 833 comments.
Jun 5R4 G2	R4 G2	@ SASW 105–104	W 105–104	18	0	6	4	0-4	0-2	2	-3	0/6/4	54,897	23 points harsher than his season, from 430 comments.
Jun 3R4 G1	R4 G1	@ SASW 105–95	W 105–95	27	3	15	6	1-5	0-3	0	+22	3/15/6	45,156	45 points warmer than his season, from 438 comments.
May 25R3 G4	R3 G4	@ CLEW 130–93	W 130–93	24	6	11	6	2-5	1-3	2	+20	6/11/6	12,806	15 points warmer than his season, from 44 comments.
May 23R3 G3	R3 G3	@ CLEW 121–108	W 121–108	35	12	9	5	5-12	2-7	4	+3	12/9/5	8,118	1 point warmer than his season, from 78 comments.
May 21R3 G2	R3 G2	vs CLEW 109–93	W 109–93	33	26	4	7	10-21	5-11	1	+18	26/4/7	7,682	13 points warmer than his season, from 343 comments.
May 19R3 G1	R3 G1	vs CLEW 115–104	W 115–104	31	13	7	4	5-11	1-5	2	-23	13/7/4	19,144	41 points harsher than his season, from 146 comments.
May 10R2 G4	R2 G4	@ PHIW 144–114	W 144–114	29	17	9	1	6-10	4-6	1	+30	17/9/1	637	38 points warmer than his season, from 30 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 25 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Josh Hart's Game Score.

r = 0.56 · 25 games · win loss