Kawhi Leonard · Court Sentiment

Verdict

36.2%40.3%23.5%

36.2%Negative8,871 comments

40.3%Neutral9,859 comments

23.5%Positive5,750 comments

−13Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=24,480 comments about Kawhi Leonard

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.MIN flair
Kawhi in the Epstein files
Post · [Charania] The Los Angeles Clippers and 11-time All-Star James Harden are working through whether the sides can find a deal by Thursday's NBA trade deadline, sources tell ESPN. Both sides are aligned in conversations together and with interested teams.▲ 987Feb 3, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.HOU flair
Kawhi got everything he wanted, that dude does not REALLY give a fuck anymore. He got his money, he got to play in his hometown, he gets paid leave whenever he wants, he already got his rings... I mean he CLEARLY has no real drive to be as good as he COULD be. He has set that franchise back until the next decade at minimum, all for his comfort. SAS was right when he called him the worst superstar ever, and I rarely agree with him.
Post · [Daniel Li] Kawhi Leonard's Lazy Defense Drives Chris Paul Crazy▲ 937Dec 7, 2025Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.TOR flair
I'm confused how during this whole fraud scheme they decided to give Kawhi millions of dollars for no work
Post · [Holmes] Judge says Aspiration’s co-founder Joe Sanberg’s fraud was “among the worst I’ve ever seen,” rejects claims he acted without greed, says he personally gained and was “entangled in a web of lies.” Sanberg, with his voice breaking, said to the court: “I’m sorry. I’m so sorry.”▲ 836Jun 2, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Kawhi Leonard 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 Kawhi Leonard, his own Clippers fans are 29% negative, rival fans 37%, unflaired commenters 37%. Among the 21 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Spurs fans are hardest on him at 42% negative and Mavericks fans kindest at 33% positive.

29.1%Own fansLAC flair · 1,208 comments

36.7%Rival fansevery other flair · 12,631 comments

36.6%Unflairedno flair · 10,641 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Kawhi Leonard was talked about most on the front page: 11,791 of his 24,480 comments, −12 net sentiment against −13 across his season. His harshest room was news posts, −29 on 30% of his comments; his warmest the game threads, +13 on 10% of his comments. The front page ran 25 points harsher than the game threads, the reverse of the usual order: his season was a story off the court.

Game threads10% of his commentsWarmest29.042.52,335

Post-game threads4% of his comments32.736.7969

Front page48% of his comments35.323.411,791

Highlights7% of his comments28.137.31,652

News30% of his commentsHarshest42.113.17,333

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 Kawhi Leonard; left out here: Daily chat thread (133), Lowlights (83), Discussion posts (33), Injury posts (29). 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 Kawhi Leonard ran between 28% and 52%. His worst week was the week of Dec 1, 55% negative of 1,209 comments; his best the week of Dec 29, 44% positive.

Oct 6 · 32% negative · 13% positive · 401 comments
- L vs DEN 94–102
Oct 13 · 40% negative · 12% positive · 286 comments
- W @ SAC 109–91
Oct 20 · 44% negative · 9% positive · 486 comments
- L @ UTA 108–129
- W vs PHX 129–102
- W vs POR 114–107
Oct 27 · 36% negative · 29% positive · 372 comments
- L @ GSW 79–98
- W vs NOP 126–124
Nov 3 · 48% negative · 10% positive · 260 comments
- L vs MIA 119–120
Nov 17 · 49% negative · 13% positive · 309 comments
- L @ CLE 105–120
Nov 24 · 50% negative · 15% positive · 634 comments
- L @ LAL 118–135
- L vs MEM 107–112
- L vs DAL 110–114
Dec 1 · 55% negative · 11% positive · 1,209 comments
- L @ MIA 123–140
- W @ ATL 115–92
- L @ MEM 98–107
- L @ MIN 106–109
Dec 8 · 48% negative · 15% positive · 321 comments
- L @ HOU 113–115
Dec 15 · 45% negative · 19% positive · 1,090 comments
- L vs MEM 103–121
- L @ OKC 101–122
- W vs LAL 103–88
Dec 22 · 30% negative · 31% positive · 397 comments
- W vs HOU 128–108
- W @ POR 119–103
- W vs DET 112–99
Dec 29 · 27% negative · 44% positive · 1,031 comments
- W vs SAC 131–90
- W vs UTA 118–101
- L vs BOS 115–146
Jan 5 · 34% negative · 21% positive · 334 comments
- W vs GSW 103–102
- L @ NYK 111–123
- W @ BKN 121–105
- W @ DET 98–92
Jan 12 · 33% negative · 27% positive · 346 comments
- W vs CHA 117–109
- W vs WAS 119–105
Jan 19 · 27% negative · 31% positive · 341 comments
- W vs LAL 112–104
- W vs BKN 126–89
Jan 26 · 33% negative · 26% positive · 421 comments
- W @ UTA 115–103
- L @ DEN 109–122
- W @ PHX 117–93
Feb 2 · 38% negative · 19% positive · 1,301 comments
- L vs PHI 113–128
- L vs CLE 91–124
- W @ SAC 114–111
- W @ MIN 115–96
Feb 9 · 32% negative · 30% positive · 1,259 comments
- L @ HOU 95–102
- W @ HOU 105–102
Feb 16 · 26% negative · 43% positive · 1,345 comments
- W vs DEN 115–114
- L @ LAL 122–125
- L vs ORL 109–111
Feb 23 · 39% negative · 19% positive · 431 comments
- W vs NOP 137–117
Mar 2 · 42% negative · 16% positive · 554 comments
- W @ GSW 114–101
- W vs IND 130–107
- L @ SAS 112–116
- W @ MEM 123–120
Mar 9 · 22% negative · 41% positive · 858 comments
- W vs NYK 126–118
- W vs MIN 153–128
- W vs CHI 119–108
- L vs SAC 109–118
Mar 16 · 28% negative · 35% positive · 550 comments
- L @ NOP 109–124
- W @ DAL 138–131
Mar 23 · 32% negative · 24% positive · 441 comments
- W vs MIL 129–96
- W vs TOR 119–94
- W @ IND 114–113
- W @ MIL 127–113
Mar 30 · 33% negative · 15% positive · 560 comments
- L vs POR 104–114
- L vs SAS 99–118
- W @ SAC 138–109
Apr 6 · 31% negative · 22% positive · 367 comments
- W vs DAL 116–103
- L vs OKC 110–128
- L @ POR 97–116
Apr 13 · 46% negative · 21% positive · 1,513 comments
- L vs GSW 121–126

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 Kawhi Leonard in 19 of his 68 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −30 in losses (52% negative, 21% positive) against +31 in wins (22% negative, 53% positive), on a season net sentiment of −13.

+31In wins22% neg · 53% pos · 532 comments

−30In losses52% neg · 21% pos · 669 comments

−13His season36% neg · 23% pos · 24,480 comments

Games the room talked about Kawhi Leonard in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
Apr 15Play-in	Play-in	vs GSWL 121–126	L 121–126	40	21	7	3	8-17	1-6	5	+6	21/7/3	6,468	15 points harsher than his season, from 341 comments.
Mar 11		vs MINW 153–128	W 153–128	32	45	5	5	15-20	6-9	1	+41	45/5/5	669	75 points warmer than his season, from 66 comments.
Mar 9		vs NYKW 126–118	W 126–118	35	29	7	8	10-19	2-5	1	+26	29/7/8	403	65 points warmer than his season, from 25 comments.
Mar 6		@ SASL 112–116	L 112–116	37	30	9	3	10-20	1-6	2	-3	30/9/3	1,293	At his season, from 46 comments.
Feb 22		vs ORLL 109–111	L 109–111	33	37	8	4	14-25	2-7	3	-4	37/8/4	120	38 points warmer than his season, from 24 comments.
Feb 20		@ LALL 122–125	L 122–125	31	31	4	5	11-19	4-6	5	+4	31/4/5	1,060	8 points harsher than his season, from 58 comments.
Feb 11		@ HOUW 105–102	W 105–102	33	27	12	4	9-20	1-5	4	+3	27/12/4	254	58 points warmer than his season, from 33 comments.
Feb 8		@ MINW 115–96	W 115–96	34	41	8	2	14-30	5-11	2	+20	41/8/2	489	42 points warmer than his season, from 75 comments.
Jan 22		vs LALW 112–104	W 112–104	26	24	5	4	9-19	3-7	2	+1	24/5/4	1,739	20 points warmer than his season, from 69 comments.
Jan 5		vs GSWW 103–102	W 103–102	38	24	12	5	10-25	0-8	5	+8	24/12/5	1,039	9 points warmer than his season, from 25 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 19 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Kawhi Leonard's Game Score.

r = 0.76 · 19 games · win loss