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Kevin Durant

HOU · F · #7

r/NBA's 10th most discussed player.

PPG
26.0
RPG
5.5
APG
4.8
GP
78
Height
6′11″
Weight
240 lb
Age
38
Born
Sep 29, 1988
Experience
18 yrs
From
Texas

Verdict

42.6%Negative17,116 comments
37.4%Neutral15,018 comments
20.0%Positive8,047 comments
−23Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=40,181 comments about Kevin Durant

  1. 21most hated
  2. 45most loved
  3. 10most discussed
  4. 33most argued about

Receipts

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

  1. Exhibit 01DEN flair
    Good guy KD helping the poor underdog team with a two time MVP and a DPOY
    Post · Durant On Warriors: "I didn't have no relationship with nobody on the Warriors… They never been a winning organization when I was in the league. Nobody liked Golden State. It felt like an underdog to me because I'm looking at the totality of the franchise, not what happened these last 5 years"▲ 5,023Jun 21, 2026Source ↗
  2. Exhibit 02BOS flair
    and then KD made $2 million for 2 minutes of ad work. this is why people think you're a clown Kevin. you just ruined these people's lives cause you a bitch. ​
    Post · [Lewis] Boardroom, the sports, media and entertainment brand co-founded by Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman, has eliminated its full time editorial team. The layoff was unexpected and laid-off staff were unable to export their email contacts.▲ 1,249Feb 21, 2026Source ↗
  3. Exhibit 03no flair
    *fuck you bitch* KD prolly
    Post · [Highlight] KD glued onto his phone during warmups▲ 1,115Feb 16, 2026Source ↗
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Kevin Durant 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 Kevin Durant, his own Rockets fans are 37% negative, rival fans 41%, unflaired commenters 44%. Among the 28 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Suns fans are hardest on him at 49% negative and Nets fans kindest at 28% positive.

37.0%Own fansHOU flair · 1,547 comments
41.4%Rival fansevery other flair · 20,805 comments
44.4%Unflairedno flair · 17,829 comments

Who hates him most

  1. 1PHX fans49.5%+8
  2. 2LAC fans45.7%+5
  3. 3OKC fans45.7%+5
  4. 4IND fans45.2%+4
  5. 5CLE fans45.1%+4

Who defends him

  1. 1BKN fans28.4%+8
  2. 2HOU fansown fans27.5%+7
  3. 3MEM fans24.6%+4
  4. 4CHI fans23.4%+3
  5. 5TOR fans23.2%+3
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Kevin Durant are left out of the lists; the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Rooms

Kevin Durant was talked about most on the front page: 21,877 of his 40,181 comments, −21 net sentiment against −23 across his season. His harshest room was lowlights, −43 on under 1% of his comments; his warmest highlights, −19 on 10% of his comments. The game threads ran 7 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads48.020.65,626
Post-game threads47.618.12,023
Front page41.120.221,877
HighlightsWarmest42.523.74,155
News41.017.46,024
LowlightsHarshest53.410.2236
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 Kevin Durant; left out here: Daily chat thread (81), Injury posts (60), Discussion posts (50). 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 Kevin Durant ran between 31% and 50%. His worst week was the week of Mar 23, 56% negative of 1,036 comments; his best the week of Jan 26, 37% 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 Kevin Durant in 36 of his 81 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −36 in losses (55% negative, 18% positive) against +11 in wins (30% negative, 41% positive), on a season net sentiment of −23.

+11In wins30% neg · 41% pos · 609 comments
−36In losses55% neg · 18% pos · 3,825 comments
−23His season43% neg · 20% pos · 40,181 comments
DatePhaseOppResultMinPtsRebAstFG3PTOV+/−P/R/ACommentsVerdict
Apr 21R1 G2R1 G2@ LALL 94–101L 94–1014123647-121-49-223/6/48,572
Apr 7@ PHXW 119–105W 119–1053624438-205-92-724/4/3529
Apr 5@ GSWW 117–116W 117–11637318810-173-63-431/8/8885
Mar 25@ MINL 108–110L 108–1104330389-222-56+530/3/82,390
Mar 18vs LALL 116–124L 116–1243818647-112-54-218/6/42,169
Mar 16vs LALL 92–100L 92–1003718528-160-37-718/5/21,991
Mar 11@ DENL 93–129L 93–1292611455-80-23-1811/4/5616
Mar 8@ SASL 120–145L 120–1453323547-121-31-1223/5/41,731
Mar 5vs GSWL 113–115L 113–1154123638-163-53-523/6/3866
Feb 28@ MIAL 105–115L 105–11537325812-202-81+532/5/8211

Bad nights get punished: across 36 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Kevin Durant's Game Score.

−100−75−50−250+25+50+75+100010203040his season −23L @ OKC 124–125: Game Score 13.4, net sentiment −25 from 1,449 commentsL vs DET 111–115: Game Score 31.7, net sentiment −52 from 31 commentsL @ SAS 110–121: Game Score 7.3, net sentiment −50 from 101 commentsW @ MIL 122–115: Game Score 26.1, net sentiment +18 from 34 commentsW vs ORL 117–113: Game Score 24.0, net sentiment +39 from 99 commentsW @ CLE 114–104: Game Score 7.6, net sentiment −28 from 40 commentsL vs DEN 109–112: Game Score 7.8, net sentiment −27 from 93 commentsL @ DEN 125–128: Game Score 22.7, net sentiment +8 from 132 commentsW @ DEN 115–101: Game Score 26.2, net sentiment −1 from 76 commentsL @ SAC 124–125: Game Score 17.9, net sentiment −33 from 42 commentsL @ LAC 108–128: Game Score 15.3, net sentiment −76 from 25 commentsW @ LAL 119–96: Game Score 24.6, net sentiment +2 from 54 commentsW vs PHX 100–97: Game Score 20.0, net sentiment +13 from 47 commentsL @ POR 105–111: Game Score 27.0, net sentiment −29 from 24 commentsL @ SAC 98–111: Game Score 17.2, net sentiment −49 from 45 commentsL vs OKC 91–111: Game Score 11.6, net sentiment −29 from 51 commentsW vs MIN 110–105: Game Score 32.6, net sentiment 0 from 61 commentsW vs SAS 111–106: Game Score 15.4, net sentiment +20 from 30 commentsW @ DET 111–104: Game Score 27.0, net sentiment +38 from 26 commentsL vs SAS 99–111: Game Score 17.4, net sentiment −15 from 39 commentsL vs BOS 93–114: Game Score 11.4, net sentiment −68 from 22 commentsL vs CHA 99–109: Game Score 20.9, net sentiment −55 from 22 commentsW @ OKC 112–106: Game Score 13.8, net sentiment −21 from 34 commentsW @ CHA 105–101: Game Score 32.7, net sentiment +22 from 23 commentsL @ NYK 106–108: Game Score 14.5, net sentiment −38 from 102 commentsW @ ORL 113–108: Game Score 30.9, net sentiment +52 from 23 commentsL @ MIA 105–115: Game Score 29.9, net sentiment −29 from 21 commentsL vs GSW 113–115: Game Score 19.8, net sentiment −59 from 68 commentsL @ SAS 120–145: Game Score 21.7, net sentiment −32 from 90 commentsL @ DEN 93–129: Game Score 8.3, net sentiment −54 from 39 commentsL vs LAL 92–100: Game Score 5.5, net sentiment −67 from 189 commentsL vs LAL 116–124: Game Score 14.1, net sentiment −45 from 151 commentsL @ MIN 108–110: Game Score 20.2, net sentiment −49 from 129 commentsW @ GSW 117–116: Game Score 28.6, net sentiment +14 from 35 commentsW @ PHX 119–105: Game Score 13.7, net sentiment −4 from 27 commentsL @ LAL 94–101: Game Score 13.5, net sentiment −46 from 960 comments
r = 0.55 · 36 games · win loss