Kon going 5/22 (1/12 from 3) and -46 across the 2 Play-In games is a brutal introduction to post-season basketball
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Kon Knueppel
CHA · G-F · #7
r/NBA's 5th most loved player.
- PPG
- 18.5
- RPG
- 5.3
- APG
- 3.4
- GP
- 81
- Height
- 6′6″
- Weight
- 215 lb
- Age
- 21
- Born
- Aug 3, 2005
- Experience
- Rookie
- From
- Duke
Verdict
n=6,749 comments about Kon Knueppel
Receipts
What the room said about Kon Knueppel, verbatim: the highest-scoring comments in each class.
Exhibit 01Negative.IND flair Exhibit 02Negative.no flair Kon Knueppel turned into an absolute bum in these play in games.
Exhibit 03Negative.DAL flair Kon passing up wide open 3s now bros mental is cooked
Method
Fans
Of what r/NBA says about Kon Knueppel, his own Hornets fans are 15% negative, rival fans 21%, unflaired commenters 22%. Among the 6 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Mavericks fans are hardest on him at 36% negative and Raptors fans kindest at 48% positive.
Who hates him most
Method
Rooms
Kon Knueppel was talked about most on the front page: 3,460 of his 6,749 comments, +25 net sentiment against +19 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads, 0 on 14% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, +33 on 7% of his comments. The game threads ran 25 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.
Method
Timeline
Over 4-week windows, the negative share of comments about Kon Knueppel ran between 9% and 43%. His worst week was the week of Apr 13, 48% negative of 1,008 comments; his best the week of Nov 10, 60% positive. 9 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.
Method
Games
The room talked about Kon Knueppel in 12 of his 88 games, at least 20 comments each. It was warmer after losses: net sentiment 0 in losses (37% negative, 37% positive) against −1 in wins (32% negative, 32% positive), on a season net sentiment of +19.
| Date | Phase | Opp | Result | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | FG | 3P | TOV | +/− | P/R/A | Comments | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17Play-in | Play-in | @ ORLL 90–121 | L 90–121 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 3-10 | 1-6 | 0 | -26 | 11/3/1 | 569 | 66 points harsher than his season, from 148 comments. |
| Apr 14Play-in | Play-in | vs MIAW 127–126 | W 127–126 | 34 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2-12 | 0-6 | 0 | -20 | 6/5/1 | 10,190 | 62 points harsher than his season, from 296 comments. |
| Mar 26 | vs NYKW 114–103 | W 114–103 | 37 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 9-14 | 6-10 | 2 | +15 | 26/11/8 | 899 | 46 points warmer than his season, from 51 comments. | |
| Feb 20 | vs CLEL 113–118 | L 113–118 | 37 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 11-20 | 7-15 | 0 | +2 | 33/6/2 | 315 | 23 points warmer than his season, from 26 comments. | |
| Feb 9 | vs DETL 104–110 | L 104–110 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 6-13 | 5-11 | 0 | -9 | 20/5/3 | 2,212 | 51 points warmer than his season, from 71 comments. | |
| Feb 7 | @ ATLW 126–119 | W 126–119 | 36 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 8-15 | 6-11 | 2 | +12 | 23/8/4 | 422 | 36 points warmer than his season, from 20 comments. | |
| Feb 5 | @ HOUW 109–99 | W 109–99 | 32 | 24 | 4 | 2 | 8-13 | 2-5 | 6 | +3 | 24/4/2 | 578 | 58 points warmer than his season, from 22 comments. | |
| Jan 31 | vs SASW 111–106 | W 111–106 | 35 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 5-11 | 1-4 | 2 | +1 | 13/6/4 | 1,429 | 27 points warmer than his season, from 28 comments. | |
| Jan 29 | @ DALW 123–121 | W 123–121 | 36 | 34 | 4 | 3 | 10-16 | 8-12 | 0 | +7 | 34/4/3 | 612 | 55 points warmer than his season, from 27 comments. | |
| Jan 15 | @ LALW 135–117 | W 135–117 | 33 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 7-10 | 3-5 | 0 | +2 | 19/7/4 | 954 | 8 points warmer than his season, from 22 comments. |
