LaMelo Ball · Court Sentiment

Verdict

43.8%36.3%19.9%

43.8%Negative5,751 comments

36.3%Neutral4,761 comments

19.9%Positive2,611 comments

−24Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=13,123 comments about LaMelo Ball

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.LAL flair
Had a friend die to a piece of human shaped bullshit who was texting and didn’t realize the light turned red, and ran into her while she was crossing on her turn to cross as a pedestrian. Fuck people like lamelo ball. The guy is legit bitchmade
Post · Another angle of LaMelo Ball's car accident▲ 2,677Feb 19, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.LAL flair
LaMelo is bitch made for that smh
Post · [injury] Bam Adebayo falls hard and walks gingerly to the locker room after LaMelo Ball grabs his foot while landing, swinging it (with replays)▲ 741Apr 15, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
His dad messed up his and Lamelo’s careers with those stupid shoes
Post · lonzo ball done?▲ 732Feb 17, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about LaMelo Ball 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 LaMelo Ball, his own Hornets fans are 29% negative, rival fans 47%, unflaired commenters 45%. Among the 13 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Pistons fans are hardest on him at 66% negative and Hornets fans kindest at 28% positive.

28.8%Own fansCHA flair · 1,883 comments

47.4%Rival fansevery other flair · 6,575 comments

44.9%Unflairedno flair · 4,665 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

LaMelo Ball was talked about most on the front page: 5,917 of his 13,123 comments, −21 net sentiment against −24 across his season. His harshest room was injury posts, −61 on 3% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, −7 on 5% of his comments. The game threads ran 18 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads12% of his comments56.517.81,586

Post-game threads5% of his commentsWarmest38.531.9634

Daily chat thread3% of his comments61.615.8450

Front page45% of his comments40.720.05,917

Highlights11% of his comments38.723.81,421

News19% of his comments41.017.72,556

Injury posts3% of his commentsHarshest68.77.3355

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 LaMelo Ball; left out here: Lowlights (131), Discussion posts (58). 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 LaMelo Ball ran between 21% and 58%. His worst week was the week of Apr 13, 59% negative of 3,820 comments; his best the week of Jan 12, 45% positive. 1 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Sep 29 · 21% negative · 26% positive · 34 comments
- L vs OKC 114–135
Oct 6 · 39% negative · 34% positive · 87 comments
- L @ OKC 116–122
- W @ DAL 120–116
Oct 13 · 24% negative · 29% positive · 178 comments
- W vs MEM 145–116
Oct 20 · 35% negative · 41% positive · 120 comments
- W vs BKN 136–117
- L @ PHI 121–125
- W @ WAS 139–113
Oct 27 · 30% negative · 29% positive · 222 comments
- L @ MIA 117–144
- L vs ORL 107–123
- L vs MIN 105–122
Nov 10 · 35% negative · 20% positive · 190 comments
- L @ MIL 134–147
Nov 17 · 43% negative · 17% positive · 511 comments
- L @ TOR 108–110
- L @ IND 118–127
- L vs LAC 116–131
Nov 24 · 38% negative · 21% positive · 146 comments
- L vs NYK 101–129
- W vs CHI 123–116
- W vs TOR 118–111
Dec 1 · 39% negative · 17% positive · 139 comments
- L @ BKN 103–116
- L @ NYK 104–119
- W @ TOR 111–86
Dec 15 · 42% negative · 24% positive · 157 comments
- W vs ATL 133–126
- L @ DET 86–112
Dec 22 · 31% negative · 25% positive · 102 comments
- L @ CLE 132–139
- W vs WAS 126–109
- W @ ORL 120–105
Dec 29 · 30% negative · 24% positive · 83 comments
- L vs MIL 113–123
- L vs GSW 125–132
- L @ MIL 121–122
- W @ CHI 112–99
Jan 5 · 35% negative · 30% positive · 283 comments
- W @ OKC 124–97
- L vs TOR 96–97
- L vs IND 112–114
- W @ UTA 150–95
Jan 12 · 20% negative · 45% positive · 181 comments
- L @ LAC 109–117
- W @ LAL 135–117
- L @ GSW 116–136
- W @ DEN 110–87
Jan 19 · 40% negative · 19% positive · 200 comments
- L vs CLE 87–94
- W @ ORL 124–97
- W vs WAS 119–115
Jan 26 · 25% negative · 39% positive · 258 comments
- W vs PHI 130–93
- W @ MEM 112–97
- W @ DAL 123–121
- W vs SAS 111–106
Feb 2 · 28% negative · 33% positive · 258 comments
- W vs NOP 102–95
- W @ HOU 109–99
- W @ ATL 126–119
Feb 9 · 29% negative · 25% positive · 225 comments
- L vs DET 104–110
- W vs ATL 110–107
Feb 16 · 46% negative · 11% positive · 690 comments
- L vs HOU 101–105
- L vs CLE 113–118
- W @ WAS 129–112
Feb 23 · 27% negative · 36% positive · 211 comments
- W @ CHI 131–99
- W @ IND 133–109
- W vs POR 109–93
Mar 2 · 28% negative · 37% positive · 198 comments
- W vs DAL 117–90
- W @ BOS 118–89
- L vs MIA 120–128
- L @ PHX 99–111
Mar 9 · 30% negative · 33% positive · 126 comments
- W @ POR 103–101
- W @ SAC 117–109
- L @ SAS 102–115
Mar 16 · 22% negative · 38% positive · 120 comments
- W vs MIA 136–106
- W vs ORL 130–111
- W vs MEM 124–101
Mar 23 · 31% negative · 34% positive · 232 comments
- W vs SAC 134–90
- W vs NYK 114–103
- L vs PHI 114–118
- L vs BOS 99–114
Mar 30 · 24% negative · 43% positive · 105 comments
- W @ BKN 117–86
- W vs PHX 127–107
- W vs IND 129–108
- W @ MIN 122–108
Apr 6 · 32% negative · 34% positive · 356 comments
- L @ BOS 102–113
- L vs DET 100–118
- W @ NYK 110–96
Apr 13 · 59% negative · 12% positive · 3,820 comments
- W vs MIA 127–126
- L @ ORL 90–121

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 LaMelo Ball in 11 of his 78 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −42 in losses (59% negative, 17% positive) against −36 in wins (56% negative, 20% positive), on a season net sentiment of −24.

−36In wins56% neg · 20% pos · 1,062 comments

−42In losses59% neg · 17% pos · 555 comments

−24His season44% neg · 20% pos · 13,123 comments

Games the room talked about LaMelo Ball 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 17Play-in	Play-in	@ ORLL 90–121	L 90–121	25	23	2	5	7-17	3-8	3	-9	23/2/5	569	37 points harsher than his season, from 311 comments.
Apr 14Play-in	Play-in	vs MIAW 127–126	W 127–126	40	30	5	10	12-31	2-16	3	+15	30/5/10	10,190	26 points harsher than his season, from 920 comments.
Apr 10		vs DETL 100–118	L 100–118	33	27	5	8	7-20	6-16	4	-14	27/5/8	506	4 points warmer than his season, from 35 comments.
Apr 7		@ BOSL 102–113	L 102–113	37	36	5	6	12-24	6-15	4	-1	36/5/6	1,154	25 points warmer than his season, from 71 comments.
Mar 28		vs PHIL 114–118	L 114–118	37	20	3	8	7-26	5-18	2	-7	20/3/8	965	11 points warmer than his season, from 40 comments.
Feb 9		vs DETL 104–110	L 104–110	29	20	4	4	8-22	4-12	3	-12	20/4/4	2,212	6 points harsher than his season, from 43 comments.
Jan 31		vs SASW 111–106	W 111–106	32	16	8	8	5-15	2-6	3	+7	16/8/8	1,429	59 points warmer than his season, from 26 comments.
Jan 21		vs CLEL 87–94	L 87–94	22	2	5	7	1-15	0-10	2	-16	2/5/7	233	14 points harsher than his season, from 24 comments.
Jan 15		@ LALW 135–117	W 135–117	29	30	6	11	10-20	9-17	2	+5	30/6/11	954	87 points warmer than his season, from 71 comments.
Jan 5		@ OKCW 124–97	W 124–97	25	16	2	2	5-10	4-7	4	+10	16/2/2	2,077	57 points warmer than his season, from 45 comments.