Lauri Markkanen · Court Sentiment

Verdict

35.1%49.3%15.6%

35.1%Negative1,067 comments

49.3%Neutral1,499 comments

15.6%Positive476 comments

−19Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=3,042 comments about Lauri MarkkanenUnofficial

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.ORL flair
Gonna call Lauri out to the parking lot and just hit him with a car. Gotta make sure the docs don't have to work too hard.
Post · NBA will send independent doctors to verify Lauri Markkanen’s MRI on Thursday▲ 497Feb 26, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.no flair
Lauri bout to wake up with a baseball bat to his ankle
Post · [Jones] One thing I’m hearing about Lauri Markkanen’s scheduled MRI: The league is sending independent doctors to verify.▲ 85Feb 26, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.SAC flair
Lauri is easily the answer. Guy hasn't ever been in the playoffs and misses half the season every year.
Post · Who are some current “good players on bad teams” that you believe will never be a major piece on a contending team?▲ 24Jun 13, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Lauri Markkanen 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 Lauri Markkanen, his own Jazz fans are 23% negative, rival fans 37%, unflaired commenters 37%. Fewer than two fanbases have 200 comments about him, so no fanbase stands out.

22.8%Own fansUTA flair · 417 comments

36.8%Rival fansevery other flair · 1,496 comments

37.3%Unflairedno flair · 1,129 comments

Method

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

Rooms

Lauri Markkanen was talked about most on the front page: 1,646 of his 3,042 comments, −20 net sentiment against −19 across his season. His harshest room was news posts, −26 on 28% of his comments; his warmest the front page.

Front page54% of his commentsWarmest35.415.41,646

News28% of his commentsHarshest35.49.8837

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 Lauri Markkanen; left out here: Game threads (190), Post-game threads (186), Highlights (152), Lowlights (15), Injury posts (7), Discussion posts (6), Daily chat thread (3). 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 Lauri Markkanen ran between 24% and 43%. His worst week was the week of Dec 8, 48% negative of 105 comments; his best the week of Oct 27, 41% positive. 15 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Oct 13 · 31% negative · 11% positive · 35 comments
- L vs DAL 101–114
- W vs POR 132–129
Oct 20 · 30% negative · 17% positive · 30 comments
- W vs LAC 129–108
- L @ SAC 104–105
Oct 27 · 20% negative · 41% positive · 116 comments
- W vs PHX 138–134
- L vs POR 134–136
- L @ PHX 96–118
- L @ CHA 103–126
Nov 3 · 28% negative · 15% positive · 40 comments
- W @ BOS 105–103
- L @ DET 103–114
- L @ MIN 97–137
Nov 10 · 40% negative · 21% positive · 86 comments
- L vs MIN 113–120
- W vs IND 152–128
- L vs ATL 122–132
- W vs CHI 150–147
Nov 17 · 36% negative · 26% positive · 387 comments
- L @ LAL 126–140
- L vs OKC 112–144
- L vs LAL 106–108
Nov 24 · 32% negative · 17% positive · 98 comments
- L @ GSW 117–134
- W vs SAC 128–119
- L vs HOU 101–129
Dec 1 · 32% negative · 11% positive · 53 comments
- W vs HOU 133–125
- W @ BKN 123–110
- L @ NYK 112–146
Dec 8 · 48% negative · 9% positive · 105 comments
- W @ MEM 130–126
Dec 15 · 28% negative · 26% positive · 74 comments
- W vs DAL 140–133
Dec 22 · 42% negative · 16% positive · 86 comments
- L @ DEN 112–135
- W vs DET 131–129
- W @ SAS 127–114
Dec 29 · 37% negative · 30% positive · 73 comments
- L vs BOS 119–129
- L @ GSW 114–123
Jan 5 · 23% negative · 23% positive · 124 comments
- L @ POR 117–137
- L @ OKC 125–129
- W vs DAL 116–114
Jan 12 · 36% negative · 8% positive · 95 comments
- W @ CLE 123–112
Jan 26 · 39% negative · 13% positive · 113 comments
- L vs LAC 103–115
- L vs GSW 124–140
- L @ TOR 100–107
Feb 2 · 33% negative · 14% positive · 288 comments
- W @ IND 131–122
- L @ ATL 119–121
- L @ ORL 117–120
Feb 9 · 43% negative · 6% positive · 296 comments
- W @ MIA 115–111
- W vs SAC 121–93
Feb 23 · 41% negative · 6% positive · 179 comments
- L @ HOU 105–125

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 Lauri Markkanen in 3 of his 44 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment +34 in losses (17% negative, 51% positive) against +57 in wins (9% negative, 65% positive), on a season net sentiment of −19.

+57In wins9% neg · 65% pos · 23 comments

+34In losses17% neg · 51% pos · 59 comments

−19His season35% neg · 16% pos · 3,042 comments

Games the room talked about Lauri Markkanen in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
Jan 7	@ OKCL 125–129	L 125–129	44	29	13	1	11-19	3-7	4	-1	29/13/1	932	60 points warmer than his season, from 22 comments.
Nov 18	@ LALL 126–140	L 126–140	32	31	5	2	12-21	3-9	1	-6	31/5/2	2,382	49 points warmer than his season, from 37 comments.
Nov 16	vs CHIW 150–147	W 150–147	46	47	7	2	15-33	6-17	1	+4	47/7/2	385	76 points warmer than his season, from 23 comments.