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LeBron James

LAL · F · #23

r/NBA's 2nd most discussed player.

PPG
20.9
RPG
6.1
APG
7.2
GP
60
Height
6′9″
Weight
250 lb
Age
41
Born
Dec 30, 1984
Experience
22 yrs
From
St. Vincent-St. Mary HS (OH)

Verdict

34.8%Negative38,849 comments
39.0%Neutral43,557 comments
26.2%Positive29,314 comments
−9Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=111,720 comments about LeBron James

  1. 48most hated
  2. 23most loved
  3. 2most discussed
  4. 42most argued about

Receipts

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

  1. Exhibit 01MIL flair
    LeBron just rolled over into his grave
    Post · [Charania] Los Angeles Lakers guard Austin Reaves has been diagnosed with a Grade 2 left oblique muscle injury and is out for the remainder of the regular season.▲ 2,607Apr 4, 2026Source ↗
  2. Exhibit 02no flair
    Thanks for the clip getting ready to push my "Bron punches women" agenda
    Post · LeBron even has handshakes for the photographers▲ 2,358Mar 24, 2026Source ↗
  3. Exhibit 03LAL flair
    LeBron is so old his dementia is making him think he's playing DeRozen and Lowry in 2018, sad
    Post · [Highlight] LeBron James hits another ridiculous off-balance shot!▲ 1,907Apr 25, 2026Source ↗
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about LeBron James 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 LeBron James, his own Lakers fans are 31% negative, rival fans 33%, unflaired commenters 37%. Among the 30 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Rockets fans are hardest on him at 43% negative and 76ers fans kindest at 32% positive.

30.8%Own fansLAL flair · 14,015 comments
33.1%Rival fansevery other flair · 44,000 comments
37.2%Unflairedno flair · 53,705 comments

Who hates him most

  1. 1HOU fans43.3%+11
  2. 2IND fans42.5%+10
  3. 3PHX fans40.3%+8
  4. 4BOS fans37.4%+5
  5. 5GSW fans36.8%+4

Who defends him

  1. 1PHI fans31.8%+5
  2. 2CLE fans31.4%+4
  3. 3WAS fans31.3%+4
  4. 4BKN fans30.8%+4
  5. 5MIA fans30.0%+3
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about LeBron James are left out of the lists; the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Rooms

LeBron James was talked about most on the front page: 64,340 of his 111,720 comments, −7 net sentiment against −9 across his season. His harshest room was lowlights, −25 on under 1% of his comments; his warmest highlights, −2 on 11% of his comments. The game threads ran 7 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads42.929.312,521
Post-game threads36.632.63,401
Daily chat thread35.925.4276
Front page33.126.264,340
HighlightsWarmest34.632.312,258
News34.519.417,810
LowlightsHarshest44.819.8475
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 LeBron James; left out here: Injury posts (176), Discussion posts (170). 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 LeBron James ran between 31% and 41%. His worst week was the week of Dec 15, 47% negative of 2,949 comments; his best the week of Apr 20, 42% 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 LeBron James in 60 of his 70 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −28 in losses (51% negative, 23% positive) against +7 in wins (34% negative, 41% positive), on a season net sentiment of −9.

+7In wins34% neg · 41% pos · 5,947 comments
−28In losses51% neg · 23% pos · 5,848 comments
−9His season35% neg · 26% pos · 111,720 comments
DatePhaseOppResultMinPtsRebAstFG3PTOV+/−P/R/ACommentsVerdict
May 11R2 G4R2 G4vs OKCL 110–115L 110–11540241238-182-64-1724/12/313,015
May 9R2 G3R2 G3vs OKCL 108–131L 108–1313719687-192-63-2519/6/813,634
May 7R2 G2R2 G2@ OKCL 107–125L 107–1253823269-181-43-923/2/621,807
May 5R2 G1R2 G1@ OKCL 90–108L 90–10836274612-173-62-627/4/611,399
May 1R1 G6R1 G6@ HOUW 98–78W 98–7837287810-252-53+2628/7/87,226
Apr 29R1 G5R1 G5vs HOUL 93–99L 93–993925379-200-62-525/3/76,820
Apr 26R1 G4R1 G4@ HOUL 96–115L 96–1153310492-90-38-1810/4/94,414
Apr 24R1 G3R1 G3@ HOUW 112–108W 112–108452913610-224-98029/13/612,328Recap
Apr 21R1 G2R1 G2vs HOUW 101–94W 101–943928878-202-53+628/8/78,572
Apr 18R1 G1R1 G1vs HOUW 107–98W 107–9838198139-151-22+1119/8/135,925

Bad nights get punished: across 60 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with LeBron James's Game Score.

−75−50−250+25+50+75010203040his season −9W vs UTA 140–126: Game Score 16.2, net sentiment +22 from 340 commentsW @ UTA 108–106: Game Score 12.8, net sentiment −22 from 60 commentsW vs LAC 135–118: Game Score 21.6, net sentiment +2 from 226 commentsW vs DAL 129–119: Game Score 10.1, net sentiment −17 from 114 commentsL vs PHX 108–125: Game Score 2.1, net sentiment −52 from 254 commentsW @ TOR 123–120: Game Score 7.2, net sentiment −15 from 461 commentsW @ PHI 112–108: Game Score 27.5, net sentiment +38 from 213 commentsL vs SAS 119–132: Game Score 20.4, net sentiment −21 from 194 commentsW @ PHX 116–114: Game Score 13.6, net sentiment −52 from 192 commentsW @ UTA 143–135: Game Score 27.0, net sentiment −10 from 20 commentsL @ LAC 88–103: Game Score 24.6, net sentiment −17 from 94 commentsL @ PHX 108–132: Game Score 18.8, net sentiment −64 from 25 commentsL vs HOU 96–119: Game Score 13.9, net sentiment −54 from 136 commentsL vs DET 106–128: Game Score 6.6, net sentiment −57 from 187 commentsW vs MEM 128–121: Game Score 24.9, net sentiment +36 from 39 commentsW vs MEM 120–114: Game Score 26.9, net sentiment −23 from 44 commentsW @ NOP 111–103: Game Score 29.6, net sentiment +45 from 47 commentsL vs MIL 101–105: Game Score 24.2, net sentiment +16 from 100 commentsL @ SAC 112–124: Game Score 14.2, net sentiment −49 from 53 commentsW vs ATL 141–116: Game Score 28.8, net sentiment +22 from 32 commentsL vs CHA 117–135: Game Score 26.7, net sentiment −73 from 33 commentsL @ POR 116–132: Game Score 17.5, net sentiment −65 from 62 commentsW vs TOR 110–93: Game Score 21.0, net sentiment −12 from 33 commentsW @ DEN 115–107: Game Score 12.0, net sentiment −2 from 90 commentsL @ LAC 104–112: Game Score 16.2, net sentiment −3 from 69 commentsW @ DAL 116–110: Game Score 15.6, net sentiment −22 from 78 commentsW @ CHI 129–118: Game Score 15.3, net sentiment −14 from 21 commentsL @ CLE 99–129: Game Score 3.4, net sentiment −39 from 102 commentsL @ NYK 100–112: Game Score 19.6, net sentiment −9 from 64 commentsW vs PHI 119–115: Game Score 8.4, net sentiment −45 from 71 commentsW vs GSW 105–99: Game Score 13.5, net sentiment −20 from 44 commentsL vs OKC 110–119: Game Score 19.7, net sentiment −40 from 43 commentsW vs DAL 124–104: Game Score 25.7, net sentiment +10 from 31 commentsW vs LAC 125–122: Game Score 11.3, net sentiment −50 from 50 commentsL vs BOS 89–111: Game Score 15.7, net sentiment −59 from 61 commentsL vs ORL 109–110: Game Score 15.7, net sentiment −36 from 22 commentsL @ PHX 110–113: Game Score 11.3, net sentiment −59 from 37 commentsW vs NOP 110–101: Game Score 17.2, net sentiment +5 from 20 commentsL @ DEN 113–120: Game Score 20.1, net sentiment −34 from 139 commentsW vs DEN 127–125: Game Score 11.8, net sentiment −15 from 144 commentsW @ HOU 100–92: Game Score 16.1, net sentiment −22 from 60 commentsW @ HOU 124–116: Game Score 26.8, net sentiment +31 from 172 commentsW @ MIA 134–126: Game Score 22.3, net sentiment +29 from 55 commentsW @ ORL 105–104: Game Score 11.1, net sentiment −29 from 106 commentsL @ DET 110–113: Game Score 12.6, net sentiment −36 from 47 commentsW vs CLE 127–113: Game Score 13.2, net sentiment +2 from 48 commentsL @ OKC 96–139: Game Score 11.0, net sentiment −35 from 186 commentsL @ DAL 128–134: Game Score 27.6, net sentiment −28 from 87 commentsW @ GSW 119–103: Game Score 26.5, net sentiment +4 from 69 commentsW vs PHX 101–73: Game Score 31.4, net sentiment +50 from 38 commentsW vs HOU 107–98: Game Score 22.3, net sentiment +16 from 424 commentsW vs HOU 101–94: Game Score 20.1, net sentiment +21 from 783 commentsW @ HOU 112–108: Game Score 20.6, net sentiment +12 from 1,317 commentsL @ HOU 96–115: Game Score 3.2, net sentiment −40 from 324 commentsL vs HOU 93–99: Game Score 18.8, net sentiment −32 from 490 commentsW @ HOU 98–78: Game Score 18.0, net sentiment +15 from 505 commentsL @ OKC 90–108: Game Score 23.9, net sentiment +10 from 771 commentsL @ OKC 107–125: Game Score 18.8, net sentiment −26 from 1,023 commentsL vs OKC 108–131: Game Score 13.1, net sentiment −43 from 480 commentsL vs OKC 110–115: Game Score 15.8, net sentiment −31 from 765 comments
r = 0.58 · 60 games · win loss