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Luka Doncic

LAL · F-G · #77

r/NBA's 4th most discussed player.

PPG
33.5
RPG
7.7
APG
8.3
GP
64
Height
6′8″
Weight
230 lb
Age
27
Born
Feb 28, 1999
Experience
7 yrs
From
Real Madrid

Verdict

41.4%Negative37,052 comments
36.6%Neutral32,716 comments
22.0%Positive19,668 comments
−19Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=89,436 comments about Luka Doncic

  1. 24most hated
  2. 37most loved
  3. 4most discussed
  4. 31most argued about

Receipts

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

  1. Exhibit 01no flair
    Luka is so fat they saved millions in fuel cost on the team plane Galaxy brain move by Nico
    Post · [Charania] BREAKING: The Dallas Mavericks are trading 10-time NBA All-Star Anthony Davis, Jaden Hardy, D'Angelo Russell and Dante Exum to the Washington Wizards for Khris Middleton, AJ Johnson, Malaki Branham, Marvin Bagley III, 2 first-round picks and 3 second-rounders, sources tell ESPN.▲ 1,797Feb 4, 2026Source ↗
  2. Exhibit 02LAC flair
    so luka a bitch
    Post · [LegendZ] What Luka Doncic really said to Goga Bitadze: Luka: "Jebem ti mater." (I f*ck your mom) Goga: "Jebem ti familiju." (I f*ck your whole family) Luka: "I'll f*ck you up motherf*cker, don't mention my f*cking family again."▲ 1,050Mar 24, 2026Source ↗
  3. Exhibit 03UTA flair
    Makes me want to apologize to prime Harden for the things I said. Luka is worse.
    Post · [Lowlight] Luka doesn’t get back on defense, complains to the refs while Anthony Black gets a tough and-1 layup▲ 721Feb 25, 2026Source ↗
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Luka Doncic 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 Luka Doncic, his own Lakers fans are 31% negative, rival fans 44%, unflaired commenters 42%. Among the 30 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Thunder fans are hardest on him at 51% negative and Lakers fans kindest at 31% positive.

31.1%Own fansLAL flair · 12,108 comments
43.7%Rival fansevery other flair · 36,653 comments
42.4%Unflairedno flair · 40,675 comments

Who hates him most

  1. 1OKC fans50.9%+10
  2. 2UTA fans50.5%+10
  3. 3DET fans48.7%+8
  4. 4LAC fans48.7%+8
  5. 5DEN fans47.9%+7

Who defends him

  1. 1LAL fansown fans31.0%+9
  2. 2DAL fans27.0%+5
  3. 3POR fans25.4%+3
  4. 4WAS fans24.6%+2
  5. 5CHI fans23.5%+1
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Luka Doncic are left out of the lists; the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Rooms

Luka Doncic was talked about most on the front page: 49,540 of his 89,436 comments, −18 net sentiment against −19 across his season. His harshest room was injury posts, −35 on under 1% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, −12 on 4% of his comments. The game threads ran 5 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads46.023.310,439
Post-game threadsWarmest40.128.03,303
Front page40.122.449,540
Highlights39.125.99,858
News43.916.314,956
Lowlights50.215.0548
Injury postsHarshest47.412.0407
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 Luka Doncic; left out here: Daily chat thread (126), Discussion posts (125). 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 Luka Doncic ran between 33% and 49%. His worst week was the week of Feb 23, 52% negative of 3,815 comments; his best the week of Mar 16, 32% 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 Luka Doncic in 60 of his 66 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −40 in losses (57% negative, 17% positive) against −1 in wins (37% negative, 36% positive), on a season net sentiment of −19.

−1In wins37% neg · 36% pos · 4,621 comments
−40In losses57% neg · 17% pos · 4,281 comments
−19His season41% neg · 22% pos · 89,436 comments
DatePhaseOppResultMinPtsRebAstFG3PTOV+/−P/R/ACommentsVerdict
Apr 2@ OKCL 96–139L 96–1392612473-101-76-2512/4/75,831
Mar 31vs CLEW 127–113W 127–113344251213-266-130+2142/5/12866
Mar 27vs BKNW 116–99W 116–9939418315-255-105+1941/8/3329
Mar 23@ DETL 110–113L 110–11339327611-293-133+732/7/61,514
Mar 21@ ORLW 105–104W 105–10438335812-303-134+1033/5/81,586
Mar 19@ MIAW 134–126W 134–12638607318-309-172+760/7/31,169
Mar 18@ HOUW 124–116W 124–116384091012-257-175+240/9/102,169
Mar 16@ HOUW 100–92W 100–9240366414-274-124+636/6/41,991
Mar 14vs DENW 127–125W 127–1254330111310-264-146-430/11/134,112
Mar 12vs CHIW 142–130W 142–130375110917-319-141+1551/10/9276

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

−75−50−250+25+50+750102030405060his season −19L vs GSW 109–119: Game Score 38.9, net sentiment −11 from 710 commentsW vs MIN 128–110: Game Score 42.0, net sentiment +9 from 467 commentsW @ MEM 117–112: Game Score 31.5, net sentiment +21 from 110 commentsW vs MIA 130–120: Game Score 24.3, net sentiment 0 from 69 commentsW vs SAS 118–116: Game Score 31.5, net sentiment −6 from 308 commentsL @ ATL 102–122: Game Score 16.5, net sentiment −53 from 60 commentsW @ CHA 121–111: Game Score 28.5, net sentiment +3 from 72 commentsL @ OKC 92–121: Game Score 10.8, net sentiment −42 from 220 commentsW @ NOP 118–104: Game Score 23.8, net sentiment −52 from 29 commentsW @ MIL 119–95: Game Score 36.8, net sentiment +7 from 90 commentsW vs UTA 140–126: Game Score 27.7, net sentiment −25 from 204 commentsW @ UTA 108–106: Game Score 24.5, net sentiment −10 from 49 commentsW vs LAC 135–118: Game Score 37.5, net sentiment −2 from 353 commentsW vs DAL 129–119: Game Score 30.7, net sentiment +1 from 168 commentsW vs NOP 133–121: Game Score 30.4, net sentiment +9 from 64 commentsL vs PHX 108–125: Game Score 22.8, net sentiment −32 from 146 commentsW @ PHI 112–108: Game Score 25.2, net sentiment −4 from 52 commentsL vs SAS 119–132: Game Score 24.1, net sentiment −52 from 345 commentsW @ PHX 116–114: Game Score 13.6, net sentiment −52 from 105 commentsW @ UTA 143–135: Game Score 46.9, net sentiment −38 from 92 commentsL @ LAC 88–103: Game Score 2.2, net sentiment −54 from 124 commentsL vs HOU 96–119: Game Score 17.5, net sentiment −57 from 267 commentsW vs SAC 125–101: Game Score 25.8, net sentiment −24 from 38 commentsL vs DET 106–128: Game Score 17.4, net sentiment −61 from 240 commentsW vs MEM 128–121: Game Score 25.6, net sentiment −44 from 116 commentsW vs MEM 120–114: Game Score 31.6, net sentiment −11 from 45 commentsW @ NOP 111–103: Game Score 21.9, net sentiment +6 from 65 commentsL @ SAS 91–107: Game Score 27.4, net sentiment −29 from 195 commentsL vs MIL 101–105: Game Score 14.9, net sentiment −46 from 161 commentsL @ SAC 112–124: Game Score 38.6, net sentiment −33 from 125 commentsW vs ATL 141–116: Game Score 20.6, net sentiment −22 from 32 commentsL vs CHA 117–135: Game Score 27.1, net sentiment −47 from 93 commentsW vs TOR 110–93: Game Score 13.3, net sentiment −44 from 59 commentsW @ DEN 115–107: Game Score 36.8, net sentiment −18 from 160 commentsL @ LAC 104–112: Game Score 26.8, net sentiment −39 from 175 commentsW @ DAL 116–110: Game Score 31.3, net sentiment −10 from 112 commentsW @ CHI 129–118: Game Score 39.6, net sentiment +32 from 47 commentsL @ CLE 99–129: Game Score 21.5, net sentiment −42 from 128 commentsW @ WAS 142–111: Game Score 37.1, net sentiment +15 from 48 commentsL @ NYK 100–112: Game Score 23.8, net sentiment −23 from 106 commentsW @ BKN 125–109: Game Score 15.1, net sentiment 0 from 21 commentsW vs PHI 119–115: Game Score 1.8, net sentiment −44 from 59 commentsW vs LAC 125–122: Game Score 34.1, net sentiment −25 from 112 commentsL vs BOS 89–111: Game Score 12.7, net sentiment −53 from 191 commentsL vs ORL 109–110: Game Score 17.5, net sentiment −40 from 78 commentsL @ PHX 110–113: Game Score 37.3, net sentiment −41 from 102 commentsW vs NOP 110–101: Game Score 16.0, net sentiment −38 from 29 commentsL @ DEN 113–120: Game Score 22.2, net sentiment −29 from 137 commentsW vs NYK 110–97: Game Score 21.1, net sentiment −20 from 122 commentsW vs MIN 120–106: Game Score 27.9, net sentiment +13 from 82 commentsW vs CHI 142–130: Game Score 46.5, net sentiment +26 from 50 commentsW vs DEN 127–125: Game Score 22.9, net sentiment +8 from 248 commentsW @ HOU 100–92: Game Score 24.5, net sentiment −24 from 87 commentsW @ HOU 124–116: Game Score 29.8, net sentiment +41 from 368 commentsW @ MIA 134–126: Game Score 51.8, net sentiment +37 from 238 commentsW @ ORL 105–104: Game Score 23.0, net sentiment −9 from 111 commentsL @ DET 110–113: Game Score 22.0, net sentiment −50 from 116 commentsW vs BKN 116–99: Game Score 31.5, net sentiment +15 from 41 commentsW vs CLE 127–113: Game Score 39.3, net sentiment +13 from 99 commentsL @ OKC 96–139: Game Score 6.9, net sentiment −52 from 562 comments
r = 0.62 · 60 games · win loss