Marcus Smart · Court Sentiment

Verdict

45.6%26.3%28.1%

45.6%Negative1,503 comments

26.3%Neutral867 comments

28.1%Positive926 comments

−18Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=3,296 comments about Marcus SmartUnofficial

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.NYK flair
marcus smart really punted this one away in the 4th, three horrible fouls in a row choked away their pillow. Also holy fuck deandre ayton may never play in the nba again lol
Post · THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM 2026 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION▲ 204May 12, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.LAL flair
fuck you marcus smart
Post · [Highlight] DILLON BROOKS FOR THE LEAD▲ 191Dec 15, 2025Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.WAS flair
Marcus Dumbass
Post · [Lowlight] Marcus Smart attempts a behind the back pass▲ 119Dec 15, 2025Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Marcus Smart 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 Marcus Smart, his own Lakers fans are 33% negative, rival fans 48%, unflaired commenters 49%. Among the 2 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Lakers fans are hardest on him at 33% negative and Lakers fans kindest at 42% positive.

32.9%Own fansLAL flair · 541 comments

47.7%Rival fansevery other flair · 1,535 comments

48.6%Unflairedno flair · 1,220 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Marcus Smart was talked about most in the game threads: 1,281 of his 3,296 comments, −23 net sentiment against −18 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads; his warmest the post-game threads, 0 on 11% of his comments. The game threads ran 9 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads39% of his commentsHarshest50.827.81,281

Post-game threads11% of his commentsWarmest39.339.6359

Front page30% of his comments40.426.5976

Highlights13% of his comments47.728.9419

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 Marcus Smart; left out here: News (193), Lowlights (38), Injury posts (14), Daily chat thread (12), Discussion posts (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 Marcus Smart ran between 25% and 58%. His worst week was the week of Jan 12, 73% negative of 56 comments; his best the week of Apr 20, 58% positive. 14 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Oct 13 · 22 comments, under the floor
- L @ PHX 104–113
- L vs SAC 116–117
Oct 20 · 61% negative · 18% positive · 277 comments
- L vs GSW 109–119
- W vs MIN 128–110
- W @ SAC 127–120
Oct 27 · 29 comments, under the floor
- W @ MEM 117–112
- W vs MIA 130–120
Nov 3 · 57% negative · 22% positive · 194 comments
- W @ POR 123–115
- W vs SAS 118–116
- L @ ATL 102–122
Nov 10 · 37% negative · 35% positive · 46 comments
- W @ CHA 121–111
- L @ OKC 92–121
- W @ NOP 118–104
Nov 17 · 25 comments, under the floor
- W vs UTA 140–126
- W @ UTA 108–106
Nov 24 · 53% negative · 9% positive · 32 comments
- W vs LAC 135–118
Dec 8 · 56% negative · 24% positive · 97 comments
- L vs SAS 119–132
- W @ PHX 116–114
Dec 15 · 66% negative · 13% positive · 104 comments
- W @ UTA 143–135
- L @ LAC 88–103
Dec 22 · 49% negative · 9% positive · 43 comments
- L @ PHX 108–132
- L vs HOU 96–119
- W vs SAC 125–101
Dec 29 · 42% negative · 21% positive · 33 comments
- L vs DET 106–128
- W vs MEM 128–121
- W vs MEM 120–114
Jan 5 · 50% negative · 14% positive · 44 comments
- W @ NOP 111–103
- L @ SAS 91–107
- L vs MIL 101–105
Jan 12 · 73% negative · 7% positive · 56 comments
- L @ SAC 112–124
- W vs ATL 141–116
- L vs CHA 117–135
- L @ POR 116–132
- W vs TOR 110–93
Jan 19 · 52% negative · 21% positive · 62 comments
- W @ DEN 115–107
- L @ LAC 104–112
- W @ DAL 116–110
Jan 26 · 18 comments, under the floor
- W @ CHI 129–118
- L @ CLE 99–129
- W @ WAS 142–111
- L @ NYK 100–112
Feb 2 · 42% negative · 21% positive · 33 comments
- W @ BKN 125–109
- W vs PHI 119–115
- W vs GSW 105–99
Feb 9 · 21 comments, under the floor
- L vs OKC 110–119
- W vs DAL 124–104
Feb 16 · 25 comments, under the floor
- W vs LAC 125–122
- L vs BOS 89–111
Feb 23 · 49% negative · 18% positive · 87 comments
- L vs ORL 109–110
- L @ PHX 110–113
- W @ GSW 129–101
- W vs SAC 128–104
Mar 2 · 58% negative · 20% positive · 123 comments
- W vs NOP 110–101
- L @ DEN 113–120
- W vs IND 128–117
- W vs NYK 110–97
Mar 9 · 38% negative · 35% positive · 84 comments
- W vs MIN 120–106
- W vs DEN 127–125
Mar 16 · 40% negative · 31% positive · 93 comments
- W @ HOU 100–92
- W @ HOU 124–116
- W @ MIA 134–126
- W @ ORL 105–104
Apr 6 · 26% negative · 26% positive · 31 comments
- W vs PHX 101–73
- W vs UTA 131–107
Apr 13 · 35% negative · 30% positive · 60 comments
- W vs HOU 107–98
Apr 20 · 22% negative · 58% positive · 631 comments
- W vs HOU 101–94
- W @ HOU 112–108
- L @ HOU 96–115
Apr 27 · 47% negative · 25% positive · 202 comments
- L vs HOU 93–99
- W @ HOU 98–78
May 4 · 56% negative · 20% positive · 324 comments
- L @ OKC 90–108
- L @ OKC 107–125
- L vs OKC 108–131
May 11 · 60% negative · 19% positive · 193 comments
- L vs OKC 110–115

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 Marcus Smart in 16 of his 74 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −44 in losses (61% negative, 17% positive) against +18 in wins (32% negative, 49% positive), on a season net sentiment of −18.

+18In wins32% neg · 49% pos · 592 comments

−44In losses61% neg · 17% pos · 688 comments

−18His season46% neg · 28% pos · 3,296 comments

Games the room talked about Marcus Smart in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
May 11R2 G4	R2 G4	vs OKCL 110–115	L 110–115	36	5	2	3	2-8	0-4	6	+5	5/2/3	13,015	35 points harsher than his season, from 123 comments.
May 9R2 G3	R2 G3	vs OKCL 108–131	L 108–131	32	10	3	3	3-7	1-2	2	-23	10/3/3	13,634	At his season, from 29 comments.
May 7R2 G2	R2 G2	@ OKCL 107–125	L 107–125	34	14	4	5	4-13	1-7	3	+2	14/4/5	21,807	36 points harsher than his season, from 91 comments.
May 5R2 G1	R2 G1	@ OKCL 90–108	L 90–108	32	12	4	7	4-15	2-8	2	-10	12/4/7	11,399	7 points warmer than his season, from 57 comments.
May 1R1 G6	R1 G6	@ HOUW 98–78	W 98–78	35	7	7	1	2-7	2-4	1	+25	7/7/1	7,226	56 points warmer than his season, from 31 comments.
Apr 29R1 G5	R1 G5	vs HOUL 93–99	L 93–99	37	11	5	2	3-7	3-7	6	-7	11/5/2	6,820	41 points harsher than his season, from 63 comments.
Apr 26R1 G4	R1 G4	@ HOUL 96–115	L 96–115	31	9	2	5	3-8	0-2	4	-20	9/2/5	4,414	14 points harsher than his season, from 22 comments.
Apr 24R1 G3	R1 G3	@ HOUW 112–108	W 112–108	39	21	4	10	5-9	2-4	3	+3	21/4/10	12,328	71 points warmer than his season, from 276 comments.
Apr 21R1 G2	R1 G2	vs HOUW 101–94	W 101–94	35	25	2	7	8-13	5-7	3	+3	25/2/7	8,572	40 points warmer than his season, from 113 comments.
Mar 14		vs DENW 127–125	W 127–125	35	21	3	2	8-15	5-12	0	+16	21/3/2	4,112	22 points warmer than his season, from 42 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 16 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Marcus Smart's Game Score.

r = 0.67 · 16 games · win loss