Max Strus · Court Sentiment

Verdict

34.2%36.6%29.3%

34.2%Negative759 comments

36.6%Neutral813 comments

29.3%Positive650 comments

−5Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=2,222 comments about Max StrusUnofficial

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.LAL flair
strus is a terrorist
Post · [Highlight] Max Strus draws the 3rd personal foul from Scottie Barnes, at the end of the 2nd quarter (with replays). Barnes is having a discussion with the referee about it.▲ 52May 4, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.UTA flair
Strus is such a little bitch
Game thread · TOR 102 @ CLE 114 · R1 G7 · May 3▲ 12May 4, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.NYK flair
Strus is a little bitch
Post · [Highlight] Mikal Bridges makes a ridiculous one-foot fadeaway to beat the shot clock▲ 12May 26, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Max Strus 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 Max Strus, his own Cavaliers fans are 21% negative, rival fans 37%, unflaired commenters 36%. Among the 2 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Knicks fans are hardest on him at 33% negative and Cavaliers fans kindest at 38% positive.

21.4%Own fansCLE flair · 341 comments

36.7%Rival fansevery other flair · 1,221 comments

36.1%Unflairedno flair · 660 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Max Strus was talked about most in the game threads: 1,400 of his 2,222 comments, −10 net sentiment against −5 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads; his warmest the front page, +2 on 16% of his comments. The game threads ran 12 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads63% of his commentsHarshest39.329.61,400

Front page16% of his commentsWarmest22.724.6357

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 Max Strus; left out here: Highlights (164), News (131), Post-game threads (121), Daily chat thread (30), Injury posts (9), Lowlights (9), Discussion posts (1). 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 Max Strus ran between 10% and 43%. His worst week was the week of May 4, 48% negative of 546 comments; his best the week of May 11, 48% positive. 33 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Mar 9 · 27 comments, under the floor
- L vs DAL 120–130
Mar 16 · 6 comments, under the floor
- W @ MIL 123–116
- W @ CHI 115–110
- W @ NOP 111–106
Mar 23 · 15 comments, under the floor
- W vs ORL 136–131
- W vs MIA 149–128
Mar 30 · 17 comments, under the floor
- L @ LAL 113–127
- W @ GSW 118–111
- W vs IND 117–108
Apr 6 · 7 comments, under the floor
- W vs ATL 122–116
- L @ ATL 102–124
- W vs WAS 130–117
Apr 13 · 23% negative · 37% positive · 118 comments
- W vs TOR 126–113
Apr 20 · 39% negative · 16% positive · 74 comments
- W vs TOR 115–105
- L @ TOR 104–126
- L @ TOR 89–93
Apr 27 · 45% negative · 15% positive · 40 comments
- W vs TOR 125–120
- L @ TOR 110–112
- W vs TOR 114–102
May 4 · 48% negative · 24% positive · 546 comments
- L @ DET 101–111
- L @ DET 97–107
- W vs DET 116–109
May 11 · 25% negative · 48% positive · 486 comments
- W vs DET 112–103
- W @ DET 117–113
- L vs DET 94–115
- W @ DET 125–94
May 18 · 39% negative · 24% positive · 504 comments
- L @ NYK 104–115
- L @ NYK 93–109
- L vs NYK 108–121
May 25 · 43% negative · 15% positive · 102 comments
- L vs NYK 93–130

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 Max Strus in 14 of his 30 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −18 in losses (42% negative, 24% positive) against 0 in wins (37% negative, 36% positive), on a season net sentiment of −5.

0In wins37% neg · 36% pos · 767 comments

−18In losses42% neg · 24% pos · 605 comments

−5His season34% neg · 29% pos · 2,222 comments

Games the room talked about Max Strus 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 25R3 G4	R3 G4	vs NYKL 93–130	L 93–130	22	5	2	2	2-6	1-4	2	-9	5/2/2	12,806	21 points harsher than his season, from 62 comments.
May 23R3 G3	R3 G3	vs NYKL 108–121	L 108–121	31	13	7	6	4-12	4-11	0	-3	13/7/6	8,118	9 points harsher than his season, from 148 comments.
May 21R3 G2	R3 G2	@ NYKL 93–109	L 93–109	26	5	4	3	1-7	1-4	3	-17	5/4/3	7,682	28 points harsher than his season, from 95 comments.
May 19R3 G1	R3 G1	@ NYKL 104–115	L 104–115	25	8	2	1	2-6	2-6	3	-11	8/2/1	19,144	11 points harsher than his season, from 74 comments.
May 17R2 G7	R2 G7	@ DETW 125–94	W 125–94	28	9	3	2	3-7	1-5	0	+11	9/3/2	17,494	15 points warmer than his season, from 51 comments.
May 15R2 G6	R2 G6	vs DETL 94–115	L 94–115	30	6	8	0	2-9	2-7	1	-16	6/8/0	9,941	16 points warmer than his season, from 93 comments.
May 13R2 G5	R2 G5	@ DETW 117–113	W 117–113	36	20	8	1	6-8	6-8	0	+9	20/8/1	12,686	38 points warmer than his season, from 217 comments.
May 11R2 G4	R2 G4	vs DETW 112–103	W 112–103	27	5	4	2	2-7	1-6	2	-12	5/4/2	6,878	19 points warmer than his season, from 56 comments.
May 9R2 G3	R2 G3	vs DETW 116–109	W 116–109	26	7	5	2	3-7	1-4	2	+8	7/5/2	7,027	At his season, from 107 comments.
May 7R2 G2	R2 G2	@ DETL 97–107	L 97–107	28	3	3	1	1-6	1-6	0	-9	3/3/1	7,260	57 points harsher than his season, from 29 comments.