Michael Porter Jr · Court Sentiment

Verdict

33.0%43.8%23.3%

33.0%Negative1,713 comments

43.8%Neutral2,276 comments

23.3%Positive1,209 comments

−10Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=5,198 comments about Michael Porter Jr

Receipts

What the room said about Michael Porter Jr, verbatim: the highest-scoring comments in each class.

Exhibit 01Negative.LAL flair
If you ever get a chance to stand next to MPJ you’ll be able to hear the wind between his ears like a seashell.
Post · Michael Porter Jr. talks about when he accidentally leaked Adam Silver’s number on Snapchat as a rookie: “I’m thinking I’m getting kicked out the league… They had me walk up there in front of all these guys and apologize. That was the most embarrassing time of my life.”▲ 524Feb 6, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.PHI flair
They could've built Rome in a day with MPJ supplying the bricks
Post-game thread · PHI 129 @ BKN 105 · Nov 2▲ 295Nov 3, 2025Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.CHI flair
Giving MPJ any form of a platform is rotting brains.
Post · Michael Porter Jr. says people are weird for hating on Deni Avdija for representing his country▲ 134May 1, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Michael Porter Jr 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 Michael Porter Jr, his own Nets fans are 24% negative, rival fans 33%, unflaired commenters 35%. Among the 3 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Lakers fans are hardest on him at 30% negative and Nets fans kindest at 36% positive.

24.3%Own fansBKN flair · 416 comments

32.8%Rival fansevery other flair · 2,671 comments

34.9%Unflairedno flair · 2,111 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Michael Porter Jr was talked about most on the front page: 2,910 of his 5,198 comments, −13 net sentiment against −10 across his season. His harshest room was the front page; his warmest the post-game threads, +10 on 8% of his comments.

Game threads9% of his comments35.724.7493

Post-game threads8% of his commentsWarmest27.537.3407

Front page56% of his commentsHarshest33.821.32,910

Highlights8% of his comments32.628.4430

News17% of his comments31.319.9900

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 Michael Porter Jr; left out here: Lowlights (32), Discussion posts (11), Injury posts (9), Daily chat thread (4). 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 Michael Porter Jr ran between 24% and 42%. His worst week was the week of May 11, 45% negative of 40 comments; his best the week of Dec 1, 40% positive. 3 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Oct 6 · 32% negative · 23% positive · 57 comments
- L vs PHX 127–132
- W vs PHX 111–109
Oct 13 · 33% negative · 23% positive · 92 comments
- L @ TOR 114–119
Oct 20 · 37% negative · 23% positive · 150 comments
- L @ CHA 117–136
- L vs CLE 124–131
- L @ SAS 107–118
Oct 27 · 30% negative · 21% positive · 115 comments
- L @ HOU 109–137
- L vs ATL 112–117
- L vs PHI 105–129
Nov 3 · 36% negative · 21% positive · 232 comments
- W @ IND 112–103
- L vs DET 107–125
- L @ NYK 98–134
Nov 10 · 29% negative · 30% positive · 174 comments
- L vs TOR 109–119
- L @ ORL 98–105
- W @ WAS 129–106
Nov 17 · 43% negative · 19% positive · 481 comments
- L vs BOS 99–113
- W @ BOS 113–105
- L @ TOR 109–119
Nov 24 · 37% negative · 20% positive · 108 comments
- L vs NYK 100–113
Dec 1 · 23% negative · 40% positive · 260 comments
- W vs CHA 116–103
- W @ CHI 113–103
- W vs NOP 119–101
Dec 8 · 29% negative · 31% positive · 160 comments
- L @ DAL 111–119
- W vs MIL 127–82
Dec 15 · 26% negative · 23% positive · 117 comments
- L vs MIA 95–106
- W vs TOR 96–81
Dec 22 · 24% negative · 37% positive · 312 comments
- W @ PHI 114–106
- W @ MIN 123–107
Dec 29 · 19% negative · 34% positive · 170 comments
- L vs GSW 107–120
- W vs DEN 127–115
Jan 5 · 25% negative · 32% positive · 329 comments
- L vs ORL 103–104
- L vs LAC 105–121
Jan 12 · 28% negative · 26% positive · 216 comments
- L @ DAL 105–113
- L @ NOP 113–116
- W vs CHI 112–109
Jan 19 · 33% negative · 14% positive · 127 comments
- L vs PHX 117–126
- L @ NYK 66–120
- L vs BOS 126–130
- L @ LAC 89–126
Jan 26 · 28% negative · 25% positive · 208 comments
- L @ PHX 102–106
- L @ DEN 103–107
Feb 2 · 31% negative · 23% positive · 216 comments
- L vs LAL 109–125
- L @ ORL 98–118
- W vs WAS 127–113
Feb 16 · 38% negative · 25% positive · 32 comments
- L @ CLE 84–112
- L @ OKC 86–105
- L @ ATL 104–115
Feb 23 · 38% negative · 19% positive · 159 comments
- L vs DAL 114–123
- L vs SAS 110–126
- L @ BOS 111–148
- L vs CLE 102–106
Mar 2 · 35% negative · 17% positive · 113 comments
- L @ MIA 98–124
- L @ MIA 110–126
- W @ DET 107–105
Mar 9 · 41% negative · 9% positive · 68 comments
- L vs DET 100–138

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 Michael Porter Jr in 2 of his 55 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment +25 in losses (14% negative, 39% positive) against +56 in wins (10% negative, 67% positive), on a season net sentiment of −10.

+56In wins10% neg · 67% pos · 39 comments

+25In losses14% neg · 39% pos · 28 comments

−10His season33% neg · 23% pos · 5,198 comments

Games the room talked about Michael Porter Jr in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
Jan 29		@ DENL 103–107	L 103–107	37	38	10	3	13-28	7-15	1	+12	38/10/3	162	35 points warmer than his season, from 28 comments.
Jan 4		vs DENW 127–115	W 127–115	32	27	11	5	8-17	2-6	4	+22	27/11/5	406	66 points warmer than his season, from 39 comments.