2025-26

Mikal Bridges

NYK · G-F · #25

Unofficial: 2,867 comments, 2,133 short of the official minimum of 5,000. Among all 223 tracked players he would rank 30th most loved.

PPG: 14.5
RPG: 3.9
APG: 3.8
GP: 82

Height: 6′6″
Weight: 209 lb
Age: 30
Born: Aug 30, 1996
Experience: 7 yrs
From: Villanova

Verdict

32.2%33.0%34.9%

32.2%Negative922 comments

33.0%Neutral945 comments

34.9%Positive1,000 comments

+3Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=2,867 comments about Mikal BridgesUnofficial

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.TOR flair
Mikal Bridges is the biggest scammer in NBA history
Post · Gabe Vincent, a bench player, had more points with 5, than 2 Knicks starters Josh Hart and Mikal Bridges who combined with 2▲ 110Apr 24, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.NYK flair
I mean Mikal put us in that situation by being so fucking stupid
Post · [Highlight] Mikal Bridges' loose ball foul extends the game before Braun ties it from the free throw line▲ 37Feb 5, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
Yeah, not to mention Mikal Bridges have been straight up ass
Post-game thread · ATL 97 @ NYK 126 · R1 G5 · Apr 28▲ 23Apr 29, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Mikal Bridges 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 Mikal Bridges, his own Knicks fans are 24% negative, rival fans 35%, unflaired commenters 36%. Among the 2 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Knicks fans are hardest on him at 24% negative and Suns fans kindest at 54% positive.

24.1%Own fansNYK flair · 796 comments

34.8%Rival fansevery other flair · 1,215 comments

35.9%Unflairedno flair · 856 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Mikal Bridges was talked about most on the front page: 1,164 of his 2,867 comments, +6 net sentiment against +3 across his season. His harshest room was news posts, −12 on 13% of his comments; his warmest the front page.

Game threads29% of his comments34.740.5829

Post-game threads7% of his comments41.236.0211

Front page41% of his commentsWarmest28.834.71,164

Highlights9% of his comments26.830.0250

News13% of his commentsHarshest36.424.5379

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 Mikal Bridges; left out here: Daily chat thread (17), Lowlights (9), Discussion posts (6), Injury 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 Mikal Bridges ran between 17% and 54%. His worst week was the week of Apr 20, 60% negative of 301 comments; his best the week of May 18, 65% positive. 14 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Sep 29 · 8 comments, under the floor
- W vs PHI 99–84
- W vs PHI 113–104
Oct 6 · 19 comments, under the floor
- W vs MIN 100–95
Oct 13 · 14 comments, under the floor
- W vs CHA 113–108
Oct 20 · 25 comments, under the floor
- W vs CLE 119–111
- W vs BOS 105–95
- L @ MIA 107–115
Oct 27 · 14 comments, under the floor
- L @ MIL 111–121
- L @ CHI 125–135
- W vs CHI 128–116
Nov 3 · 26 comments, under the floor
- W vs WAS 119–102
- W vs MIN 137–114
- W vs BKN 134–98
Nov 10 · 27% negative · 27% positive · 33 comments
- W vs MEM 133–120
- L vs ORL 107–124
- W vs MIA 140–132
Nov 17 · 19% negative · 38% positive · 48 comments
- L @ MIA 113–115
- W @ DAL 113–111
- L @ ORL 121–133
Nov 24 · 17 comments, under the floor
- W @ BKN 113–100
- W @ CHA 129–101
- W vs MIL 118–109
- W vs TOR 116–94
Dec 1 · 27% negative · 39% positive · 84 comments
- L @ BOS 117–123
- W vs CHA 119–104
- W vs UTA 146–112
- W vs ORL 106–100
Dec 8 · 26 comments, under the floor
- W @ TOR 117–101
- W vs ORL 132–120
Dec 15 · 33% negative · 45% positive · 42 comments
- W vs SAS 124–113
- W @ IND 114–113
- L vs PHI 107–116
- W vs MIA 132–125
Dec 22 · 10 comments, under the floor
- L @ MIN 104–115
- W vs CLE 126–124
- W @ ATL 128–125
Dec 29 · 20% negative · 37% positive · 35 comments
- W @ NOP 130–125
- L @ SAS 132–134
- L vs ATL 99–111
- L vs PHI 119–130
Jan 5 · 30% negative · 24% positive · 46 comments
- L @ DET 90–121
- W vs LAC 123–111
- L @ PHX 107–112
- W @ POR 123–114
Jan 12 · 25 comments, under the floor
- L @ SAC 101–112
- L @ GSW 113–126
- L vs PHX 99–106
Jan 19 · 51% negative · 16% positive · 93 comments
- L vs DAL 97–114
- W vs BKN 120–66
- W @ PHI 112–109
Jan 26 · 37% negative · 20% positive · 49 comments
- W vs SAC 103–87
- W @ TOR 119–92
- W vs POR 127–97
- W vs LAL 112–100
Feb 2 · 40% negative · 26% positive · 126 comments
- W @ WAS 132–101
- W vs DEN 134–127
- L @ DET 80–118
- W @ BOS 111–89
Feb 9 · 59% negative · 15% positive · 39 comments
- L vs IND 134–137
- W @ PHI 138–89
Feb 16 · 38% negative · 16% positive · 37 comments
- L vs DET 111–126
- W vs HOU 108–106
- W @ CHI 105–99
Feb 23 · 28% negative · 28% positive · 40 comments
- L @ CLE 94–109
- W @ MIL 127–98
- W vs SAS 114–89
Mar 2 · 50% negative · 8% positive · 38 comments
- W @ TOR 111–95
- L vs OKC 100–103
- W @ DEN 142–103
- L @ LAL 97–110
Mar 9 · 46% negative · 21% positive · 52 comments
- L @ LAC 118–126
- W @ UTA 134–117
- W @ IND 101–92
- W vs GSW 110–107
Mar 16 · 27 comments, under the floor
- W vs IND 136–110
- W @ BKN 93–92
- W vs WAS 145–113
Mar 23 · 18 comments, under the floor
- W vs NOP 121–116
- L @ CHA 103–114
- L @ OKC 100–111
Mar 30 · 35% negative · 32% positive · 34 comments
- L @ HOU 94–111
- W @ MEM 130–119
- W vs CHI 136–96
Apr 6 · 25 comments, under the floor
- W @ ATL 108–105
- W vs BOS 112–106
- W vs TOR 112–95
- L vs CHA 96–110
Apr 13 · 41% negative · 23% positive · 39 comments
- W vs ATL 113–102
Apr 20 · 60% negative · 18% positive · 301 comments
- L vs ATL 106–107
- L @ ATL 108–109
- W @ ATL 114–98
Apr 27 · 36% negative · 33% positive · 85 comments
- W vs ATL 126–97
- W @ ATL 140–89
May 4 · 21% negative · 55% positive · 174 comments
- W vs PHI 137–98
- W vs PHI 108–102
- W @ PHI 108–94
- W @ PHI 144–114
May 18 · 17% negative · 65% positive · 178 comments
- W vs CLE 115–104
- W vs CLE 109–93
- W @ CLE 121–108
May 25 · 13% negative · 52% positive · 104 comments
- W @ CLE 130–93
Jun 1 · 18% negative · 54% positive · 313 comments
- W @ SAS 105–95
- W @ SAS 105–104
Jun 8 · 40% negative · 24% positive · 334 comments
- L vs SAS 111–115
- W vs SAS 107–106
- W @ SAS 94–90

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 Mikal Bridges in 15 of his 106 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −46 in losses (60% negative, 15% positive) against +27 in wins (25% negative, 52% positive), on a season net sentiment of +3.

+27In wins25% neg · 52% pos · 557 comments

−46In losses60% neg · 15% pos · 220 comments

+3His season32% neg · 35% pos · 2,867 comments

Games the room talked about Mikal Bridges in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
Jun 13R4 G5	R4 G5	@ SASW 94–90	W 94–90	39	14	2	4	5-10	3-7	0	+6	14/2/4	56,307	11 points warmer than his season, from 36 comments.
Jun 10R4 G4	R4 G4	vs SASW 107–106	W 107–106	28	7	2	2	3-9	1-3	0	-2	7/2/2	73,619	61 points harsher than his season, from 57 comments.
Jun 8R4 G3	R4 G3	vs SASL 111–115	L 111–115	29	2	5	2	1-5	0-3	1	+11	2/5/2	59,290	47 points harsher than his season, from 86 comments.
Jun 5R4 G2	R4 G2	@ SASW 105–104	W 105–104	41	20	6	6	8-13	4-6	1	+7	20/6/6	54,897	52 points warmer than his season, from 153 comments.
Jun 3R4 G1	R4 G1	@ SASW 105–95	W 105–95	28	9	3	3	3-6	0-0	1	+11	9/3/3	45,156	17 points harsher than his season, from 35 comments.
May 25R3 G4	R3 G4	@ CLEW 130–93	W 130–93	30	15	3	5	4-16	1-8	2	+10	15/3/5	12,806	52 points warmer than his season, from 44 comments.
May 23R3 G3	R3 G3	@ CLEW 121–108	W 121–108	39	22	6	2	11-15	0-1	2	+19	22/6/2	8,118	46 points warmer than his season, from 35 comments.
May 21R3 G2	R3 G2	vs CLEW 109–93	W 109–93	40	19	3	3	9-12	1-1	0	+20	19/3/3	7,682	63 points warmer than his season, from 32 comments.
May 19R3 G1	R3 G1	vs CLEW 115–104	W 115–104	42	18	5	1	7-11	2-4	3	+12	18/5/1	19,144	26 points warmer than his season, from 35 comments.
May 8R2 G3	R2 G3	@ PHIW 108–94	W 108–94	37	23	3	1	8-14	2-4	0	+15	23/3/1	9,581	31 points warmer than his season, from 38 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 15 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Mikal Bridges's Game Score.

r = 0.82 · 15 games · win loss