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Nikola Jokic

DEN · C · #15

r/NBA's 5th most discussed player.

PPG
27.7
RPG
12.9
APG
10.7
GP
65
Height
6′11″
Weight
284 lb
Age
31
Born
Feb 19, 1995
Experience
10 yrs
From
Mega Basket

Verdict

37.9%Negative27,639 comments
35.1%Neutral25,575 comments
27.0%Positive19,681 comments
−11Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=72,895 comments about Nikola Jokic

  1. 36most hated
  2. 20most loved
  3. 5most discussed
  4. 27most argued about

Receipts

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

  1. Exhibit 01DAL flair
    This is the most pathetic Jokic game I’ve seen in a while, his antics have been down right atrocious
    Post · [Highlight] Tech called on Filipowski after Jokic ends up on top of him▲ 2,628Mar 3, 2026Source ↗
  2. Exhibit 02no flair
    Jokic has also pledged his support for Serbia’s dictatorship
    Post · Some other NBA Players With Gambling Sponsorships▲ 1,533Feb 7, 2026Source ↗
  3. Exhibit 03DEN flair
    Injure Jokic and take him out. He’s a dirty player and has a history of doing this.
    Post · [Highlight] Luguentz Dort sticks his hip out to make contact with Nikola Jokić, who responds; Jalen Williams steps in and squares off with Jokic.▲ 798Feb 28, 2026Source ↗
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Nikola Jokic 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 Nikola Jokic, his own Nuggets fans are 26% negative, rival fans 40%, unflaired commenters 39%. Among the 30 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Timberwolves fans are hardest on him at 48% negative and Nuggets fans kindest at 34% positive.

25.7%Own fansDEN flair · 8,546 comments
40.4%Rival fansevery other flair · 32,188 comments
38.7%Unflairedno flair · 32,161 comments

Who hates him most

  1. 1MIN fans47.6%+10
  2. 2PHI fans47.4%+10
  3. 3MIL fans47.1%+10
  4. 4OKC fans46.8%+10
  5. 5DAL fans43.6%+6

Who defends him

  1. 1DEN fansown fans34.1%+8
  2. 2TOR fans31.7%+5
  3. 3BOS fans31.1%+5
  4. 4SAC fans30.3%+4
  5. 5BKN fans29.9%+3
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Nikola Jokic are left out of the lists; the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Rooms

Nikola Jokic was talked about most on the front page: 36,813 of his 72,895 comments, −4 net sentiment against −11 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads, −29 on 21% of his comments; his warmest the front page. The game threads ran 25 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threadsHarshest50.321.615,009
Post-game threads41.230.43,501
Front pageWarmest33.529.536,813
Highlights39.225.99,501
News30.925.87,046
Lowlights47.119.5431
Injury posts27.921.3272
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 Nikola Jokic; left out here: Daily chat thread (179), Discussion posts (103). 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 Nikola Jokic ran between 23% and 54%. His worst week was the week of Apr 20, 58% negative of 9,272 comments; his best the week of Nov 10, 48% 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 Nikola Jokic in 67 of his 75 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −44 in losses (59% negative, 16% positive) against −1 in wins (35% negative, 35% positive), on a season net sentiment of −11.

−1In wins35% neg · 35% pos · 5,682 comments
−44In losses59% neg · 16% pos · 10,135 comments
−11His season38% neg · 27% pos · 72,895 comments
DatePhaseOppResultMinPtsRebAstFG3PTOV+/−P/R/ACommentsVerdict
Apr 30R1 G6R1 G6@ MINL 98–110L 98–110432891011-191-54-928/9/1018,335
Apr 27R1 G5R1 G5vs MINW 125–113W 125–113382712169-151-43+1827/12/167,427
Apr 25R1 G4R1 G4@ MINL 96–112L 96–11241241598-220-34-1224/15/913,778Recap
Apr 23R1 G3R1 G3@ MINL 96–113L 96–11335271537-262-104-2127/15/39,929
Apr 20R1 G2R1 G2vs MINL 114–119L 114–11940241588-201-73+124/15/812,235
Apr 18R1 G1R1 G1vs MINW 116–105W 116–1054025131111-192-75+925/13/1110,584
Apr 12@ SASW 128–118W 128–1181823817-121-20+623/8/12,030
Apr 6vs PORW 137–132W 137–1324335141315-311-56+535/14/131,369
Apr 4vs SASW 136–134W 136–134444081313-251-50+1240/8/137,010
Apr 1@ UTAW 130–117W 130–117331517125-100-15+1015/17/12224

Bad nights get punished: across 67 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Nikola Jokic's Game Score.

−75−50−250+25+50+750102030405060his season −11L @ GSW 131–137: Game Score 17.5, net sentiment −42 from 435 commentsW vs PHX 133–111: Game Score 22.3, net sentiment −13 from 118 commentsW @ MIN 127–114: Game Score 34.8, net sentiment −1 from 87 commentsW vs NOP 122–88: Game Score 24.3, net sentiment +54 from 48 commentsL @ POR 107–109: Game Score 26.3, net sentiment −3 from 101 commentsW vs SAC 130–124: Game Score 39.7, net sentiment +13 from 45 commentsW vs MIA 122–112: Game Score 42.1, net sentiment +65 from 63 commentsW vs GSW 129–104: Game Score 29.0, net sentiment +12 from 73 commentsW vs IND 117–100: Game Score 33.2, net sentiment +29 from 59 commentsW @ SAC 122–108: Game Score 36.9, net sentiment +43 from 127 commentsW @ LAC 130–116: Game Score 53.2, net sentiment +43 from 265 commentsW @ MIN 123–112: Game Score 27.3, net sentiment +12 from 112 commentsL vs CHI 127–130: Game Score 36.8, net sentiment −26 from 125 commentsW @ NOP 125–118: Game Score 20.9, net sentiment −5 from 39 commentsW @ HOU 112–109: Game Score 31.9, net sentiment +14 from 259 commentsL vs SAC 123–128: Game Score 38.4, net sentiment +6 from 109 commentsW @ MEM 125–115: Game Score 25.5, net sentiment +24 from 38 commentsL vs SAS 136–139: Game Score 22.2, net sentiment −30 from 86 commentsW @ PHX 130–112: Game Score 29.0, net sentiment 0 from 48 commentsL vs DAL 121–131: Game Score 32.1, net sentiment −29 from 70 commentsW @ ATL 134–133: Game Score 35.0, net sentiment +10 from 139 commentsW @ CHA 115–106: Game Score 27.4, net sentiment +25 from 20 commentsW vs HOU 128–125: Game Score 33.5, net sentiment −4 from 224 commentsW vs ORL 126–115: Game Score 23.1, net sentiment +69 from 42 commentsL vs HOU 101–115: Game Score 13.6, net sentiment −25 from 89 commentsW vs UTA 135–112: Game Score 25.8, net sentiment +50 from 36 commentsL @ DAL 130–131: Game Score 29.9, net sentiment +1 from 70 commentsW vs MIN 142–138: Game Score 59.8, net sentiment −6 from 643 commentsL @ ORL 126–127: Game Score 36.7, net sentiment −10 from 72 commentsL @ MIA 123–147: Game Score 19.9, net sentiment −2 from 83 commentsW vs LAC 122–109: Game Score 33.6, net sentiment +35 from 102 commentsL vs OKC 111–121: Game Score 14.4, net sentiment −39 from 250 commentsL @ DET 121–124: Game Score 19.7, net sentiment −40 from 77 commentsL @ NYK 127–134: Game Score 26.3, net sentiment −33 from 353 commentsW @ CHI 136–120: Game Score 33.7, net sentiment +40 from 45 commentsL vs CLE 117–119: Game Score 24.3, net sentiment −27 from 63 commentsW vs MEM 122–116: Game Score 20.1, net sentiment −31 from 32 commentsL @ LAC 114–115: Game Score 11.1, net sentiment −51 from 80 commentsW @ POR 157–103: Game Score 33.1, net sentiment +21 from 38 commentsL @ GSW 117–128: Game Score 40.1, net sentiment −4 from 96 commentsW vs BOS 103–84: Game Score 20.8, net sentiment −15 from 79 commentsL @ OKC 121–127: Game Score 20.8, net sentiment −35 from 832 commentsL vs MIN 108–117: Game Score 31.2, net sentiment −33 from 138 commentsW @ UTA 128–125: Game Score 20.6, net sentiment −56 from 245 commentsW vs LAL 120–113: Game Score 26.5, net sentiment −11 from 190 commentsL vs NYK 103–142: Game Score 33.4, net sentiment −21 from 53 commentsL @ OKC 126–129: Game Score 34.5, net sentiment −28 from 352 commentsW vs HOU 129–93: Game Score 23.8, net sentiment +4 from 47 commentsW @ SAS 136–131: Game Score 38.5, net sentiment −5 from 115 commentsL @ LAL 125–127: Game Score 31.0, net sentiment +5 from 220 commentsW vs PHI 124–96: Game Score 10.0, net sentiment +33 from 40 commentsL @ MEM 118–125: Game Score 21.7, net sentiment −45 from 58 commentsW vs TOR 121–115: Game Score 22.2, net sentiment −35 from 68 commentsW @ PHX 125–123: Game Score 29.6, net sentiment +27 from 60 commentsW vs DAL 142–135: Game Score 31.3, net sentiment +31 from 59 commentsW vs UTA 135–129: Game Score 34.3, net sentiment −40 from 73 commentsW vs GSW 116–93: Game Score 24.1, net sentiment −23 from 39 commentsW @ UTA 130–117: Game Score 17.3, net sentiment −23 from 35 commentsW vs SAS 136–134: Game Score 39.3, net sentiment +1 from 623 commentsW vs POR 137–132: Game Score 35.0, net sentiment −10 from 117 commentsW @ SAS 128–118: Game Score 22.4, net sentiment −4 from 135 commentsW vs MIN 116–105: Game Score 22.9, net sentiment −12 from 618 commentsL vs MIN 114–119: Game Score 19.8, net sentiment −42 from 1,173 commentsL @ MIN 96–113: Game Score 15.8, net sentiment −56 from 1,195 commentsL @ MIN 96–112: Game Score 23.1, net sentiment −63 from 1,608 commentsW vs MIN 125–113: Game Score 30.9, net sentiment −30 from 437 commentsL @ MIN 98–110: Game Score 23.5, net sentiment −51 from 2,347 comments
r = 0.39 · 67 games · win loss