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Paolo Banchero

ORL · F · #5

r/NBA's 12th most hated player.

PPG: 22.2
RPG: 8.4
APG: 5.2
GP: 72

Height: 6′10″
Weight: 250 lb
Age: 23
Born: Nov 12, 2002
Experience: 3 yrs
From: Duke

Verdict

45.6%33.4%21.0%

45.6%Negative4,756 comments

33.4%Neutral3,486 comments

21.0%Positive2,192 comments

−25Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=10,434 comments about Paolo Banchero

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.PHI flair
Banchero's night is basically the worst double team turnovers youve ever seen on repeat (all of which lead to fast breaks) except he was single covered all game. It was a pure disasterclass. It cannot be understated how bad of a game he had
Post-game thread · ORL 97 @ PHI 109 · Apr 15▲ 576Apr 16, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.OKC flair
In case you missed the game here’s the full summary. Paolo shoots, clank. Paolo drives and turns it over right as he gets to the paint. Paolo shoots, clank. Paolo drives and turns it over right as he gets to the paint. Bane made shot then potential fight. Paolo shoots, clank. Paolo drives and turns it over right as he gets to the paint. Paolo shoots, clank. Bane made shot then potential fight. Paolo drives and turns it over right as he gets to the paint.
Post-game thread · ORL 97 @ PHI 109 · Apr 15▲ 493Apr 16, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
You’re sugarcoating it Paolo Banchero has never had a season with... - A positive net rating - A positive on-off - Above avg 2P% - Above avg 3P% - Above avg FT% - Above avg eFG% - Above avg TS%
Post · Paolo Banchero in the loss to OKC: 17/3/4 on 35% shooting. This is his 4th consecutive season having below league average efficiency, a negative net rating and a negative on off▲ 133Feb 4, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Paolo Banchero 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 Paolo Banchero, his own Magic fans are 31% negative, rival fans 47%, unflaired commenters 50%. Among the 10 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Thunder fans are hardest on him at 54% negative and Magic fans kindest at 30% positive.

31.2%Own fansORL flair · 1,503 comments

46.6%Rival fansevery other flair · 5,287 comments

50.1%Unflairedno flair · 3,644 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Paolo Banchero was talked about most on the front page: 4,354 of his 10,434 comments, −27 net sentiment against −25 across his season. His harshest room was the daily chat thread, −40 on 2% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, −15 on 9% of his comments.

Game threads29% of his comments49.525.43,051

Post-game threads9% of his commentsWarmest42.927.8941

Daily chat thread2% of his commentsHarshest58.117.7203

Front page42% of his comments44.117.24,354

Highlights8% of his comments42.824.6874

News8% of his comments42.014.6858

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 Paolo Banchero; left out here: Lowlights (101), Discussion posts (13), Injury 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 Paolo Banchero ran between 25% and 53%. His worst week was the week of Dec 22, 61% negative of 370 comments; his best the week of Feb 23, 41% positive. 3 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Sep 29 · 11 comments, under the floor
- W @ MIA 126–118
Oct 6 · 26% negative · 33% positive · 84 comments
- W @ PHI 128–98
Oct 13 · 44% negative · 25% positive · 52 comments
- W vs NOP 132–125
Oct 20 · 50% negative · 15% positive · 224 comments
- W vs MIA 125–121
- L vs ATL 107–111
- L vs CHI 98–110
Oct 27 · 49% negative · 15% positive · 374 comments
- L @ PHI 124–136
- L @ DET 116–135
- W @ CHA 123–107
- W @ WAS 125–94
Nov 3 · 49% negative · 14% positive · 134 comments
- L @ ATL 112–127
- W vs BOS 123–110
- L vs BOS 107–111
Nov 10 · 40% negative · 20% positive · 162 comments
- W vs POR 115–112
- W @ NYK 124–107
Dec 1 · 30% negative · 19% positive · 218 comments
- W vs MIA 106–105
- L @ NYK 100–106
Dec 8 · 50% negative · 15% positive · 248 comments
- W vs MIA 117–108
- L vs NYK 120–132
Dec 15 · 43% negative · 11% positive · 99 comments
- L @ DEN 115–126
- W @ UTA 128–127
Dec 22 · 61% negative · 12% positive · 370 comments
- L @ GSW 97–120
- W @ POR 110–106
- L vs CHA 105–120
- W vs DEN 127–126
Dec 29 · 41% negative · 25% positive · 236 comments
- L @ TOR 106–107
- W @ IND 112–110
- L @ CHI 114–121
- W vs IND 135–127
Jan 5 · 41% negative · 23% positive · 182 comments
- L @ WAS 112–120
- W @ BKN 104–103
- L vs PHI 91–103
- W vs NOP 128–118
Jan 12 · 50% negative · 15% positive · 156 comments
- W vs MEM 118–111
- L vs MEM 109–126
Jan 19 · 45% negative · 13% positive · 82 comments
- L vs CHA 97–124
- L vs CLE 105–119
Jan 26 · 41% negative · 17% positive · 213 comments
- L @ CLE 98–114
- W @ MIA 133–124
- W vs TOR 130–120
- L @ SAS 103–112
Feb 2 · 56% negative · 11% positive · 190 comments
- L @ OKC 92–128
- W vs BKN 118–98
- W vs UTA 120–117
Feb 9 · 47% negative · 13% positive · 219 comments
- W vs MIL 118–99
- L vs MIL 108–116
Feb 16 · 47% negative · 12% positive · 237 comments
- W @ SAC 131–94
- L @ PHX 110–113
- W @ LAC 111–109
Feb 23 · 33% negative · 41% positive · 142 comments
- W @ LAL 110–109
- L vs HOU 108–113
- L vs DET 92–106
Mar 2 · 39% negative · 23% positive · 238 comments
- W vs WAS 126–109
- W vs DAL 115–114
- W @ MIN 119–92
- W @ MIL 130–91
Mar 9 · 34% negative · 34% positive · 163 comments
- W vs CLE 128–122
- W vs WAS 136–131
- W @ MIA 121–117
Mar 16 · 48% negative · 17% positive · 272 comments
- L @ ATL 112–124
- L vs OKC 108–113
- L @ CHA 111–130
- L vs LAL 104–105
Mar 23 · 40% negative · 19% positive · 149 comments
- L vs IND 126–128
- L @ CLE 131–136
- W vs SAC 121–117
- L @ TOR 87–139
Mar 30 · 57% negative · 12% positive · 339 comments
- W vs PHX 115–111
- L vs ATL 101–130
- W @ DAL 138–127
- W @ NOP 112–108
Apr 6 · 35% negative · 25% positive · 148 comments
- W vs DET 123–107
- W vs MIN 132–120
- W @ CHI 127–103
- L @ BOS 108–113
Apr 13 · 55% negative · 17% positive · 1,933 comments
- L @ PHI 97–109
- W vs CHA 121–90
- W @ DET 112–101
Apr 20 · 32% negative · 35% positive · 651 comments
- L @ DET 83–98
- W vs DET 113–105
Apr 27 · 44% negative · 28% positive · 1,830 comments
- W vs DET 94–88
- L @ DET 109–116
- L vs DET 79–93
- L @ DET 94–116

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 Paolo Banchero in 27 of his 84 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −33 in losses (54% negative, 21% positive) against −3 in wins (38% negative, 35% positive), on a season net sentiment of −25.

−3In wins38% neg · 35% pos · 1,015 comments

−33In losses54% neg · 21% pos · 2,263 comments

−25His season46% neg · 21% pos · 10,434 comments

Games the room talked about Paolo Banchero 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 3R1 G7	R1 G7	@ DETL 94–116	L 94–116	42	38	9	6	14-25	4-7	5	-18	38/9/6	7,685	28 points warmer than his season, from 539 comments.
May 1R1 G6	R1 G6	vs DETL 79–93	L 79–93	41	17	10	6	4-20	0-9	1	-8	17/10/6	9,828	21 points harsher than his season, from 279 comments.
Apr 29R1 G5	R1 G5	@ DETL 109–116	L 109–116	41	45	9	7	17-31	6-11	6	0	45/9/7	5,060	25 points warmer than his season, from 280 comments.
Apr 27R1 G4	R1 G4	vs DETW 94–88	W 94–88	40	18	8	4	4-18	0-4	2	+8	18/8/4	9,701	14 points harsher than his season, from 259 comments.
Apr 25R1 G3	R1 G3	vs DETW 113–105	W 113–105	38	25	12	9	6-17	2-5	3	+6	25/12/9	5,205	27 points warmer than his season, from 156 comments.
Apr 22R1 G2	R1 G2	@ DETL 83–98	L 83–98	34	18	6	8	7-17	0-2	4	-15	18/6/8	3,150	3 points harsher than his season, from 76 comments.
Apr 19R1 G1	R1 G1	@ DETW 112–101	W 112–101	37	23	9	4	8-15	2-4	3	+10	23/9/4	5,011	46 points warmer than his season, from 246 comments.
Apr 17Play-in	Play-in	vs CHAW 121–90	W 121–90	33	25	5	6	9-17	2-6	2	+17	25/5/6	569	42 points warmer than his season, from 198 comments.
Apr 15Play-in	Play-in	@ PHIL 97–109	L 97–109	36	18	5	4	7-22	0-5	6	-17	18/5/4	4,498	39 points harsher than his season, from 632 comments.
Apr 12		@ BOSL 108–113	L 108–113	38	23	10	11	7-22	0-5	6	+2	23/10/11	1,035	33 points harsher than his season, from 35 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 27 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Paolo Banchero's Game Score.

r = 0.49 · 27 games · win loss