I feel like no one here is mentioning Paul George because it's easy to forget he's still in the league. But the Sixers are paying $50+/year to a guy watching their games at home lmao
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Paul George
PHI · F · #8
r/NBA's 27th most discussed player.
- PPG
- 17.3
- RPG
- 5.3
- APG
- 3.6
- GP
- 37
- Height
- 6′8″
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Age
- 36
- Born
- May 2, 1990
- Experience
- 15 yrs
- From
- Fresno State
Verdict
36.3%44.8%18.9%
36.3%Negative5,689 comments
44.8%Neutral7,025 comments
18.9%Positive2,956 comments
−17Net sentimentpositive minus negative
n=15,670 comments about Paul George
Receipts
What the room said about Paul George, verbatim: the highest-scoring comments in each class.
Exhibit 01Negative.GSW flair Exhibit 02Negative.ATL flair “My jobs here is done” - Paul George after scoring 15 points in the 1Q. Paul George the rest of the game: 0 PTS 0-9 FG 0-4 3PT
Exhibit 03Negative.GSW flair Playoff P got Jingled so hard like a friccin moron
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Paul George 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 Paul George, his own 76ers fans are 37% negative, rival fans 36%, unflaired commenters 37%. Among the 19 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Lakers fans are hardest on him at 44% negative and 76ers fans kindest at 28% positive.
37.4%Own fansPHI flair · 679 comments
35.5%Rival fansevery other flair · 9,124 comments
37.4%Unflairedno flair · 5,867 comments
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Paul George are left out of the lists;
the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.
Rooms
Paul George was talked about most on the front page: 7,337 of his 15,670 comments, −14 net sentiment against −17 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads, −24 on 17% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, −10 on 6% of his comments. The game threads ran 10 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.
Game threads17% of his commentsHarshest46.522.52,688
Post-game threads6% of his commentsWarmest35.825.61,018
Front page47% of his comments32.418.87,337
Highlights9% of his comments38.421.71,454
News19% of his comments34.812.72,922
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 Paul George; left out here: Lowlights (99), Daily chat thread (53), Injury posts (52), Discussion posts (29). 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 Paul George ran between 30% and 51%. His worst week was the week of May 4, 52% negative of 1,277 comments; his best the week of Apr 27, 34% 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 Paul George in 15 of his 49 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −35 in losses (59% negative, 24% positive) against −6 in wins (43% negative, 37% positive), on a season net sentiment of −17.
−6In wins43% neg · 37% pos · 674 comments
−35In losses59% neg · 24% pos · 1,031 comments
−17His season36% neg · 19% pos · 15,670 comments
| Date | Phase | Opp | Result | Min | Pts | Reb | Ast | FG | 3P | TOV | +/− | P/R/A | Comments | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10R2 G4 | R2 G4 | vs NYKL 114–144 | L 114–144 | 27 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3-7 | 1-4 | 2 | -35 | 7/1/2 | 637 | 39 points harsher than his season, from 74 comments. |
| May 8R2 G3 | R2 G3 | vs NYKL 94–108 | L 94–108 | 38 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 6-18 | 3-8 | 3 | -14 | 15/5/3 | 9,581 | 22 points harsher than his season, from 326 comments. |
| May 6R2 G2 | R2 G2 | @ NYKL 102–108 | L 102–108 | 43 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 7-18 | 5-13 | 2 | -4 | 19/6/4 | 7,614 | 9 points harsher than his season, from 233 comments. |
| May 4R2 G1 | R2 G1 | @ NYKL 98–137 | L 98–137 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6-11 | 4-6 | 1 | -26 | 17/3/3 | 9,068 | 10 points warmer than his season, from 98 comments. |
| May 2R1 G7 | R1 G7 | @ BOSW 109–100 | W 109–100 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 5-10 | 3-5 | 3 | +9 | 13/3/1 | 22,263 | 4 points warmer than his season, from 277 comments. |
| Apr 30R1 G6 | R1 G6 | vs BOSW 106–93 | W 106–93 | 40 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 8-17 | 5-9 | 4 | +11 | 23/4/3 | 5,666 | 43 points warmer than his season, from 192 comments. |
| Apr 28R1 G5 | R1 G5 | @ BOSW 113–97 | W 113–97 | 43 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 6-13 | 4-9 | 2 | +19 | 16/9/7 | 3,329 | 5 points warmer than his season, from 31 comments. |
| Apr 26R1 G4 | R1 G4 | vs BOSL 96–128 | L 96–128 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 6-13 | 3-3 | 1 | -13 | 16/4/1 | 4,658 | 13 points harsher than his season, from 56 comments. |
| Apr 24R1 G3 | R1 G3 | vs BOSL 100–108 | L 100–108 | 41 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 7-14 | 4-7 | 1 | -4 | 18/0/5 | 5,048 | 18 points harsher than his season, from 158 comments. |
| Apr 21R1 G2 | R1 G2 | @ BOSW 111–97 | W 111–97 | 35 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 7-13 | 2-5 | 1 | 0 | 19/4/3 | 3,868 | 17 points harsher than his season, from 69 comments. |
Bad nights get punished: across 15 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Paul George's Game Score.