Rui Hachimura · Court Sentiment

Verdict

26.5%39.6%33.9%

26.5%Negative1,265 comments

39.6%Neutral1,894 comments

33.9%Positive1,618 comments

+7Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=4,777 comments about Rui HachimuraUnofficial

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.LAL flair
Rui too 0-6 with no defense or rebounds as a 6’9 player in his prime is pathetic
Post · JJ Redick: Too often guys don't wanna make the choice, and it's pretty consistent who those guys are. Saturday's practice is gonna be uncomfortable.. I'm not doing another 53 games like this"▲ 249Dec 26, 2025Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.LAL flair
Rui and LeBron were our biggest issues tonight Rui is 6’8 250 and had TWO (!!) rebounds. He’s supposedly an extremely efficient corner specialist who shot 0% from the field on 6 attempts. Fucking Bronny out scored him in 3 minutes
Post · Deandre Ayton, in the loss to the Rockets, secures two rebounds in 36 minutes of game time.▲ 18Dec 26, 2025Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
Lol you think Rui is a good defender? His lateral quickness might be slower than both Luka and Lebron and doesn't have a vertical at all. He sucks at rebounding and routinely gets his shit stuffed near the rim because he can barely jump.
Post · [Hollinger] Julian Champagnie could command a 5-year, $100 million extension from the San Antonio Spurs this summer as they look to avoid him reaching unrestricted free agency in 2027.▲ 17Jun 16, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Rui Hachimura 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 Rui Hachimura, his own Lakers fans are 24% negative, rival fans 25%, unflaired commenters 29%. Among the 2 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Thunder fans are hardest on him at 25% negative and Thunder fans kindest at 42% positive.

24.4%Own fansLAL flair · 1,291 comments

25.1%Rival fansevery other flair · 1,699 comments

29.3%Unflairedno flair · 1,787 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Rui Hachimura was talked about most in the game threads: 1,897 of his 4,777 comments, +14 net sentiment against +7 across his season. His harshest room was news posts, −3 on 13% of his comments; his warmest the game threads. The game threads ran 12 points warmer than the front page.

Game threads40% of his commentsWarmest26.741.11,897

Post-game threads7% of his comments27.735.8321

Front page29% of his comments25.728.21,402

Highlights10% of his comments24.432.6472

News13% of his commentsHarshest27.224.3613

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 Rui Hachimura; left out here: Daily chat thread (47), Lowlights (17), Discussion posts (2), Injury posts (2). 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 Rui Hachimura ran between 19% and 39%. His worst week was the week of Dec 22, 48% negative of 126 comments; his best the week of May 4, 53% positive. 9 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Sep 29 · 12 comments, under the floor
- L vs PHX 81–103
- L @ GSW 103–111
Oct 6 · 12 comments, under the floor
- W vs GSW 126–116
Oct 13 · 18 comments, under the floor
- L vs DAL 94–121
- L vs SAC 116–117
Oct 20 · 29% negative · 37% positive · 65 comments
- L vs GSW 109–119
- W vs MIN 128–110
- W @ SAC 127–120
Oct 27 · 22% negative · 31% positive · 45 comments
- L vs POR 108–122
- W @ MIN 116–115
- W @ MEM 117–112
- W vs MIA 130–120
Nov 3 · 21% negative · 45% positive · 169 comments
- W @ POR 123–115
- W vs SAS 118–116
- L @ ATL 102–122
Nov 10 · 24% negative · 45% positive · 67 comments
- W @ CHA 121–111
- L @ OKC 92–121
- W @ NOP 118–104
Nov 17 · 36% negative · 20% positive · 50 comments
- W vs UTA 140–126
- W @ UTA 108–106
Nov 24 · 19% negative · 40% positive · 103 comments
- W vs LAC 135–118
- W vs DAL 129–119
- W vs NOP 133–121
Dec 1 · 24% negative · 39% positive · 254 comments
- L vs PHX 108–125
- W @ TOR 123–120
- L @ BOS 105–126
- W @ PHI 112–108
Dec 8 · 39% negative · 15% positive · 95 comments
- L vs SAS 119–132
- W @ PHX 116–114
Dec 15 · 38% negative · 15% positive · 72 comments
- W @ UTA 143–135
Dec 22 · 48% negative · 6% positive · 126 comments
- L vs HOU 96–119
- W vs SAC 125–101
Jan 12 · 31% negative · 22% positive · 55 comments
- W vs ATL 141–116
- L vs CHA 117–135
- L @ POR 116–132
- W vs TOR 110–93
Jan 19 · 32% negative · 46% positive · 78 comments
- W @ DEN 115–107
- L @ LAC 104–112
- W @ DAL 116–110
Jan 26 · 28% negative · 29% positive · 195 comments
- W @ CHI 129–118
- L @ CLE 99–129
- W @ WAS 142–111
- L @ NYK 100–112
Feb 2 · 38% negative · 25% positive · 85 comments
- W @ BKN 125–109
- W vs PHI 119–115
- W vs GSW 105–99
Feb 9 · 37% negative · 30% positive · 54 comments
- L vs OKC 110–119
- L vs SAS 108–136
- W vs DAL 124–104
Feb 16 · 16 comments, under the floor
- W vs LAC 125–122
- L vs BOS 89–111
Feb 23 · 24 comments, under the floor
- L vs ORL 109–110
- W vs SAC 128–104
Mar 2 · 34% negative · 21% positive · 56 comments
- W vs NOP 110–101
- L @ DEN 113–120
- W vs IND 128–117
- W vs NYK 110–97
Mar 9 · 38% negative · 17% positive · 52 comments
- W vs MIN 120–106
- W vs CHI 142–130
- W vs DEN 127–125
Mar 16 · 34% negative · 24% positive · 68 comments
- W @ HOU 100–92
- W @ HOU 124–116
- W @ MIA 134–126
- W @ ORL 105–104
Mar 23 · 27 comments, under the floor
- W vs BKN 116–99
Mar 30 · 31% negative · 27% positive · 51 comments
- W vs WAS 120–101
- W vs CLE 127–113
- L @ OKC 96–139
- L @ DAL 128–134
Apr 6 · 24% negative · 29% positive · 49 comments
- L vs OKC 87–123
- W @ GSW 119–103
- W vs PHX 101–73
- W vs UTA 131–107
Apr 13 · 33% negative · 30% positive · 88 comments
- W vs HOU 107–98
Apr 20 · 26% negative · 44% positive · 243 comments
- W vs HOU 101–94
- W @ HOU 112–108
- L @ HOU 96–115
Apr 27 · 25% negative · 41% positive · 300 comments
- L vs HOU 93–99
- W @ HOU 98–78
May 4 · 13% negative · 53% positive · 623 comments
- L @ OKC 90–108
- L @ OKC 107–125
- L vs OKC 108–131
May 11 · 31% negative · 31% positive · 1,060 comments
- L vs OKC 110–115

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 Rui Hachimura in 20 of his 83 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment +15 in losses (26% negative, 42% positive) against +22 in wins (25% negative, 47% positive), on a season net sentiment of +7.

+22In wins25% neg · 47% pos · 497 comments

+15In losses26% neg · 42% pos · 1,250 comments

+7His season26% neg · 34% pos · 4,777 comments

Games the room talked about Rui Hachimura 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 11R2 G4	R2 G4	vs OKCL 110–115	L 110–115	43	25	5	2	9-15	4-8	0	-2	25/5/2	13,015	1 point harsher than his season, from 547 comments.
May 9R2 G3	R2 G3	vs OKCL 108–131	L 108–131	39	21	5	4	7-14	5-8	1	-25	21/5/4	13,634	39 points warmer than his season, from 265 comments.
May 7R2 G2	R2 G2	@ OKCL 107–125	L 107–125	39	16	4	2	6-10	4-7	2	-19	16/4/2	21,807	39 points warmer than his season, from 181 comments.
May 5R2 G1	R2 G1	@ OKCL 90–108	L 90–108	37	18	2	2	7-13	3-6	1	-21	18/2/2	11,399	16 points warmer than his season, from 48 comments.
May 1R1 G6	R1 G6	@ HOUW 98–78	W 98–78	35	21	6	2	8-15	5-7	0	+20	21/6/2	7,226	25 points warmer than his season, from 116 comments.
Apr 29R1 G5	R1 G5	vs HOUL 93–99	L 93–99	37	12	4	0	5-11	2-3	1	+5	12/4/0	6,820	43 points harsher than his season, from 53 comments.
Apr 26R1 G4	R1 G4	@ HOUL 96–115	L 96–115	30	13	3	1	6-10	1-2	1	-18	13/3/1	4,414	12 points harsher than his season, from 20 comments.
Apr 24R1 G3	R1 G3	@ HOUW 112–108	W 112–108	44	22	4	2	8-14	4-7	1	0	22/4/2	12,328	6 points harsher than his season, from 106 comments.
Apr 21R1 G2	R1 G2	vs HOUW 101–94	W 101–94	43	13	5	2	5-10	3-6	0	0	13/5/2	8,572	17 points warmer than his season, from 58 comments.
Apr 18R1 G1	R1 G1	vs HOUW 107–98	W 107–98	42	14	2	0	6-10	2-4	2	+7	14/2/0	5,925	16 points harsher than his season, from 44 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 20 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Rui Hachimura's Game Score.

r = 0.67 · 20 games · win loss