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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

OKC · G · #2

r/NBA's 3rd most discussed player.

PPG
31.1
RPG
4.3
APG
6.6
GP
68
Height
6′6″
Weight
195 lb
Age
28
Born
Jul 12, 1998
Experience
7 yrs
From
Kentucky

Verdict

37.7%Negative40,201 comments
34.1%Neutral36,317 comments
28.2%Positive30,122 comments
−9Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=106,640 comments about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

  1. 38most hated
  2. 17most loved
  3. 3most discussed
  4. 22most argued about

Receipts

What the room said about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, verbatim: the highest-scoring comments in each class.

  1. Exhibit 01OKC flair
    FLOPPING IS NOT GOING TO SAVE YOUR SHIT PERFORMANCE SHAI 
    Post · [Lowlight] Shai flops twice in back to back possessions but doesn't get the whistle▲ 1,488May 29, 2026Source ↗
  2. Exhibit 02SAS flair
    Even if he didn’t come down on his foot, SGA had no intention of landing upright. Kicked out both legs just to get the foul. Fuck this guy.
    Post · [Highlight] Shai kicks out his legs for a foul call▲ 900Dec 14, 2025Source ↗
  3. Exhibit 03no flair
    The solace is Shai is such a bitch that despite him probably ending his career with 3+ rings and 3+ MVPs, nobody will ever talk about him again after his career is over. Nobody will debate where he lands in the top player debates. Nobody will remember him or his teams fondly. The mid-2020's OKC dynasty will be remembered as "those flopping bitches everyone hated who became irrelevant when the NBA stopping allowing foul baiting."
    Post · [Highlight] Luka kennard fouls SGA▲ 551May 8, 2026Source ↗
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 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 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, his own Thunder fans are 23% negative, rival fans 40%, unflaired commenters 41%. Among the 30 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Pacers fans are hardest on him at 50% negative and Thunder fans kindest at 38% positive.

23.4%Own fansOKC flair · 18,234 comments
40.0%Rival fansevery other flair · 43,723 comments
41.2%Unflairedno flair · 44,683 comments

Who hates him most

  1. 1IND fans49.7%+15
  2. 2UTA fans46.1%+11
  3. 3DAL fans45.4%+10
  4. 4PHX fans45.0%+10
  5. 5POR fans44.2%+9

Who defends him

  1. 1OKC fansown fans38.1%+9
  2. 2TOR fans37.0%+8
  3. 3ATL fans31.1%+2
  4. 4LAC fans30.6%+1
  5. 5WAS fans28.4%-1
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are left out of the lists; the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Rooms

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander was talked about most on the front page: 47,280 of his 106,640 comments, 0 net sentiment against −9 across his season. His harshest room was injury posts, −40 on under 1% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, +2 on 4% of his comments. The game threads ran 21 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads47.025.429,284
Post-game threadsWarmest33.835.54,117
Daily chat thread54.319.92,418
Front page31.631.547,280
Highlights39.923.714,604
News30.228.57,590
Lowlights49.715.4733
Injury postsHarshest55.716.0406
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 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander; left out here: Discussion posts (183). 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 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander ran between 18% and 48%. His worst week was the week of May 25, 50% negative of 19,221 comments; his best the week of Nov 10, 44% 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 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in 78 of his 86 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −31 in losses (52% negative, 22% positive) against −13 in wins (43% negative, 30% positive), on a season net sentiment of −9.

−13In wins43% neg · 30% pos · 18,056 comments
−31In losses52% neg · 22% pos · 11,488 comments
−9His season38% neg · 28% pos · 106,640 comments
DatePhaseOppResultMinPtsRebAstFG3PTOV+/−P/R/ACommentsVerdict
May 30R3 G7R3 G7vs SASL 103–111L 103–11143354912-212-53-735/4/951,944
May 28R3 G6R3 G6@ SASL 91–118L 91–1182815146-180-52-2815/1/421,522
May 26R3 G5R3 G5vs SASW 127–114W 127–1143732297-192-36+832/2/925,748
May 24R3 G4R3 G4@ SASL 82–103L 82–1033119476-150-14-1819/4/720,926
May 22R3 G3R3 G3@ SASW 123–108W 123–10836262126-172-42+1126/2/1231,843
May 20R3 G2R3 G2vs SASW 122–113W 122–11338304912-240-31+1430/4/935,453
May 18R3 G1R3 G1vs SASL 115–122L 115–12251243127-232-74-1524/3/1253,003
May 11R2 G4R2 G4@ LALW 115–110W 115–11039351811-221-43-735/1/813,015
May 9R2 G3R2 G3@ LALW 131–108W 131–1083323497-203-72+2423/4/913,634
May 7R2 G2R2 G2vs LALW 125–107W 125–1072822227-131-33+522/2/221,807

Bad nights get punished: across 78 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's Game Score.

−100−75−50−250+25+50+75+10001020304050his season −9W vs HOU 125–124: Game Score 24.6, net sentiment −13 from 1,065 commentsW @ IND 141–135: Game Score 43.1, net sentiment −32 from 871 commentsW @ ATL 117–100: Game Score 27.2, net sentiment +48 from 50 commentsW @ DAL 101–94: Game Score 15.4, net sentiment −20 from 41 commentsW vs SAC 107–101: Game Score 25.2, net sentiment +18 from 49 commentsW vs WAS 127–108: Game Score 27.5, net sentiment +85 from 20 commentsW vs NOP 137–106: Game Score 26.5, net sentiment +21 from 29 commentsW @ LAC 126–107: Game Score 32.3, net sentiment +24 from 51 commentsL @ POR 119–121: Game Score 24.7, net sentiment −12 from 67 commentsW @ MEM 114–100: Game Score 31.3, net sentiment +22 from 37 commentsW vs GSW 126–102: Game Score 28.4, net sentiment +6 from 77 commentsW vs LAL 121–92: Game Score 29.4, net sentiment +33 from 205 commentsW @ CHA 109–96: Game Score 31.2, net sentiment +40 from 42 commentsW @ NOP 126–109: Game Score 24.8, net sentiment +20 from 56 commentsW vs SAC 113–99: Game Score 24.5, net sentiment −4 from 23 commentsW @ UTA 144–112: Game Score 29.5, net sentiment +45 from 38 commentsW vs POR 122–95: Game Score 36.6, net sentiment +51 from 80 commentsW vs MIN 113–105: Game Score 37.5, net sentiment −16 from 263 commentsW vs PHX 123–119: Game Score 31.5, net sentiment +10 from 106 commentsW @ POR 123–115: Game Score 19.8, net sentiment +11 from 142 commentsW @ GSW 124–112: Game Score 31.2, net sentiment +30 from 304 commentsW vs DAL 132–111: Game Score 31.0, net sentiment +19 from 140 commentsW vs PHX 138–89: Game Score 26.8, net sentiment +28 from 218 commentsL vs SAS 109–111: Game Score 16.5, net sentiment −18 from 648 commentsW vs LAC 122–101: Game Score 27.9, net sentiment +13 from 38 commentsL @ MIN 107–112: Game Score 27.2, net sentiment −6 from 359 commentsW vs MEM 119–103: Game Score 28.5, net sentiment +39 from 57 commentsL @ SAS 110–130: Game Score 26.9, net sentiment +4 from 214 commentsL vs SAS 102–117: Game Score 16.3, net sentiment −34 from 333 commentsW vs ATL 140–129: Game Score 33.2, net sentiment +29 from 24 commentsW @ GSW 131–94: Game Score 21.8, net sentiment +5 from 43 commentsL @ PHX 105–108: Game Score 12.4, net sentiment −38 from 112 commentsL vs CHA 97–124: Game Score 11.8, net sentiment −28 from 134 commentsW vs UTA 129–125: Game Score 39.9, net sentiment −3 from 125 commentsW vs SAS 119–98: Game Score 26.5, net sentiment +1 from 360 commentsW @ HOU 111–91: Game Score 13.7, net sentiment −5 from 113 commentsL @ MIA 120–122: Game Score 32.0, net sentiment −6 from 49 commentsW @ CLE 136–104: Game Score 24.8, net sentiment −5 from 56 commentsW @ MIL 122–102: Game Score 42.3, net sentiment +31 from 94 commentsL vs IND 114–117: Game Score 38.5, net sentiment +6 from 51 commentsL vs TOR 101–103: Game Score 23.4, net sentiment −11 from 75 commentsW vs NOP 104–95: Game Score 17.2, net sentiment −25 from 36 commentsL @ MIN 111–123: Game Score 24.4, net sentiment −21 from 174 commentsW @ DEN 121–111: Game Score 35.3, net sentiment +29 from 252 commentsW vs ORL 128–92: Game Score 14.6, net sentiment −10 from 39 commentsW vs DEN 127–121: Game Score 29.7, net sentiment −7 from 427 commentsW @ DAL 100–87: Game Score 25.3, net sentiment +26 from 31 commentsW @ NYK 103–100: Game Score 21.7, net sentiment −15 from 128 commentsW vs GSW 104–97: Game Score 20.8, net sentiment −4 from 74 commentsW vs DEN 129–126: Game Score 40.0, net sentiment +35 from 536 commentsW vs BOS 104–102: Game Score 35.0, net sentiment +19 from 274 commentsW vs MIN 116–103: Game Score 15.8, net sentiment −7 from 336 commentsW @ ORL 113–108: Game Score 29.0, net sentiment +32 from 57 commentsW @ BKN 121–92: Game Score 24.2, net sentiment +17 from 30 commentsW @ WAS 132–111: Game Score 29.7, net sentiment +11 from 45 commentsW @ PHI 123–103: Game Score 18.1, net sentiment −10 from 20 commentsL @ BOS 109–119: Game Score 32.8, net sentiment −26 from 272 commentsW vs CHI 131–113: Game Score 15.0, net sentiment −34 from 59 commentsW vs NYK 111–100: Game Score 19.7, net sentiment −30 from 211 commentsW vs DET 114–110: Game Score 37.7, net sentiment −24 from 556 commentsW vs LAL 139–96: Game Score 21.3, net sentiment +17 from 362 commentsW @ LAL 123–87: Game Score 23.0, net sentiment +24 from 45 commentsW @ LAC 128–110: Game Score 17.6, net sentiment +24 from 33 commentsW vs PHX 119–84: Game Score 20.7, net sentiment −25 from 385 commentsW vs PHX 120–107: Game Score 30.5, net sentiment −17 from 366 commentsW @ PHX 121–109: Game Score 38.6, net sentiment +21 from 499 commentsW @ PHX 131–122: Game Score 25.4, net sentiment +22 from 241 commentsW vs LAL 108–90: Game Score 10.1, net sentiment −28 from 826 commentsW vs LAL 125–107: Game Score 13.3, net sentiment −35 from 1,338 commentsW @ LAL 131–108: Game Score 19.7, net sentiment −27 from 783 commentsW @ LAL 115–110: Game Score 26.3, net sentiment −6 from 648 commentsL vs SAS 115–122: Game Score 20.1, net sentiment −40 from 2,846 commentsW vs SAS 122–113: Game Score 24.9, net sentiment −31 from 1,652 commentsW @ SAS 123–108: Game Score 23.4, net sentiment −27 from 1,489 commentsL @ SAS 82–103: Game Score 13.8, net sentiment −46 from 1,459 commentsW vs SAS 127–114: Game Score 23.5, net sentiment −41 from 1,461 commentsL @ SAS 91–118: Game Score 5.5, net sentiment −47 from 1,538 commentsL vs SAS 103–111: Game Score 32.5, net sentiment −17 from 3,157 comments
r = 0.49 · 78 games · win loss