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Stephon Castle

SAS · G · #5

r/NBA's 22nd most discussed player.

PPG
16.6
RPG
5.3
APG
7.4
GP
69
Height
6′6″
Weight
215 lb
Age
21
Born
Nov 1, 2004
Experience
1 yr
From
Connecticut

Verdict

39.6%Negative7,661 comments
35.5%Neutral6,859 comments
24.9%Positive4,817 comments
−15Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=19,337 comments about Stephon Castle

  1. 31most hated
  2. 24most loved
  3. 22most discussed
  4. 28most argued about

Receipts

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

  1. Exhibit 01CHI flair
    Stephon Castle turnover count last two games: 9,11 Basketball terrorist. See you in Game 3 De’Aaron. That Harper loss was huge tonight, Castle cannot be trusted with the ball and decision making.
    Post-game thread · SAS 113 @ OKC 122 · R3 G2 · May 20▲ 738May 21, 2026Source ↗
  2. Exhibit 02MIA flair
    Castle had 1 field goal in an elimination game. absolutely horrendous performance from him
    Post · De'Aaron Fox, the Spurs highest paid player, scores 7 points on 3/15 shooting and 1/8 from deep in the Spurs game 5 loss in the finals. He is due $229 million over the next 4 years with the Spurs▲ 137Jun 14, 2026Source ↗
  3. Exhibit 03MIL flair
    Castle was dogshit tonight as well.
    Post · No ounce of Sportsmanship from Wemby or anyone from the Spurs▲ 130Jun 14, 2026Source ↗
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Stephon Castle 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 Stephon Castle, his own Spurs fans are 28% negative, rival fans 43%, unflaired commenters 41%. Among the 14 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Timberwolves fans are hardest on him at 55% negative and Nuggets fans kindest at 38% positive.

28.3%Own fansSAS flair · 3,660 comments
42.9%Rival fansevery other flair · 8,809 comments
41.5%Unflairedno flair · 6,868 comments

Who hates him most

  1. 1MIN fans54.6%+16
  2. 2OKC fans46.4%+8
  3. 3DAL fans46.3%+8
  4. 4NYK fans45.8%+7
  5. 5PHI fans42.1%+3

Who defends him

  1. 1DEN fans37.9%+12
  2. 2SAS fansown fans32.4%+6
  3. 3BOS fans29.6%+4
  4. 4TOR fans28.3%+2
  5. 5LAL fans27.8%+2
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Stephon Castle are left out of the lists; the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Rooms

Stephon Castle was talked about most in the game threads: 10,889 of his 19,337 comments, −21 net sentiment against −15 across his season. His harshest room was lowlights, −36 on 2% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, +3 on 4% of his comments. The game threads ran 18 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads45.424.110,889
Post-game threadsWarmest32.435.3805
Daily chat thread46.916.8573
Front page30.627.04,274
Highlights30.727.11,818
News27.422.5595
LowlightsHarshest42.86.4311
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 Stephon Castle; left out here: Injury posts (47), Discussion posts (24). 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 Stephon Castle ran between 15% and 47%. His worst week was the week of Jun 1, 57% negative of 1,981 comments; his best the week of Mar 16, 55% positive. 4 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

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 Stephon Castle in 48 of his 94 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −33 in losses (52% negative, 19% positive) against −7 in wins (38% negative, 30% positive), on a season net sentiment of −15.

−7In wins38% neg · 30% pos · 5,318 comments
−33In losses52% neg · 19% pos · 5,892 comments
−15His season40% neg · 25% pos · 19,337 comments
DatePhaseOppResultMinPtsRebAstFG3PTOV+/−P/R/ACommentsVerdict
Jun 13R4 G5R4 G5vs NYKL 90–94L 90–94326541-100-33-16/5/456,307
Jun 10R4 G4R4 G4@ NYKL 106–107L 106–1072613552-71-33-1113/5/573,619
Jun 8R4 G3R4 G3@ NYKW 115–111W 115–1113823558-142-52+623/5/559,290
Jun 5R4 G2R4 G2vs NYKL 104–105L 104–1052814445-142-44-614/4/454,897
Jun 3R4 G1R4 G1vs NYKL 95–105L 95–1053417837-161-52-917/8/345,156
May 30R3 G7R3 G7@ OKCW 111–103W 111–1033616667-150-36+116/6/651,944
May 28R3 G6R3 G6vs OKCW 118–91W 118–913217595-100-21+1317/5/921,522
May 26R3 G5R3 G5@ OKCL 114–127L 114–1273324567-113-53-924/5/625,748
May 24R3 G4R3 G4vs OKCW 103–82W 103–823013365-111-31+2513/3/620,926
May 22R3 G3R3 G3vs OKCL 108–123L 108–1233514571-81-51-1714/5/731,843

Bad nights get punished: across 48 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Stephon Castle's Game Score.

−75−50−250+25+50+75-1001020304050his season −15W @ DAL 125–92: Game Score 18.1, net sentiment +33 from 89 commentsW @ NOP 120–116: Game Score 4.9, net sentiment +20 from 44 commentsL @ PHX 118–130: Game Score 23.9, net sentiment −40 from 20 commentsL @ LAL 116–118: Game Score 11.2, net sentiment −37 from 30 commentsW vs HOU 121–110: Game Score 15.4, net sentiment +21 from 58 commentsL vs GSW 120–125: Game Score 21.8, net sentiment +23 from 40 commentsL vs GSW 108–109: Game Score 12.6, net sentiment −20 from 20 commentsW @ LAL 132–119: Game Score 25.4, net sentiment +47 from 73 commentsW vs OKC 111–109: Game Score 10.4, net sentiment −3 from 314 commentsL vs NYK 113–124: Game Score 15.3, net sentiment +32 from 184 commentsW vs OKC 130–110: Game Score 17.9, net sentiment +46 from 39 commentsW @ OKC 117–102: Game Score 16.0, net sentiment +27 from 79 commentsW vs NYK 134–132: Game Score -0.8, net sentiment −70 from 23 commentsL @ MIN 103–104: Game Score 0.0, net sentiment −59 from 22 commentsL @ OKC 98–119: Game Score 15.0, net sentiment −8 from 39 commentsL @ HOU 106–111: Game Score 8.9, net sentiment −12 from 57 commentsW @ HOU 111–99: Game Score 14.5, net sentiment +20 from 44 commentsW vs OKC 116–106: Game Score 10.1, net sentiment +23 from 22 commentsW vs DAL 138–125: Game Score 41.2, net sentiment +54 from 46 commentsW @ DET 114–103: Game Score 12.6, net sentiment +29 from 87 commentsL @ NYK 89–114: Game Score 9.7, net sentiment +13 from 31 commentsW vs DET 121–106: Game Score 14.4, net sentiment +14 from 22 commentsW vs LAC 116–112: Game Score 4.0, net sentiment −6 from 31 commentsL vs DEN 131–136: Game Score 30.2, net sentiment +23 from 47 commentsL @ DEN 134–136: Game Score 14.7, net sentiment −3 from 80 commentsW vs POR 111–98: Game Score 12.7, net sentiment −18 from 88 commentsL vs POR 103–106: Game Score 10.9, net sentiment −34 from 61 commentsW @ POR 120–108: Game Score 24.3, net sentiment +6 from 80 commentsW @ POR 114–93: Game Score 12.5, net sentiment −15 from 132 commentsW vs POR 114–95: Game Score 5.4, net sentiment −14 from 59 commentsL vs MIN 102–104: Game Score 14.8, net sentiment −38 from 250 commentsW vs MIN 133–95: Game Score 15.8, net sentiment −37 from 294 commentsW @ MIN 115–108: Game Score 10.1, net sentiment −48 from 508 commentsL @ MIN 109–114: Game Score 15.8, net sentiment −32 from 133 commentsW vs MIN 126–97: Game Score 14.6, net sentiment −5 from 171 commentsW @ MIN 139–109: Game Score 30.7, net sentiment +29 from 291 commentsW @ OKC 122–115: Game Score 7.9, net sentiment −15 from 545 commentsL @ OKC 113–122: Game Score 15.8, net sentiment −22 from 1,724 commentsL vs OKC 108–123: Game Score 14.2, net sentiment −42 from 530 commentsW vs OKC 103–82: Game Score 11.9, net sentiment +12 from 295 commentsL @ OKC 114–127: Game Score 22.8, net sentiment −50 from 403 commentsW vs OKC 118–91: Game Score 19.0, net sentiment −19 from 176 commentsW @ OKC 111–103: Game Score 8.9, net sentiment −25 from 543 commentsL vs NYK 95–105: Game Score 11.1, net sentiment −23 from 211 commentsL vs NYK 104–105: Game Score 4.8, net sentiment −57 from 1,147 commentsW @ NYK 115–111: Game Score 19.5, net sentiment −1 from 1,165 commentsL @ NYK 106–107: Game Score 9.7, net sentiment −20 from 439 commentsL vs NYK 90–94: Game Score -0.3, net sentiment −52 from 424 comments
r = 0.54 · 48 games · win loss