Zion Williamson · Court Sentiment

Verdict

40.6%39.7%19.7%

40.6%Negative2,421 comments

39.7%Neutral2,368 comments

19.7%Positive1,174 comments

−21Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=5,963 comments about Zion Williamson

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.GSW flair
When asked how many plates Zion planned to have at Thanksgiving he responded: “Not one, not two, not three, not four, not five, not six, not seven…”
Post · Is Zion Williamsson one of the biggest underachievers during 21st Century?▲ 1,165Nov 28, 2025Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.no flair
Depends on how you define underachiever Off the court Zion is smashing it Never missed a Dave & Busters Reward Bonus Got 88% of eligable Popeyes Reward Points Can't miss a Gumbo Special at the Napoleon House Always defends the Chef's at Mr. B's Bistro Never dribbles too much BBQ sauce off his BIB at a Rib House Always rightly stands up for New Orleans Culinary Unions
Post · Is Zion Williamsson one of the biggest underachievers during 21st Century?▲ 91Nov 28, 2025Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.PHI flair
The fact that it is even a discussion at this point says everything about him. Pels need to find a trade partner for Zion, whoever has a team cafeteria with enough leftovers
Post · Derik Queen Perfect Game: 17 pts, 10 rebs, 4 asts, 8/8 FG, 1/1 3pt FG▲ 67Dec 21, 2025Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Zion Williamson 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 Zion Williamson, his own Pelicans fans are 37% negative, rival fans 38%, unflaired commenters 45%. Among the 4 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Lakers fans are hardest on him at 41% negative and Spurs fans kindest at 23% positive.

37.4%Own fansNOP flair · 487 comments

37.7%Rival fansevery other flair · 3,050 comments

44.8%Unflairedno flair · 2,426 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Zion Williamson was talked about most on the front page: 3,253 of his 5,963 comments, −25 net sentiment against −21 across his season. His harshest room was news posts, −36 on 20% of his comments; his warmest highlights, +6 on 13% of his comments. The front page ran 18 points harsher than the game threads, the reverse of the usual order: his season was a story off the court.

Game threads5% of his comments35.929.2301

Post-game threads5% of his comments35.925.7323

Front page55% of his comments42.317.73,253

Highlights13% of his commentsWarmest28.134.1771

News20% of his commentsHarshest47.912.11,178

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 Zion Williamson; left out here: Lowlights (94), Discussion posts (12), Daily chat thread (6), 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 Zion Williamson ran between 25% and 49%. His worst week was the week of Dec 1, 57% negative of 310 comments; his best the week of Sep 29, 41% positive. 1 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Oct 13 · 18% negative · 41% positive · 74 comments
- L vs HOU 128–130
- L @ ORL 125–132
Oct 20 · 24% negative · 40% positive · 300 comments
- L @ MEM 122–128
- L vs SAS 116–120
Oct 27 · 48% negative · 11% positive · 267 comments
- L @ DEN 88–122
- L @ LAC 124–126
- L @ OKC 106–137
Nov 17 · 38% negative · 13% positive · 194 comments
- L vs DEN 118–125
- L @ DAL 115–118
Nov 24 · 43% negative · 17% positive · 176 comments
- W vs CHI 143–130
- L vs MEM 128–133
- L @ GSW 96–104
Dec 8 · 51% negative · 8% positive · 172 comments
- W @ CHI 114–104
Dec 15 · 33% negative · 26% positive · 126 comments
- W vs HOU 133–128
- W vs IND 128–109
Dec 22 · 24% negative · 37% positive · 156 comments
- W vs DAL 119–113
- L @ CLE 118–141
- L vs PHX 108–115
- L vs PHX 114–123
Dec 29 · 34% negative · 25% positive · 122 comments
- L vs NYK 125–130
- L @ CHI 118–134
- L vs POR 109–122
- L @ MIA 106–125
Jan 5 · 49% negative · 16% positive · 244 comments
- L vs LAL 103–111
- L @ ATL 100–117
- W @ WAS 128–107
- L @ ORL 118–128
Jan 12 · 36% negative · 27% positive · 157 comments
- L vs DEN 116–122
- W vs BKN 116–113
- L @ IND 119–127
- L @ HOU 110–119
Jan 19 · 43% negative · 12% positive · 201 comments
- L vs DET 104–112
- W @ MEM 133–127
- W @ SAS 104–95
Jan 26 · 30% negative · 31% positive · 271 comments
- L @ OKC 95–104
- W vs MEM 114–106
- L @ PHI 114–124
Feb 2 · 36% negative · 23% positive · 186 comments
- L @ CHA 95–102
- L @ MIL 137–141
- W @ MIN 119–115
Feb 9 · 42% negative · 19% positive · 89 comments
- W vs SAC 120–94
- L vs MIA 111–123
Feb 16 · 43% negative · 16% positive · 102 comments
- L vs MIL 118–139
- W vs PHI 126–111
Feb 23 · 33% negative · 26% positive · 144 comments
- W vs GSW 113–109
- W @ UTA 129–118
- W @ UTA 115–105
Mar 2 · 46% negative · 13% positive · 193 comments
- L @ LAL 101–110
- W @ SAC 133–123
- L @ PHX 116–118
- W vs WAS 138–118
Mar 9 · 34% negative · 18% positive · 146 comments
- W vs TOR 122–111
- L @ HOU 105–107
Mar 16 · 44% negative · 17% positive · 126 comments
- W vs DAL 129–111
- W vs LAC 124–109
- W vs LAC 105–99
- L vs CLE 106–111
Mar 23 · 39% negative · 24% positive · 139 comments
- L @ NYK 116–121
- L @ DET 108–129
- L @ TOR 106–119
- L vs HOU 102–134
Mar 30 · 35% negative · 20% positive · 66 comments
- L @ POR 106–118
- L @ SAC 113–117
- L vs ORL 108–112

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 Zion Williamson in 5 of his 64 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −8 in losses (37% negative, 29% positive) against +50 in wins (8% negative, 58% positive), on a season net sentiment of −21.

+50In wins8% neg · 58% pos · 48 comments

−8In losses37% neg · 29% pos · 139 comments

−21His season41% neg · 20% pos · 5,963 comments

Games the room talked about Zion Williamson in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
Mar 3	@ LALL 101–110	L 101–110	33	24	4	0	10-18	0-0	2	-7	24/4/0	386	21 points harsher than his season, from 41 comments.
Jan 25	@ SASW 104–95	W 104–95	33	24	10	4	10-18	0-0	1	+17	24/10/4	299	66 points warmer than his season, from 22 comments.
Dec 22	vs DALW 119–113	W 119–113	25	24	9	3	10-14	0-0	1	+2	24/9/3	327	75 points warmer than his season, from 26 comments.
Oct 29	@ DENL 88–122	L 88–122	26	11	0	2	4-8	0-0	3	-12	11/0/2	399	41 points harsher than his season, from 21 comments.
Oct 24	vs SASL 116–120	L 116–120	37	27	10	7	8-18	0-0	4	+6	27/10/7	1,347	46 points warmer than his season, from 77 comments.