Bam Adebayo · Court Sentiment

Verdict

29.3%41.3%29.4%

29.3%Negative4,038 comments

41.3%Neutral5,696 comments

29.4%Positive4,050 comments

0Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=13,784 comments about Bam Adebayo

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.GSW flair
BREAKING NEWS: Bam Adebayo facing rape charges of TWO women in Eagle, Colorado
Post · Kevin Porter Jr. says he’s on a mission to beat Bam’s 83-point record out of respect for Kobe: “Now that Kobe got beat, I gotta beat Bam just for the respect of Kobe.”▲ 155Mar 25, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.BOS flair
Bam scoring 83 set this franchise back so much
Post · [Chiang] Heat president Pat Riley says he would not consider trading Bam Adebayo: “I want to build this around Bam.”▲ 134Apr 27, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
I'm sorry but if you let fucking Bam Adebayo break Kobes record against you while triple teaming him. You got to fold the franchise
Post-game thread · WAS 129 @ MIA 150 · Mar 10▲ 128Mar 11, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Bam Adebayo 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 Bam Adebayo, his own Heat fans are 21% negative, rival fans 30%, unflaired commenters 32%. Among the 12 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Bulls fans are hardest on him at 39% negative and Heat fans kindest at 36% positive.

21.3%Own fansMIA flair · 2,136 comments

29.8%Rival fansevery other flair · 6,359 comments

31.9%Unflairedno flair · 5,289 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Bam Adebayo was talked about most on the front page: 7,879 of his 13,784 comments, +3 net sentiment against 0 across his season. His harshest room was injury posts, −49 on 2% of his comments; his warmest the front page. The game threads ran 11 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads6% of his comments35.026.7825

Post-game threads5% of his comments31.433.3669

Front page57% of his commentsWarmest27.630.37,879

Highlights13% of his comments30.530.91,758

News14% of his comments28.925.71,937

Injury posts2% of his commentsHarshest51.73.0232

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 Bam Adebayo; left out here: Daily chat thread (116), Lowlights (22), Discussion posts (14). 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 Bam Adebayo ran between 17% and 42%. His worst week was the week of Jan 5, 58% negative of 125 comments; his best the week of Oct 27, 45% positive. 2 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Sep 29 · 27 comments, under the floor
- L vs ORL 118–126
Oct 6 · 20% negative · 33% positive · 91 comments
- L vs MIL 93–103
- L vs SAS 107–112
Oct 13 · 17% negative · 30% positive · 47 comments
- L @ ATL 118–119
- L vs MEM 125–141
Oct 20 · 23% negative · 33% positive · 61 comments
- L @ ORL 121–125
- W @ MEM 146–114
- W vs NYK 115–107
Oct 27 · 16% negative · 45% positive · 266 comments
- W vs CHA 144–117
- L @ SAS 101–107
- L @ LAL 120–130
Nov 3 · 20% negative · 28% positive · 109 comments
- W @ LAC 120–119
- L @ DEN 112–122
Nov 17 · 17% negative · 39% positive · 140 comments
- W vs GSW 110–96
- W @ CHI 143–107
- W @ PHI 127–117
Nov 24 · 17% negative · 37% positive · 60 comments
- W vs DAL 106–102
- W vs MIL 106–103
- L vs DET 135–138
Dec 1 · 20% negative · 44% positive · 71 comments
- W vs LAC 140–123
- L @ DAL 108–118
- L @ ORL 105–106
- L vs SAC 111–127
Dec 8 · 15% negative · 28% positive · 65 comments
- L @ ORL 108–117
Dec 15 · 25% negative · 23% positive · 61 comments
- L vs TOR 96–106
- W @ BKN 106–95
- L @ BOS 116–129
- L @ NYK 125–132
Dec 22 · 38% negative · 22% positive · 50 comments
- L vs TOR 91–112
Dec 29 · 29% negative · 33% positive · 58 comments
- W vs DEN 147–123
- W @ DET 118–112
- L vs MIN 115–125
- W vs NOP 125–106
Jan 5 · 58% negative · 15% positive · 125 comments
- L @ MIN 94–122
- L @ IND 99–123
- L @ OKC 112–124
Jan 12 · 29% negative · 30% positive · 161 comments
- W vs PHX 127–121
- L vs BOS 114–119
- W vs OKC 122–120
Jan 19 · 36% negative · 16% positive · 89 comments
- L @ GSW 112–135
- W @ SAC 130–117
- L @ POR 110–127
- W @ UTA 147–116
- W @ PHX 111–102
Jan 26 · 26% negative · 30% positive · 96 comments
- L vs ORL 124–133
- W @ CHI 116–113
- L vs CHI 118–125
- W vs CHI 134–91
Feb 2 · 24% negative · 20% positive · 133 comments
- L vs ATL 115–127
- L @ BOS 96–98
- W @ WAS 132–101
Feb 9 · 27% negative · 26% positive · 113 comments
- L vs UTA 111–115
- W @ NOP 123–111
Feb 16 · 29 comments, under the floor
- W @ ATL 128–97
- W vs MEM 136–120
Feb 23 · 31% negative · 29% positive · 45 comments
- L @ MIL 117–128
- L @ PHI 117–124
- W vs HOU 115–105
Mar 2 · 18% negative · 35% positive · 40 comments
- W vs BKN 124–98
- W vs BKN 126–110
- W @ CHA 128–120
- W vs DET 121–110
Mar 9 · 27% negative · 33% positive · 6,728 comments
- W vs WAS 150–129
- W vs MIL 112–105
- L vs ORL 117–121
Mar 16 · 30% negative · 31% positive · 625 comments
- L vs LAL 126–134
- L @ HOU 122–123
Mar 23 · 32% negative · 25% positive · 467 comments
- L vs SAS 111–136
- W @ CLE 120–103
- L @ CLE 128–149
- L @ IND 118–135
Mar 30 · 32% negative · 31% positive · 455 comments
- W vs PHI 119–109
- L vs BOS 129–147
- W vs WAS 152–136
Apr 6 · 33% negative · 27% positive · 218 comments
- L @ TOR 95–121
- L @ TOR 114–128
- W @ WAS 140–117
- W vs ATL 143–117
Apr 13 · 43% negative · 11% positive · 1,553 comments
- L @ CHA 126–127

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 Bam Adebayo in 8 of his 79 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −19 in losses (39% negative, 20% positive) against +22 in wins (23% negative, 44% positive), on a season net sentiment of 0.

+22In wins23% neg · 44% pos · 216 comments

−19In losses39% neg · 20% pos · 472 comments

0His season29% neg · 29% pos · 13,784 comments

Games the room talked about Bam Adebayo in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
Apr 14Play-in	Play-in	@ CHAL 126–127	L 126–127	11	6	3	1	3-3	0-0	0	+1	6/3/1	10,190	21 points harsher than his season, from 287 comments.
Apr 1		vs BOSL 129–147	L 129–147	38	29	10	2	10-21	5-10	3	-23	29/10/2	345	50 points harsher than his season, from 28 comments.
Mar 23		vs SASL 111–136	L 111–136	29	18	3	4	5-17	2-10	0	-26	18/3/4	430	14 points harsher than his season, from 21 comments.
Mar 19		vs LALL 126–134	L 126–134	38	28	10	2	9-19	3-8	0	-12	28/10/2	1,169	21 points harsher than his season, from 33 comments.
Mar 10		vs WASW 150–129	W 150–129	42	83	9	3	20-43	7-22	5	+20	83/9/3	—	22 points warmer than his season, from 184 comments.
Jan 17		vs OKCW 122–120	W 122–120	32	30	12	4	9-22	6-10	1	+11	30/12/4	715	22 points warmer than his season, from 32 comments.
Jan 6		@ MINL 94–122	L 94–122	28	7	11	3	3-11	1-2	1	-6	7/11/3	358	70 points harsher than his season, from 33 comments.
Oct 30		@ SASL 101–107	L 101–107	37	31	10	3	12-27	4-13	2	+7	31/10/3	1,498	24 points warmer than his season, from 70 comments.