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2025-26

Cade Cunningham

DET · G · #2

r/NBA's 16th most loved player.

PPG
23.9
RPG
5.5
APG
9.9
GP
64
Height
6′6″
Weight
220 lb
Age
25
Born
Sep 25, 2001
Experience
4 yrs
From
Oklahoma State

Verdict

32.6%Negative5,826 comments
38.8%Neutral6,936 comments
28.6%Positive5,101 comments
−4Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=17,863 comments about Cade Cunningham

  1. 52most hated
  2. 16most loved
  3. 25most discussed
  4. 38most argued about

Receipts

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

  1. Exhibit 01SAS flair
    After the way Cade acted tonight. The dude can take all my disrespect. Shoving Castle to the ground because he's frustrated, and shoving Victor mulitple times while he was going for a board.
    Post · Cade Cunningham against the San Antonio Spurs put up 16 points 6 rebounds 10 assists 2 steals and 3 blocks on 5-26 FG 2-9 3PT 4-5 FT▲ 173Feb 24, 2026Source ↗
  2. Exhibit 02no flair
    Cade Cunningham with one of the worst game 7s from an "top 10" player of all time
    Post · THE DETROIT PISTONS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM 2026 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION▲ 90May 18, 2026Source ↗
  3. Exhibit 03BOS flair
    Cade might have played the single worst game of his career at the single worst time. Even game 7 harden couldn't cancel it out.
    Post-game thread · CLE 125 @ DET 94 · R2 G7 · May 17▲ 86May 18, 2026Source ↗
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Cade Cunningham 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 Cade Cunningham, his own Pistons fans are 24% negative, rival fans 34%, unflaired commenters 35%. Among the 13 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Cavaliers fans are hardest on him at 43% negative and Pistons fans kindest at 37% positive.

23.9%Own fansDET flair · 3,328 comments
34.5%Rival fansevery other flair · 8,069 comments
34.8%Unflairedno flair · 6,466 comments

Who hates him most

  1. 1CLE fans43.3%+12
  2. 2NYK fans42.3%+11
  3. 3MIA fans37.6%+6
  4. 4LAL fans36.5%+5
  5. 5SAS fans34.1%+3

Who defends him

  1. 1DET fansown fans36.5%+7
  2. 2TOR fans35.0%+6
  3. 3SAS fans29.6%0
  4. 4GSW fans29.5%0
  5. 5ORL fans29.4%0
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Cade Cunningham are left out of the lists; the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Rooms

Cade Cunningham was talked about most on the front page: 7,508 of his 17,863 comments, +2 net sentiment against −4 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads, −18 on 32% of his comments; his warmest highlights, +8 on 8% of his comments. The game threads ran 20 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threadsHarshest42.925.25,724
Post-game threads32.633.61,344
Front page27.929.97,508
HighlightsWarmest28.035.81,412
News22.424.31,665
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 Cade Cunningham; left out here: Lowlights (114), Daily chat thread (47), Discussion posts (22), Injury posts (20). 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 Cade Cunningham ran between 4% and 44%. His worst week was the week of May 18, 48% negative of 1,326 comments; his best the week of Oct 6, 59% positive. 1 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 Cade Cunningham in 39 of his 81 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −36 in losses (52% negative, 16% positive) against +9 in wins (30% negative, 38% positive), on a season net sentiment of −4.

+9In wins30% neg · 38% pos · 2,551 comments
−36In losses52% neg · 16% pos · 3,489 comments
−4His season33% neg · 29% pos · 17,863 comments
DatePhaseOppResultMinPtsRebAstFG3PTOV+/−P/R/ACommentsVerdict
May 17R2 G7R2 G7vs CLEL 94–125L 94–1253713455-160-73-3213/4/517,494
May 15R2 G6R2 G6@ CLEW 115–94W 115–944221287-195-107+1321/2/89,941
May 13R2 G5R2 G5vs CLEL 113–117L 113–11748397913-276-106-439/7/912,686
May 11R2 G4R2 G4@ CLEL 103–112L 103–1123919367-162-55-2319/3/66,878
May 9R2 G3R2 G3@ CLEL 109–116L 109–1163927101010-272-68+627/10/107,027
May 7R2 G2R2 G2vs CLEW 107–97W 107–9742253107-143-65+1325/3/107,260
May 5R2 G1R2 G1vs CLEW 111–101W 111–1014223376-192-54+1223/3/75,785
May 3R1 G7R1 G7vs ORLW 116–94W 116–94393211210-184-64+2932/1/127,685
May 1R1 G6R1 G6@ ORLW 93–79W 93–79423210310-232-44+732/10/39,828
Apr 29R1 G5R1 G5vs ORLW 116–109W 116–10944454513-235-86+345/4/55,060

Bad nights get punished: across 39 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Cade Cunningham's Game Score.

−75−50−250+25+50+75010203040his season −4W @ HOU 115–111: Game Score 12.5, net sentiment 0 from 22 commentsL vs CLE 95–116: Game Score 2.6, net sentiment −17 from 24 commentsW vs ORL 135–116: Game Score 31.5, net sentiment +33 from 30 commentsW vs UTA 114–103: Game Score 21.3, net sentiment +56 from 32 commentsW @ PHI 111–108: Game Score 18.1, net sentiment +61 from 51 commentsW vs WAS 137–135: Game Score 35.4, net sentiment −13 from 68 commentsW @ ATL 120–112: Game Score 19.1, net sentiment +52 from 31 commentsL @ BOS 114–117: Game Score 31.4, net sentiment −39 from 77 commentsL vs ORL 109–112: Game Score 29.2, net sentiment −25 from 56 commentsW @ MIA 138–135: Game Score 16.6, net sentiment −12 from 26 commentsW @ BOS 112–105: Game Score 25.9, net sentiment +49 from 67 commentsL @ DAL 114–116: Game Score 17.2, net sentiment −7 from 29 commentsW @ LAL 128–106: Game Score 22.5, net sentiment +4 from 57 commentsW vs NYK 121–90: Game Score 27.7, net sentiment +61 from 74 commentsW vs PHX 108–105: Game Score 2.6, net sentiment −54 from 24 commentsW vs BOS 104–103: Game Score 17.2, net sentiment +21 from 29 commentsL vs HOU 104–111: Game Score 5.1, net sentiment −38 from 34 commentsW vs NYK 118–80: Game Score 7.7, net sentiment −10 from 20 commentsW @ CHA 110–104: Game Score 23.3, net sentiment +67 from 39 commentsW @ NYK 126–111: Game Score 34.7, net sentiment +36 from 129 commentsL vs SAS 103–114: Game Score 7.7, net sentiment −31 from 336 commentsW vs OKC 124–116: Game Score 27.6, net sentiment −8 from 24 commentsW vs CLE 122–119: Game Score 18.2, net sentiment −34 from 76 commentsL @ CLE 109–113: Game Score 6.7, net sentiment −40 from 35 commentsL @ SAS 106–121: Game Score 12.6, net sentiment −51 from 81 commentsL vs ORL 101–112: Game Score 26.2, net sentiment −31 from 268 commentsW vs ORL 98–83: Game Score 19.9, net sentiment +10 from 126 commentsL @ ORL 105–113: Game Score 12.1, net sentiment −15 from 277 commentsL @ ORL 88–94: Game Score 9.2, net sentiment −48 from 396 commentsW vs ORL 116–109: Game Score 33.8, net sentiment −1 from 271 commentsW @ ORL 93–79: Game Score 24.1, net sentiment +3 from 279 commentsW vs ORL 116–94: Game Score 27.1, net sentiment +3 from 248 commentsW vs CLE 111–101: Game Score 14.3, net sentiment −2 from 190 commentsW vs CLE 107–97: Game Score 22.1, net sentiment +32 from 279 commentsL @ CLE 109–116: Game Score 15.1, net sentiment −38 from 535 commentsL @ CLE 103–112: Game Score 10.5, net sentiment −49 from 271 commentsL vs CLE 113–117: Game Score 28.1, net sentiment −22 from 425 commentsW @ CLE 115–94: Game Score 8.9, net sentiment −18 from 359 commentsL vs CLE 94–125: Game Score 5.9, net sentiment −45 from 645 comments
r = 0.46 · 39 games · win loss