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De'Aaron Fox

SAS · G · #4

r/NBA's 5th most hated player.

PPG
18.5
RPG
3.7
APG
6.2
GP
73
Height
6′3″
Weight
185 lb
Age
28
Born
Dec 20, 1997
Experience
8 yrs
From
Kentucky

Verdict

52.2%Negative18,766 comments
32.3%Neutral11,605 comments
15.6%Positive5,606 comments
−37Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=35,977 comments about De'Aaron Fox

  1. 5most hated
  2. 62most loved
  3. 11most discussed
  4. 15most argued about

Receipts

What the room said about De'Aaron Fox, verbatim: the highest-scoring comments in each class.

  1. Exhibit 01DEN flair
    Fox should be ejaculated immediately
    Post · [Highlight] Shai draws a questionable foul on De'Aaron Fox▲ 8,682May 25, 2026Source ↗
  2. Exhibit 02GSW flair
    Don't let Brunson's MVP performance distract you from the fact that Fox shot: 3/13 8/12 4/14 6/16 3/15 High volume clanker
    Post-game thread · NYK 94 @ SAS 90 · R4 G5 · Jun 13▲ 1,506Jun 14, 2026Source ↗
  3. Exhibit 03BKN flair
    In a game where Castle went 1/10, Fox was the bigger terrorist. He does nothing but poorly dribble and shoots bricks from midrange.
    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▲ 1,275Jun 14, 2026Source ↗
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about De'Aaron Fox 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 De'Aaron Fox, his own Spurs fans are 42% negative, rival fans 52%, unflaired commenters 56%. Among the 25 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Hawks fans are hardest on him at 60% negative and Spurs fans kindest at 23% positive.

42.1%Own fansSAS flair · 5,616 comments
52.1%Rival fansevery other flair · 15,969 comments
56.1%Unflairedno flair · 14,392 comments

Who hates him most

  1. 1ATL fans60.5%+11
  2. 2CLE fans59.1%+10
  3. 3DAL fans58.9%+9
  4. 4MIA fans58.1%+9
  5. 5MIL fans58.0%+8

Who defends him

  1. 1SAS fansown fans22.6%+6
  2. 2NYK fans18.7%+2
  3. 3DEN fans18.5%+2
  4. 4MIN fans18.5%+2
  5. 5POR fans17.2%0
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about De'Aaron Fox are left out of the lists; the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Rooms

De'Aaron Fox was talked about most in the game threads: 16,289 of his 35,977 comments, −42 net sentiment against −37 across his season. His harshest room was the daily chat thread, −45 on 3% of his comments; his warmest news posts, −28 on 6% of his comments. The game threads ran 13 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threads58.816.316,289
Post-game threads57.717.42,735
Daily chat threadHarshest60.715.9972
Front page44.114.610,993
Highlights47.017.42,481
NewsWarmest38.810.92,167
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 De'Aaron Fox; left out here: Lowlights (185), Discussion posts (75), Injury posts (61). 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 De'Aaron Fox ran between 22% and 63%. His worst week was the week of Jun 8, 65% negative of 15,296 comments; his best the week of Dec 22, 47% 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 De'Aaron Fox in 48 of his 94 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −56 in losses (68% negative, 11% positive) against −18 in wins (46% negative, 27% positive), on a season net sentiment of −37.

−18In wins46% neg · 27% pos · 4,671 comments
−56In losses68% neg · 11% pos · 12,650 comments
−37His season52% neg · 16% pos · 35,977 comments
DatePhaseOppResultMinPtsRebAstFG3PTOV+/−P/R/ACommentsVerdict
Jun 13R4 G5R4 G5vs NYKL 90–94L 90–94377053-151-81+17/0/556,307
Jun 10R4 G4R4 G4@ NYKL 106–107L 106–1073718576-164-94+118/5/773,619Recap
Jun 8R4 G3R4 G3@ NYKW 115–111W 115–1113712384-140-52-712/3/859,290
Jun 5R4 G2R4 G2vs NYKL 104–105L 104–1053420358-122-24+220/3/554,897
Jun 3R4 G1R4 G1vs NYKL 95–105L 95–105387453-130-4307/4/545,156
May 30R3 G7R3 G7@ OKCW 111–103W 111–1033615056-123-72+315/0/551,944
May 28R3 G6R3 G6vs OKCW 118–91W 118–91265571-90-30+175/5/721,522
May 26R3 G5R3 G5@ OKCL 114–127L 114–127339484-150-41-109/4/825,748
May 24R3 G4R3 G4vs OKCW 103–82W 103–8231121055-131-20-312/10/520,926
May 22R3 G3R3 G3vs OKCL 108–123L 108–1233115767-141-64+915/7/631,843

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

−75−50−250+25+50+75-10010203040his season −37W vs NOP 126–119: Game Score 19.0, net sentiment +33 from 46 commentsW @ CHI 121–117: Game Score 12.3, net sentiment +26 from 23 commentsL vs GSW 120–125: Game Score 3.4, net sentiment −59 from 51 commentsL vs GSW 108–109: Game Score 20.5, net sentiment −59 from 352 commentsW vs SAC 123–110: Game Score 25.3, net sentiment +10 from 21 commentsL @ PHX 102–111: Game Score 19.5, net sentiment −45 from 20 commentsW @ POR 115–102: Game Score 31.2, net sentiment +44 from 25 commentsW @ DEN 139–136: Game Score 11.1, net sentiment 0 from 28 commentsW @ LAL 132–119: Game Score 15.2, net sentiment −29 from 69 commentsW vs OKC 111–109: Game Score 18.2, net sentiment +10 from 92 commentsL vs NYK 113–124: Game Score 9.8, net sentiment −35 from 107 commentsW vs OKC 130–110: Game Score 5.7, net sentiment +4 from 28 commentsW @ OKC 117–102: Game Score 24.1, net sentiment +54 from 148 commentsW vs NYK 134–132: Game Score 23.1, net sentiment +33 from 24 commentsL @ MEM 105–106: Game Score 3.8, net sentiment −28 from 25 commentsW vs LAL 107–91: Game Score 7.8, net sentiment −52 from 21 commentsL @ MIN 103–104: Game Score 4.9, net sentiment −26 from 38 commentsL @ OKC 98–119: Game Score 11.7, net sentiment −46 from 61 commentsL @ HOU 106–111: Game Score 7.5, net sentiment −63 from 32 commentsL @ CHA 106–111: Game Score 9.2, net sentiment −27 from 30 commentsW @ DET 114–103: Game Score 5.1, net sentiment −27 from 67 commentsL @ NYK 89–114: Game Score 3.5, net sentiment −73 from 59 commentsW vs DET 121–106: Game Score 22.9, net sentiment +38 from 40 commentsW vs LAC 116–112: Game Score 15.1, net sentiment +33 from 21 commentsW vs BOS 125–116: Game Score 25.6, net sentiment +14 from 21 commentsL @ DEN 134–136: Game Score 4.9, net sentiment −55 from 336 commentsL vs DEN 118–128: Game Score 17.7, net sentiment −48 from 66 commentsW vs POR 111–98: Game Score 16.6, net sentiment +11 from 66 commentsL vs POR 103–106: Game Score 9.0, net sentiment −49 from 204 commentsW @ POR 120–108: Game Score 10.6, net sentiment −50 from 385 commentsW @ POR 114–93: Game Score 25.8, net sentiment +22 from 156 commentsW vs POR 114–95: Game Score 18.6, net sentiment +42 from 161 commentsL vs MIN 102–104: Game Score 1.1, net sentiment −58 from 672 commentsW vs MIN 133–95: Game Score 12.6, net sentiment +16 from 79 commentsW @ MIN 115–108: Game Score 8.7, net sentiment −50 from 345 commentsL @ MIN 109–114: Game Score 14.4, net sentiment −24 from 430 commentsW vs MIN 126–97: Game Score 12.8, net sentiment −24 from 110 commentsW @ MIN 139–109: Game Score 24.7, net sentiment +10 from 128 commentsL vs OKC 108–123: Game Score 11.3, net sentiment −15 from 371 commentsW vs OKC 103–82: Game Score 12.7, net sentiment −33 from 198 commentsL @ OKC 114–127: Game Score 7.7, net sentiment −61 from 260 commentsW vs OKC 118–91: Game Score 4.3, net sentiment −46 from 406 commentsW @ OKC 111–103: Game Score 12.7, net sentiment +9 from 526 commentsL vs NYK 95–105: Game Score -0.6, net sentiment −55 from 1,059 commentsL vs NYK 104–105: Game Score 16.1, net sentiment −41 from 814 commentsW @ NYK 115–111: Game Score 9.5, net sentiment −35 from 1,437 commentsL @ NYK 106–107: Game Score 13.9, net sentiment −68 from 2,656 commentsL vs NYK 90–94: Game Score 1.4, net sentiment −60 from 5,007 comments
r = 0.68 · 48 games · win loss