Dean Wade · Court Sentiment

Verdict

43.1%36.1%20.8%

43.1%Negative186 comments

36.1%Neutral156 comments

20.8%Positive90 comments

−22Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=432 comments about Dean WadeUnofficial

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.no flair
I am still confused and don't understand why Dean Wade refused to fight over a damn screen. All the Knicks were doing was screening Dean wade to get him off brunson, and dean Wade refused to fight over a damn screen. And why didn't Atkinson if he was upset with Dean Wade not fighting over a screen, not go back to Max strus who would have definitely fought over the screen, to keep harden from being forced to guard brunson. Dean Wade really sold James harden out.
Post · Mike Brown: "It's no secret, we were attacking Harden"▲ 9May 20, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.MIN flair
Dean Wade is just a wet fart out there right now: hands Cade 3 free points with a dumb ass foul and then blows his wad trying to grab a wide open offensive rebound and just misses it. 5 points right there.
Game thread · CLE 101 @ DET 111 · R2 G1 · May 5▲ 4May 6, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.BOS flair
Fuck you Dean Wade
Game thread · CLE 110 @ TOR 112 · R1 G6 · May 1▲ 3May 2, 2026Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Dean Wade 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 Dean Wade, his own Cavaliers fans are 36% negative, rival fans 46%, unflaired commenters 45%. Fewer than two fanbases have 200 comments about him, so no fanbase stands out.

35.7%Own fansCLE flair · 112 comments

46.2%Rival fansevery other flair · 197 comments

44.7%Unflairedno flair · 123 comments

Method

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

Rooms

Only one room holds enough comments about Dean Wade to split. In the game threads, 205 of his 432 comments, −29 net sentiment against −22 across his season.

Game threads47% of his comments50.221.0205

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 Dean Wade; left out here: Front page (115), Post-game threads (45), Highlights (34), News (29), Daily chat thread (4). 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 Dean Wade ran between 24% and 50%. His worst week was the week of May 11, 55% negative of 73 comments; his best the week of Apr 20, 46% positive. 36 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Oct 6 · no comments
- L vs CHI 117–118
- L @ CHI 112–119
- L @ BOS 107–138
Oct 13 · 3 comments, under the floor
- W vs DET 118–100
Oct 20 · 1 comments, under the floor
- L @ NYK 111–119
- W @ BKN 131–124
- W vs MIL 118–113
Oct 27 · 5 comments, under the floor
- W @ DET 116–95
- L @ BOS 105–125
- L vs TOR 101–112
- W vs ATL 117–109
Nov 3 · 3 comments, under the floor
- W vs PHI 132–121
- W vs CHI 128–122
Nov 10 · 3 comments, under the floor
- L @ MIA 138–140
- W @ MIA 130–116
- L vs TOR 113–126
- W vs MEM 108–100
Nov 17 · 5 comments, under the floor
- W vs MIL 118–106
- L vs HOU 104–114
- W vs IND 120–109
- W vs LAC 120–105
Nov 24 · no comments
- L @ ATL 123–130
- L vs BOS 115–117
Dec 1 · 2 comments, under the floor
- W @ IND 135–119
- L vs POR 110–122
- W vs SAS 130–117
- L vs GSW 94–99
Dec 8 · no comments
- W @ WAS 130–126
- L vs CHA 111–119
Dec 15 · 3 comments, under the floor
- L @ CHI 111–127
- L vs CHI 125–136
Dec 22 · 6 comments, under the floor
- W vs CHA 139–132
- W vs NOP 141–118
- L @ NYK 124–126
- L @ HOU 100–117
Dec 29 · 1 comments, under the floor
- W @ SAS 113–101
- W vs PHX 129–113
Jan 5 · no comments
- W @ IND 120–116
Jan 19 · 1 comments, under the floor
- L vs OKC 104–136
- W @ CHA 94–87
- W vs SAC 123–118
- W @ ORL 119–105
Jan 26 · 2 comments, under the floor
- W vs ORL 114–98
- W vs LAL 129–99
- L @ PHX 113–126
- W @ POR 130–111
Feb 2 · 5 comments, under the floor
- W @ LAC 124–91
Feb 16 · 5 comments, under the floor
- W vs BKN 112–84
- W @ CHA 118–113
- L @ OKC 113–121
Feb 23 · 11 comments, under the floor
- W vs NYK 109–94
- L @ MIL 116–118
Mar 2 · 4 comments, under the floor
- L vs BOS 98–109
Mar 9 · 6 comments, under the floor
- W vs PHI 115–101
- L @ ORL 122–128
- W @ DAL 138–105
- L vs DAL 120–130
Mar 16 · 1 comments, under the floor
- W @ MIL 123–116
- W @ CHI 115–110
- W @ NOP 111–106
Mar 23 · 3 comments, under the floor
- W vs ORL 136–131
Apr 6 · no comments
- W vs ATL 122–116
- L @ ATL 102–124
Apr 13 · 5 comments, under the floor
- W vs TOR 126–113
Apr 20 · 27% negative · 46% positive · 37 comments
- W vs TOR 115–105
- L @ TOR 104–126
- L @ TOR 89–93
Apr 27 · 18 comments, under the floor
- W vs TOR 125–120
- L @ TOR 110–112
- W vs TOR 114–102
May 4 · 38% negative · 18% positive · 61 comments
- L @ DET 101–111
- L @ DET 97–107
- W vs DET 116–109
May 11 · 55% negative · 8% positive · 73 comments
- W vs DET 112–103
- W @ DET 117–113
- L vs DET 94–115
- W @ DET 125–94
May 18 · 48% negative · 18% positive · 120 comments
- L @ NYK 104–115
- L @ NYK 93–109
- L vs NYK 108–121
May 25 · 19 comments, under the floor
- L vs NYK 93–130

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 Dean Wade in 3 of his 81 games, at least 20 comments each. It was warmer after losses: net sentiment −15 in losses (40% negative, 25% positive) against −62 in wins (62% negative, 0% positive), on a season net sentiment of −22.

−62In wins62% neg · 0% pos · 21 comments

−15In losses40% neg · 25% pos · 52 comments

−22His season43% neg · 21% pos · 432 comments

Games the room talked about Dean Wade in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
May 19R3 G1	R3 G1	@ NYKL 104–115	L 104–115	29	10	5	3	3-5	3-5	+1	10/5/3	19,144	22 points warmer than his season, from 30 comments.
May 13R2 G5	R2 G5	@ DETW 117–113	W 117–113	23	0	6	0	0-0	0-0	+2	0/6/0	12,686	40 points harsher than his season, from 21 comments.
May 5R2 G1	R2 G1	@ DETL 101–111	L 101–111	28	5	3	1	2-3	1-2	-4	5/3/1	5,785	14 points harsher than his season, from 22 comments.