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Deandre Ayton

LAL · C · #5

r/NBA's 7th most hated player.

PPG
12.5
RPG
8.0
APG
0.8
GP
72
Height
7′0″
Weight
252 lb
Age
28
Born
Jul 23, 1998
Experience
7 yrs
From
Arizona

Verdict

49.9%Negative6,459 comments
32.0%Neutral4,141 comments
18.0%Positive2,331 comments
−32Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=12,931 comments about Deandre Ayton

  1. 7most hated
  2. 54most loved
  3. 36most discussed
  4. 14most argued about

Receipts

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

  1. Exhibit 01LAL flair
    now that the season is over… ayton is ass bruh
    Post · THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM 2026 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP CONTENTION▲ 1,626May 12, 2026Source ↗
  2. Exhibit 02DAL flair
    He's so lame man. Sets a half ass screen, doesn't roll hard to the rim, and as soon as Zubac gets close he gives up. Pretty much Ayton's career.
    Post · [Highlight] Ayton throws down the absolute monster slam on the assist from luka▲ 1,237Jan 23, 2026Source ↗
  3. Exhibit 03CHI flair
    I honestly have never seen a player like Ayton. He's so bad at stepping up in situations where most guys like him would be putting the team on their back. He was the only guy who was starting level out there for the Lakers and he got outscored by most of the bench of the G-League team.
    Post-game thread · OKC 123 @ LAL 87 · Apr 7▲ 1,105Apr 8, 2026Source ↗
Method
A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Deandre Ayton 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 Deandre Ayton, his own Lakers fans are 41% negative, rival fans 54%, unflaired commenters 50%. Among the 11 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Thunder fans are hardest on him at 63% negative and Lakers fans kindest at 25% positive.

40.5%Own fansLAL flair · 2,267 comments
53.8%Rival fansevery other flair · 5,691 comments
49.8%Unflairedno flair · 4,973 comments

Who hates him most

  1. 1OKC fans63.1%+13
  2. 2PHX fans56.5%+6
  3. 3GSW fans54.0%+4
  4. 4NYK fans53.8%+4
  5. 5DAL fans52.9%+3

Who defends him

  1. 1LAL fansown fans24.7%+7
  2. 2TOR fans20.2%+3
  3. 3SAS fans17.1%-1
  4. 4BOS fans16.7%-1
  5. 5PHX fans14.7%-3
Method
A fanbase is the flair its commenters wear. Flairs with fewer than 200 comments about Deandre Ayton are left out of the lists; the tick is his rate across every flaired comment, from summed counts, never a mean of rates.

Rooms

Deandre Ayton was talked about most on the front page: 4,849 of his 12,931 comments, −27 net sentiment against −32 across his season. His harshest room was the game threads, −41 on 30% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, −25 on 8% of his comments. The game threads ran 14 points harsher than the front page: his play was graded live.

Game threadsHarshest58.517.53,863
Post-game threadsWarmest48.623.11,007
Front page45.117.94,849
Highlights51.918.01,347
News43.016.51,656
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 Deandre Ayton; left out here: Lowlights (155), Daily chat thread (21), Injury posts (9), Discussion 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 Deandre Ayton ran between 26% and 63%. His worst week was the week of May 4, 66% negative of 1,432 comments; his best the week of Nov 17, 44% positive.

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 Deandre Ayton in 48 of his 87 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −55 in losses (67% negative, 11% positive) against −12 in wins (43% negative, 31% positive), on a season net sentiment of −32.

−12In wins43% neg · 31% pos · 1,466 comments
−55In losses67% neg · 11% pos · 2,695 comments
−32His season50% neg · 18% pos · 12,931 comments
DatePhaseOppResultMinPtsRebAstFG3PTOV+/−P/R/ACommentsVerdict
May 11R2 G4R2 G4vs OKCL 110–115L 110–115216313-30-00-26/3/113,015
May 9R2 G3R2 G3vs OKCL 108–131L 108–1312410605-90-00-810/6/013,634
May 7R2 G2R2 G2@ OKCL 107–125L 107–1252731001-70-02-43/10/021,807
May 5R2 G1R2 G1@ OKCL 90–108L 90–10827101225-120-01-410/12/211,399
May 1R1 G6R1 G6@ HOUW 98–78W 98–782871612-60-00+57/16/17,226
Apr 29R1 G5R1 G5vs HOUL 93–99L 93–9938181709-140-01+218/17/06,820
Apr 26R1 G4R1 G4@ HOUL 96–115L 96–11525191009-120-02-1919/10/04,414
Apr 24R1 G3R1 G3@ HOUW 112–108W 112–108332621-30-03-62/6/212,328
Apr 21R1 G2R1 G2vs HOUW 101–94W 101–94276513-80-01-56/5/18,572
Apr 18R1 G1R1 G1vs HOUW 107–98W 107–9835191128-100-03+719/11/25,925

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

−100−75−50−250+25+50+75+100-100102030his season −32L vs PHX 81–103: Game Score 0.7, net sentiment −50 from 46 commentsL @ GSW 103–111: Game Score 5.1, net sentiment −39 from 23 commentsL vs GSW 109–119: Game Score 4.4, net sentiment −66 from 530 commentsW vs MIN 128–110: Game Score 10.8, net sentiment −22 from 151 commentsW @ SAC 127–120: Game Score 18.3, net sentiment +53 from 43 commentsL vs POR 108–122: Game Score 12.6, net sentiment +5 from 21 commentsW @ MIN 116–115: Game Score 15.1, net sentiment +6 from 33 commentsW @ MEM 117–112: Game Score 5.4, net sentiment −34 from 41 commentsW @ POR 123–115: Game Score 24.0, net sentiment +32 from 50 commentsW vs SAS 118–116: Game Score 22.3, net sentiment +19 from 75 commentsW vs UTA 140–126: Game Score 20.5, net sentiment +32 from 31 commentsW vs DAL 129–119: Game Score 18.1, net sentiment +40 from 25 commentsW vs NOP 133–121: Game Score 26.8, net sentiment +17 from 35 commentsL vs PHX 108–125: Game Score 13.2, net sentiment −17 from 23 commentsL vs SAS 119–132: Game Score 10.4, net sentiment −43 from 37 commentsL vs HOU 96–119: Game Score 6.6, net sentiment −67 from 64 commentsL vs DET 106–128: Game Score 5.0, net sentiment −63 from 56 commentsL @ SAS 91–107: Game Score 5.7, net sentiment −55 from 42 commentsL vs MIL 101–105: Game Score 1.1, net sentiment −76 from 29 commentsL @ SAC 112–124: Game Score 14.5, net sentiment −50 from 20 commentsW vs TOR 110–93: Game Score 26.5, net sentiment −15 from 27 commentsW @ DEN 115–107: Game Score 3.7, net sentiment −48 from 27 commentsL @ LAC 104–112: Game Score 2.9, net sentiment −68 from 38 commentsW @ DAL 116–110: Game Score 2.4, net sentiment −60 from 99 commentsL vs OKC 110–119: Game Score 4.5, net sentiment −54 from 50 commentsW vs LAC 125–122: Game Score 10.5, net sentiment −89 from 35 commentsL vs BOS 89–111: Game Score 3.3, net sentiment −63 from 24 commentsL @ PHX 110–113: Game Score 2.5, net sentiment −74 from 90 commentsW vs NOP 110–101: Game Score 11.9, net sentiment −46 from 24 commentsL @ DEN 113–120: Game Score -0.5, net sentiment −56 from 57 commentsW vs NYK 110–97: Game Score 8.2, net sentiment −48 from 25 commentsW vs MIN 120–106: Game Score 14.7, net sentiment +18 from 28 commentsW vs DEN 127–125: Game Score 8.4, net sentiment +12 from 129 commentsW @ HOU 100–92: Game Score 9.6, net sentiment −5 from 65 commentsW @ HOU 124–116: Game Score 15.1, net sentiment +18 from 34 commentsW @ ORL 105–104: Game Score 10.5, net sentiment −43 from 21 commentsL @ OKC 96–139: Game Score 6.0, net sentiment −78 from 63 commentsL vs OKC 87–123: Game Score 0.4, net sentiment −69 from 45 commentsW vs HOU 107–98: Game Score 18.4, net sentiment +11 from 93 commentsW vs HOU 101–94: Game Score 3.5, net sentiment −17 from 111 commentsW @ HOU 112–108: Game Score 1.8, net sentiment −53 from 176 commentsL @ HOU 96–115: Game Score 14.8, net sentiment −38 from 110 commentsL vs HOU 93–99: Game Score 20.1, net sentiment +4 from 189 commentsW @ HOU 98–78: Game Score 7.4, net sentiment +6 from 88 commentsL @ OKC 90–108: Game Score 8.7, net sentiment −20 from 168 commentsL @ OKC 107–125: Game Score -0.1, net sentiment −68 from 308 commentsL vs OKC 108–131: Game Score 10.0, net sentiment −70 from 450 commentsL vs OKC 110–115: Game Score 6.3, net sentiment −58 from 212 comments
r = 0.75 · 48 games · win loss