2025-26

Desmond Bane

ORL · G · #3

r/NBA's 34th most loved player.

PPG: 20.1
RPG: 4.1
APG: 4.1
GP: 82

Height: 6′6″
Weight: 215 lb
Age: 28
Born: Jun 25, 1998
Experience: 5 yrs
From: TCU

Verdict

37.3%40.1%22.7%

37.3%Negative1,994 comments

40.1%Neutral2,142 comments

22.7%Positive1,212 comments

−15Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=5,348 comments about Desmond Bane

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.MIN flair
Bane is truly one of the biggest shit heads in the league
Post · Desmond Bane throws ball at OG Anunoby Lip Reading▲ 389Dec 9, 2025Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.no flair
Bane is such a little bitch all roided up in his feelings.
Post · [Highlights] Late in the 4th quarter Desmond Bane gives a cheap shot to the back of Victor Wembanyama, who dunks it (no foul). Bane hits Wemby in the face, Wemby goes down, gets up and finishes with an angry dunk at the other end (with replays).▲ 148Feb 2, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.NYK flair
Desmond Bane is such a mental midget tbh, the emotional IQ of a 4 year old
Post · [Highlight] Desmond Bane surprises OG Anunoby with a sudden dodgeball game, and OG isn't happy about it . Full incident - with reactions and replays.▲ 126Dec 7, 2025Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Desmond Bane 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 Desmond Bane, his own Magic fans are 26% negative, rival fans 39%, unflaired commenters 38%. Among the 5 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Pistons fans are hardest on him at 48% negative and Magic fans kindest at 42% positive.

26.0%Own fansORL flair · 565 comments

39.0%Rival fansevery other flair · 3,009 comments

38.0%Unflairedno flair · 1,774 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Desmond Bane was talked about most in the game threads: 1,669 of his 5,348 comments, −15 net sentiment against −15 across his season. His harshest room was highlights, −22 on 22% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, −2 on 8% of his comments.

Game threads31% of his comments40.625.81,669

Post-game threads8% of his commentsWarmest34.532.3406

Front page27% of his comments32.320.41,468

Highlights22% of his commentsHarshest43.120.71,188

News9% of his comments28.716.8495

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 Desmond Bane; left out here: Daily chat thread (60), Lowlights (38), Injury posts (15), Discussion posts (2). 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 Desmond Bane ran between 9% and 44%. His worst week was the week of Nov 3, 54% negative of 306 comments; his best the week of Mar 9, 51% positive. 9 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Sep 29 · 21 comments, under the floor
- W @ MIA 126–118
Oct 6 · 23 comments, under the floor
- W @ PHI 128–98
Oct 13 · 24 comments, under the floor
- W vs NOP 132–125
Oct 20 · 12% negative · 45% positive · 69 comments
- W vs MIA 125–121
- L vs ATL 107–111
- L vs CHI 98–110
Oct 27 · 42% negative · 12% positive · 118 comments
- L @ PHI 124–136
- L @ DET 116–135
- W @ CHA 123–107
- W @ WAS 125–94
Nov 3 · 54% negative · 14% positive · 306 comments
- L @ ATL 112–127
- W vs BOS 123–110
- L vs BOS 107–111
Nov 10 · 28% negative · 34% positive · 144 comments
- W vs POR 115–112
- W @ NYK 124–107
- W vs BKN 105–98
- L @ HOU 113–117
Nov 17 · 24% negative · 30% positive · 107 comments
- W vs GSW 121–113
- W vs LAC 129–101
- W vs NYK 133–121
- L @ BOS 129–138
Nov 24 · 27% negative · 32% positive · 92 comments
- W @ PHI 144–103
- W @ DET 112–109
Dec 1 · 50% negative · 19% positive · 329 comments
- W vs CHI 125–120
- L vs SAS 112–114
- W vs MIA 106–105
- L @ NYK 100–106
Dec 8 · 33% negative · 27% positive · 460 comments
- W vs MIA 117–108
- L vs NYK 120–132
Dec 15 · 35% negative · 28% positive · 57 comments
- L @ DEN 115–126
- W @ UTA 128–127
Dec 22 · 36% negative · 16% positive · 154 comments
- L @ GSW 97–120
- W @ POR 110–106
- L vs CHA 105–120
- W vs DEN 127–126
Dec 29 · 28% negative · 19% positive · 36 comments
- L @ TOR 106–107
- W @ IND 112–110
- L @ CHI 114–121
- W vs IND 135–127
Jan 5 · 28% negative · 18% positive · 65 comments
- L @ WAS 112–120
- W @ BKN 104–103
- L vs PHI 91–103
- W vs NOP 128–118
Jan 12 · 36% negative · 22% positive · 90 comments
- W vs MEM 118–111
- L vs MEM 109–126
Jan 19 · 18% negative · 18% positive · 33 comments
- L vs CHA 97–124
- L vs CLE 105–119
Jan 26 · 38% negative · 19% positive · 172 comments
- L @ CLE 98–114
- W @ MIA 133–124
- W vs TOR 130–120
- L @ SAS 103–112
Feb 2 · 42% negative · 17% positive · 367 comments
- L @ OKC 92–128
- W vs BKN 118–98
- W vs UTA 120–117
Feb 9 · 33% negative · 22% positive · 55 comments
- W vs MIL 118–99
- L vs MIL 108–116
Feb 16 · 34% negative · 14% positive · 56 comments
- W @ SAC 131–94
- L @ PHX 110–113
- W @ LAC 111–109
Feb 23 · 27% negative · 43% positive · 84 comments
- W @ LAL 110–109
- L vs HOU 108–113
- L vs DET 92–106
Mar 2 · 36% negative · 32% positive · 47 comments
- W vs WAS 126–109
- W vs DAL 115–114
- W @ MIN 119–92
- W @ MIL 130–91
Mar 9 · 20% negative · 51% positive · 82 comments
- W vs CLE 128–122
- W vs WAS 136–131
- W @ MIA 121–117
Mar 16 · 43% negative · 15% positive · 89 comments
- L @ ATL 112–124
- L vs OKC 108–113
- L @ CHA 111–130
- L vs LAL 104–105
Mar 23 · 27 comments, under the floor
- L vs IND 126–128
- L @ CLE 131–136
- W vs SAC 121–117
- L @ TOR 87–139
Mar 30 · 52% negative · 13% positive · 91 comments
- W vs PHX 115–111
- L vs ATL 101–130
- W @ DAL 138–127
- W @ NOP 112–108
Apr 6 · 20% negative · 22% positive · 50 comments
- W vs DET 123–107
- W vs MIN 132–120
- W @ CHI 127–103
- L @ BOS 108–113
Apr 13 · 39% negative · 24% positive · 623 comments
- L @ PHI 97–109
- W vs CHA 121–90
- W @ DET 112–101
Apr 20 · 34% negative · 24% positive · 274 comments
- L @ DET 83–98
- W vs DET 113–105
Apr 27 · 41% negative · 24% positive · 903 comments
- W vs DET 94–88
- L @ DET 109–116
- L vs DET 79–93
- L @ DET 94–116

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 Desmond Bane in 19 of his 94 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −29 in losses (50% negative, 20% positive) against +8 in wins (28% negative, 35% positive), on a season net sentiment of −15.

+8In wins28% neg · 35% pos · 742 comments

−29In losses50% neg · 20% pos · 874 comments

−15His season37% neg · 23% pos · 5,348 comments

Games the room talked about Desmond Bane in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
May 3R1 G7	R1 G7	@ DETL 94–116	L 94–116	38	16	3	3	5-10	3-5	0	-8	16/3/3	7,685	34 points harsher than his season, from 108 comments.
May 1R1 G6	R1 G6	vs DETL 79–93	L 79–93	38	17	3	1	7-18	3-9	0	-27	17/3/1	9,828	16 points harsher than his season, from 175 comments.
Apr 29R1 G5	R1 G5	@ DETL 109–116	L 109–116	34	18	5	1	6-15	4-10	2	-2	18/5/1	5,060	25 points harsher than his season, from 182 comments.
Apr 27R1 G4	R1 G4	vs DETW 94–88	W 94–88	37	22	5	1	7-18	5-10	3	+15	22/5/1	9,701	34 points warmer than his season, from 261 comments.
Apr 25R1 G3	R1 G3	vs DETW 113–105	W 113–105	38	25	7	0	9-18	7-9	1	+9	25/7/0	5,205	21 points warmer than his season, from 80 comments.
Apr 22R1 G2	R1 G2	@ DETL 83–98	L 83–98	34	12	4	2	2-11	2-7	3	-22	12/4/2	3,150	23 points harsher than his season, from 64 comments.
Apr 19R1 G1	R1 G1	@ DETW 112–101	W 112–101	35	17	6	5	7-20	1-8	2	+17	17/6/5	5,011	9 points warmer than his season, from 75 comments.
Apr 17Play-in	Play-in	vs CHAW 121–90	W 121–90	35	13	7	0	4-14	0-3	1	+30	13/7/0	569	5 points harsher than his season, from 98 comments.
Apr 15Play-in	Play-in	@ PHIL 97–109	L 97–109	40	34	3	3	10-16	4-6	5	-11	34/3/3	4,498	20 points warmer than his season, from 156 comments.
Apr 12		@ BOSL 108–113	L 108–113	18	8	2	1	3-8	1-4	0	+9	8/2/1	1,035	13 points harsher than his season, from 25 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 19 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Desmond Bane's Game Score.

r = 0.74 · 19 games · win loss