Dillon Brooks · Court Sentiment

Verdict

41.0%34.6%24.3%

41.0%Negative3,981 comments

34.6%Neutral3,362 comments

24.3%Positive2,360 comments

−17Net sentimentpositive minus negative

n=9,703 comments about Dillon Brooks

Receipts

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

Exhibit 01Negative.no flair
Duillon Brooks blowing 0.00 and getting arrested is like a real life flagrant 3
Post · [Lowlight] Video of Dillon Brooks interaction and arrest with the Scottsdale Police Department▲ 1,530Mar 7, 2026Source ↗
Exhibit 02Negative.no flair
Even your own fans booing at you, makes it really look bad for brooks
Post · [Highlights] Up 5, with 38 seconds remaining in regulation, Dillon Brooks takes a swing at Steph Curry and hits him in the stomach after he contested 3 by Curry (with replays). Upon review, the foul was upgraded to a flagrant-1, Curry makes both free throws and Jimmy Butler with the clutch 3 to tie▲ 1,516Dec 19, 2025Source ↗
Exhibit 03Negative.no flair
Brooks is such a loser. Blatantly intentional.
Post · [Highlights] Up 5, with 38 seconds remaining in regulation, Dillon Brooks takes a swing at Steph Curry and hits him in the stomach after he contested 3 by Curry (with replays). Upon review, the foul was upgraded to a flagrant-1, Curry makes both free throws and Jimmy Butler with the clutch 3 to tie▲ 550Dec 19, 2025Source ↗

Method

A receipt is a top-scoring comment about Dillon Brooks 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 Dillon Brooks, his own Suns fans are 29% negative, rival fans 40%, unflaired commenters 44%. Among the 10 fanbases with at least 200 comments, Warriors fans are hardest on him at 55% negative and Rockets fans kindest at 44% positive.

28.8%Own fansPHX flair · 732 comments

40.4%Rival fansevery other flair · 5,252 comments

44.3%Unflairedno flair · 3,719 comments

Who hates him most

Who defends him

Method

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

Rooms

Dillon Brooks was talked about most on the front page: 3,491 of his 9,703 comments, −14 net sentiment against −17 across his season. His harshest room was highlights, −23 on 24% of his comments; his warmest the post-game threads, −10 on 7% of his comments.

Game threads20% of his comments41.327.31,893

Post-game threads7% of his commentsWarmest39.830.2650

Front page36% of his comments37.823.93,491

Highlights24% of his commentsHarshest46.023.02,359

News11% of his comments39.722.21,021

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 Dillon Brooks; left out here: Lowlights (110), Daily chat thread (103), Injury posts (54), Discussion posts (16). 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 Dillon Brooks ran between 27% and 51%. His worst week was the week of Dec 15, 60% negative of 1,283 comments; his best the week of Dec 1, 43% positive. 1 of 40 weeks had fewer than 30 comments and are left off the line.

Sep 29 · 45% negative · 13% positive · 38 comments
- W @ LAL 103–81
Oct 6 · 42% negative · 11% positive · 89 comments
- W vs BKN 132–127
- L vs BKN 109–111
Oct 20 · 49% negative · 17% positive · 149 comments
- W vs SAC 120–116
- L @ LAC 102–129
- L @ DEN 111–133
Nov 3 · 38% negative · 21% positive · 112 comments
- W @ LAC 114–103
Nov 10 · 38% negative · 24% positive · 135 comments
- W vs NOP 121–98
- W @ DAL 123–114
- W vs IND 133–98
- L vs ATL 122–124
Nov 17 · 42% negative · 27% positive · 184 comments
- W @ POR 127–110
- W vs MIN 114–113
- W vs SAS 111–102
Nov 24 · 31% negative · 34% positive · 325 comments
- L vs HOU 92–114
- W @ SAC 112–100
- L @ OKC 119–123
- L vs DEN 112–130
Dec 1 · 29% negative · 43% positive · 491 comments
- W @ LAL 125–108
- L @ HOU 98–117
Dec 8 · 35% negative · 28% positive · 231 comments
- W @ MIN 108–105
- L @ OKC 89–138
- L vs LAL 114–116
Dec 15 · 60% negative · 12% positive · 1,283 comments
- W vs GSW 99–98
- L @ GSW 116–119
Dec 22 · 35% negative · 28% positive · 320 comments
- W vs LAL 132–108
- W @ NOP 115–108
- W @ NOP 123–114
Dec 29 · 23% negative · 29% positive · 69 comments
- W @ WAS 115–101
- L @ CLE 113–129
- W vs SAC 129–102
- W vs OKC 108–105
Jan 5 · 25% negative · 41% positive · 388 comments
- L @ HOU 97–100
- W @ MEM 117–98
- W vs NYK 112–107
- W vs WAS 112–93
Jan 12 · 41% negative · 24% positive · 350 comments
- L @ MIA 121–127
- L @ DET 105–108
- W @ NYK 106–99
Jan 19 · 50% negative · 17% positive · 214 comments
- W @ BKN 126–117
- W @ PHI 116–110
- L @ ATL 103–110
- L vs MIA 102–111
Jan 26 · 37% negative · 27% positive · 419 comments
- W vs BKN 106–102
- W vs DET 114–96
- W vs CLE 126–113
- L vs LAC 93–117
Feb 2 · 48% negative · 21% positive · 388 comments
- W @ POR 130–125
- L vs GSW 97–101
- L vs PHI 103–109
Feb 9 · 45% negative · 24% positive · 101 comments
- W vs DAL 120–111
- L vs OKC 109–136
Feb 16 · 36% negative · 16% positive · 85 comments
- W vs ORL 113–110
Mar 30 · 40% negative · 25% positive · 53 comments
- L @ ORL 111–115
- L @ CHA 107–127
- W @ CHI 120–110
Apr 6 · 45% negative · 18% positive · 147 comments
- L vs HOU 105–119
- W vs DAL 112–107
- L @ LAL 73–101
Apr 13 · 51% negative · 20% positive · 929 comments
- L vs POR 110–114
- W vs GSW 111–96
- L @ OKC 84–119
Apr 20 · 39% negative · 26% positive · 1,045 comments
- L @ OKC 107–120
- L vs OKC 109–121
Apr 27 · 23% negative · 43% positive · 367 comments
- L vs OKC 122–131

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 Dillon Brooks in 22 of his 65 games, at least 20 comments each. It was harsher after losses: net sentiment −18 in losses (45% negative, 27% positive) against +7 in wins (33% negative, 39% positive), on a season net sentiment of −17.

+7In wins33% neg · 39% pos · 557 comments

−18In losses45% neg · 27% pos · 1,294 comments

−17His season41% neg · 24% pos · 9,703 comments

Games the room talked about Dillon Brooks in, at least 20 comments each, newest first.
Date	Phase	Opp	Result	Min	Pts	Reb	Ast	FG	3P	TOV	+/−	P/R/A	Comments	Verdict
Apr 27R1 G4	R1 G4	vs OKCL 122–131	L 122–131	42	23	4	3	10-19	2-4	0	+1	23/4/3	3,366	48 points warmer than his season, from 107 comments.
Apr 25R1 G3	R1 G3	vs OKCL 109–121	L 109–121	37	33	7	1	11-21	4-9	3	-2	33/7/1	4,418	19 points warmer than his season, from 152 comments.
Apr 22R1 G2	R1 G2	@ OKCL 107–120	L 107–120	38	30	6	1	12-23	5-9	1	-11	30/6/1	6,598	13 points warmer than his season, from 225 comments.
Apr 19R1 G1	R1 G1	@ OKCL 84–119	L 84–119	32	18	7	2	6-22	3-10	2	-18	18/7/2	6,255	26 points harsher than his season, from 237 comments.
Apr 17Play-in	Play-in	vs GSWW 111–96	W 111–96	30	13	1	4	4-14	3-8	5	+21	13/1/4	478	19 points harsher than his season, from 104 comments.
Apr 14Play-in	Play-in	vs PORL 110–114	L 110–114	37	20	7	2	6-10	2-4	1	+9	20/7/2	3,952	7 points warmer than his season, from 162 comments.
Feb 5		vs GSWL 97–101	L 97–101	35	24	6	1	10-24	2-6	2	-6	24/6/1	429	46 points harsher than his season, from 67 comments.
Jan 30		vs CLEW 126–113	W 126–113	24	27	2	3	9-14	2-4	2	+24	27/2/3	255	35 points warmer than his season, from 22 comments.
Jan 29		vs DETW 114–96	W 114–96	33	40	8	4	13-22	4-7	1	+14	40/8/4	389	51 points warmer than his season, from 61 comments.
Jan 15		@ DETL 105–108	L 105–108	28	16	1	1	4-16	2-6	2	-17	16/1/1	314	40 points harsher than his season, from 28 comments.

Bad nights get punished: across 22 games the room talked about, net sentiment rises with Dillon Brooks's Game Score.

r = 0.58 · 22 games · win loss