Betting website VegasInsider.com says it monitored over 1.3 million Reddit comments posted during the 2024–2025 season across all 30 NBA team communities.
DALLAS — There’s no secret Dallas Mavericks fans have had a rough year, so it’s not all that surprising to see a recent “study” claim that the fanbase is the most negative in the entire NBA.
Fine, try having your generational superstar and perennial MVP candidate who just led you to the NBA Finals traded in the middle of the night.
That’s something to be a little peeved about, no?
The study also claims the Mavs fanbase is among the top five most foul-mouthed in the NBA. Hmm. You don’t say?
Let’s get into how betting website VegasInsider.com determined both of these rankings. Per a press release revealing its methodology, the site monitored over 1.3 million Reddit comments posted during the 2024–2025 season across all 30 NBA team communities. Then, it ranked each fanbase by percentage of vulgar language, percentage of positive and negative sentiments, and top-used swear words.
According to the site’s data and estimation, the Mavs fans *allegedly* had 32.41% of their reviewed comments project a negative sentiment — the highest in the league. Other top-ranked teams in this category were the Boston Celtics (31.73%), Minnesota Timberwolves (31.52%), Memphis Grizzlies (30.94%) and Philadelphia 76ers (30.60%).
Spurs and Wizards fans were among the least negative, coming in at 21.99% and 21.82%, respectively.
Now, as to your little potty mouths: Apparently, 7.25% of Mavericks fan comments included vulgar language, which ranks fourth in the league. Perhaps not surprisingly, the study claims that New York Knicks fans are the most foul-mouthed in the league (8.37% of comments).
The most commonly-used swear word in all the reviewed 1.3 million Reddit comments resembles… uh “poop” — but Mavs fans in particular love themselves a good “F” bomb, according to the study.
Mavs fans hurled that cuss word in the comments more than any other, about 45.3% of the time a curse was used, the study claimed. A healthy handful of those were probably directed at the front office since Feb. 1, if we had to guess. (We know another “F” word – fire, in this case – became quite popular in the metroplex for a minute there, too.)
For a look at the full study, click here.
