A short article published today by The Sporting News has revealed recent findings by an online publication called Vegas Insider that the Dallas Mavericks fanbase is currently the most negative fanbase in the league, ranking teams 1-30 (with Dallas finishing first) based on an analysis of data purportedly pulled from aggregate Reddit comments across NBA team communities. The sticky particulars of the science behind their process were not fully disclosed. The article sums it up neatly, saying “According to Vegas Insider, the Mavericks fans have the highest percentage of negative comments across all fanbases at 32.41%.”

It’s not made totally clear how exactly the Reddit comments in question were qualified as truly negative, rather than, perhaps, simply neutral or slightly melancholy, nor whi

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