Study: Brooks, Morant crowned most disliked NBA players
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Dillon Brooks and Ja Morant have been crowned the new villains of the NBA, according to a recent study.
The study, conducted by Betonline.ag, looked at negative sentiment on Twitter about the NBA's biggest names to determine which players are disliked the most by fans. The findings are based on over 250,000 tweets from the last 60 days.
Brooks, who made headlines for trash-talking LeBron James in the Memphis Grizzlies' first-round playoff series against the Los Angeles Lakers, garnered the most hate with 78,805 negative tweets. Morant came in at No. 2 with 62,422 negative tweets, followed by James with 48,838 negative tweets.
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