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We love Neil Paine, our analytics-forward friend. He covers seemingly every sport with a data-driven zeal. Today we took at look at whether the foul-bait backlash to the Thunder is rooted in reality. Does this populist basketball anger result from a real difference between this team and all the others? Topics! Include!

* Thunder Derangement Syndrome is real (H/T Kevin O’Connor)

* Why SGA became the NBA’s villain

* The Internet’s obsession with “ethical hoops”

* That Tom Haberstroh article about how often SGA falls

* Why SGA is secretly a basketball teacher

* NBA discourse clip economy as confirmation bias warfare

* How social media manufactures sports outrage

* Draftism and Jalen Brunson disrespect

* Why stats lose to narratives in modern sports debates

* The NBA’s new era of fragile dynasties