I read the basketball board a fair amount but I rarely post there because I don't really know much about the game beyond the most surface level. Inane, dumb and silly shit is more my wheelhouse. Derka doesn't seem disruptive there. The opposite, for me. He's informative and detailed.
And I'm not some derka advocate or team selector. I don't know him at all. I've actually had several negative exchanges with him over various sites. I get why some might become annoyed at his strident tenacity and prolific presence. But there are handfuls of other posters who intentionally do nothing but slide their asses up and down multiple threads for their own entertainment. Fine.
Just let him back on. He openly displayed how the dopamine hits from ithe nteraction here is a very meaningful part of his well-being. Whether you like the guy or despise him, anyone would have to recognize that you couldn't get more vulnerable than how he opened this thread. I can't imagine being that candid about anything on this site or any other. And as others have noted, he generally brings more to the table than his serial agitators.