Scrolling through social media, it doesn’t take long to discover everybody’s favorite NBA conspiracy. The Oklahoma City Thunder have dominated the league for the last two seasons. The reigning NBA champions look primed to go back-to-back.

We’re witnessing basketball history, no doubt. For most folks, though, their brand of basketball rubs them the wrong way. On one end, they believe the Thunder get away with physical contact more than most. That explains why they’re the league’s best defense. On the other end, they believe Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gets more ticky-tack calls than most NBA superstars.

Now, how true are those hypotheticals? Eh. They’re pretty unprovable.

The fact of the matter is, every great team like OKC has folks who believe the referees help them. It’s a universal rule across all sports. Remember when everybody thought the Golden State Warriors got away with illegal screens all the time? Or how the Kansas City Chiefs get soft calls to extend scoring drives?

It just comes with the territory of all-time dominance. And as the entire NBA world celebrated OKC’s NBA Cup semifinals loss to the San Antonio Spurs, slow-motion clips made the rounds on social media. One in particular gained more traction than most.

Hoping to squeeze one last possession out in the final second, Alex Caruso flew to the basket as Jalen Williams intentionally missed a free throw. He grabbed the offensive rebound and flung up a desperate shot attempt. Of course, it didn’t go in as the buzzer sounded.

Afterward, Caruso walked back to the locker room in a bad mood. Isaiah Hartenstein yelled out that the Spurs got away with a foul at the end. The L2M Report said otherwise — they made legal contact as both teams attempted to grab the missed free-throw.

That ticked a lot of people off. For what? Who knows. If you follow the NBA long enough, you should know players complain about calls and non-calls all the time. And considering they were seconds removed from the final buzzer, emotions were at an all-time high.

Likely seeing his name trend on social media for the wrong reasons, Caruso responded to one account that suggested he got away with several fouls on Victor Wembanyama.

“Can’t talk hoops with non-ball knowers,” Caruso wrote with a ‘shrugging’ emoji.

Can’t talk hoops with non ball knowers 🤷‍♂️

— Alex Caruso (@ACFresh21) December 15, 2025

Honestly, I’m kinda sick of the whole foul discourse that revolves around the Thunder. It happens after every game at this point. Whatever you want to say, it boils down to you thinking the referees are conspiring to give OKC a beneficial whistle throughout the entire season.

If you truly believe that, why bother wasting your time on something that’s fixed? Being an NBA fan is supposed to be a hobby. Something to get your mind off the day-to-day life. Nothing is going to change with how the Thunder play basketball. So all this complaining is wasted energy that goes into the void.