{"id":745074,"date":"2026-05-27T06:12:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/745074\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T06:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T06:12:15","slug":"doing-nothing-worst-contract-in-the-league-nba-world-blasts-deaaron-foxs-disgusting-game-5-vs-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/745074\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2019Doing Nothing,\u2019 \u2019Worst Contract in the League\u2019 \u2014 NBA World Blasts De\u2019Aaron Fox\u2019s \u2019Disgusting\u2019 Game 5 vs. Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"

De\u2019Aaron Fox and the San Antonio Spurs<\/a> delivered a woeful offensive performance in Tuesday\u2019s 127-114 Game 5 Western Conference finals road loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a>.<\/p>\n

San Antonio<\/a> failed to build on its Game 4 blowout home victory, moving one loss away from elimination. Afterward, Fox drew heat from the NBA world for his rough 9-point showing, with some contrasting his modest production with his hefty four-year, $229 million maximum contract extension.<\/p>\n

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De\u2019Aaron Fox\u2019s Game 5 Letdown vs. Thunder Sparks Backlash<\/p>\n

The Spurs appeared to have the upper hand entering Tuesday, as their less aggressive defensive scheme against Thunder superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander<\/a> effectively neutralized OKC\u2019s role players in Game 4. Meanwhile, the Thunder remained without star forward Jalen Williams<\/a> (hamstring) and combo guard Ajay Mitchell<\/a> (calf), leaving them searching for answers offensively.<\/p>\n

However, Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s undermanned supporting cast came through at home in Game 5. Sophomore guard Jared McCain<\/a> stepped up and scored 20 points in his first playoff start. Meanwhile, veteran guard Alex Caruso<\/a> contributed 22 of OKC\u2019s 40 bench points to supplement Gilgeous-Alexander\u2019s game-high 32-point performance.<\/p>\n

Conversely, after taking an early 8-point lead, San Antonio struggled to generate offense, falling behind by as many as 20 points in the second half before mounting a brief, unsuccessful comeback.<\/p>\n

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Spurs superstar big man Victor Wembanyama<\/a> recorded 20 points, 6 rebounds, and 3 blocks, but shot just 4-for-15 (26.7%), missing all 5 of his 3-point looks.<\/p>\n

Fox fared even worse, mustering 9 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, and 3 steals, shooting 4-for-15 (26.7%), including 0-for-4 from beyond the arc. The two-time All-Star missed multiple open looks and repeatedly came up short on drives to the rim, prompting the NBA community on X to raise red flags.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat does Fox do at a high level?\u201d Denver sports analyst @SwipaCam asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cDe\u2019Aaron Fox deada** is doing nothing on the court. Are you watching him?\u201d content creator Ahmed\/The Ears reacted.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBad sign for the Spurs when De\u2019Aaron Fox is getting significantly outplayed by Jared McCain,\u201d Yahoo Sports\u2019 Kevin O\u2019Connor opined<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cDe\u2019Aaron Fox and Wemby lost us the most winnable game ever,\u201d one user vented<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, others called out Fox for failing to justify his max deal, which kicks in next season.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Spurs are paying De\u2019Aaron Fox over $50M a year, that\u2019s \ud83d\udca9 is so disgusting smh,\u201d one observer fumed<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cDe\u2019Aaron Fox has the worst contract in the league, good luck San Antonio trying to get off of it,\u201d another asserted<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now holding a 3-2 series lead, the Thunder sit one win away from returning to the NBA Finals. The Spurs will likely need a far better effort from Fox and Wembanyama to extend the series during Thursday\u2019s do-or-die Game 6 clash in San Antonio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"De\u2019Aaron Fox and the San Antonio Spurs delivered a woeful offensive performance in Tuesday\u2019s 127-114 Game 5 Western…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5577,328,7,65885,301,364,1255,6,11,91581,179,969,474,209,2594,693],"class_list":["post-745074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba-playoffs","tag-ajay-mitchell","tag-alex-caruso","tag-basketball","tag-de39aaron-fox","tag-denver","tag-jalen-williams","tag-jared-mccain","tag-nba","tag-nba-playoffs","tag-nba-world","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-spurs","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","tag-the-spurs","tag-victor-wembanyama"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116645065136853340","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=745074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}