The San Antonio Spurs might be feeling the results of their epic Recreation 4 collapse within the NBA Finals lengthy after the collection concludes, which could possibly be as quickly as Friday.
The ache of the beautiful 107-106 loss to the New York Knicks, which noticed the Spurs blow an NBA Finals-record 29-point lead, might finally subside, however guard De’Aaron Fox’s soon-to-be onerous contract might stop San Antonio from making up for the loss anytime quickly.
De’Aaron Fox’s four-year, $229M extension trying a lot worse following disastrous Recreation 4
In August 2025, the Spurs and Fox agreed to a mammoth extension with Fox, paying him a median of $57.25M per season starting in 2026-27 and topping out at a staggering $61.38M in 2029-30. (h/t Spotrac)
“The max deal has no participant possibility within the remaining yr,” ESPN NBA insider Shams Charania reported at the time.
San Antonio acquired Fox from the Sacramento Kings in a three-team commerce that additionally concerned the Chicago Bulls forward of final season’s commerce deadline, and the inaugural 2023 NBA Clutch Player of the Year felt like a pure match on the level for a staff constructing round ascending generational middle Victor Wembanyama.
He rewarded the staff’s imaginative and prescient in the course of the 2025-26 common season, beginning 72 video games for the 62-20 Spurs and being named an All-Star for the second time in his nine-year profession. Fox was additionally one among six guards to complete the common season with at the very least three offensive and defensive win shares apiece, per Stathead.
All these positives went out the window on Wednesday, nevertheless, when Fox performed a outstanding function in San Antonio’s historic second-half collapse, most notably by making an attempt an ill-advised layup within the waning seconds of the fourth and the Spurs up by one.
