By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-06-27 21:00:00
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
尽管一些球迷对此感到不必要的恐慌，但交易掉 8 号签并不会改变这一点。
NBA 选秀大会首轮已经结束，普遍的共识是马刺在第四顺位选中斯蒂芬·卡斯尔是赢家。（虽然很多马刺球迷似乎对用 8 号签交易未来十年的资产感到不满，但那些能够从长远角度看待问题的人会明白，这是一笔完全合理的交易，对未来有利。）
现在的首要目标是围绕维克托·文班亚马建队，虽然文班相信马刺管理层会做好他们的工作，但他无疑也有一些自己的见解。这是文班加盟马刺后经历的第一笔重大交易（我们不算上上赛季的自由球员市场），所以看到他在多个场合对卡斯尔表示兴奋，无疑是令人鼓舞的。
他目前正在法国履行国家队的义务，但他在选秀结束后与一位对他崇拜不已的卡斯尔进行了视频聊天，表达了他对这次选秀的由衷兴奋和渴望开始合作的迫切心情。
我们已经准备好迎接你了，@StephonCastle pic.twitter.com/F4OsHzl4fu
— 圣安东尼奥马刺队 (@spurs) 2024 年 6 月 27 日
他在法国队媒体日的新闻发布会上也表达了同样的意思。
维克托·文班亚马 ️: “我对这次选择（斯蒂芬·卡斯尔）感到非常高兴，他是这届新秀中最具 NBA 实力的球员之一，也是一个非常好的人。我们在马刺对他寄予厚望。”@TrashTalk_fr pic.twitter.com/K1vAGgfDlY
— 罗宾·沃尔夫 (TrashTalk) (@robinwolff12) 2024 年 6 月 27 日
所以你看，虽然我看到很多人对将 8 号签交易到明尼苏达森林狼队（罗伯·迪林厄姆）感到恐慌，甚至有人说 这笔交易会导致文班离开，但希望这能 calming some nerves。认为他会因为马刺没有使用一个如果当初乒乓球弹跳方式稍有不同，他们有近 50% 的概率无法得到的选秀权而离开，这是很荒谬的，尤其是当他们还有很多其他的选秀权，包括 2025 年亚特兰大老鹰队的首轮签，届时选秀大会的人才将会更加丰富。
如果你最担心的是文班对每笔交易和操作的满意度，那么请放心，到目前为止，他“非常非常高兴”。
点击查看原文：Victor Wembanyama is very happy with the Spurs’ drafting Stephon Castle
Victor Wembanyama is very happy with the Spurs’ drafting Stephon Castle
And despite some unnecessary freaking out from fans, trading the 8th pick won’t change that.
The first round of the NBA draft has passed, and the general consensus is the Spurs were winners with the selection of Stephon Castle at 4th overall. (And while a lot of Spurs fans seem upset at trading away the 8th pick for assets that won’t kick in until the next decade, folks who can take a moment to see the long view will understand this was a perfectly reasonable move and good for the future.)
The entire goal right now is building around Victor Wembanyama, and while he trusts PATFO to do their job, he no doubt has some insight. This is the first big Spurs move he has been around for (we’re not counting last season’s free agency), so seeing him express excitement about Castle in multiple places is certainly encouraging.
He is currently over in France fulfilling national team obligations, but here he is video chatting with a starstruck Castle after the draft, expressing his genuine excitement with the pick and eagerness to start working together.
We’re ready for you, @StephonCastle pic.twitter.com/F4OsHzl4fu
— San Antonio Spurs (@spurs) June 27, 2024
He also said just as much during a press conference at the French team’s media day.
Victor Wembanyama ️ : “Je suis très heureux à propos de cette sélection (Stephon Castle), un des joueurs les plus NBA Ready de cette Draft et une très bonne personne aussi. On y prête beaucoup d’attention chez les Spurs”@TrashTalk_fr pic.twitter.com/K1vAGgfDlY
— Robin Wolff (TrashTalk) (@robinwolff12) June 27, 2024
Translation: “I am very happy about this selection (Stephon Castle), one of the most NBA Ready players of this Draft and a very good person too. We are paying a lot of attention to him at the Spurs.”
So there you go. While I’m seeing an unusual amount of people freaking out over trading the 8th pick (Rob Dillingham) to Minnesota, with some even saying this is a move that will lead to Wemby leaving, hopefully this will calm some nerves. It’s pretty absurd to think he would leave the Spurs over them not using a pick that they had a near 50 percent chance of not getting anyways had the ping pong balls bounced a little differently, especially when they have many more picks coming, including Atlanta’s first round pick in 2025 in what will be a much deeper draft.
If your biggest concern going forward is Wemby’s happiness with every single move and transaction, then rest assured that so far, he is “so, so happy”.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock