By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-07-13 12:14:36
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拉斯维加斯 — 新秀哈里森·英格拉姆(Harrison Ingram)听说征战联盟12年的老将哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)在圣安东尼奥的第一天是以在力量房度过时，他并不感到惊讶。
“他是一个专业的模范，”英格拉姆说道。
作为一名二轮秀的后卫/前锋，英格拉姆亲眼目睹了巴恩斯在休赛期的刻苦训练。两人初次见面是在2023年6月，当时他们参加了北卡罗来纳州一年一度的夏季训练营，并在新老北卡球员的对抗赛中交手。
英格拉姆仍然记得，在那一天，从2010年到2012年效力北卡两个赛季的明星球员巴恩斯是如何全身心投入训练的。
“这位来自勇士队（2015年）总冠军球队的哈里森·巴恩斯，北卡的骄傲，前NBA首轮秀，他走进球馆时 — 每个人都知道他是谁 — 他专心致志地完成着自己的训练，每一个动作都一丝不苟，”英格拉姆说道。“你看着这样一个人，NBA总冠军，靠打篮球赚了数亿美元，却依然在休赛期如此努力。很容易就能将他视为榜样。”
从巴恩斯和英格拉姆互相评价的方式中，也很容易看出这对马刺的哈里森兄弟已经建立起了深厚的情谊。
“他是一个不可思议的人，”32岁的巴恩斯谈到21岁的英格拉姆时说道。“我非常欣赏他。我们去年夏天有机会见面，他非常幽默，你们要么已经知道，要么很快就会知道。所以我很高兴他能来这里。他会非常努力的。”
马刺交易来巴恩斯，并签下了39岁的未来名人堂控球后卫克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)，部分原因是为了教导英格拉姆和19岁的乐透秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)这样的年轻人如何成为成功的职业球员。
第一课是在上周二，巴恩斯和保罗毫不犹豫地展示了他们为了延长职业生涯所做的努力。
这对老将组合在前一天晚上一起飞往圣安东尼奥后，在参加完新闻发布会的同一天，便出现在维克森林球馆的力量房开始训练。
“你会看到，为了每晚都能上场打球需要付出怎样的努力，希望这些经验可以传承下去，”在谈到为马刺的年轻球员树立榜样时，巴恩斯说道。“这些经验可以传承给很多进入这个联盟的年轻人。”
作为NBA的铁人，巴恩斯在谈论身体状态或健康问题时总是受到尊重。
这位来自爱荷华州艾姆斯市的球员在上个赛季效力萨克拉门托国王队的比赛中保持全勤，出战了全部82场比赛，并且准备在他的第13个赛季再次打满全场。在过去的三个赛季中，他已经连续出战222场比赛（全部首发），是NBA现役球员中第二长的连续出场纪录，仅次于纽约尼克斯队前锋米卡尔·布里奇斯(Mikal Bridges)的472场。
“我在场下花了很多时间来锻炼身体，”当被问及保持持久状态的秘诀时，巴恩斯说道。
他和保罗在力量房的训练突显了他的奉献精神，这也给来自康涅狄格州的控球后卫、被马刺以第四顺位选中的卡斯尔留下了深刻印象。
“这太令人印象深刻了，”卡斯尔说道。“他们有着辉煌的履历。他们本不必一来就做这些。他们为球队定下了基调，这真的很特别。我迫不及待地想和他们一起打球了。”
巴恩斯对英格拉姆、卡斯尔和球队的其他年轻球员也有同样的感受。
“这里有很好的氛围，很好的激情，所以我很期待，”他说道。
他甚至放弃了数百万美元才来到圣安东尼奥。
巴恩斯去年夏天与国王队签署了一份为期三年、价值5400万美元的续约合同，其中包括10%的交易保证金，这意味着如果萨克拉门托交易他，他将在剩余合同中获得10%的薪水奖金。
巴恩斯在上周的新闻发布会上证实，他已经放弃了这笔高达370万美元的交易保证金，以促成这笔三方交易，将这位六届全明星球员、前马刺球员德玛尔·德罗赞(DeMar DeRozan)从芝加哥送到萨克拉门托。
“肯定有一些选择是考虑到这一点的，无论是否会放弃这笔钱，”巴恩斯说道。“为了能够来到圣安东尼奥，这对我来说是一个相当容易的决定。”
他之所以做出这样的选择，是因为他从这支球队以及他们在格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)教练的带领下所取得的成就中感受到了“真诚的温暖”。
“多年来，马刺一直是我所对抗过的最难缠的球队之一，”他说道。“他们一直以来都是一流的球队。”
在过去六个赛季效力国王队后，巴恩斯加入了马刺队。他帮助国王队在2022-2023赛季以西部第三名的身份重返季后赛，结束了NBA历史上最长的季后赛荒(16个赛季)。
上个赛季，他场均贡献12.2分、3.0个篮板和1.2次助攻，三分球命中率为38.7%。他在51场比赛中得分上双，其中13场比赛得分超过20分，3场比赛得分超过30分，包括1月25日在金州勇士队创下职业生涯最高的39分。
在2012年被金州勇士队以第七顺位选中后，巴恩斯的职业生涯场均贡献14.0分、4.9个篮板和1.8次助攻，场均出场31.6分钟。在为勇士队效力了四个赛季后，他在自由球员市场上与达拉斯独行侠队签约，为独行侠队效力了三个赛季。
但现在，在加入重建中的马刺队和他们20岁的基石球员、2023-2024赛季最佳新秀维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)之后，巴恩斯只着眼于未来。
“我知道这支球队里有很多有天赋的年轻人，我绝对想尽力帮助他们发挥最大的潜力，”巴恩斯说道。
他强调了自己谦虚、务实的性格，并表示他计划以一种自然而然的方式成为球队的领袖，而不是强迫自己去领导他的新队友。
“与队友建立联系的最佳方式就是与他们一起经历一切，”巴恩斯说道。“一起在力量房训练，一起在球场上奔跑，一起泡冰浴，一起乘坐巴士，一起乘坐飞机，所有这些事情。在你深入了解篮球的本质之前，你必须先在个人层面上了解你的队友。所以，这就是我最兴奋的部分，就是与队友建立联系。”
对于英格拉姆来说，这已经发生了。
“就像我说的，他是一个很棒的人，我认为马刺球迷会喜欢他的，”巴恩斯说道。
哈里森·巴恩斯已经与另一位新马刺球员、前北卡罗来纳州球星、新秀哈里森·英格拉姆建立了联系。
哈里森·巴恩斯是NBA的铁人，在过去两个赛季效力萨克拉门托国王队期间，他每场比赛都打满了。
马刺新秀哈里森·英格拉姆在2023年的一场对抗赛中第一次认识了他的新队友、同为北卡罗来纳州焦油踵队的哈里森·巴恩斯。
新秀哈里森·英格拉姆加入了一支年轻的马刺队，这支球队在这个休赛期增加了两位经验丰富的老将，哈里森·巴恩斯和克里斯·保罗。
马刺在今年的选秀大会上用第48顺位选中了前北卡罗来纳州的杰出球员哈里森·英格拉姆。
马刺新秀哈里森·英格拉姆，来自达拉斯，在今年的选秀大会上以第48顺位被选中。
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Spurs’ Harrisons — Barnes and Ingram — already have a strong bond
LAS VEGAS — Rookie Harrison Ingram wasn’t surprised to hear that 12-year veteran Harrison Barnes started his first full day in San Antonio as a member of the Spurs in the weight room.
“He’s a pro’s pro,” Ingram said.
Ingram, a second-round guard/forward, has first-hand knowledge of how hard Barnes works in the offseason. The two met for the first time in June 2023 when they competed against each other in North Carolina’s annual summer camp pick-up game between former and current Tar Heels.
Ingram remembers how Barnes, who starred at UNC for two season from 2010-2012, was all business that day.
“Here is Harrison Barnes from the Warriors’ (2015) championship team, UNC, former first-round pick, and he walks into the gym — everyone knows who he is — and he gets his work done, working hard every rep,” Ingram said. “You are looking at a guy like that, NBA champion, made hundreds of millions dollars playing basketball, and you see how hard he goes in the offseason. It’s easy to see him as an example.”
It’s also easy to see from the way Barnes and Ingram talk about each other that the Spurs’ Harrisons have already bonded.
“Unbelievable human being,” Barnes, 32, said of Ingram, 21. “I’m a huge fan of him. We got a chance to meet last summer, and he’s hilarious as you guys either know or will know, so I’m excited for him to be here. He’s going to work extremely hard.”
The Spurs traded for Barnes and signed future Hall of Fame point guard Chris Paul, 39, in part to teach youngsters like Ingram and lottery selection Stephon Castle, 19, how to become successful pros.
Lesson No. 1 came last Tuesday when Barnes and Paul wasted no time showing how serious they are about doing what it takes to prolong their careers.
After flying together to San Antonio the night before, the aging duo got things started by hitting the weights at the Victory Capital Performance Center on the same day they participated in an introductory news conference.
“You see what it takes to continue to come out here and play every single night, and, hopefully, those tips can be passed on,” Barnes said of setting an immediate example for the Spurs’ younger players. “Those practices can be passed on to a lot of these young guys coming into this league.”
As an NBA iron man, Barnes commands respect whenever he discusses conditioning or health.
The native of Ames, Iowa, played in all 82 games the last two seasons while with the Sacramento Kings and is ready to deliver another full season in his 13th campaign. Over the last three years, he has appeared in 222 consecutive games (all starts), the second-longest active streak in the NBA behind New York Knicks forward Mikal Bridges’ streak of 472.
“A lot of time spent off the court working on my body,” Barnes said when asked for the secret to his durability.
He underscored that dedication with his weight room session with Paul, which also impressed Castle, the guard from Connecticut drafted fourth overall by the Spurs.
“It’s super impressive,” Castle said. “They have great résumés. They didn’t have to come in and do that right away. For them to set the tone of what they are going to bring to the team is super special. I can’t wait to start playing with them.”
Barnes feels the same way about Ingram, Castle and the team’s other young players.
“There’s good energy, good excitement, so I’m looking forward to it,” he said.
So much so, he gave up millions of dollars to come to San Antonio.
The three-year, $54 million contract Barnes signed last summer to stay with the Kings included a 10% trade kicker, meaning that if Sacramento were to trade him, he would receive a 10% salary bonus on the remaining money on the deal.
Barnes confirmed at last week’s news conference that he waived the kicker — worth up to $3.7 million — to help facilitate the three-team deal that sent six-time All-Star and former Spur DeMar DeRozan from Chicago to Sacramento.
“There were definitely options where that was a factor, whether or not it would be waived or not,” Barnes said. “For the ability to be able to come to San Antonio, it was a pretty easy decision for me.”
The reason why centered on the “authentic warmth” he said he felt from the franchise and what it has accomplished under coach Gregg Popovich.
“Over the years, the Spurs have been one of the toughest teams I’ve competed against,” he said. “They’ve been a first-class organization in every way.”
Barnes joins the Spurs after spending the last six seasons with the Kings, who he helped reach the Western Conference playoffs in 2022-23 as the No. 3 seed, which ended the longest playoff drought in NBA history (16 seasons).
Last season, he averaged 12.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists while shooting 38.7% from the 3-point line. He scored in double figures in 51 games, including notching 20-plus points in 13 games and 30-plus three times, including a career-high 39 at Golden State on Jan. 25.
For his career, Barnes is averaging 14.0 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 31.6 minutes after Golden State drafted him seventh overall in 2012. He played four seasons with the Warriors before a three-season stint with Dallas after joining the Mavericks in free agency.
But Barnes is looking only at the future now after joining the rebuilding Spurs and their 20-year-old cornerstone, 2023-2024 Rookie of the Year Victor Wembanyama.
“I know there’s a lot of young talent in this group and I definitely want to try to maximize that,” Barnes said.
Underscoring his humble, grounded nature, he said he plans to go about becoming a team leader in organic fashion rather than by forcing himself on his new teammates.
“The best way to really connect with guys is just to do your process with them,” Barnes said. “It’s getting in the weight room, it’s getting on the court, it’s the cold tubs, the bus rides, the plane rides, all those type of things. You got to get to know guys on a personal level before you get into the nitty gritty of the basketball. So, that’s the part I’m most excited about, just connecting with guys.”
When it comes to Ingram, it’s already happened.
“Like I said, just a great human being and I think that Spurs fans will love him,” Barnes said.
Harrison Barnes has already formed a bond with another new Spur and former North Carolina star in rookie Harrison Ingram.
Harrison Barnes has a reputation as an NBA iron man, having played in all 82 games each of the past two seasons with the Sacramento Kings.
Spurs draft pick Harrison Ingram first got to know new teammate and fellow North Carolina Tar Heel Harrison Barnes during a 2023 pick-up game.
Rookie Harrison Ingram joins a young Spurs team that has added a pair of savvy veterans in Harrison Barnes and Chris Paul in this offseason.
The Spurs selected former North Carolina standout Harrison Ingram with the 48th overall pick in this year’s draft.
Spurs rookie Harrison Ingram, a Dallas native, was selected 48th overall in this year’s draft.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News