By Nick Moyle, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-08-22 11:19:12
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马刺球星维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)手持他的 2023-24 赛季 NBA 年度最佳新秀奖杯。
上个赛季，维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)成长为一名盖帽高手，创造了历史性的记录，但他意识到年度最佳防守球员奖杯最终将落入明尼苏达中锋、他的法国同胞鲁迪·戈贝尔(Rudy Gobert)手中。因此，在戈贝尔获得创纪录的第四个奖项的几个月前，这位马刺新秀就公开向他的老朋友发出了警告。
“让他现在就赢吧，”文班亚马早在 3 月份就对记者说，“因为在那之后就不是轮到他了。”
一个由二十多名 NBA 记者、分析师和编辑组成的 ESPN 专家小组完全同意这一观点。
在 ESPN.com 最近的季前赛奖项投票 中，文班亚马以 67% 的第一名选票当选为 2024-25 赛季的年度最佳防守球员。戈贝尔排名第二，获得了 5% 的第一名选票，总积分落后文班亚马 47 分。（积分说明：第一名选票获得 5 分，第二名选票获得 3 分，第三名选票获得 1 分。）
这将与上赛季的最佳防守球员投票结果相反，当时戈贝尔获得了 99 张第一名选票中的 72 张，领先于文班亚马，后者成为 NBA 历史上第一个获得亚军的菜鸟。不过，这位身高 7 英尺 3 英寸的球星在本赛季结束时官方年龄为 20 岁零 101 天，他也成为了 联盟历史上入选最佳防守阵容一阵的最年轻球员。
文班亚马也是专家小组中最有可能首次入选全明星阵容的人选——他获得了 90% 的第一名选票——并且与俄克拉荷马城的杰伦·威廉姆斯(Jalen Williams)并列进步最快球员的第一名。
专家们似乎也很喜欢马刺围绕这位卫冕最佳新秀所做的阵容建设，他们为文班亚马配备了未来的名人堂控球后卫克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)、稳定的老将侧翼哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)和 4 号秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)。在连续第二个赛季取得 22 胜后，圣安东尼奥在最有可能 在排名中取得重大进步的球队 中排名第二，仅次于孟菲斯。
卡斯尔也获得了一些个人支持，在最佳新秀的投票中排名第四，仅次于休斯顿的里德·谢泼德(Reed Sheppard)、孟菲斯的扎克·埃迪(Zach Edey)和波特兰的多诺万·克林根(Donovan Clingan)。
2024 年 1 月 29 日，星期一，在德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥市的弗罗斯特银行中心，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马 (1) 在上半场对阵华盛顿奇才队的比赛中被推出界外后做出反应。
2024 年 4 月 12 日，星期五，在弗罗斯特银行中心举行的与丹佛掘金队的 NBA 比赛的上半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马正在上篮。
2024 年 4 月 12 日，星期五，在圣安东尼奥市的弗罗斯特银行中心举行的与丹佛掘金队的 NBA 比赛的上半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马 (1)（右）正在嘲讽丹佛掘金队前锋佩顿·沃森 (8)（左）。
2024 年 4 月 12 日，星期五，在弗罗斯特银行中心举行的与丹佛掘金队的 NBA 比赛的上半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马在记录台前等待重新上场。圣安东尼奥以 121-120 击败了丹佛。
法国巴黎 - 8 月 10 日：2024 年 8 月 10 日，在法国巴黎的贝尔西体育馆举行的 2024 年巴黎奥运会第 15 天，法国队和美国队之间的男子篮球金牌争夺战中，法国队的维克托·文班亚马 (32 号) 在球队输给美国队后向观众鼓掌致意。（照片由 Jamie Squire/Getty Images 拍摄）
2024 年 8 月 10 日，星期六，在法国巴黎贝尔西体育馆举行的 2024 年夏季奥运会男子篮球金牌争夺战中，法国队的维克托·文班亚马 (32 号) 在对阵美国队的比赛中得分后庆祝。（美联社照片/Mark J. Terrill）
法国巴黎 - 8 月 10 日：2024 年 8 月 10 日，在法国巴黎的贝尔西体育馆举行的 2024 年巴黎奥运会第 15 天，法国队和美国队之间的男子篮球金牌争夺战中，美国队的杰森·塔图姆 (10 号) 和凯文·杜兰特 (7 号) 正在卡位法国队的维克托·文班亚马 (32 号)。（照片由 Gregory Shamus/Getty Images 拍摄）
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ESPN panel picks Wembanyama to win major award, make All-Star team
Spurs star Victor Wembanyama with his 2023-24 NBA Rookie of the Year trophy.
Even as he bloomed into a shot-blocking, history-making leviathan last season, Victor Wembanyama realized the trophy for Defensive Player of the Year would end up in the hands of Minnesota center and fellow Frenchman Rudy Gobert. So, a few months before Gobert won his record-tying fourth award, the Spurs’ rookie offered a public warning to his old friend.
“Let him win it now,” Wembanyama told reporters back in March, “because after that it’s no longer his turn.”
An ESPN panel including more than two dozen NBA reporters, analysts and editors wholeheartedly agrees.
In ESPN.com’s recent preseason awards poll, Wembanyama was picked to win 2024-25 Defensive Player of the Year with 67% of the first-place votes. Gobert, who finished second, garnered 5% of the first-place votes and trailed Wembanyama by 47 total points. (Note on point totals: A first-place vote received five points, a second-place vote three points and a third-place vote one.)
That would represent an inverse of last season’s DPOY ballot, which saw Gobert collect 72 of 99 first-place votes to finish ahead of Wembanyama, who became the first rookie in NBA annals to finish as runner-up. Though, at officially 20 years and 101 days old at season’s end, the 7-foot-3 star did become the youngest player in league history to make the All-Defensive first team.
Wembanyama was also the panel’s overwhelming pick for the most likely first-time All-Star – he received 90% of the first-place votes – and finished in a tie for first with Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams for Most Improved Player.
The experts also seemed to like how the Spurs built around the reigning Rookie of the Year, flanking Wembanyama with future Hall of Fame point guard Chris Paul, steady veteran wing Harrison Barnes and No. 4 overall pick Stephon Castle. Coming off a second straight 22-win season, San Antonio finished second to Memphis as the team best positioned to make a significant jump in the standings.
Castle also received some individual support, receiving the fourth-most votes for Rookie of the Year behind Houston’s Reed Sheppard, Memphis’ Zach Edey and Portland’s Donovan Clingan.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) reacts after being pushed out of bounds during the first half against the Washington Wizards at Frost Bank Center on Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama shoots a layup during the first half of their NBA game with the Denver Nuggets at the Frost Bank Center on Friday, April 12, 2024.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1), right, taunts Denver Nuggets forward Peyton Watson (8), left, during the first half of their NBA game at the Frost Bank Center on Friday, April 12, 2024 in San Antonio.
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama waits at the scorers table to re-enter the game during the first half of their NBA game with the Denver Nuggets at the Frost Bank Center on Friday, April 12, 2024. San Antonio beat Denver 121-120.
PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 10: Victor Wembanyama #32 of Team France applauds towards the crowd after his team’s loss against Team United States during the Men’s Gold Medal game between Team France and Team United States on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Victor Wembanyama (32), of France celebrates after scoring a basket against United States during a men’s gold medal basketball game at Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 10: Jayson Tatum #10 and Kevin Durant #7 of Team United States box out Victor Wembanyama #32 of Team France during the Men’s Gold Medal game between Team France and Team United States on day fifteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 10, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
By Nick Moyle, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News