By Marilyn Dubinski, Jacob Douglas, Jeje Gomez, J.R. Wilco | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-09-10 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。
每支球队都有自己的球星，现在是时候围绕他们建队了。
马刺队以其出色的选秀眼光而闻名。从超级巨星到精英角色球员，在格雷格·波波维奇时代，即使没有高顺位选秀权，圣安东尼奥也总能淘到有贡献的球员。问题是，他们的天赋池到底有多深？PtR 的工作人员开始着手寻找答案。
Jacob Douglas、Jesus Gomez、J.R. Wilco 和我参加了一个 蛇形选秀 ，从波波维奇时代马刺队首轮选秀球员中组建球队——也许这范围有点过于具体，但你总得有个开始。（如果我们玩得很开心，也许下次我们会用更广泛的球员池来玩。）球员池从蒂姆·邓肯(Tim Duncan)到斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)，共计 22 名球员，包括选秀之夜交易来的科怀·伦纳德(Kawhi Leonard)，但不包括从未为马刺队效力过的球员。以下是到目前为止被选中的球员：
Jacob 队
- 维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)，中锋（2023 年第 1 顺位）
J.R. 队
- 蒂姆·邓肯(Tim Duncan)，大前锋（1997 年第 1 顺位）
Marilyn 队
- 托尼·帕克(Tony Parker)，控球后卫（2001 年第 28 顺位）
Jesus 队
- 科怀·伦纳德(Kawhi Leonard)，小前锋（2011 年第 15 顺位）
在第一轮每个人都选定了自己的基石球员之后，现在是时候开始围绕他们建队了。以下是仍在等待被选中的球员：
- 贝诺·尤德里(Beno Udrih)，控球后卫（2004 年第 28 顺位）
- 伊安·马辛米(Ian Mahimi)，中锋（2005 年第 28 顺位）
- 蒂亚戈·斯普利特(Tiago Splitter)，中锋（2007 年第 28 顺位）
- 乔治·希尔(George Hill)，控球后卫（2008 年第 26 顺位）
- 詹姆斯·安德森(James Anderson)，得分后卫（2009 年第 20 顺位）
- 科里·约瑟夫(Cory Joseph)，控球后卫（2011 年第 29 顺位）
- 凯尔·安德森(Kyle Anderson)，小前锋（2014 年第 30 顺位）
- 德章泰·穆雷(Dejounte Murray)，控球后卫（2016 年第 29 顺位）
- 德里克·怀特(Derrick White)，得分后卫（2017 年第 29 顺位）
- 朗尼·沃克(Lonnie Walker)，得分后卫（2018 年第 18 顺位）
- 卢卡·沙马尼奇(Luka Samanic)，大前锋（2019 年第 19 顺位）
- 凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)，小前锋（2019 年第 29 顺位）
- 德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)，得分后卫（2020 年第 11 顺位）
- 约什·普里莫(Josh Primo)，控球后卫（2021 年第 12 顺位）
- 杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)，大前锋（2022 年第 9 顺位）
- 马拉基·布拉纳姆(Malaki Branham)，得分后卫（2022 年第 20 顺位）
- 布雷克·韦斯利(Blake Wesley)，得分后卫（2022 年第 24 顺位）
- 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)，控球后卫（2024 年第 4 顺位）
还有很多工作要做，以下是第二轮的结果！（提醒一下，因为这是蛇形选秀，所以选择顺序与上一轮相反。）
- Jesus Gomez: 德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)（2020 年第 11 顺位）
在第四顺位选择伦纳德很容易。接下来的选择并不容易，因为它决定了我球队的风格。怀特本可以帮助我在防守端锁死对手的外线，但代价是进攻端缺乏一些爆发力。穆雷可以作为第二得分点，但我希望伦纳德掌控球权，而且穆雷在亚特兰大老鹰队时也不喜欢当老二。唯一一个看起来非常合适的球员是瓦塞尔，因为他是一个天生的第二（或第三）选择，不需要太多球权就能得分，但如果对方最好的侧翼防守者忙于防守伦纳德，瓦塞尔在关键时刻也能创造机会。我的侧翼已经确定了，现在我可以专注于寻找一些身高和补充控球能力的球员了。
- Marilyn Dubinski: 德里克·怀特(Derrick White)（2017 年第 29 顺位）
我选择了帕克作为我的控球后卫，所以现在是时候给他找一个后场防守帮手了，谁比现在 NBA 中可能是最好的攻防兼备的角色球员更合适呢？我很难解释我有多么看好怀特，以及我多么希望当初能找到一个既留下他又得到文班的办法，但唉，事与愿违。不过，还有什么比在我有机会的时候，在一个（不需要我花钱的）梦幻球队中得到他更好的方式呢？我的后场已经有了两名得分后卫，他们不需要在同一个位置上就能发挥作用，一个可以突破和为他人创造机会，另一个可以外线投篮和防守对方进攻箭头。
- J.R. Wilco: 蒂亚戈·斯普利特(Tiago Splitter)（2017 年第 28 顺位）
Marilyn 选择怀特让我心碎，所以我选择了我在选秀名单上紧挨着怀特的那名球员，斯普利特。虽然邓肯-斯普利特组合可能不适合当前联盟的比赛风格，但我没有必要打败联盟中的其他球队，我只需要战胜与我竞争的其他三支球队——而且他们肯定都不会打五外阵容。所以，最好的办法就是在防守端锁死内线，并确保每个人都能把球从好球员手里传到更好的球员手里，直到“美丽篮球”的进攻体系找到一个有空位三分或扣篮机会的球员。到目前为止，我选中的两名球员都不能投三分球，但是名单上还有很多球员可以，所以我不担心。或者说，至少我不像我没有一个可靠的五号位球员那样担心，因为那样我就不能让邓肯打他最擅长的四号位——所以我要孤注一掷，先确定我的锋线，然后依靠这次选秀中后卫/侧翼的深度来充实我的阵容。
- Jacob Douglas: 德章泰·穆雷(Dejounte Murray)（2016 年第 29 顺位）
我想给文班亚马搭配一个充满活力的控球手，以及一个在需要的时候能够承担得分重任的球员。我选择了马刺队在“后三大将”时代唯一一个被选中并入选过全明星阵容的球员（即使他只是一个替补）。上个赛季，有传言说圣安东尼奥有可能在现实中促成这一对组合。我们最后一次看到穆雷作为主控时，他场均可以得到 21 分和 9 次助攻，还有 2 次抢断。他进步的跳投将使他成为与文班打挡拆的绝佳搭档。我喜欢他在进攻端的身高，而且如果我们需要的话，他甚至可以防守侧翼球员。
点击查看原文：Re-drafting the Spurs first round picks, Round 2: Finding the perfect complementary players
Re-drafting the Spurs first round picks, Round 2: Finding the perfect complementary players
Each team has its star, now it’s time to start building around them.
The Spurs have a well-earned reputation for being great drafters. From superstars to elite role players, San Antonio has traditionally gotten contributors even without high picks in the Gregg Popovich era. The question is, just how deep is the talent pool, really? The PtR staff set out to find the answer.
Jacob Douglas, Jesus Gomez, J.R. Wilco and I participated in a snake draft to build teams from the pool of Spurs’ first-round draft picks of the Pop era — maybe it’s too overly-specific but you’ve got to start somewhere. (And if we have a lot of fun, maybe we’ll do it again with a much wider pool to choose from.) The pool begins with Tim Duncan through Stephon Castle for a total of 22 players, including draft night acquisition Kawhi Leonard but not picks who never played for the Spurs. Below are the players drafted so far:
Team Jacob
- Victor Wembanyama, C (1st, 2023)
Team J.R.
- Tim Duncan, PF (1st, 1997)
Team Marilyn
- Tony Parker, PG (28th, 2001)
Team Jesus
- Kawhi Leonard, SF (15th, 2011)
After everyone picked their foundation players in the first round, it’s time to start building around them. Here are the players still waiting to be drafted:
- Beno Udrih, PG (28th, 2004)
- Ian Mahimi, C (28th, 2005)
- Tiago Splitter, C (28th, 2007)
- George Hill, PG (26th, 2008)
- James Anderson, SG (20th, 2009)
- Cory Joseph, PG (29th, 2011)
- Kyle Anderson, SF (30th, 2014)
- Dejounte Murray, PG (29th, 2016)
- Derrick White, SG (29th, 2017)
- Lonnie Walker, SG (18th, 2018)
- Luka Samanic, PF (19th, 2019)
- Keldon Johnson, SF (29th, 2019)
- Devin Vassell, SG (11th, 2020)
- Josh Primo, PG (12th, 2021)
- Jeremy Sochan, PF (9th, 2022)
- Malaki Branham, SG (20th, 2022)
- Blake Wesley, SG (24th, 2022)
- Stephon Castle, PG (4th, 2024)
There’s still a lot of work to do, so here were the results from the second round! (Reminder, because this is a snake draft, the order of choosing is the reversed of the previous round.)
5. Jesus Gomez: Devin Vassell (11th, 2020)
Picking Kawhi Leonard fourth was easy. The next selection wasn’t because it was the one that would give my team an identity. Derrick White would have helped lock down the perimeter on defense at the cost of some explosiveness on offense. Dejounte Murray could have provided a second go-to scorer but I want Kawhi to have the ball in his hands and DJ didn’t like playing second fiddle in Atlanta. The one player who seemed like a perfect fit was Vassell since he’s a natural second (or third) option who doesn’t need a lot of touches to score but is still able to create in a pinch, especially if the best wing defender is busy guarding Leonard. I’m set at the wing and now I can focus on getting some size and complementary ball handling.
6. Marilyn Dubinski: Derrick White (29th, 2017)
I chose Tony for my point guard, so now it’s time to get him some defensive help in the backcourt, and who better than perhaps the best two-way role player in the NBA right now? It’s hard for me to explain how high I am on White and how badly I wish there was a path between keeping him and getting Wemby, but alas, it was not meant to be. Still, what better way for me to get him back than on a fantasy team (that doesn’t cost me money) while he’s here for the choosing but likely won’t be the next time I pick? My backcourt is set with two scoring guards who don’t have to be in the same place to be effective, with one who can drive and create for others and another who can shoot from outside and defend the point of attack.
7. J.R. Wilco: Tiago Splitter (28th, 2017)
Marilyn broke my heart by picking White, so I took the player I had right next to him on my pre-draft board, Tiago Splitter. Even though a Duncan-Splitter pairing might not fit the current league’s style of play, I don’t have to beat the rest of the teams in the league, I just need to edge the other three teams I’m competing with — and none of them are going to be playing five out, that’s for sure. So the best way to come out on top is to lock down the paint on defense, and be sure that everyone can move the ball from good to great until some Beautiful Basketball offense finds someone with a wide-open three or a dunk. Neither of my picks so far can hit a three, but lots of guys left on the board can, so I’m not worried. Or at least I’m less worried than I’d be if I didn’t have a legit five that would allow me to play Tim at his natural power forward position — so I’ll roll the dice by nailing down my frontcourt first, and relying on the guard/wing depth in this draft to flesh out my squad.
8. Jacob Douglas: Dejounte Murray (29th, 2016)
I wanted to pair Wembanyama with a dynamic ball-handler and someone who can take on the scoring load if needed. I went with the only post-big three era player who was drafted by the Spurs and made an All-Star game (even if he was an injury replacement). Last season, rumors swirled about San Antonio making this a real-life possibility. When we last saw him as a lead ball-handler, Murray averaged over 21 points and 9 assists with 2 steals per game. His improved jump shot will make him a dynamic partner in the pick-and-roll with Wemby. I like the length he provides at the point of attack, and he can even guard wings if we need him to.
By Marilyn Dubinski, Jacob Douglas, Jeje Gomez, J.R. Wilco, via Pounding The Rock