By Jeff McDonald, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-10-03 15:13:59
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周一上午，马刺队的维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在胜利资本训练中心参加马刺队媒体日活动时拍摄的照片。
一年前，随着状元秀维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的到来，马刺队获得了新的门面。今年，马刺队正在为球队增添新的声音。
周四，俱乐部宣布，来自丹佛的体育主播雅各布·托比 (Jacob Tobey) 已被聘为马刺队新的电视比赛解说员。
托比将填补老将解说员肖恩·埃利奥特 (Sean Elliott) 身边的位置，该位置在过去 21 年里一直由比尔·兰德 (Bill Land) 担任，后者已于上个月宣布退休。
马刺队广播高级主管迈克·基奇里洛 (Mike Kickirillo) 称托比是“我们球队的完美人选”。
“我们相信，马刺球迷会很快喜欢上雅各布充满活力的解说和深刻的见解，”基奇里洛说。
自 2020 年以来，托比一直担任丹佛 9NEWS 的周末体育主播，他还曾在其他网络（包括福克斯体育和 Pac-12 网络）担任比赛解说员。
这位马萨诸塞州人于 2018 年毕业于萨福克大学。在来到丹佛之前，托比曾在塔尔萨的 KJRH 电视台工作，在那里他报道俄克拉荷马大学、塔尔萨大学和俄克拉荷马雷霆队的比赛。
除了埃利奥特，托比还将与丹·维斯 (Dan Weiss) 一起工作，后者将继续担任演播室主持人的角色。
周一，马刺队将迎来季前赛的揭幕战，对手是俄克拉荷马雷霆队，届时托比将在马刺队的电视转播中首次亮相。
文班强调季前赛的重要性
不要告诉文班亚马季前赛无关紧要。
虽然结果不会计入 NBA 常规赛排名，但文班亚马表示，他希望球队将从下周开始的五场季前赛作为跳板，以更专注的状态迎接常规赛。
“我们想以强势开局，”文班亚马说。“我们不希望打到 50 场或 60 场比赛才进入状态。这要从季前赛开始。”
文班亚马去年参加了马刺队五场季前赛中的四场。他表示，他不确定自己今年季前赛会打更多还是更少的比赛。
无论教练格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 给予他多少上场时间，文班亚马都表示，他计划以比新秀赛季更加专注的态度来对待季前赛。
“与去年的不同之处在于，那是我第一次体验，”NBA reigning 年度最佳新秀文班亚马说。“我到处跑，做了很多事情。现在，我们正努力在今年早些时候建立一种赢球文化。我想成为其中的一员，尽我所能帮助我的球队。”
多名马刺球员计划在国际篮联比赛后反弹
文班亚马在休赛期帮助法国国家队获得了巴黎奥运会的银牌。他并不是唯一一个在夏天为国家队效力的马刺球员。
前锋杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan) 和桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利 (Sandro Mamukelashvili) 分别代表波兰和格鲁吉亚共和国参加了国际篮联奥运会预选赛。
尽管两名球员所在的国家队都没有进入奥运会正赛，但索汉和马穆克拉什维利都表示，这段经历将有助于他们在马刺队的日常工作。
波波维奇对此表示赞同。
“对于所有这些年来在夏季代表国际篮联参赛的球员来说，这始终是一个加分项，”波波维奇说。“对我们的球员和所有其他球队的球员来说都是如此，无一例外。”
索汉说，他很享受奥运会预选赛中那种生死攸关的竞争，尽管波兰队最终功亏一篑。
“能够去一个每一场比赛都很重要的地方，这很酷也很新鲜，”索汉说。“细节上的关注，全神贯注的状态，以及比赛的环境，都非常棒。这在某种程度上就像季后赛一样。”
对马穆克拉什维利来说，风险甚至更高，因为格鲁吉亚以前从未参加过奥运会预选赛。
“我们都非常渴望，但这并不总是一件好事，”马穆克拉什维利说。“我的目标是回到那个舞台。”
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San Antonio Spurs name Jacob Tobey new play-by-play voice
Spurs Victor Wembanyama is photographed during Spurs Media Day activities Monday morning at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
A year ago, the Spurs gained a new face of the franchise with the arrival of No. 1 draft pick Victor Wembanyama. This year, the Spurs are adding a new voice of the franchise.
Denver-based sports anchor Jacob Tobey has been hired as the Spurs’ new TV play-by-play announcer, the club announced Thursday.
Tobey will fill the seat beside veteran color analysts Sean Elliott that for the past 21 years had been occupied by Bill Land, who announced his retirement last month.
Mike Kickirillo, the Spurs’ Senior Director of Broadcasting, called Tobey “a perfosect fit for our team.”
“We’re confident that Spurs fans with quickly embrace Jacob’s energy and insightful commentary,” Kickirillo said.
Since 2020, Tobey had served as a weekend sports anchor at 9NEWS in Denver, where he also worked as a play-by-play announcer for other networks including Fox Sports and Pac-12 Network.
The Massachusetts native graduated from Suffolk University in 2018. Before coming to Denver, Tobey worked at KJRH-TV in Tulsa, where he covered the University of Oklahoma, University of Tulsa and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
In addition to Elliott, Tobey will work alongside Dan Weiss, who returns in his role as studio host.
Tobey will make his Spurs TV debut when the Spurs open the preseason Monday against Oklahoma City.
Wemby touts importance of preseason
Don’t tell Wembanyama preseason games don’t matter.
Though the results will not count in the NBA standings, Wembanyama said he hopes the team will use the five-game exhibition slate that begins next week as a springboard into a more focused regular season.
“We want to start the year strong,” Wembanyama said. “We don’t want it to be 50 or 60 games in to lock in. It starts in the preseason.”
Wembanyama appeared in four of the Spurs’ five preseason games a year ago. He said he is not sure if he will play in more games or less this preseason.
No matter what workload coach Gregg Popovich allows, Wembanyama said he plans to approach the preseason with even more focus than he did as a rookie.
“The difference with last year is it was my very first experience,” said Wembanyama, the NBA’s reigning Rookie of the Year. “I was running around doing a bunch of stuff. Now we’re trying to set a winning culture early this year. I want to be a part of it and help my team the best I can.”
Multiple Spurs plan for post-FIBA bounce
Wembanyama spent his offseason helping the French national team win a silver medal at the Paris Olympics. He wasn’t the only Spurs player to pull national team duty over the summer.
Forwards Jeremy Sochan and Sandro Mamukelashvili played with Poland and the Republic of Georgia, respectively, during FIBA Olympic qualifying tournaments.
Though neither player’s country made the full Olympic field, both Sochan and Mamukelashvili said the experience would help them during their day jobs with the Spurs.
Popovich agreed.
“For all the players for all these years who have played with FIBA in the summertime, it’s always a plus,” Popovich said. “It has been for our players and players on all the other teams, without exception.”
Sochan said he enjoyed the do-or-die competition of an Olympic qualifier, even if Poland fell short.
“It was cool and refreshing to go somewhere where every game mattered,” Sochan said. “The level of detail, just being locked in, and also the environment, it was pretty good to see. It was like the playoffs in a way.”
The stakes were even higher for Mamukelashvili, as Georgia had never played in an Olympic qualifier before.
“We all wanted it so bad, and that’s not always good,” Mamukelashvili said. "My goal is to get back to that.”
By Jeff McDonald, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News