By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-10-02 15:50:47
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周一上午，在胜利资本训练中心的马刺队媒体日活动上，维克托·文班亚马正在拍照。
维克托·文班亚马仍然没有准备好参加任何健美比赛。
但是，在经过一个夏天的增肌训练后，这位马刺队的球星中锋将在他的第二个赛季为对抗做好更充分的准备。
在马刺队的训练营名单上，这位20岁的瘦高法国小伙子的体重为235磅，比他在4月份球队赛季结束时的名单上的体重增加了5磅。
“我认为这是一个自然而然的过程，因为以一种对你的身体有益的方式进行锻炼并尊重身体的特性是很重要的，”文班亚马说。“所以，我真的非常重视力量训练。”
文班亚马说，他的目标是增强核心力量，而他适度的体重增加只是努力的副产品。
“力量会带来体重，”他说。“这只是我们整个夏天努力训练的结果。我对我们刚刚度过的这个夏天感到非常满意。”
文班亚马说，他从“很久以前”就开始经历每年力量的增长。
“我想继续朝这个方向努力，因为这显然是我喜欢扩展比赛的主要因素，”他说。“它（让我）能够在身体对抗中打球，而且它也（提高）了我的整体运动能力。”
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文班亚马的大部分力量训练都是在7月底和8月参加巴黎奥运会之前完成的。
“我在圣安东尼奥待了大概两个月，这两个月的刻苦训练足以让我迈上一个新的台阶，”他说。“奥运会结束后，我在圣安东尼奥训练了四五个星期，这足以让我再次进步。
“这就是我想要的方式。我希望每年、每个夏天都在进步。这在奥运会期间已经帮助了我，我相信这也将在赛季中帮助我。”
他的队友们已经注意到了他的不同。
“他的投篮看起来真的很好，从任何地方都能投，”扎克·科林斯(Zach Collins)说。“如果你把他挤出他的位置，他也能很舒服地投篮。显然，没有人能盖掉他的跳投。但去年，如果他被挤出去，那将是一次艰难的后仰跳投。现在他看起来很稳固。”
杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)说：“在热身赛中，我们做了一些身体对抗，他绝对更强壮了。考虑到他的训练方式，这并不奇怪。”
尚帕尼不确定自己的角色
训练营已经进行了两天，但谁将取代受伤的后卫德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)进入首发阵容仍不确定。
这位五年级球员在接受了右脚应力反应手术后，预计将至少缺席本赛季的前五场比赛。
可能接替瓦塞尔的人选包括三年级球员朱利安·尚帕尼(Julian Champagnie)和马拉基·布拉汉姆(Malaki Branham)。尚帕尼上赛季在锋线上首发了职业生涯最高的59场比赛，而布拉汉姆在上赛季以新秀身份首发32场后，上赛季在后卫线上首发了29场比赛。
“我不知道会怎么样，”尚帕尼说。“我真的没有花时间去想这件事。显然，（瓦塞尔）不会参加赛季初的比赛，所以上场时间是有的。我知道我是否会首发吗？不知道。如果我首发了，万岁。如果我没有，万岁。这对我来说真的不重要。我来这里只是为了让球队变得更好。”
布拉汉姆还表示，目前还没有关于瓦塞尔替代者的任何信号。
“没有人有一个固定的角色，”布拉汉姆说。“每天的阵容都不一样。我们会进行调整，做好替补的准备。”
马刺队将于10月7日主场迎战俄克拉荷马城，开始他们的四场季前赛。常规赛将于10月24日在达拉斯开赛。
“显然，这是一次打击，因为德文就是德文，他是我们的主力球员之一，”尚帕尼谈到这位上赛季场均得分19.5分的球队二号得分手时说。“但就像教练（格雷格·波波维奇）常说的，‘下一个上场’。我们得想办法解决。 （瓦塞尔）会回来的，这很棒。这不是什么赛季报销的事情，但愿如此。但是，是的，我们只是一天一天地过，我们会想办法解决的。”
2024年8月10日，法国巴黎，在美国队和法国队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）在比赛中卡住法国队的维克托·文班亚马（32号）。（摄影：格雷戈里·沙姆斯/盖蒂图片社）
周一上午，在胜利资本训练中心的马刺队媒体日活动上，维克托·文班亚马正在回答问题。
周一上午，在胜利资本训练中心的马刺队媒体日活动上，维克托·文班亚马正在拍照。
周一上午，在胜利资本训练中心的马刺队媒体日活动上，维克托·文班亚马正在拍照。
周一上午，在胜利资本训练中心的马刺队媒体日活动上，维克托·文班亚马和新加盟的克里斯·保罗正在拍照。
周一上午，在胜利资本训练中心的马刺队媒体日活动结束后，维克托·文班亚马和新加盟的克里斯·保罗分享了一个瞬间。
周一上午，在胜利资本训练中心的马刺队媒体日活动上，维克托·文班亚马正在拍照。
周一上午，在胜利资本训练中心的马刺队媒体日活动上，维克托·文班亚马正在拍照。
周一上午，在胜利资本训练中心的马刺队媒体日活动上，朱利安·尚帕尼正在为队友特雷·琼斯拍照。
周一上午，在胜利资本训练中心的马刺队媒体日活动上，朱利安·尚帕尼正在拍照。
2024年4月14日，星期日，在圣安东尼奥举行的NBA篮球比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋朱利安·尚帕尼（30号）在上半场对阵底特律中锋詹姆斯·怀斯曼（13号）的比赛中起跳扣篮。（美联社照片/迈克尔·托马斯）
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As Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama bulks up, teammates take notice
Spurs Victor Wembanyama is photographed during Spurs Media Day activities Monday morning at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
Victor Wembanyama still isn’t ready to enter any bodybuilding contests.
But the Spurs star center will go into his second season better prepared for physical play after bulking up a bit over the summer.
The Spurs listed the gangly 20-year-old Frenchman at 235 pounds on their training camp roster, an increase of 5 pounds from his weight listed on the team’s roster for its season finale in April.
“I would say it’s a natural process because it’s important to work in a way that is good for your body and to respect the body’s identity,” Wembanyama said. “So, I really, really put an emphasis on getting strength.”
Wembanyama said his goal was to increase his core strength and that his modest weight gain was a byproduct of that effort.
“Weight will come with strength,” he said. “It’s just a result of the good work we have done all summer. I am really satisfied with the summer we just had here.”
Wembanyama said he has experienced an annual increase in his strength since “forever.”
“I want to keep going in that direction because it is obviously the primary thing that I love to expand my game,” he said. “It (allows) me to play through contact and it also (increases) my athleticism in general.”
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Much of Wembanyama’s work to gain strength occurred before he played at the Paris Olympics in late July and August.
“I spent maybe like two months here in San Antonio, and those two months of hard work were enough to make me pass to another step,” he said. "And after the Olympics, I spent four or five weeks working here in San Antonio, and it was enough to make me pass another step.
“This is how I want to go. I want to be progressing every year, every summer. It helped me already during the Olympics and I am sure it is going to help me in the season, too.”
His teammates have noticed a difference.
“He’s shooting the ball really well, it seems like, from everywhere," Zach Collins said. “If you push him off his spot, he’s comfortable shooting the shots. Nobody is going to block his jump shot, obviously. But last year if he got pushed off, it was a tough fadeaway. Now he seems solid.”
Said Jeremy Sochan, “In the warmups we do some physical stuff, and he is definitely stronger. It’s not a surprise with the way he works.”
Champagnie unsure of role
Two days into training camp, it remains uncertain who will replace injured guard Devin Vassell in the starting lineup.
The fifth-year pro is expected to miss at least the first five games of the season after undergoing surgery to repair what the Spurs termed a stress reaction in his right foot.
Candidates to replace Vassell include third-year pros Julian Champagnie, who started a career-high 59 games at forward last season, and Malaki Branham, who started 29 games at guard last season after logging 32 starts as a rookie.
“I don’t know how that is going to go,” Champagnie said. “I really don’t spend my time thinking about that one. Obviously, (Vassell) is not going to play at the beginning of the season, so the minutes will be there. Do I know if I am going to start? No. If I do, hooray. If I don’t, hooray. It doesn’t really matter to me. I am just here to make the team better.”
Branham also said there have been no signals yet regarding Vassell’s replacement.
“Nobody has a solid role," Branham said. "It’s different teams every day. We’re going to mix it up, next man up.”
The Spurs open their four-game preseason schedule at home against Oklahoma City on Oct. 7. The regular season kicks off at Dallas on Oct. 24.
“Obviously, it is a blow because Devin is Devin, one of our main guys,” Champagnie said of the club’s second-leading scorer last season with a per-game average of 19.5 points. “But like coach (Gregg Popovich) always says, ‘It’s next man up.’ We got to figure it out. (Vassell) will be back, which is great. It is no season-ending thing, knock on wood. But, yeah, we are just day by day, we’ll figure it out.”
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)
Spurs Victor Wembanyama answers question during Spurs Media Day activities Monday morning at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
Spurs Victor Wembanyama is photographed during Spurs Media Day activities Monday morning at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
Spurs Victor Wembanyama is photographed during Spurs Media Day activities Monday morning at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
Spurs Victor Wembanyama and new addition Chris Paul are being photographed during Spurs Media Day activities Monday morning at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
Spurs Victor Wembanyama and new addition Chris Paul share a mpoment after being photographed during Spurs Media Day activities Monday morning at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
Spurs Victor Wembanyama is photographed during Spurs Media Day activities Monday morning at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
Spurs Victor Wembanyama is photographed during Spurs Media Day activities Monday morning at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
Spurs Julian Champagnie takes pictures of teammate Tre Jones during Spurs Media Day activities Monday morning at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
Spurs Julian Champagnie gets his picture taken during Spurs Media Day activities Monday morning at the Victory Capital Performance Center.
San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) goes up for a dunk against Detroit center James Wiseman (13) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Sunday, April 14, 2024, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Michael Thomas)
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News