By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-12-19 23:00:00
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。
投票通道今日开启，截止至1月20日，您可以每天投票，所以请珍惜您的投票！
NBA 全明星投票现已开启，几年来，马刺终于再次拥有了一位板上钉钉的全明星球员——维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)。当然，文班要想进入全明星，尤其是成为首发，最佳途径就是球迷投票。现在就前往NBA.com/vote 开始投票吧！您可以每天投一次，投票将持续到1月20日。以下是来自NBA.com的更多信息：
- “在投票期间，球迷每天可以通过 NBA App 和 NBA.com 投票页面 (2025 NBA All-Star | Latest | NBA.com) 提交一张完整的选票。一张完整的选票包含东部联盟和西部联盟各三名前场球员和两名后卫球员。所有现役 NBA 球员都可供选择。”
- “在所有 NBA 全明星首发球员的选票统计完毕后，球员将根据三个投票组——球迷投票、球员投票和媒体投票——在各自联盟中按位置（后卫和前场）进行排名。每位球员的得分将通过计算其在球迷投票、球员投票和媒体投票中的加权排名平均值来确定。每个联盟中得分最高的两名后卫和三名前场球员将被评为 NBA 全明星首发球员。对于位置组中得分相同的球员，球迷投票将作为决胜因素。”
- “每个联盟中被评为首发的五名球员将由球迷（50% 的选票）、现役 NBA 球员（25%）和媒体小组（25%）共同选出。每个联盟中被评为替补的七名球员将由 NBA 主教练选出。”
即使最终作为替补球员由教练选入，也很难想象文班本赛季无法进入全明星阵容。他场均得到23.6分和10.3个篮板的两双数据，还有3.9次助攻、1次抢断和联盟领先的3.5次盖帽，同时展现了他不断拓展的进攻技巧，并帮助马刺取得了比上赛季更好的战绩。他新秀赛季的表现可以说也具备入选全明星的资格，但可能是因为赛季初的伤病问题、严格的出场时间限制以及马刺糟糕的战绩（投票截止时他们只赢了8场）而落选。
除了伤病替补之外，文班可能是今年马刺唯一一个真正有机会入选全明星的球员。球迷们可能会出于怀旧之情投票给克里斯·保罗，但这种可能性微乎其微。德文·瓦塞尔和杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)无疑是正在崛起的年轻球员，他们总有一天会得到机会，但本赛季两人都受到伤病和出场时间限制的影响，除了马刺球迷圈外，可能不会被考虑。（但这并不意味着您不应该为他们投票！）
话虽如此，有一种特殊情况是，马刺新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)——在杰瑞德·麦凯恩不幸膝盖受伤后，他目前是年度最佳新秀的热门人选——也可能最终进入全明星赛。如果健康状况允许，他很有可能会被邀请参加新秀挑战赛，而且随着 NBA 对全明星赛采用类似的锦标赛模式（三支球队由24名全明星球员组成，第四支球队是新秀挑战赛的获胜队伍），如果卡斯尔的球队获胜并晋级全明星赛，他最终可能会亮相。
说到新秀挑战赛，Pounder 用户 zeanocril 提出了一个有趣的问题：入选全明星是否会让文班失去新秀挑战赛的资格？答案是否定的，尽管我认为过去很少有球员同时参加这两项赛事，而现在，由于新的全明星赛赛制出现了一种有趣的情况：如果一名球员同时参加了这两项赛事，并且他的新秀挑战赛球队晋级到全明星赛，他将同时出现在两支球队中，因此参加两项赛事的动机就更小了。
如果这种奇怪的情况真的发生了，我想这位球员会选择加入他的全明星球队，而其他人会替补他在新秀挑战赛球队的空缺，但这只是在钻牛角尖，这种情况可能不会发生。（依我看，如果文班入选全明星，他会拒绝新秀挑战赛的邀请，哪怕只是为了休息。）不过，最重要的是，去为他投票吧，其他的事情自然会解决。
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NBA All-Star voting is open: go vote for Victor Wembanyama
Voting is open today though January 20, and you can vote everyday, so make it count!
NBA All-Star voting is now open, and for the first time in several years, the Spurs have at least one surefire All-Star in Victor Wembanyama. But of course, his best chance of getting there — particularly being named a starter — is if the fans vote him in. To do that, go to NBA.com/vote and start your ballot. You can vote once a day, and voting lasts through January 20. Here is more information courtesy of NBA.com:
- “During the voting period, fans can submit one full ballot each day via the NBA App and the NBA.com voting page (2025 NBA All-Star | Latest | NBA.com). One full ballot comprises three frontcourt players and two guards from both the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference. All current NBA players will be available for selection.”
- “After all votes for NBA All-Star Game starters are tallied, players will be ranked in each conference by position (guard and frontcourt) within each of the three voting groups – fan votes, player votes and media votes. Each player’s score will be calculated by averaging his weighted rank from the fan votes, the player votes and the media votes. The two guards and three frontcourt players with the best score in each conference will be named NBA All-Star Game starters. Fan voting will serve as the tiebreaker for players in a position group with the same score.”
- “The five players honored as starters in each conference will be selected by fans (50% of the vote), current NBA players (25%) and a media panel (25%). The seven players honored as reserves in each conference will be selected by NBA head coaches.”
It’s hard to imagine Wemby not making the All-Star game this season, even if it ends up being as a reserve voted in by the coaches. He’s averaging a double-double of 23.6 points and 10.3 rebounds, along with 3.9 assists, 1 steal and a league-leading 3.5 blocks per game, all while showing off his expanded offensive game and helping lead the Spurs to a much improved record from last season. He arguably had a case his rookie season but was likely left out due to early-season issues with injury, heavy minutes restrictions, and the Spurs’ poor record, as they sat at just 8 wins when voting closed.
Wemby is probably the only Spur with a realistic shot at making the All-Star this year beyond injury replacements. Fans could decide to get extremely nostalgic and vote for Chris Paul, but the odds of that are slim to none. Devin Vassell and Jeremy Sochan certainly seem like young players on the rise who will get their turn someday, but both have been hampered by injury and minutes restrictions this season and likely won’t be considered outside of the Spurs’ circle. (Not that any of that means you shouldn’t vote for them!)
With that being said, there is a unique scenario where Spurs rookie Stephon Castle, who is currently the odds-on favorite to win Rookie of the Year after an unfortunate knee injury to Jared McCain, could also end up in the All-Star game. Health permitting, it’s likely guaranteed he will be invited to the Rising Stars Challenge, and with the NBA adopting a similar tournament style for the All-Star game, where three teams would consist of the 24 All-Stars and the fourth would be the Rising Stars winner, Castle could end up making an appearance should his team win and advance to the All-Star Game.
Speaking of the Rising Stars, Pounder zeanocril had an interesting question: would being an All-Star eliminate Wemby from the Rising Stars? The answer is no, although I don’t believe many players have participated in both in the past, and now, there’s even less incentive as the new All-Star game format presents an interesting scenario where a if player participates in both, and his Rising Stars team advances to the All-Star game, he’d suddenly be on two teams.
If that odd scenario were to somehow play out, I imagine that player would take his place on his All-Star team and someone else would fill in on his Rising Stars team, but that’s digging way down a rabbit hole that probably won’t happen. (My two cents says if Wemby is an All-Star, he will decline a Rising Stars invite if for no other reason than rest.) Still, the bottom line is just go vote for him, and rest will sort itself out.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock