By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2024-12-26 12:51:12
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德克萨斯州圣安东尼奥——12月15日：在2024年12月15日于圣安东尼奥霜冻银行中心举行的对阵明尼苏达森林狼队的比赛下半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队的1号球员维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)与受伤的27号球员扎克·科林斯(Zach Collins)和戴着牛仔帽的0号球员凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)一起坐在替补席上。
纽约——周三117-114输给尼克斯的比赛标志着马刺队的扎克·科林斯(Zach Collins)连续第四场进入激活名单但没有上场。
科林斯在12月中旬因下背部受伤缺席了两场比赛。当他上周四复出参加对阵亚特兰大的比赛时，他作为文班亚马替补中锋的位置已经被查尔斯·巴塞(Charles Bassey)取代。
科林斯表示，他接受了降级和健康轮休的安排，没有任何抱怨。
“我想赢球，希望我们今年能进入季后赛，所以一切都是为了赢球，尽我所能去帮助球队，并参与其中，”这位征战NBA七年的老将说道。
科林斯还表示，他知道情况会随着比赛而变化。
“自从我来到这里，我就说过，我想每场比赛打48分钟，”效力马刺四个赛季的科林斯说道。“但现在这不是我的角色，所以我现在的任务就是保持 آماده。作为一名职业球员，我必须随时做好准备，以应对我的名字被叫到的那一刻。万一有人受伤了，或者阵容改变了，有人生病了等等，球员们必须做好准备。不仅仅是我，所有没有上场的球员，我们都必须做好准备，所以这就是我的心态。”
随着德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)和杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)完全伤愈复出，代理主教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)缩短了轮换阵容，给科林斯、前锋桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利(Sandro Mamukelashvili)以及后卫布莱克·韦斯利(Blake Wesley)和马拉基·布拉纳姆(Malaki Branham)留下的上场时间很少。
马刺前锋朱利安·尚帕尼(Julian Champagnie)在瓦塞尔因伤缺阵或受上场时间限制的前26场比赛中首发出场，最近三场则替补上场。他对科林斯的态度表示赞赏。
“他很职业，”尚帕尼说。“他是一个很棒的队友。他在更衣室里从不沉闷，在板凳席上也从不沉闷。他总是鼓掌，总是欢呼，我们都知道，当他的名字被叫到时，他会准备好的。”
科林斯在24场比赛中场均得到5.8分、3.3个篮板和1.8次助攻，场均上场时间为14.2分钟。
征战NBA四个赛季的巴塞在20场比赛中场均得到5.0分、4.4个篮板和1.1次盖帽，场均上场时间为11.0分钟。在过去的八场比赛中，巴塞场均得到8.0分、6.5个篮板和1.3次盖帽，场均上场时间为14.6分钟，并且在最近六场比赛中有两场拿到两双。
约翰逊最近多次称赞巴塞为球场带来了“巨大的能量”。
“我只是在做好我的工作，”巴塞说。“我正在尽我所能帮助球队获胜。我的首要目标是帮助球队做好防守。”
2024年12月6日星期五，在圣安东尼奥举行的一场NBA篮球比赛的上半场，萨克拉门托国王队前锋多曼塔斯·萨博尼斯(Domantas Sabonis)（11号）和圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋扎克·科林斯（中锋）正在争抢篮板。
前尼克斯队工作人员在奥斯汀蓬勃发展
当一位纽约记者问及尼克斯队前球员发展助理总监斯科特·金(Scott King)的情况时，约翰逊对他赞不绝口。
在金在纽约效力了五个赛季后，马刺队在今年夏天聘请了他。在金的带领下，奥斯汀马刺队的战绩为10胜6负。
“他做得很好，”约翰逊说。“他们的赛季开局很棒。我知道他们刚刚结束了（G联赛）冬季展示赛。我认为他们离进入杯赛只差一场比赛。”
约翰逊说，他在训练营和季前赛期间认识了金。
“在将近两个月的时间里，他都非常深入地参与其中，所以我对他的了解也比较深入，”约翰逊说。“他做得非常好，非常令人印象深刻。”
奥斯汀马刺队的三名球员在这次四场客场之旅的前两场比赛中与马刺队一起：二轮秀新秀哈里森·英格拉姆(Harrison Ingram)、落选新秀莱利·米尼克斯(Riley Minix)和征战NBA四个赛季的大卫·杜克二世(David Duke Jr.)。每个人都签着双向合同。
在16场比赛中，英格拉姆场均得到11.2分、8.1个篮板、3.9次助攻和1.2次抢断。米尼克斯出场16次，场均得到20.5分，三分球命中率为41.1%，场均出手7.8次。杜克在15场比赛中，场均得到16.9分、4.7个篮板和4.9次助攻。
“从大学到NBA的比赛在空间上大不相同，挡拆也多得多，节奏更快，比赛时间更长，所以只是在学习其中的细节，”北卡罗来纳大学校友英格拉姆说道。
上赛季在莫尔黑德州立大学担任神射手的米尼克斯表示，他高效的三分球命中率并不新鲜。
“这只是打篮球而已，”他说。“我一辈子都在投篮。”
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In wake of demotion, Collins takes a team-first approach
SAN ANTONIO, TX - DECEMBER 15: Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs sits on the bench along with injured players Zach Collins #27 and Keldon Johnson #0, wearing cowboy hat, during game against the Minnesota Timberwolves late in the second half at Frost Bank Center on December 15, 2024 in San Antonio, Texas.
NEW YORK – Wednesday’s 117-114 loss to the Knicks marked the fourth game in a row the Spurs’ Zach Collins has been active but hasn’t played.
Collins missed two games with a lower back injury in mid-December. When he returned for the game against Atlanta last Thursday, his job as Victor Wembanyama’s backup at center had been handed over to Charles Bassey.
Collins said he accepted the demotion and the healthy scratches without complaint.
“I want to win and for us to make the playoffs this year, so it’s all about winning and doing whatever in my capacity I can to help and be involved with that,” the seventh-year pro said.
Collins also said he knows things can change from game to game.
“I’ve said this since I’ve been here, I want to play 48 minutes a game,” said Collins, who is in his fourth season with the Spurs. “But right now it’s not my role, so my job is just to stay ready. I got to stay ready as a professional when my number is called. God forbid, somebody gets hurt, but the lineups change, somebody gets sick, whatever. Guys have to be ready. Not just me, but all the guys that haven’t been playing, we all got to be ready, so that’s where my mind’s at.”
With Devin Vassell and Jeremy Sochan fully recovered from injuries, acting Spurs coach Mitch Johnson has shortened his rotation, leaving little playing time for Collins, forward Sandro Mamukelashvili and guards Blake Wesley and Malaki Branham.
Spurs forward Julian Champagnie, who has come off the bench the last three games after starting the first 26 while Vassell was either out with injuries or playing on a minutes restriction, praised Collins’ attitude.
“He’s a professional,” Champagnie said. “He’s a great teammate. He’s never dull in the locker room, never dull on the bench. he’s always clapping it up, always cheering, and we all know that when his named is called, he’ll be ready.”
Collins is averaging 5.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.8 assists in 14.2 minutes over 24 games.
Bassey, a fourth-year pro, is averaging 5.0 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.1 blocks in 11.0 minutes over 20 games. Over his past eight outings, Bassey is averaging 8.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.3 blocks in 14.6 minutes and has posted two double-doubles in two of his last six appearances.
Johnson has praised Bassey several times recently for bringing “great energy” to the court.
“I’m just doing my job,” Bassey said. “I’m doing what I can do to help the team win. My first mindset is to help the team defensively.”
Sacramento Kings forward Domantas Sabonis (11) and San Antonio Spurs forward Zach Collins, center, scramble for a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024.
Former Knicks staffer thriving in Austin
Johnson had plenty of praise for Austin Spurs coach Scott King when a New York reporter asked him about the Knicks’ former assistant director of player development.
The Spurs hired King this past summer after he spent five seasons with New York. The Austin Spurs are 10-6 under King.
“He’s done a great job,” Johnson said. “They’ve had a great start to their season. I know they just finished up the (G League) Winter Showcase. I think they were maybe one game out of making the Cup.”
Johnson said he got to know King during training camp and the preseason.
“He was very intimately involved during that stretch of almost two months, so I got to know him pretty well for that amount of time,” Johnson said. “He’s done a really good job, very impressive.”
Three of the Austin Spurs were with the Spurs for the first two games of this four-game trip: second-round rookie Harrison Ingram, undrafted rookie Riley Minix and fourth-year pro David Duke Jr. Each is on a two-way contract.
In 16 games, Ingram has averaged 11.2 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.9 assists and 1.2 steals. Minix has played in 16 contests, averaging 20.5 points and shooting 41.1% on 7.8 attempts from 3-point range. Through 15 games, Duke has averaged 16.9 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.9 assists.
“The game from college to the NBA is way different in spacing and there are a lot more ball screens, a faster pace, longer game, so just learning the ins and outs,” said Ingram, a North Carolina alumnus.
A sharpshooter at Morehead State last season, Minix said his efficient shooting from beyond the arc is nothing new.
“It’s just playing basketball,” he said. “I’ve been shooting it my whole life.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News