By Jeje Gomez | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2024-12-29 10:53:50
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这位大个子对马刺是否应该在今年进行交易不置可否，但听起来他希望参与到这些讨论中。
文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)进入联盟的时间并不长，但他已经以坦率著称。如果有人提问，他通常会非常直接地回答。因此，当他被问及马刺是否应该考虑进行一些交易时，他给出了一个引人入胜的答案，这并不令人意外。
来自Maxime Aubin的报道，他是一位为法国报纸《队报》报道文班的法国记者：
我问文班亚马，马刺是否应该在交易截止日期前积极行动。他的回答……很有趣：
“有一件事是肯定的：我们的阵容在未来几年不会保持不变。每个阵容都会发生一些变化。我不知道……我应该更关注这些事情……”
— Maxime Aubin (@ MaximeAubin1) 2024年12月28日
这个问题是用法语提出的，马刺官方频道也没有相关视频，所以他说这句话的语气尚不清楚，但这些文字足以让这份声明变得耐人寻味。
文班似乎明白，这支球队，尽管看起来相处融洽，但不会永远在一起。在NBA，球员来来去去，而试图围绕一位超级巨星打造争冠球队的球队将不得不做出艰难的决定。即使是文班已经亲近的一些球员在未来几年也不会留在队中，而能够意识到并接受这一点，体现了他一定程度的成熟。文班并没有呼吁做出重大改变，但他似乎明白这些改变最终可能会发生，并且他对此表示赞同，这让人感到安心。
然而，答案的第二部分更具吸引力。文班似乎意识到了他作为一名改变球队格局的球星可能已经拥有的力量。通常情况下，你会听到一名被问及人事决定的球员会说一些类似“那是管理层的工作，我只是一个球员”的话，但文班并没有落入俗套。“我应该更认真地看待这些事情(……)，我会更密切地关注它”，这表明这位年轻的中锋在迄今为止专注于个人发展之后，认为最好对身边的阵容更感兴趣，并可能参与到它的塑造中。
现在，对这一说法至少有三种反应。有些人会认为文班亚马是在回避直接回答，说他必须思考这个问题是在转移话题。这可能只是一个疲惫的球员被用他的母语提出的问题打了个措手不及，说了一些听起来比他预期的更夸张的话。对于国际球员来说，对美国记者的言辞更加谨慎并非罕见。也许文班只是想说正确的话，而他的话被过度解读了。
其他人则会感到恐慌，认为这位年轻的球星会像之前的许多顶级球员一样，试图干预人事决策，而这充其量只会带来好坏参半的结果。文班的时间线和偏好可能与马刺的不一致，这可能会成为一个问题。到目前为止，球员和球队之间的关系一直很好，文班更多地参与场外决策可能会影响这种关系。他将在圣安东尼奥待很长时间，但理想情况下，这段时间应该尽可能和谐。
更积极的解读是，文班对自己的进步感到足够满意，他现在可以自信地与管理层分享他对球队如何改进以更好地适应他天赋的看法。任何球队都乐于听到一位足够投入的超级巨星提出关于如何继续进步的建议，只要这些建议没有变成要求，就不会有任何问题。随着交易截止日期的临近，对于米奇·约翰逊来说，听听文班的意见可能是一件好事。
无论如何解读这个答案，有一件事是清楚的。随着文班亚马打出超级巨星的表现，凭借缩短的轮换阵容，银黑军团看起来更像一支志在必得的球队。由于球队拥有进行重大交易的资产，随着交易截止日期的临近，所有的目光都将集中在圣安东尼奥。任何声明都不会被视为无关紧要，各种传言将层出不穷。系好安全带，迎接一段有趣、偶尔也会充满压力的时光吧。
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Victor Wembanyama comments on if the Spurs should be active in trade talks
The big man was non-commital on whether the Spurs should make moves this years, but it sounds like he wants to be involved in those discussions.
Victor Wembanyama hasn’t been in the league for long, but he’s already known for his candor. If someone asks a question, he’ll often answer it very directly. So it shouldn’t be a surprise when he gave a fascinating response to a question about whether the Spurs should be thinking about making some moves.
Via Maxime Aubin, a French reporter who has been covering Wemby from San Antonio for French newspaper LÉquipe:
I asked Victor Wembanyama if the Spurs should be active before the trade deadline. His answer is… interesting:
« One thing for sure : our roster won’t stay the same over the next years. Every roster change a little bit. I don’t know… I should look at those things more…— Maxime Aubin (@ MaximeAubin1) December 28, 2024
The question was in French and there’s no video on the Spurs’ official channel, so the tone in which he said it is unclear, but the words are enough to make the statement interesting.
Wembanyama seems to understand that this group, as great as it seems to get along, won’t stay together forever. Players come and go in the NBA and teams trying to build contenders around a superstar will make tough decisions. There’s a level of maturity in being aware of and accepting that even some guys Wemby has gotten close with won’t be there in the upcoming years. Victor isn’t calling for big changes but seems to understand that they might eventually happen and is on board with it, which is reassuring.
The second part of the answer, however, is the juicier one. Wemby seems aware of the power he probably has already as a franchise-altering star. Normally you’d hear a player asked about personnel decisions say something along the lines of “That’s what the front office is for, I’m just a player” but Wemby didn’t go for the cliche. “I should look at those things more seriously (…), I will take a closer look at it” signals that the young center, after focusing on his individual development up until now, thinks it would be best to be more interested in the roster around him and potentially involved with shaping it.
Now, there are at least three ways to react to this statement. Some will dismiss it as Wembanyama avoiding a direct answer by saying he has to think about it as deflection. It might be nothing more than a tired player getting caught off guard by a question in his native language and saying things that sound more bombastic than he anticipated. It’s not a rare phenomenon among international players to be more careful with what they say to American reporters. Maybe Wemby was trying to say the right thing and his words are being overanalyzed.
Others will panic, thinking the young star will try to get involved in personnel decisions like many top players have done before, with mixed results at best. Wemby’s timeline and preferences might not align with those of the Spurs’ and that could be a problem. So far the relationship between player and franchise has been great, and more involvement off the floor in decisions from Wemby could affect it. He’s going to be in San Antonio for a long time, but ideally, that time would be as harmonious as possible.
The more positive way to interpret it is that Wemby feels comfortable enough with his own progress as a player that he can now start confidently sharing with the front office his opinions on how the team could improve to better fit his talent. Any franchise would love to hear suggestions on how to continue progressing from a superstar committed enough to care, and as long as those suggestions don’t turn into demands, there should be no issue. As the deadline gets closer, it could be a good thing for Mitch Johnson to hear what Wemby has to say.
Regardless of how the answer is interpreted, one thing is clear. With Wembanyama performing like a superstar, the Silver and Black look more like a win-now team with their shortened rotation. Since the franchise has the assets to make a big move, all eyes will be on San Antonio as the trade deadline gets closer. No statement will be seen as innocuous, and the rumors will abound. Buckle up for a fun, if occasionally stressful, time.
By Jeje Gomez, via Pounding The Rock