By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-01-14 12:53:34
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2025年1月13日，加利福尼亚州洛杉矶：在加密货币网球场的下半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队的维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)1号球员在对阵洛杉矶湖人队的比赛中扣篮。
在周三马刺队以126-102的比分客场战胜洛杉矶湖人队之后，维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)蓬勃发展的全明星之旅获得了一项意料之中但强有力的支持。
“让他加入全明星赛，”马刺队控球后卫克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)说道。“他值得拥有，伙计。”
保罗为文班亚马站台并不令人意外。毕竟，他们是马刺队的队友。
然而，作为一名12次入选全明星的球员，保罗说他一眼就能看出谁是全明星的料。
“他以正确的方式打球，”保罗说。“他是一位你见过的最谦逊的球星。他会成为年度最佳防守球员。他有望连续20年做到这一点，你明白我的意思吗？”
21岁的文班亚马想要成为自2017年科怀·伦纳德以来马刺队的首位全明星首发球员，希望仍然渺茫。
在上次的球迷投票统计中，他在西部联盟前场球员中排名第四，落后于丹佛的尼古拉·约基奇、菲尼克斯的凯文·杜兰特和湖人的勒布朗·詹姆斯。
球迷投票占球员总票数的50%，而球员投票和报道联盟的媒体调查则占另外一半。
每个赛区排名前三的前场球员将被提名为全明星赛的首发，本赛季的全明星赛将于2月16日在旧金山举行。
替补球员由各赛区的教练选出。文班亚马很有可能成为自2022年德章泰·穆雷以来马刺队的第一位全明星代表。
和保罗一样，马刺队代理教练米奇·约翰逊也认为文班亚马是一位值得入选的候选人。
“在效力我们球队的两年里，他一直在不断进步和提高，他应该为（可能）获得认可而感到高兴，”约翰逊说。“而且我认为他也明白自己离他想要达到的目标还有很长的路要走，在这条路上他会获得很多认可和评价。我认为这不会对他产生太大影响。”
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文班亚马在得分（场均25.1分）和篮板（场均10.7个）方面均位列联盟前列，同时以场均3.9次盖帽领跑NBA。
保罗说，自从去年夏天加入马刺队以来，他对文班亚马更加喜爱。
“他就是一名不可思议的球员，”保罗说。“但每次谈到他，我都会这么说：我希望每个人都能在私下里了解他。如果你像那样了解他，你会成为他更大的粉丝。”
马刺队对索汉谨慎对待
前锋杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)在洛杉矶再次因腰背酸痛缺阵，这是他在过去五场比赛中因伤缺席的第三场。
虽然约翰逊说索汉的病情“正在好转”，但马刺队在对待他的健康问题上仍将继续谨慎行事。
“这是我们不想操之过急的事情，”约翰逊说。“我们不想让他打一场休一场，那样反反复复。我们希望他完全康复。”
随着马刺队将于周三对阵孟菲斯灰熊队，索汉的状态可能要到比赛当天才能确定。
卡斯尔渐入佳境
斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)可能撞上新秀墙的说法在洛杉矶被彻底粉碎。
顶替索汉首发的卡斯尔在马刺队大胜湖人队的比赛中砍下23分，其中16投10中。
他在第三节的表现尤其令人印象深刻，单节砍下14分，帮助马刺队从半场53-62的落后中恢复过来。
“我觉得我找到了感觉，”去年六月选秀大会上排名第四的卡斯尔说道。“我的队友们找到了我，告诉我要保持侵略性。我真的只是想冲击内线，尝试吸引包夹，如果没有人过来，我就保持侵略性。”
这是卡斯尔本赛季第22次得分上双，也是他第五次得分达到20分或以上。这是他自11月26日在犹他州的胜利中同样得到23分以来的第一次得分上双。
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, center left, scores against Los Angeles Lakers Rui Hachimura during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, right, drives to the basket against Los Angeles Lakers forward LeBron James (23) during the first quarter of an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 13: Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs warms up prior to a game against the Los Angeles Lakers at Crypto.com Arena on January 13, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 13: Victor Wembanyama #1 of the San Antonio Spurs dunks against the Los Angeles Lakers during the second half at Crypto.com Arena on January 13, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
Victor Wembanyama’s burgeoning All-Star bid got an expected but powerful endorsement after the Spurs’ 126-102 road victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday.
“Put him in the All-Star game,” Spurs point guard Chris Paul said. “He deserves it, man.”
That Paul would stump for Wembanyama is not surprising. The two, after all, are Spurs teammates.
As a 12-time All-Star himself, however, Paul says he knows one when he sees one.
“He plays the game the right way,” Paul said. “As humble of a star as you’d ever come across. Going to be Defensive Player of the Year. He’s got an opportunity to do it for 20 years straight, you know what I mean?”
The 21-year-old Wembanyama’s bid to become the Spurs’ first All-Star starter since Kawhi Leonard in 2017 remains a bit of a longshot.
He was fourth among Western Conference frontcourt players in the last count of fan voting, trailing Denver’s Nikola Jokic, Phoenix’s Kevin Durant and the Lakers’ LeBron James.
Fan voting accounts for 50 percent of a player’s ballot score, while the players’ vote and a survey of media covering the league combines for the other half.
The top three frontcourt players in each conference are named to start the All-Star game, which this season takes place Feb. 16 in San Francisco.
The reserves are selected by coaches from each conference. Wembanyama stands a good chance there of becoming the Spurs’ first All-Star representative since Dejounte Murray in 2022.
Spurs acting coach Mitch Johnson, like Paul, sees Wembanyama as a worthy candidate.
“He’s continued to progress and improved in his two years with us, and he should be happy that he’s (potentially) getting recognized for that,” Johnson said. “And I think he also understands he’s a long way from where he wants to be, and he’ll have a lot of those recognitions and opinions along the way. I don’t think it will affect him much.”
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Wembanyama ranks among the league leaders in scoring (25.1 points per game) and rebounding (10.7 per game), while leading the NBA in blocks with 3.9 per outing.
Paul said he has become even more enamored with Wembanyama since joining the Spurs last summer.
“He’s just a unbelievable player,” Paul said. “But I say this every time I talk about him: I wish everybody got to know him on a personal basis. And if you knew him like that, you’d be a bigger fan of his.”
Spurs take it easy with Sochan
Forward Jeremy Sochan was again sidelined with a sore lower back in Los Angeles, the third game he has missed in the past five with that injury.
While Johnson said Sochan’s malady was “getting better,” the Spurs will continue to proceed with caution when it comes to his health.
“It’s something we don’t want to rush,” Johnson said. “We don’t want to deal with it where he is in one game, out one game, things like that. We want him to be all the way right.”
Sochan’s status will likely be a game-day decision as the Spurs face Memphis on Wednesday.
Castle gets it going
The narrative of Stephon Castle perhaps hitting a rookie wall was itself smashed to bits in L.A.
Starting in place of Sochan, Castle highlighted the Spurs’ romp over the Lakers with 23 points, including a 10 of 16 showing from the field.
He was particularly impressive in the third quarter, totaling 14 of his points in the frame to help the Spurs recover from a 62-53 halftime deficit.
“I felt I just had it going,” said Castle, the No. 4 selection in last June’s draft. “My teammates were finding me, telling me to keep being aggressive. I was really just trying to touch paint, try and draw two, and if nobody came over, I was just being aggressive.”
The outing was Castle’s 22nd of the season to score in double digits, and his fifth with 20 or more points. It was his first double-digit game since also going for 23 in a Nov. 26 victory at Utah.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News