2025-01-22 02:04:00
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法国勒谢奈讯——文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)站在家乡新户外球场的中心线上，张开双臂，以其8英尺（约2.44米）的臂展为众多摄影师摆姿势。
他看起来无比开心。
周二，文班亚马为家乡和下一代送上了一份礼物：两块户外球场——一块用于5对5比赛，另一块用于3对3比赛——这些球场是按照他想要的规格建造的，也是由他亲自设计的。
“对于那些不了解情况的人来说，这一切都始于一个房间里的一个想法，”圣安东尼奥马刺队总经理莱特(Brian Wright)说道，当时大约有五六十个孩子坐在他面前的球场上，另有100人左右从旁边的场边座位观看。“我还记得看着维克托在一块白板上，逐一勾勒出你今天看到的球场的每一个细节，并全身心地投入到为孩子们设计这块球场的工作中。这说明你有多么特别，这对你来说有多么特别，所以谢谢你，维克托。”
本周，文班亚马和马刺队在法国，将于周四和周六在巴黎与印第安纳步行者队进行两场比赛。众所周知，法国是文班亚马的祖国。人们常常以为他来自巴黎，但他实际上来自勒谢奈——位于巴黎以西约12英里（20公里）处。
对他来说，及时完成这项工作以迎接马刺队的到访至关重要。其他人认为这并不现实。
“不可能，”勒谢奈市市长理查德·德勒皮埃尔(Richard Delepierre)说道。
挑战重重：那个地方原先有旧球场需要挖掘，设计方案需要审批，每年的这个时候也不是施工的好天气，而且，如果所有这些还不够的话，在凡尔赛宫附近建造任何东西似乎都有点后勤方面的难题，至少可以这么说。
但这是文班想要的。而这促成了事情的发生，尤其是在他的家乡。
“除了他非凡的篮球天赋之外，维克托似乎还拥有极高的艺术素养和一定的劝说能力，”德勒皮埃尔说道。
真正的施工仅仅是在几个月前才开始的。但在周二，在一个寒冷的下午，它完成了。新的球网已经安装到位，纤维仍然紧紧地缠绕在一起，仿佛还没有一个球穿过它们。孩子们掀开了一块黑色的幕布，展示了球场中心的设计——它既是对马刺队队标的致敬，也是对勒谢奈钟楼的致敬——文班亚马接住一个空接球，完成了具有仪式意义的第一次扣篮。
“当我住在这里的时候，拥有这样的球场也是我的梦想，”文班亚马说道。
勒谢奈是一个约有3万人口的小城市，位于巴黎市中心以西。从市政厅可以眺望凡尔赛宫，那是路易十六和玛丽·安托瓦内特在18世纪末法国大革命前被斩首之前共同居住的地方。当地传说拿破仑曾在这片区域漫步，甚至下令沿街道以某种方式种植树木。
这里也是文班亚马篮球生涯开始发展壮大的地方。
当地官员说，那里的大多数居民——勒谢奈人和勒谢奈女人——都参与了某种体育活动。去年，文班亚马带朋友来这里进行了一场即兴的足球比赛，引起了一阵轰动，他们中的一些人在他们小时候玩耍的同一个场地上奔跑。手球在那里非常受欢迎，赛车和马术也是如此。2009年，甚至有一匹名叫勒谢奈的小母马在著名的萨拉托加赛马场参加了比赛。
但是，无论官方还是非官方，现在它都是一个篮球城。孩子们一直在勒谢奈打篮球，他们中的大多数人——正如人们所猜测的那样——穿着马刺队的球衣或T恤。文班亚马身高6英尺3英寸（约1.9米）的母亲埃洛迪·德·福特罗(Elodie de Fautereau)曾是一名杰出的球员，后来成为了一名教练。
“马刺队的‘巴黎比赛’计划不仅仅是建造一个球场，而是为了创建一个充满活力的社区中心，以纪念维克托的旅程和他回馈社会的承诺，”马刺体育娱乐公司首席执行官RC·布福德(RC Buford)说道。“这个翻新的空间有望激励下一代，并展示体育运动将人们团结起来的力量。”
马刺队没有透露他们在该项目上的花费，但德勒皮埃尔表示，这是一笔“相当可观”的费用，占估计50万美元预算的很大一部分。同样重要的是，这些球场并不是某种对文班亚马的致敬；城市标志和马刺队标志都存在，但没有任何东西能让人一眼就看出2023-24赛季NBA年度最佳新秀的名字。
他不希望这些球场是关于他自己的。而它们也及时完成了。
“不可能，”德勒皮埃尔收回了之前的声明，“这个词不是法语。”
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Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama unveils pair of courts in hometown
LE CHESNAY, France – Victor Wembanyama stood on the center stripe of a new outdoor court in his hometown, his arms outstretched to their full 8-foot wingspan as he posed for a slew of photographers.
He could not have seemed happier.
Wembanyama unveiled a gift of sorts to his hometown and the next generation on Tuesday, a pair of outdoor courts – one for 5-on-5 play, the other for 3-on-3 play – that were built to the specifications that he wanted and sketched out himself.
“For those of you that don’t know, this started in a room with an idea,” San Antonio general manager Brian Wright said, as about five dozen kids sat on the court in front of him and another 100 or so people watched from adjacent courtside seating. “And I remember watching Victor going on a whiteboard and literally drawing every single detail of the court that you see today and putting his heart and soul into designing this court for the children to play on. It speaks to how special you are and how special this is to you, so thank you, Victor.”
Wembanyama and the Spurs are in France this week, playing a pair of games Thursday and Saturday in Paris against the Indiana Pacers. France is Wembanyama’s homeland, as everyone knows. And it’s often assumed that he’s from Paris, but he’s from Le Chesnay – about 12 miles (20 kilometers) west of the city.
It was important to him to make this happen in time for the Spurs’ visit there. Others did not think that was realistic.
“Impossible,” said Le Chesnay’s mayor, Richard Delepierre.
The challenges were many: There were old courts in that space to excavate, designs to be approved, it’s not great weather for construction at this time of year and, if all that weren’t enough, building anything so close to the Palace of Versailles seems to be a bit of a logistical headache, to say the least.
But it’s what Wemby wanted. And that makes things happen, especially in his hometown.
“Beyond his immense basketball talents, it seems that Victor possesses great qualities of art and a certain capacity for persuasion,” Delepierre said.
Construction really got going just a couple months ago. But on Tuesday, on a chilly afternoon, it was finished. The new nets were in place, the fibers still tight together as if to show not a single shot had gone through them yet. The kids peeled back a black drape to show off the center court design – a nod to both the Spurs’ logo and the Le Chesnay clock tower – and Wembanyama caught a lob for the ceremonial first dunk.
“It was my dream also to have these kind of courts when I was living here,” Wembanyama said.
Le Chesnay is a small city of about 30,000, a little west of downtown Paris. From town hall there’s a view of the Palace of Versailles, the home King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette shared in the late 18th century before he was beheaded during the French Revolution. Local legend suggests Napoleon roamed the area at times, even ordering that trees be planted to line the streets a certain way.
It is also where Wembanyama’s basketball life began to grow.
Local officials say the majority of residents there – the Chesnaycourtois and Chesnaycourtoise – take part in some sort of sporting activity. Wembanyama created a bit of a stir in town when he brought friends in for an impromptu pickup soccer match last year, some of them roaming the same field that they did as little kids. Handball is extremely popular there, as are auto racing and equestrian. There even was a filly named Le Chesnay that raced at the famed Saratoga Race Course in 2009.
But, officially or unofficially, it’s a basketball town now. Kids are playing the game all the time in Le Chesnay, most of them – as one would guess – wearing Spurs jerseys or T-shirts. Wembanyama’s 6-foot-3 mother, Elodie de Fautereau, was a standout player and became a coach.
“The Spurs’ ‘Play Paris’ initiative isn’t just about building a court, it’s about creating a vibrant hub for the community that honors Victor’s journey and his commitment to giving back,” said RC Buford, CEO of Spurs Sports and Entertainment. “This renovated space will hopefully inspire the next generation and showcase the power of sports to bring people together.”
The Spurs haven’t said what they spent on the project, but it was a “significant” part of the estimated $500,000 budget, Delepierre said. It’s also important to note that the courts aren’t some Wembanyama tribute; the city logo and the Spurs logo are present, but nothing that screams the 2023-24 NBA rookie of the year’s name.
He didn’t want them to be about him. And they got done just in time.
“Impossible,” Delepierre said, taking back his previous declaration, “is not French.”
via ESPN