By Jeje Gomez | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-02-05 11:35:08
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。
福克斯应该在圣安东尼奥茁壮成长,并能让包括维克托·文班亚马在内的队友们的生活变得更加轻松。
马刺队最近的新援,达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox),可能会在周三对阵老鹰的比赛中首次亮相。在经历了几场艰难的失利后,圣安东尼奥队可以使用一股能量的冲击,而这位明星控球后卫应该能够提供这种能量。
看看福克斯如何适应马刺队,反之亦然,将会非常有趣。与每次赛季中期的交易一样,在参加重要的比赛之前,没有太多时间来学习术语并与队友建立化学反应。也就是说,福克斯应该立即在几个领域提供帮助,尤其是在进攻端。让我们仔细看看。
福克斯-文班的二人转应该是致命的
根据Synergy Sports的数据,马刺队在挡拆持球人终结的回合数方面排名联盟第28位,在该情况下的每回合得分排名第25位。这是有道理的,因为在挡拆之后,没有精英级别的威胁去攻击。
现在福克斯来了,情况应该会改变。这位才华横溢的控球后卫在挡拆中出手次数排名联盟第15位,并且尽管出手量很大,但也是联盟中效率最高的得分手之一。他可以在球场的各个位置得分,但他成功的关键是他的抛投,他在面对沉退防守时完美地运用了它。他利用掩护摆脱防守球员,攻击内线大个子(大个子不敢贸然上前,怕被他传球),然后在防守球员后退时停下来,用左手投出抛投。
福克斯作为挡拆战术中的高产量得分手,可能意味着文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)的挡拆得分机会减少,但他应该会获得更好的出手机会。文班的挡拆后撤步三分应该会继续存在,但如果福克斯的抛投打开了局面,这将迫使防守方全力阻止他,而不是将所有注意力都集中在文班身上,从而创造出空中接力机会。他们的挡拆将是一种“二选一”的局面,因为他们都能得分,而协防意味着让一名投手或空切者处于空位。他们也都能攻击换防,所以这不是防守的解决方案。
不幸的是,存在一些空间问题需要考虑。马刺队经常派上一名甚至两名不擅长投篮的球员,这可能会对福克斯-文班的二人转产生负面影响。福克斯的跳投和抛投仍然应该让他具有威胁性,而且总可以选择让杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)进行掩护,而文班亚马拉开空间,这是圣安东尼奥队已经在做的事情。
福克斯的速度应该有助于马刺队以更好的节奏进行比赛,即使是在半场阵地战中
对手经常让体型更大的球员防守克里斯·保罗,并在发球时对其施加压力,用他们的身体对抗来干扰他,因为他们知道39岁的保罗无法通过突破来让他们付出代价。他们不能对福克斯这样做,这应该有助于球队更快地进入其战术,从而提高节奏。这可能看起来是一件小事,但任何看过马刺队花很长时间来布置战术,不得不匆忙投篮的人都知道这很重要,而且数据也支持这一点,因为圣安东尼奥队在投篮时钟的最后四秒内出手次数排名第九。
福克斯的速度也应该有助于转换进攻。他太快太有侵略性了,可能需要第二个防守球员才能减缓他的速度。这是保罗本人在被问及这笔交易时所说的一件事。
克里斯·保罗谈到达龙·福克斯的交易:“这毫无疑问。你引进了一个曾经是全明星球员,并且知道如何获胜的人。他经常会吸引包夹,尤其是在转换进攻中。”
——迈克尔·C·莱特(@ mikecwright) 2025年2月4日
马刺队不太可能从节奏榜第13位跃升至联盟前五,但应该能够因为福克斯而减少在最后时刻的出手次数,并在快攻中更有效地得分。
福克斯的得分能力应该允许其他人扮演更小的角色
福克斯不是像克里斯·保罗甚至特雷·琼斯那样的纯控球后卫,但这在圣安东尼奥队是一大优势。马刺队需要一名主要的控球人和外线得分手,而福克斯正是如此。事实上,福克斯成为外线明确的第一得分选择应该有助于德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)。这位年轻侧翼本赛季最大的问题是他急停三分的命中率很低,而且失误率有所上升。一个不同的、更注重无球的角色应该对他有所帮助,而福克斯可以促成这一点。
福克斯也会为其他人创造机会。他的助攻率并不令人印象深刻,但在萨克拉门托,福克斯与多曼塔斯·萨博尼斯(Domantas Sabonis)分享了球权和对进攻的控制权,萨博尼斯是联盟中最好的传球型内线之一。在与萨博尼斯联手之前,他的助攻率明显更高。没有理由相信他不能在需要时提高他的组织能力,但感觉最初不会是这样。
糟糕的投篮仍然会是一个问题,但不是因为福克斯
福克斯职业生涯的三分球命中率为33%,本赛季略低于这个数字,但仔细观察这些数字表明他不应该成为一个累赘。
福克斯场均6次三分球尝试中,大约有一半是急停跳投,他的命中率为33%。对手根本不能每次都绕过掩护,或者拉开空间来抵消他的速度,因为他会出手投篮,而且他会命中足够多的球,让他们重新考虑他们的策略。在无球状态下,福克斯场均定点投篮命中率仅为32%,这无疑是一个很低的数字,但他在空位时的命中率为36%,所以防守方不能忽视他。作为参考,克里斯·保罗的定点三分球命中率为30%,而且他没有被放空。
福克斯不会解决圣安东尼奥队的投篮和空间问题,但也不应该加剧这些问题。
福克斯不是一个完美的球员,但他非常适合马刺队的进攻,现在他可以提供真正的外线得分威胁,并让其他人扮演他们应该扮演的角色,因此马刺队的进攻将会更快、更动态、更平衡。未来几个月应该会令人兴奋。
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How De’Aaron Fox will help the Spurs’ offense
Fox should thrive in San Antonio and could make the lives of his teammates, including Victor Wembanyama, much easier.
The Spurs’ recent addition, De’Aaron Fox, could debut on Wednesday against the Hawks. After a few tough losses, San Antonio could use a jolt of energy and the star point guard should be able to provide it.
It will be very interesting to see how Fox adapts to the Spurs and vice versa. As with every mid-season trade, there’s not much time to learn the terminology and develop chemistry with teammates before playing games that matter. That said, Fox should help immediately in several areas, especially on offense. Let’s take a closer look.
The Fox-Wemby two-man should be deadly
The Spurs rank 28th in the league in possessions finished by the pick-and-roll ball handler and 25th in points per possession in that setting, according to Synergy Sports. It makes sense since there was no elite threat to attack after a ball screen.
That should change now that Fox is around. The talented point guard ranks 15th in the league in field goal attempts in the pick-and-roll and is one of the most efficient scorers in the league in that setting despite his high volume. He can score from all over the floor, but a key to his success is his floater, which he deploys perfectly when facing drop defense. He uses the screen to get past his defender, attacks the big man, who can’t commit for fear of the pass, and stops to launch a lefty floater while the defender backpedals.
Fox being a volume pick-and-roll scorer could mean fewer pick-and-roll scoring opportunities for Wembanyama, but he should get much better looks. The pick-and-pop should continue to be there for Vic but if Fox gets it going with the floater, it will force the defense to commit to stopping him instead of focusing all their attention on Wemby, opening up lob opportunities. Their pick-and-roll will be “a pick your poison” type of situation as they can both score and sending help will mean leaving a shooter or cutter open. Both can also attack switches, so that’s not a solution for the defense.
There are spacing issues to consider, unfortunately. The Spurs often play one and sometimes two non-shooters, which could negatively impact the Fox-Wemby two-man game. Fox’s jumper and floater should still make him dangerous and there’s always the option to have Jeremy Sochan screen while Wembanyama spaces the floor, something San Antonio already does.
Fox’s quickness should help the Spurs play with better pace, even in the half-court
Opponents have often put bigger players on Chris Paul and pressured him on inbounds to disrupt him with their physicality because they knew Paul wasn’t going to be able to make them pay by blowing by those guys at age 39. They can’t do that to Fox, which should help with pace by getting the team into its sets quicker. It might seem like a small thing but anyone who has seen the Spurs take a long time to set up and have to rush a shot knows that it matters, and the numbers back it up, as San Antonio ranks ninth in shots taken in the last four seconds of the shot clock.
Fox’s quickness should also help in transition. He’s so fast and aggressive that it can take a second defender to slow him down. It’s one of the things Paul himself said when asked about the trade.
Chris Paul on the trade for De’Aaron Fox: “That’s a no-brainer. You bring somebody in that has been an All-Star & knows what it takes to win. He commands a double team a lot of times, especially in transition."
— Michael C. Wright (@ mikecwright) February 4, 2025
The Spurs won’t likely jump from 13th in pace to the top five in the league but should be able to take fewer shots late in the clock and score more efficiently on the break because of Fox.
Fox’s scoring prowess should allow others to play smaller roles
Fox is not a pure point guard like Chris Paul or even Tre Jones, but that’s a plus in San Antonio. The Spurs needed a primary ball handler and perimeter scorer and Fox is exactly that. In fact, Fox being the clear-cut first scoring option in the perimeter should help Devin Vassell. The young wing’s biggest issues this season are his low percentage on pull-up threes and an increase in turnover percentage. A different, more off-ball-focused role should help him, and Fox can facilitate it.
Fox will also create for others. His assist percentage is not impressive, but in Sacramento Fox shared the floor and the control of the offense with Domantas Sabonis, one of the best passing big men in the league. Before teaming up with Sabonis, his assist percentage was significantly higher. There’s no reason to believe he can’t up his playmaking if needed, but it doesn’t feel like it will be initially.
Poor shooting will still be a problem, but not because of Fox
Fox is a career 33 percent shooter and is connecting on a shade under that number this season, but a closer look at the numbers shows he shouldn’t be a liability.
Around half of Fox’s six three-point attempts per game come on pullups and he hits 33 percent on those. Opponents simply cannot go under every screen or space him out to nullify his quickness because he will take the shot and he’ll make enough of them to have them rethink their strategy. Off the ball, Fox is shooting just 32 percent on catch-and-shoot attempts per game, undoubtedly a low number, but he’s making 36 percent on his wide-open looks, so defenses can’t ignore him. For reference, Chris Paul is shooting 30 percent on catch-and-shoot threes and he’s not left open.
Fox won’t fix San Antonio’s shooting and spacing issues, but he shouldn’t exacerbate them either.
Fox is not a perfect player but he’s close to a perfect fit for the Spurs’ offense, which will be faster, more dynamic and more balanced now that he’s around to provide a true perimeter scoring threat and allow others to play the roles they are meant to play. The next few months should be exciting.
By Jeje Gomez, via Pounding The Rock