By Tom Orsborn | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-02-05 11:16:49
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萨克拉门托国王队的达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)在一场NBA篮球比赛中，2025年1月29日星期三，在费城。(美联社照片/Matt Slocum)
亚特兰大 – 达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)可能还没有完全掌握马刺队的战术手册，但他肯定了解周三晚上对阵亚特兰大老鹰队比赛的重要性。
“我们肯定想赢，”他说。“我们仍然有他们的选秀权，所以这绝对是一件事。”
福克斯，马刺队在周一完成的一笔三方交易中从萨克拉门托国王队获得，指的是亚特兰大在2022年6月送给马刺队三个首轮选秀权，其中包括他们不受保护的2025年选秀权，以换取德章泰·穆雷。
福克斯对马刺队选秀资产的了解，突显了为什么当国王队开始就这位爆发力十足的控球后卫进行交易谈判时，圣安东尼奥马刺队会排在他的首选目的地名单之首。
这支冉冉升起的马刺队拥有大量的年轻天赋和选秀资本，可以增加更多的筹码，因为他们在总经理布莱恩·莱特(Brian Wright)的指导下，继续稳步前进，目标是成为他们希望在未来几年里成为的总冠军争夺者。
“我只是觉得这可能是一支特殊的球队，”27岁的福克斯说。
福克斯说，他很高兴能加入这支充满年轻球员的马刺队，以及他们21岁的法国超级巨星和球队基石维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)。在周三上午参加了投篮训练后，他预计将在亚特兰大完成他的首秀。
“像他这样的人并不多见，”他谈到文班亚马时说。“而且，我认为，不仅仅是他，还有其他所有人（在马刺队的年轻核心中）。我觉得这种契合度会是惊人的。而且我觉得我还有很多年可以打球。”
像许多NBA观察家一样，福克斯对莱特达成的将他带到马刺队的交易印象深刻。
国王队从芝加哥公牛队得到了全明星后卫扎克·拉文，以及来自马刺队的出场机会很少的二年级球员西迪·西索科，还有三个首轮选秀权——夏洛特的2025年选秀权、马刺队的2027年选秀权和明尼苏达的2031年选秀权。萨克拉门托还获得了三个次轮选秀权——芝加哥的2025年选秀权、丹佛的2028年选秀权和马刺队的2025年选秀权。
替补控球后卫特雷·琼斯和替补中锋扎克·科林斯从马刺队去了芝加哥公牛队，还有萨克拉门托的凯文·赫尔特。公牛队从马刺队拿回了他们之前交易出去的2025年首轮选秀权。
马刺队还从萨克拉门托得到了替补控球后卫乔丹·麦克劳克林。
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“没有失去（关键的）轮换球员，我觉得我们可以变得更好，”福克斯谈到马刺队时说。
福克斯说，他相信他可以立即在进攻端产生影响。
“这支球队挣扎的地方是我能带来的一些东西：文班亚马之外的自我创造能力，能够触及禁区，能够进入防守的腹地，能够瓦解防守，”福克斯说。“而且我觉得即使在那些我打得不好的比赛中，我仍然能吸引注意力。我的对手从来不会轻易放过我。”
福克斯不认为他需要很长时间才能学会马刺队的体系。
“我已经在联盟里待了足够长的时间，”他说。“大多数术语都是一样的。每个人都在运行相同类型战术的不同版本。所以当我听到一个战术的名称时，我已经可以弄清楚会发生什么了。”
为了强调这一点，福克斯谈到了他最近对阵马刺队的一场比赛，当时他根据克里斯·保罗在球场上的位置，弄清楚了他们的战术。
“CP站在某个位置，而我在防守，”福克斯说。“我走到他面前，就像说，‘好吧，我知道你不是随便站在那里的。你在球场的左侧。我知道这个球会传给你。’ 然后他就笑了。然后战术最终传到了他那里。”
福克斯说他喜欢的关于马刺队的另一件事是他们有潜力成为一支出色的防守球队，由文班亚马，NBA的盖帽王和年度最佳防守球员的领跑者，保护着篮筐。
“（前国王队教练）迈克（布朗）和我在一起时总是说，要赢球你必须能够打好防守，”福克斯说。“即使在我们进攻是联盟最好的那一年，我想我们的防守最终排在第23或24位。然后你进入季后赛，你真的能感觉到这一点。所以，我认为这里有无形的资产，这可能是一支非常好的防守球队。而且很明显，你在那里有一个非常特别的人（指文班亚马）。”
福克斯说，当他从国王队得知这笔交易时，他正在俄克拉荷马城酒店的房间里和他的一个最好的朋友一起玩视频游戏“使命召唤：战区”。
“我当时坐在我的酒店房间里，”他说。“然后我接到了（国王队老板）维韦克（拉纳戴夫）的电话。（萨克拉门托总经理）蒙特（麦克奈尔），（助理总经理）韦斯（威尔科克斯）和（篮球运营总监）保罗（约翰逊）——所有人都——最终来到了我的房间，我们谈了这件事。但从那时起，我就一直在与马刺队的基本上所有人保持联系。”
福克斯的妻子，蕾茜·考德威尔(Recee Caldwell)，在圣安东尼奥长大，在UCLA和德克萨斯理工大学打篮球之前，就读于约翰逊高中，但福克斯说“有趣的是”，她不想回到德克萨斯州。
“如果家人在身边，可能会有干扰和诸如此类的事情，”他说。“…但我们会让它变得很棒的。”
周三的比赛也可能是麦克劳克林的首次亮相，这位六年级的职业球员，随着琼斯的离开，将成为保罗的替补。
“我很高兴来到这里，”麦克劳克林说。“我听到的关于这个组织的一切都是美好的，而且来到这里一天半了，这是一个很棒的团队。我很高兴能成为这支球队的一员，并尽我所能提供帮助。我将像往常一样投入能量和努力。我已经在联盟六年了，所以我对进攻和防守的策略以及球队想要做什么都有一定的了解，所以我希望我能很快适应这里。”
星期三好！
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Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox (5) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox (5) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Sacramento Kings guard De’Aaron Fox (5) in the first half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Sacramento Kings’ De’Aaron Fox plays during an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
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De’Aaron Fox says fit with Spurs should be ‘spectacular’
Sacramento Kings’ De’Aaron Fox plays during an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
ATLANTA – De’Aaron Fox may not know the Spurs playbook from cover to cover yet, but he sure was up to speed on the importance of Wednesday night’s game against the Atlanta Hawks.
“We definitely want to win,” he said. “We still have their picks, so that’s definitely a thing.”
Fox, who the Spurs acquired from Sacramento in a three-team trade completed Monday, was referring to Atlanta sending the Spurs’ three first-round picks, including their unprotected 2025 choice, in June 2022 in exchange for Dejounte Murray.
Fox’s knowledge of the Spurs’ draft assets underscores why San Antonio sat atop his list of destinations when the Kings opened up trade talks for the explosive point guard.
The up-and-coming Spurs have plenty of young talent and the draft capital in hand to add more pieces as they continue their slow and steady march directed by general manager Brian Wright to becoming what they hope will be a title contender for years to come.
“I just felt this could be a special team,” said Fox, 27.
Fox said he was thrilled to join the youth-laden Spurs and their 21-year-old French superstar and franchise cornerstone Victor Wembanyama. He was expected to make his debut in Atlanta after going through shootaround Wednesday morning.
“Not many guys come around like that,” he said of Wembanyama. “And, I think, not just him but everybody else (in the Spurs’ young core). I felt like the fit would be spectacular. And I feel like I have a lot of years left to play.”
Like many NBA observers, Fox was impressed by the deal Wright pulled off to bring him to the Spurs.
The Kings received All-Star guard Zach Lavine from Chicago and little-used second-year player Sidy Cissoko from the Spurs as well as three first-round picks – Charlotte’s 2025, the Spurs’ 2027 and Minnesota’s 2031. Sacramento also netted three second-round picks – 2025 from Chicago, 2028 from Denver and 2025 from the Spurs.
Backup point guard Tre Jones and reserve big man Zach Collins went from the Spurs to Chicago along with Sacramento’s Kevin Huerter. The Bulls received their own previously traded 2025 first-round pick back from the Spurs.
The Spurs also collected backup point guard Jordan McLaughlin from Sacramento.
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“Not losing a (key) rotational piece, I feel like we could be much better,” Fox said of the Spurs.
Fox said he believes he can have an instant offensive impact.
“What this team struggles with is some of the things I can bring: self-creation outside of Vic, being able to touch the paint, being able to get into the teeth of the defense, being able to collapse defenses,” Fox said. “And also I feel like even in games where I haven’t played well, I still command attention. My guys never just leave me.”
Fox doesn’t believe it will take him long to learn the Spurs system.
“I’ve been in this league long enough,” he said. “Most terminologies are the same. Everybody runs a variation of the same type of sets. So when I hear the name of a set, I can already figure out what’s going to happen.”
To underscore that point, Fox talked about a recent game he played against the Spurs when he figured out the play based on where point guard Chris Paul was positioned on the court.
“CP stood in a certain spot and I’m guarding,” Fox said. “I walk up to him like, ‘Well, I know you’re not just standing here. You’re on the left side of the court. I know this ball’s coming to you.’ And he just laughs. And then the play ends up coming to him.”
Another thing Fox said he liked about the Spurs was there potential to be an outstanding defensive team with Wembanyama, the NBA’s leader in blocked shots and the frontrunner for defensive player of the year, protecting the rim.
“What (former Kings coach) Mike (Brown) always talked about when I was with him was to win you have to be able to play defense,” Fox said. "And even the year that we’ve had the best offense in the league, I think we ended up being like 23rd or 24th defensively. And then you get to the playoffs and you really feel that. So, I think with the intangibles here has, this could be a really good defensive team. And obviously you have someone very special back there (in Wembanyama).:
Fox said he was playing the video game “Call of Duty: War Zone” with one of his best friends in his hotel room in Oklahoma City when he learned of the trade from the Kings.
“I was sitting in my hotel room,” he said. “That’s when I got a call from (Kings owner) Vivek (Ranadive). (Sacramento GM) Monte (McNair), (assistant GM) Wes (Wilcox) and (director of basketball operations) Paul (Johnson) – everybody – ended up coming into my room and we talked about it. But from that point on, I’ve been in contact with basically everybody in the Spurs’ organization.”
Fox’s wife, Recee Caldwell, grew up in San Antonio and attended Johnson High School before playing basketball at UCLA and Texas Tech, but Fox said that “funny enough” she didn’t want to return to Texas.
“With family around, there can be distractions and things of that nature,” he said. “… But we’re going to make it great.”
Wednesday’s game could also mark the debut of McLaughlin, a sixth-year pro who, with Jones gone, will back up Paul.
“I’m super excited to be here,” McLaughlin said. “I’ve heard nothing but great things about the organization, and then being here for a day and a half now, it’s a great group of guys. I’m just super excited to be a part of this team and help out however I can. I’m going to just go in there and provide energy and effort like I always do. I’ve been in the league six years now, so I kind of know the schemes offensively and defensively and what teams are trying to do, so hopefully I get acclimated pretty quick here.”
Hello Wednesday!
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By Tom Orsborn, via San Antonio Express-News