By Jeje Gomez, J.R. Wilco | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-02-07 08:56:50
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。
关于福克斯在马刺首秀中表现的好坏与令人惊讶之处的对话。
以下是J.R. Wilco和我之间关于德阿隆·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)首秀、马刺队在关键时刻的表现以及福克斯-保罗后场的对话。
J.R. Wilco: 坦率地说，我知道这仅仅是一场比赛，因此没有太多的评判依据，但我昨晚几乎没有看到任何令人不喜欢的地方，却看到了很多值得喜爱之处。
福克斯看起来与宣传的一模一样：一个速度极快的进攻发起者，拥有出色的控球能力、大量的精彩动作，能够在半场命中高难度投篮，以及能够真正激活圣安东尼奥进攻的视野，可以影响本赛季剩余的比赛。
哦，对了！他还有着积极的手上动作，能够通过抢断和防守努力来干扰对手的进攻。
Jesus Gomez: 我同意。身穿马刺队球衣的德阿隆·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)与在萨克拉门托成为多支优秀进攻球队引擎的德阿隆·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)一样。正如你所提到的，他在防守端也很积极。
如果要批评的话，那就是他下半场的效率不高。整个球队都在挣扎，但人们希望福克斯能够在进攻停滞时提供得分，而他在最后两节的投篮命中率只有3/10，第四节更是只有1/5。
Wilco: 整个球队在最后两节的大部分时间里都陷入了低迷，但对我来说，关键在于他所做的一切足以让马刺队保持领先，并且他在关键时刻表现得非常出色。如果最后两次进攻能够说明问题，那么我们在关键时刻的净效率值即将发生翻天覆地的变化。
你如何看待这些战术：无论是战术的设计方式，还是德阿隆的执行方式？
Gomez: 倒数第二次进攻，以 文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)的补篮结束，这恰恰展示了球队所需要的以及福克斯所能带来的东西。马刺队将他放在弧顶，其他人都平站在底线。没有掩护。然后他突破了戴森·丹尼尔斯(Dyson Daniels)，几乎命中了上篮，并且吸引了文班亚马的防守人，从而创造了补篮的机会。
在最后一次进攻中，因为他具有得分威胁，导致老鹰队犯了错误，两人包夹，让文班亚马摆脱掩护并在内线获得空位。即使他没有得分，他也促成了这两次进攻的发生。所以也许我对他在第四节的进攻有点过于苛刻了。
Wilco: 我毫不怀疑福克斯是马刺队在关键时刻的不同之处。将所有人都拉开，让一个人去做他自己的事情从来都不是我最喜欢的，但这通常是因为我不喜欢满足于中距离后仰跳投，因为你永远不知道如果投篮不中，这些篮板球会落到哪里。好吧，福克斯直接运球到篮下，并且用他的非惯用手几乎命中，同时让球悬挂在篮筐正前方，极具诱惑力。看到他摆脱防守人的那种分离感是美妙的；看着其余的防守试图阻止他到达他的位置是滑稽的；庆祝文班清理篮板并扣篮回家是启示性的——正如赢得制胜罚球的最后一次进攻一样。一个双星系统与单打独斗是完全不同的，我对本赛季剩余时间的终结比赛前景感到非常兴奋，因为可以增加更多重要的战术。
你如何看待那个“出其不意”的故意罚球不中？
Gomez: 说实话，我认为这不应该让任何人感到惊讶。马刺队的转播一直在讨论这个问题。在两次罚球之间，保罗去和米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)交谈，然后对文班亚马耳语了一些话，文班亚马在第二次投篮前说“对”。我猜他是告诉他故意投失。无论如何，三分球都会击败马刺队，所以这很有道理。
说到本应预料到的惊喜，你如何看待福克斯和保罗的首发后场？
Wilco: 似乎马刺队已经决定，克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)作为首发是必要的，以确保他们拥有最全身心投入的克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)，作为球队众多需要尽可能多的教导和指导的年轻球员的老师和导师。如果这是球队本赛季的默认设置（并且从保罗在赛季前和整个赛季的声明来看，有各种迹象表明球队给了他保证），那么我可以接受保罗作为首发是不可谈判的。
如果上一段话对你来说太含蓄了，那么我很抱歉，但我并不后悔。但底线是克里斯昨晚并没有扼杀马刺队。开局以10分的领先优势结束，35-25，好人在上面，并且创下了赛季新高的6个三分球。我的意思是，你可以使用任何你想要的肉眼观察，但在我看来，结果并不弱。
Gomez: 我现在对保罗作为首发没有意见。他选择了马刺队，因为他知道他会得到上场时间，这对他来说比追逐总冠军更重要，正如他多次说过的那样。保罗本赛季在他的角色中也表现得非常好，并且似乎愿意在福克斯的首秀中分享球权。
我主要担心的是防守。马刺队现在在外线拥有两名身材矮小的后卫和德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)，同时板凳席上还有天赋异禀但尚未成熟的 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)和正在接近精英级别的 杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan)。而且保罗不仅首发，而且还打完了比赛，这可以说是更有争议的选择。
也就是说，我认为双控卫阵容是可行的，而且我认为保罗绝对已经赢得了证明其可行性的机会。如果行不通，我相信教练组最终会做出必要的调整。
Wilco: 坦率地说，我很有兴趣看到文班亚马/索汉/巴恩斯/瓦塞尔/福克斯的阵容在几场比赛中会表现如何。文班亚马/巴恩斯/瓦塞尔/卡斯尔/福克斯的首发阵容也是如此。但是，将昨天的比赛作为采用这两种阵容的理由对我来说行不通，因为文班亚马的状态远未达到他的正常水平。在我们看到他那超凡脱俗的天赋是否能够将这个奇怪的组合团结在一起之前，我们可能不得不对防守网开一面。
点击查看原文：Discussing De’Aaron Fox’s Spurs debut
Discussing De’Aaron Fox’s Spurs debut
A conversation about the good, the bad, and the surprising about Fox’s first game with the Spurs.
What follows is a conversation between J.R. Wilco and me about De’Aaron Fox’s debut, the Spurs’ crunch-time play and the Fox-Paul backcourt.
J.R. Wilco: To be candid, and I know it’s only a single performance so there’s not much to judge by, but I saw very little to absolutely nothing to dislike last night and an awful lot to love.
Fox seems exactly as advertised: a speedy offensive initiator with an excellent handle, tons of great moves, the ability to hit high-difficulty shots in the mid-range, and the kind of vision that could truly unlock San Antonio‘s offense for the rest of the season.
Oh, yeah! And he has active hands and can disrupt opposing offenses with his steals and defensive effort.
Jesus Gomez: I agree. De’Aaron Fox on a Spurs jersey was the same De’Aaron Fox that was one of the engines of several great offenses in Sacramento. He was also active on defense, as you mentioned.
If there is something to criticize it’s his inefficiency in the second half. The entire team struggled but the hope was that Fox would provide scoring when the offense stagnated and he went 3-for-10 in the last two quarters and 1-for-5 in the fourth
Wilco: The entire team was in a funk for much of the last two quarters, but the takeaway for me there is the way that he did enough to keep the Spurs in the lead, and that he performed with aplomb down the stretch. If the last two offensive possessions are any indication, our clutch time net rating is about to undergo a night/day transformation.
What did you see in the plays: both in the way they were designed, and in the way De’Aaron executed them?
Gomez: The second-to-last possession, which ended in a Wemby putback, shows exactly what the team needed and Fox brings to the table. The Spurs put him at the top of the key with everyone else flat at the baseline. No screens. And he got to the rim against Dyson Daniels, almost hit the layup and drew the attention of Wemby’s man to create the putback opportunity.
In the last play, because he is a threat to score, it caused the Hawks to make the mistake of sending two to the ball allowing Wemby to slip the screen and get open in the lane. Even though he didn’t score, he made both plays happen. So maybe I’m being a little too harsh on his offense in the fourth.
Wilco: There’s no doubt in my mind that Fox was the difference for the Spurs in crunch time. Pulling everyone away from the ball and letting one guy do his thing has never been my favorite, but that’s usually because I hate settling for a mid-range fadeaway because you never know where those rebounds are going to end up if the shot misses. Well, Fox drove right to the basket and barely missed with his off hand, while leaving the ball hanging tantalizingly right in front of the rim. Seeing the separation that he got from his man was beautiful; watching the rest of the defense try to stop him from getting to his spot was hilarious; celebrating Wemby cleaning the board and stuffing it home was revelatory — as was the final play that earned the game-winning freebies. A two-star system is just an entirely different animal than a solo operation and I’m beyond giddy at the end-game prospects for the rest of the season when some more significant plays have been able to be added.
What do you think of the “take them by surprise” intentional miss of the second free throw?
Gomez: I think that it should not have taken anyone by surprise, to be honest. The Spurs’ broadcast was discussing it the entire time. Between free throws, Paul went to talk to Mitch Johnson and then whispered something to Wemby, who said “right” before the second shot. I’m assuming he was telling him to miss on purpose. A three would have beaten the Spurs anyway, so it made sense.
Speaking of surprises that should have been expected, what did you think about the starting backcourt of Fox and Paul?
Wilco: It seems like the Spurs have decided that Chris Paul as a starter is necessary in order to ensure that they have the most fully-invested version of Chris Paul the teacher and mentor for the team’s abundance of young guys who are in need of all the teaching and mentoring they can get. If that’s the default setting for the team this season (and judging from CP3’s statements before and throughout the season, there’s every indication that the team gave him assurances) then I can accept Paul-as-starter is non-negotiable.
If the preceding paragraph was too diplomatic for you, then I’m sorry that I’m not sorry. But the bottom line is that Chris didn’t kill the Spurs last night. The opening stanza ended with a 10 point buffer, 35–25 good guys on top, and a season-high six made threes. I mean, you can use whatever eye test you want, but the results weren’t weak from my POV.
Gomez: I’m fine with Paul as a starter for now. He picked the Spurs because he knew he’d get minutes and that was more important to him than chasing a ring, as he’s stated multiple times. Paul has also been really good in his role this season and seemed willing to share the ball in Fox’s debut.
My main concern is the defense. The Spurs are now playing two small guards and Devin Vassell in the perimeter while having the raw but toolsy Stephon Castle and the approaching elite Jeremy Sochan on the bench. And Paul didn’t just start the game but finished it too, which was arguably the more questionable choice.
That said, I think the two-point guard lineup can work and I think Paul has definitely earned the chance to prove it can. If it doesn’t, I’m sure the coaching staff will eventually make the necessary adjustments.
Wilco: In all candor, I’m interested in seeing what a Wemby/Sochan/Barnes/Vassell/Fox lineup would do over a few games. Ditto a Wemby/Barnes/Vassell/Castle/Fox starting group. But looking at yesterday’s game as a reason for either of those lineups doesn’t work for me because Wemby wasn’t anywhere near his normal self. Until we see whether his otherworldly gifts can hold the oddball group together, we probably have to give the defense a pass.
By Jeje Gomez, J.R. Wilco, via Pounding The Rock