By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-02-06 20:59:30
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。
密尔沃基雄鹿队前锋扬尼斯·阿德托昆博（Giannis Antetokounmpo，34号）在2025年1月31日星期五于圣安东尼奥举行的NBA篮球比赛上半场中，被圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马（Victor Wembanyama，1号）盖帽。
北卡罗来纳州夏洛特市——马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马将在首届全明星锦标赛中为一支队伍效力，该队云集了像他一样的国际球星。
全明星选秀于周四晚在TNT电视台举行，分析师沙奎尔·奥尼尔、肯尼·史密斯和查尔斯·巴克利从24名全明星球员中挑选了三支由8人组成的队伍，参加2月16日在旧金山举行的比赛。
巴克利只选择了具有国际背景的球员：21岁的法国人文班亚马；来自塞尔维亚的尼古拉·约基奇；来自希腊的扬尼斯·阿德托昆博；来自加拿大的谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大；来自喀麦隆的帕斯卡尔·西亚卡姆；来自土耳其的阿尔佩伦·申京；母亲是多米尼加人的卡尔-安东尼·唐斯；以及母亲是巴拿马人的多诺万·米切尔。
沙克队包括勒布朗·詹姆斯、斯蒂芬·库里、安东尼·戴维斯、杰森·塔图姆、凯文·杜兰特、达米安·利拉德、詹姆斯·哈登和杰伦·布朗。
肯尼队由安东尼·爱德华兹、杰伦·布伦森、贾伦·杰克逊、杰伦·威廉姆斯、达里厄斯·加兰、埃文·莫布里、凯德·坎宁安和泰勒·希罗组成。
21次入选全明星的勒布朗·詹姆斯是状元。文班亚马在第12顺位被选中。
NBA推出这项锦标赛形式，是希望在去年的比赛中，基本上只看到三分球和扣篮，最终比分达到211-186之后，能让NBA球星的精英聚会更具竞争力。
今年的全明星赛将是一个四队锦标赛：为第一年和第二年球员举办的新秀挑战赛的获胜者将成为第四支球队。将有两场半决赛，然后获胜者将争夺全明星冠军——在这些比赛中，第一支达到40分的队伍获胜。
晋级全明星锦标赛的获胜新秀队将以坎迪斯·帕克的名义命名为坎迪斯队。
文班亚马在上赛季获得最佳新秀后，首次入选全明星。他将带领马刺队在周五晚上在夏洛特对阵黄蜂队。
文班亚马将在旧金山非常忙碌。NBA周四宣布，他和控球后卫克里斯·保罗将作为马刺队参加2月15日的技巧挑战赛。
其他技巧挑战赛参与者将是米切尔和埃文·莫布里（骑士队）、德雷蒙德·格林和摩西·穆迪（勇士队）以及扎卡里·里萨谢和亚历克斯·萨尔（新秀队）。
夏洛特之旅让巴恩斯拥有“美好的回忆”
对于前北卡罗来纳大学焦油脚跟队球员哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)来说，前往北卡罗来纳州总是一件有趣的事情。
“我对北卡罗来纳州有很多美好的回忆，所以能够来到这里并在朋友和家人面前比赛，这总是好的，”巴恩斯说，他在2010-2012赛季在北卡罗来纳大学打了两个赛季，之后金州勇士队在2012年NBA选秀中以第七顺位选中了他。
当被问及焦油脚跟队在上周以87-70输给劲敌杜克大学后，战绩为13胜10负时，巴恩斯说：“这是艰难的一年。（代理马刺队教练）米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)是斯坦福大学的人，我们输给了斯坦福大学（1月18日以72-71输掉比赛）。现在情况很糟糕，但我们将看看在赛季的后半段我们能做些什么。”
美联社对此报道亦有贡献。
点击查看原文：Wembanyama to play on All-Star squad loaded with international stars
Wembanyama to play on All-Star squad loaded with international stars
Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo (34) is blocked by San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Antonio, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Spurs center Victor Wembanyama will play for a team at the inaugural All-Star tournament loaded with international stars like himself.
The All-Star draft was held Thursday night on TNT, with analysts Shaquille O’Neal, Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley picking the three eight-man squads from a pool of 24 All-Stars for the Feb. 16 competition in San Francisco.
Barkley selected only players with international ties: the 21-year-old Frenchman Wembanyama; Nikola Jokic of Serbia; Giannis Antetokounmpo of Greece; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of Canada; Pascal Siakam of Cameroon; Alperen Sengun of Turkey; Karl-Anthony Towns, whose mother is Dominican; and Donovan Mitchell, whose mother is Panamanian…
Team Shaq includes LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Anthony Davis, Jayson Tatum, Kevin Durant, Damian Lillard, James Harden and Jaylen Brown.
Team Kenny is comprised of Anthony Edwards, Jalen Brunson, Jaren Jackson Jr., Jalen Williams, Darius Garland, Evan Mobley, Cade Cunningham and Tyler Hero.
LeBron James, a 21-time All-Star, was the No. 1 pick. Wembanyama was selected 12th.
The NBA came up with the tournament format in the hopes of making the elite gathering of NBA stars more competitive after last year’s contest produced a 211-186 final that featured basically only 3-pointers and dunks…
This year’s All-Star event will be a four-team tournament: the winner of the Rising Stars competition for first- and second-year players will be the fourth team. There will be two semifinal games, then the winners will play for the All-Star championship — and the first team to 40 points in those games win.
The winning Rising Stars team that advances to the All-Star tournament will be called Team Candace in honor of Candace Parker.
Wembanyama is an All-Star for the first time after winning rookie of the year last season. He will lead the Spurs against the Hornets on Friday night in Charlotte.
Wembanyama will be busy in San Francisco. The NBA announced Thursday that he and point guard Chris Paul will compete as Team Spurs in the skills skills competition Feb. 15.
The other skills competition participants will be Mitchell and Evan Mobley (Team Cavs), Draymond Green and Moses Moody (Team Warriors) and Zaccharie Risacher and Alex Sarr (Team Rooks).
Trip to Charlotte has ‘fond memories’ for Barnes
A trip to North Carolina is always fun for former Tar Heel Harrison Barnes.
“I have a lot of fond memories of North Carolina, so to be able to come here and play in front of friends and family, it’s always good,” said Barnes, who played two seasons at UNC from 2010-2012 before Golden State selected him seventh overall in the 2012 NBA Draft.
Asked about the Tar Heels’ 13-10 record after last week’s 87-70 loss to rival Duke, Barnes said, “It’s been a rough year. (Acting Spurs coach) Mitch (Johnson) is a Stanford guy, and we lost to Stanford (72-71 on Jan. 18). It’s all over the place right now, but we’ll see what we can do the second part of the season.”
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News