By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-02-13 13:30:01
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圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)（中）在2025年2月12日（周三）于波士顿举行的NBA篮球比赛上半场，运球突破波士顿凯尔特人队中锋艾尔·霍福德(Al Horford)（42号）和后卫佩顿·普里查德(Payton Pritchard)（11号）的防守。（美联社照片/查尔斯·克鲁帕）
周三晚上，在马刺队的更衣室里，到处都是拥抱。还有击拳、祝福和鼓励。
在离开时，文班亚马用传统的巴黎式贴面礼亲吻了他的队友桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利(Sandro Mamukelashvili)。
在马刺队以116-103输给波士顿后不久，文班亚马和球队中其他入选全明星赛的成员匆匆离开TD花园，赶往洛根机场，一架深夜飞往旧金山的跨大陆包机正在那里等候。
“我从不知道你可以在美国飞行七个小时，却仍然在美国，”文班亚马沉思道。“除非是从迈阿密到安克雷奇。”
周三的红眼航班标志着文班亚马忙碌、毫无休息的全明星周的开始。
除了参加他个人的第一次全明星正赛之外，文班亚马还将在周六与队友克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)一起参加技巧挑战赛。
他还计划观看新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)参加周五的新秀挑战赛和周六的扣篮大赛。
保罗、卡斯尔、他们的家人以及精选的球队工作人员陪同文班亚马飞往旧金山，文班亚马打算在飞行途中向任何想学习的人教授他最喜欢的棋盘游戏之一，一个类似风险游戏的名为“小小世界”的游戏。
“这是一款经典之作，”文班亚马说。
当马刺队的全明星中锋周三在波士顿匆匆离开时，德阿隆·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)正在更衣室的另一边慢慢地穿衣服。
对于这位最近从萨克拉门托交易来的后卫来说，全明星假期正呈现出完全不同的景象。
“我会在休斯顿，”福克斯说。“我会在家。我什么也不做。”
过去的一周对福克斯来说是旋风般的一周，2月2日，当关于他的交易的消息传出时，他还在俄克拉荷马城的国王队。
当时，马刺队正在孟菲斯进行他们牛仔之旅的开始。在圣安东尼奥短暂停留进行体检后，福克斯加入了他的球队，参加了在亚特兰大的第二次长途跋涉。
从那以后，他一直在路上。
福克斯的全明星假期的一部分将是在圣安东尼奥安顿他的新生活，尽管他计划在他的休斯顿家中监督该项目。
“这是一个漫长的过程，找到房子，把你的车开出来，并试图拿到你的衣服，”福克斯说。“我们有专门的人来做这些。所以我不会做。我甚至不会考虑搬家。”
马刺队教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)的假期计划包括与家人一起去迪士尼乐园，他说他希望球员们能从休息中获得他们需要的任何充电。
从圣诞节前一周开始，马刺队过去的24场比赛中有17场离开了霜冻银行中心，其中包括在巴黎与印第安纳队进行两次比赛的一周。
“我们经历了一段艰难的旅程，”约翰逊说。“我只是希望每个人都能做他们需要做的事情。”
马刺队计划于2月19日在奥斯汀重新集结，并在2月20日和21日在穆迪中心对阵菲尼克斯和底特律的比赛之前进行训练。
马刺队以23胜29负的战绩结束休赛期，并在返回圣安东尼奥主场之前再打六场客场比赛，3月2日对阵俄克拉荷马城。
因此，对于那些没有前往湾区的球员来说，这段休息时间来得正是时候。
“对于那些能够参加全明星周末的球员来说，这是一种荣誉和特权，”前锋哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)说。“与此同时，总的来说，休息对我们来说是一件大事。通过交易，经过一个漫长的赛季，我们希望球员们能在休息后充满活力。”
约翰逊说，这对不同的球员来说可能意味着不同的事情。
“有些人需要远离篮球，”约翰逊说。“有些人需要睡懒觉。有些人需要吃他们的花生酱和果冻，而不必吃得健康。
“我希望他们旅途平安，当我们回到这里时，一切都能顺利进行。”
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama grabs his head after getting knocked to the floor against the Boston Celtics during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum (0) drives to the basket against San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) during the second half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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No rest for Victor Wembanyama as the All-Star break is anything but
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama, center, drives to the basket against Boston Celtics center Al Horford (42) and guard Payton Pritchard (11) during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
There were hugs all around in the Spurs’ locker room Wednesday night. There were fist-bumps, well-wishes and good lucks.
On his way out the door, Victor Wembanyama graced teammate Sandro Mamukelashvili with the traditional Parisian double kiss on the cheek.
Not long after the Spurs’ 116-103 loss at Boston, Wembanyama and the rest of the team’s All-Star bound cohort rushed from the TD Garden to Logan Airport, where a late-night cross-country charter flight to San Francisco awaited.
“I never knew you could fly seven hours in the U.S. and still be in the U.S.,” Wembanyama mused. “Except maybe Miami to Anchorage.”
Wednesday’s red-eye marked the start of what should a busy, rest-free All-Star week for Wembanyama.
In addition to playing in his first All-Star tournament Sunday, Wembanyama is set to participate along with teammate Chris Paul in the Skills Challenge on Saturday.
He also had plans to watch rookie Stephon Castle compete in Friday’s Rising Stars game and Saturday’s slam dunk contest.
Paul, Castle, their families and selected team staffers accompanied Wembanyama on the flight to San Francisco, which he intended to spend teaching whoever wanted to learn about one of his favorite board games, a Risk-like affair called Small World.
“It’s a classic,” Wembanyama said.
While the Spurs’ All-Star center hurried out the door Wednesday in Boston, De’Aaron Fox took his time dressing slowly on the other side of the locker room.
The All-Star break is shaping up to be something different altogether for guard recently acquired from Sacramento.
“I’ll be in Houston,” Fox said. “I’ll be at home. I’m not doing anything.”
The past week has been a whirlwind for Fox, who was with the Kings in Oklahoma City when news of his trade went down Feb. 2.
At the time, the Spurs were in Memphis for the start of their rodeo trip. After a brief stopover in San Antonio for a physical, Fox joined his team for the second game of the trek in Atlanta.
He has been on the road ever since.
Part of Fox’s All-Star break will be about getting his new life set up in San Antonio, although he plans to supervise that project from his home in Houston.
“It’s a long process, finding a house and getting your cars out and trying to get your clothes,” Fox said. “We have people for that. So I won’t be doing it. I won’t even be thinking about moving.”
Spurs coach Mitch Johnson, whose itinerary for the hiatus includes a trip with his family to Disneyland, said he hopes players will get whatever recharge they need from the time off.
Starting with the week leading to Christmas, the Spurs have played 17 of their past 24 games away from the Frost Bank Center, including a weeklong stint in Paris to face Indiana twice.
“We’ve had a hellacious run,” Johnson said. “I just hope everyone does what they need to do.”
The Spurs are not scheduled to reconvene until Feb. 19 in Austin, with a practice in advance of games Feb. 20 and 21 against Phoenix and Detroit at the Moody Center.
At 23-29, the Spurs will come out of the break and play six more games away from San Antonio before returning to their home floor March 2 against Oklahoma City.
As such, the pause came at a good time for players not headed to the Bay Area.
“It’s an honor and a privilege for the guys that get to go to All-Star weekend,” forward Harrison Barnes said. “At the same time, collectively, rest is a big thing for us. With the trade, with a long season, we hope guys come out of the break recharged.”
That could mean different things for different players, Johnson said.
“Some people need to get away from basketball,” Johnson said. “Some people need to sleep in. Some people need to have their peanut butter and jelly and not have to eat healthy.
“I hope they have safe travels, and when we get back to this thing it’s ripping and running.”
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News