2025-02-17 21:15:00
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旧金山——维克多·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)已经在国际赛事中与美国队交手过，最引人注目的是去年巴黎奥运会，他带领法国队一路闯入决赛，最终与美国队争夺金牌。
他希望更频繁地处于这种境地——甚至每年一次。密尔沃基雄鹿队的扬尼斯·阿德托昆博(Giannis Antetokounmpo)也喜欢这个想法。
在不断探索合适的NBA全明星赛形式的过程中，本周末在旧金山，人们热烈讨论了一个近年来颇具声势的想法：美国队对阵世界队。
将文班亚马——圣安东尼奥马刺队这位7尺4寸的全明星中锋——也算作这个想法的拥趸吧。
“我会很喜欢的。我认为这更有意义，”文班亚马说。“这里有更多的荣誉感。有更高的 stakes（赌注/风险）。”
当被问及是否支持这一举措时，阿德托昆博的回答更加简洁。
“我会喜欢的。哦，我肯定喜欢，”这位尼日利亚裔希腊籍球星阿德托昆博说。“我认为这将是最有趣、最令人兴奋的形式。我会喜欢的。当然，我会为此感到自豪。我总是全力以赴，但我认为这会给我更多的动力去竞争。”
最新一届的全明星赛形式——一个四支球队、三场比赛的小型锦标赛，所有比赛都采用先得40分者获胜的赛制——于周日晚上首次亮相，最终沙奎尔·奥尼尔（Shaquille O’Neal）队的“OGs”赢得了冠军。
在多年来公开寻求更具竞争力的比赛后，NBA决定尝试这种锦标赛方式，这模仿了已经应用于新秀挑战赛（Rising Stars event）的形式。
而2024年211-186的最终比分成为了最后一根稻草。
“我认为，当举办像全明星周末这样的赛事时，我们并不担心比赛的竞争性，”菲尼克斯太阳队的15次全明星球员凯文·杜兰特(Kevin Durant)说。“这更多的是为了庆祝篮球大家庭以及这段时间周围的社群。它展现了我们作为一个群体、一个篮球社群的团结，以及我们如何用我们所做的一切来团结世界其他地方。这是一个很棒的时刻。”
有一些证据表明，美国最优秀的球员和国际最优秀的球员之间的赛季中期对决可能会奏效，而且这种情况正在另一项运动中发生。
上周在蒙特利尔开幕，并于周四在波士顿落幕的“4 Nations Face-Off”冰球锦标赛——美国队已经确定获得了冠军赛的席位——显然对参赛球员来说并非毫无意义。比赛中出现了打斗——仅在周六蒙特利尔举行的美国队对阵加拿大队的比赛中，前9秒就发生了三场群殴——以及大量的身体对抗，这让球迷们欣喜不已。
加拿大队主教练乔恩·库珀(Jon Cooper)说：“一片混乱。”
NBA——至少是NBA中的一些人——正在关注冰球比赛，并注意到它似乎可以作为篮球赛季中期表演赛的潜在想法。
金州勇士队前锋德雷蒙德·格林(Draymond Green)说：“有时候事情会变得陈旧，需要改头换面。我知道他们已经尝试了不同的方式来推动比赛。我认为有趣的是，看看这个‘4 Nations’冰球赛的结果如何。如果效果很好，可能需要关注一下。”
如果本赛季全明星赛采用美国队对阵世界队的形式，那么国际队可能会是这样的阵容：
文班亚马、扬尼斯、丹佛掘金队的尼古拉·约基奇(Nikola Jokic)、俄克拉荷马雷霆队的谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大(Shai Gilgeous-Alexander)、印第安纳步行者队的帕斯卡尔·西亚卡姆(Pascal Siakam)和休斯顿火箭队的阿尔佩伦·申京(Alperen Sengun)已经是全明星球员。
纽约尼克斯队的全明星球员卡尔-安东尼·唐斯(Karl-Anthony Towns)代表其母亲的祖国多米尼加共和国参加国际比赛，因此将他加入这个阵容是合理的。洛杉矶湖人队的卢卡·东契奇(Luka Doncic)也几乎总是全明星的锁定人选，这样就有八名球员了。
而这才是最具挑战性的地方。
如果这样的美国队对阵世界队的全明星赛沿用传统的12人阵容，那么还需要从世界球员中挑选四名球员——这意味着将有四名美国球员失去入选全明星的机会。
来自塞尔维亚、曾带领丹佛掘金队在2023年获得NBA总冠军的三届MVP约基奇说：“美国队的天才球员比世界其他地方都多。欧洲和世界其他地方也有天才球员，但我认为，大多数球员来自美国。”
NBA表示，联盟中约有70%的球员是美国人。这是一个简单的数学问题：如果采用传统的全明星赛制，国际球员将更容易入选全明星阵容。
NBA总裁亚当·萧华(Adam Silver)上个月说：“并不是说我们无法找到解决这个问题的方法，但为了确保挑选全明星球员的公平性，如果你从30%的球员池中挑选一半的球员，而从70%的球员池中挑选另一半的球员，这对球员来说可能不公平。所以，这是我们正在考虑的一件事。”
在联盟决定采用今年的锦标赛形式之前，萧华曾向金州勇士队的斯蒂芬·库里(Stephen Curry)等现役球员征求意见。
如果他向文班亚马或扬尼斯征求对2026年及以后的全明星赛的看法，那么答案将非常明确。
扬尼斯说：“谢伊、约基奇、卢卡、文班、唐斯、申京——我知道这些球员，显然我漏掉了一些我一时想不起来的家伙——与美国最优秀的球员对抗，我认为这会很有趣。我认为这将是最好的形式。”
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NBA stars like idea of U.S. vs. World matchup for All-Star Game
SAN FRANCISCO – Victor Wembanyama has already gone up against the U.S. in international events, most notably last year’s Paris Olympics when he led France’s march to the gold medal game against the Americans.
He’d like to be in that position more often – maybe even annually. And Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo loves that idea as well.
In the ongoing search for the right NBA All-Star format, there was plenty of talk this weekend in San Francisco about an idea that has picked up some momentum in recent years: The U.S. on one side, the world on the other side.
Count Wembanyama – San Antonio’s 7-foot-4 All-Star center – as a fan of that notion.
“I would love to. My opinion is that it’s more purposeful,” Wembanyama said. “There’s more pride in it. More stakes.”
Antetokounmpo was even more succinct when asked whether he’d be on board with such a move.
“I would love that. Oh, I would love that,” said Antetokounmpo, a native of Greece who is of Nigerian descent. “I think that would be the most interesting and most exciting format. I would love that. For sure, I’d take pride in that. I always compete, but I think that will give me a little bit more extra juice to compete.”
The latest format for the All-Star Game – a four-team, three-game mini-tournament with all games being of the first-to-40-points-wins variety – debuted Sunday night, with Shaq’s OGs winning the title.
The NBA decided to try the tournament approach, which mimics what was already in place with the Rising Stars event for first- and second-year players, after years of openly asking for more competitive games.
And the 211-186 final score in 2024 was the last straw.
“I think that when you get events like this, All-Star Weekend, we don’t worry about the competition,” said 15-time All-Star Kevin Durant of the Phoenix Suns. “It’s just more about celebrating the basketball family and the community around this time. It shows how united we are as a group, as a basketball community, and how we can unite the rest of the world with what we do, as well. It’s a cool time.”
There is some evidence that a midseason matchup between the best American players and the best international players might work, and it’s happening right now in another sport.
The 4 Nations Face-Off hockey tournament, which opened last week in Montreal and concludes Thursday in Boston with the U.S. assured of a spot in the championship game, is obviously not meaningless to the players involved. There’s been fighting – three brawls in the first nine seconds of USA vs. Canada in Montreal on Saturday alone – and a ton of physicality, much to the delight of fans.
“Mayhem,” Canada coach Jon Cooper said.
The NBA – at least some in the NBA – are watching the hockey, and taking note of how it seems to be working as a potential idea for basketball’s midseason showcase going forward.
“Sometimes things just get old and kind of need a facelift,” Golden State forward Draymond Green said. “I know they’ve done different things to try to get it going. I think what’ll be interesting to see is how this 4 Nations thing turns out in hockey. If that turns out great, might have to peek an eye.”
Had it been a U.S. vs. The World this season for an All-Star format, here’s what the international team might have been:
Wembanyama, Antetokounmpo, Denver’s Nikola Jokic, Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Indiana’s Pascal Siakam and Houston’s Alperen Sengun were All-Stars already.
New York All-Star Karl-Anthony Towns plays internationally for the Dominican Republic, his mother’s homeland, so it would make sense to add him to that mix. Luka Doncic, now of the Los Angeles Lakers, is almost always an All-Star lock as well, so that would be eight players.
And here’s where it gets challenging.
If such a U.S. vs. The World All-Star matchup had the traditional 12-man rosters, four more players from the world pool would be needed – and that would mean four fewer American players would get the All-Star nod.
“The USA has more talented players than the rest of the world,” said Jokic, the three-time MVP from Serbia who led Denver to the NBA title in 2023. “Europe and the rest of the world has talented players, I think, but the majority of the players are coming from USA.”
The NBA says about 70% of players in the league are American. It’s simple math: It would be easier for international players to make the All-Star roster if the traditional format was being utilized.
“Not to say we couldn’t figure out a way around this, but to the extent we want to have a fair process for picking All-Stars, if you’re picking half the players from a 30% pool and the other half from a 70% pool, it might not be fair to the players,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said last month. “So, that’s one thing we’re looking at.”
Silver sought input from current players like Golden State star Stephen Curry before the league went to the tournament format this year.
If he asks Wembanyama or Antetokounmpo their thoughts about 2026 and beyond, it’s pretty clear what the answer will be.
“Having Shai, Jokic, Luka, Wemby, Towns, Sengun – I know those players, obviously I’m missing some guys that I cannot think from the top of my head – going against the best U.S. players, I think it would be fun,” Antetokounmpo said. “I think that would be the best format.”
via ESPN