[PtR] 卢卡·东契奇的洛杉矶首秀以及全明星假期的一些想法

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By Lee Dresie | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-02-17 22:00:00

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。

尽管洛杉矶对卢卡的到来充满期待，但他的首秀却毫无亮点。

即使我住在洛杉矶，我也很少去看湖人队的比赛，除非马刺队来访。正如上个月所描述的那样，我买了原本应该是一月份连续两场马刺队比赛的门票。第一场比赛因为洛杉矶的野火而推迟，而马刺队在原本的第二场比赛中“痛宰”了湖人队。我会参加延期的比赛，时间定在3月17日圣帕特里克节。我不会穿绿色衣服，我也不期望任何湖人球迷会穿绿色，原因显而易见。

这是一种冗长的方式，说明我本周观看了一场没有马刺队参与的湖人队比赛：卢卡·东契奇(Luka Doncic)身穿湖人队球衣的首秀，这在仅仅一周前是卢卡和湖人球迷都无法预测的事情。唯一可以预测的事情是安东尼·戴维斯(Anthony Davis)会再次受伤。

我们只是不知道这次伤病会在AD身穿独行侠球衣时发生，这使得有史以来最糟糕的交易变得更加糟糕。尽管我一直称他为FI-AD（频繁受伤的安东尼·戴维斯），但我真诚地为AD的职业生涯被伤病所困扰感到难过。与其他球员的身体状况可能导致受伤不同（例如76人队的中锋），我不认为这对于戴维斯来说一直是个问题。

说到身体状况，卢卡的身体状况显然是独行侠队决定交易他的原因之一。我注意到，任何一个在身材走样的情况下还能场均拿下30/9/9的人，一定是个了不起的球员。但作为一名前教练，我理解当球队中最好的球员同时也是最不努力和最不专注的球员时，一个组织会感到多么沮丧，这与迈克尔·乔丹、科比·布莱恩特、大卫·罗宾逊、蒂姆·邓肯、勒布朗·詹姆斯等球员形成鲜明对比。但这并不能为交易开脱，只是有助于解释它——这两者是不同的。

湖人球迷可以理解地欣喜若狂，因为卢卡落入了他们的怀抱，或许也庆幸这位265磅的斯洛文尼亚人没有真的字面意义上的“落”入他们怀抱。他在洛杉矶的首秀是我参加过的第一场非季后赛湖人队比赛，每个人都准时到达。当我们到达时，我们每个人都得到了一件湖人金色的东契奇77号球衣。许多球迷（不是我）立即穿上这件球衣并穿着它观看了比赛。（我会把我的送人。）

在赛前介绍中，勒布朗非常绅士地移到了第四位，让卢卡作为湖人队球员的首次亮相放在最后。当人群听到“司职前锋，身穿77号球衣，卢卡·东契奇！！”时，响起了一阵欢呼声，但那阵欢呼声并没有变成巨浪。我的朋友马克，一位坐在我旁边的尼克斯球迷，探过身来说，在同样的情况下，麦迪逊广场花园的人群会非常吵闹，以至于比赛会被推迟。唉，悠闲的洛杉矶球迷并没有用他们的欢呼声延误比赛。可悲的是，稍微多一点延误会更好，因为比赛本身很沉闷，湖人队在第二节领先实力不济的犹他爵士队20分。比赛再也没有接近，卢卡表现不佳（14投5中，得到14分，5个篮板，4次助攻），许多早到的湖人球迷也提前离开了。

有趣的是，1. 爵士队也是科比最后一场比赛的对手，2. 两天后，当他们以131-119击败一支全员出战的湖人队时，看起来并没有那么弱。在那场比赛中，卢卡再次表现不佳（16/5/5）。也许他的身体状况确实是个问题。

其他想法，包括一些关于马刺队的！

• 内特·西尔弗(Nate Silver)，民意调查专家，也涉足体育领域，包括NBA。一篇题为“NBA未来球队排名”的 近期专栏 很有趣。许多NBA球迷，包括马刺球迷，都认为马刺队的未来是最光明的，因为……嗯，你知道的。内特并不同意，尽管他确实将马刺队排在第二位。他认为，如果维克托保持健康，他可以进入MJ/勒布朗/卡里姆的殿堂，成为有史以来最好的四位球员之一。有些人可能还记得我预测维克托更有可能走卡里姆的健康之路，而不是像FI-AD那样。内特也喜欢斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)（以及所有看过他比赛的人）和马刺队的大量选秀权。然而，他将俄克拉荷马雷霆队排在第一位，很难反驳这个结论。与马刺队不同，雷霆队已经很出色，拥有出色的年轻天才（包括一位迷你版的维克托，身高7英尺的切特·霍姆格伦），以及比联盟中任何人都多的选秀资产。马刺球迷需要记住，拥有一个世代罕见的天才并不能保证一堆总冠军，甚至一个都不能。
• 在全明星假期前的最后一场比赛，我参加了自己的比赛（并且从各个位置投进三分），因此不得不快进观看马刺队对阵凯尔特人队的比赛。虽然这是一场糟糕的比赛，作为“上半场”的结束，但也非常奇怪。凯尔特人队抢到了16个进攻篮板，感觉其中15个是在三分球砸筐后弹到另一个身穿绿色球衣的家伙手中——当然，他抓住了第二次（或第三次）投三分的机会。对着电视屏幕大喊“卡位”没有任何帮助（尤其是在延时录像中），但有时卡位就是不起作用。由于马刺队自己投丢了大量的三个三分球，这场比赛注定不会赢。
• 我在本周结束时去了克莱蒙特麦肯纳学院，观看了他们与波莫纳皮策学院的第二场宿敌之战。提醒一下，我曾在克莱蒙特执教篮球八年。在那些年里，大多数时候，格雷格·波波维奇在波莫纳执教。这仍然是一场伟大的宿敌之战，现场座无虚席。更好的是，克莱蒙特以90-77获胜，三分球命中率高达60%。波莫纳选择包夹克莱蒙特出色的内线球员（场均21/10，命中率68%），而他在这些包夹中送出了8次助攻。感觉所有这些助攻都给了三分射手。最容易命中的三分球来自于由内而外的传球，因为射手面对篮筐，双脚已经站定。由于克莱蒙特有两位这样的射手（他们三分球10投7中和7投5中），因此内线到射手的传球是获胜的关键。马刺队应该多做一些这样的事情。
• 我期待着本赛季剩余的比赛。虽然过去一周两场非常艰难的惜败让人感到难过，但马刺队仍然勉强保持着进入季后赛的希望。即使他们没有进入季后赛，我也希望年轻球员体验到追逐季后赛的感觉，在这种时候，每场比赛，甚至每个回合，都很重要。

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Luka Doncic’s LA debut and other thoughts over the All-Star break

For all the excitement in LA for Luka’s arrival, his debut was unexciting.

Even though I live in Los Angeles, I don’t go to many Laker games unless the Spurs are in town. As recounted here last month, I had tickets to both of what were supposed to be back-to-back Spurs games in January. The first of those was postponed because of the LA wildfires, and the Spurs “smoked” the Lakers in what would have been the second game. I will be attending the postponed game. which is set for St. Patrick’s Day, March 17. I will not be wearing green, and I don’t expect any Laker fans will be wearing green either, for obvious reasons.

This is a long-winded way of saying that I attended a Laker game this week that did not involve the Spurs: the debut of Luka Doncic in a Laker uniform last Monday, something that neither Luka nor Laker fans could have predicted just a week earlier. The only thing that could have been predicted was that Anthony Davis would suffer yet another injury.

We just didn’t know the injury would happen while AD was in a Mavs jersey, making the worst trade ever even worse. Although I have referred to him as FI-AD (Frequently Injured Anthony Davis), I feel genuinely sad that AD’s career has been marred by injury. Unlike other players whose conditioning has likely contributed to their injuries (the center for the 76ers, for instance), I don’t believe that has ever been an issue for Davis.

Speaking of conditioning, Luka’s lack of conditioning apparently contributed to the Mavs’ decision to trade him, I note that anyone who averages 30/9/9 while not in shape must be one heck of a player. But as a former coach, I understand the frustration that an organization must feel when the team’s best player is also not the hardest working and most focused, as opposed to players like Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, LeBron James, etc. That doesn’t excuse the trade, it just helps explain it — which are two different things.

Laker fans were understandably thrilled that Luka fell into their laps, though perhaps relieved that the 265 pound Slovenian did not do so literally. His debut in LA was the first non-playoff Laker game I have ever attended in which everyone arrived on time. When we arrived, each of was gifted a Laker gold Doncic 77 shirt. Many fans (not this one) immediately put the shirt on and wore it for the game. (I am giving mine away.)

For the pre-game introductions, LeBron graciously moved to the fourth spot, leaving Luka’s first introduction as a Laker to last. There was a groundswell of noise as the crowd heard “Starting at forward wearing number 77, Luuuuuka Doncic!!”, but that groundswell did not turn into a wave. My buddy Marc, a Knicks fan who was sitting next to me, leaned over and said that a Madison Square Garden crowd in the same situation would have been so loud the game would be delayed. Alas, laid-back LA fans did not delay the game with their cheering. Sadly, a little more delay would have been good, as the game itself was a snooze, with the Lakers going up 20 points over the outmanned Utah Jazz in the second quarter. The game never got any closer, Luka did not play well (5 for 14 for 14 points, 5 boards, 4 assists) and many of the early arriving Laker fans left early too.

Interestingly, 1. the Jazz were also the opponent for Kobe’s last game and 2. didn’t look all that undermanned two nights later when they beat a full-strength Laker squad 131-119. In that game, Luka was again not great (16/5/5). Perhaps his conditioning is an issue.

Other thoughts, including some about the Spurs!

• Nate Silver, poll-taking maven, also drifts into sports, including the NBA. A recent column entitled “NBA Future of the Franchise Rankings” is interesting. Many NBA fans, including Spurs fans, assume that the Spurs’ future is the brightest because of … well, you know. Nate disagrees, though he does place the Spurs at number two. He opines that Victor, if he stays healthy, can be in the MJ/Lebron/Kareem pantheon as the four best players ever. Some may recall my article predicting that Victor is much more likely to follow the Kareem health path than those like FI-AD. Nate also likes Stephon Castle (along with everyone else who has seen him play) and the Spurs’ treasure trove of draft picks. However, he puts OKC in the number one spot, and it is difficult to argue with the conclusion. Unlike the Spurs, OKC is already great, with great young talent (including a Victor-lite 7-footer in Chet Holmgren) and more draft capital than anyone in the league. Spurs fans need to remember that having a generational talent does not guarantee a bunch of crowns, or even one.
• I was playing in my own game Wednesday night for the Spurs’ last game before the break (and raining threes from all over) and therefore had to speed-watch the Spurs-Celtics game. While that was a bad game on which to end the “first half”, it was also just weird. The Celtics has 16 offensive boards, and it felt like 15 of them came after bricked three-pointers that ricocheted off the rim to a another guy in a green jersey — who of course nailed the second (or third) opportunity at a three. Yelling “box out” at the TV screen doesn’t ever help (especially on tape delay), but sometimes boxing out just doesn’t matter. With the Spurs missing a huge chunk of their own threes, this was just not a game the Spurs were destined to win.
• I ended the week by going out to Claremont McKenna College for their second rivalry game against Pomona Pitzer. As a reminder, I coached basketball for eight years at Claremont. For most of those years, Gregg Popovich coached Pomona. It remains a great rivalry and the house was packed. Even better, Claremont prevailed 90-77, shooting 60% from three. Pomona chose to double-team the outstanding Claremont post guy (averaging 21/10 on 68% shooting) who had 8 assists out of those double-teams. It felt like all of those assists went to three-point shooters. The easiest three to make comes from an in-to-out pass, as the shooter is facing the basket with his feet already set. Because Claremont has two such Shooters (they went 7/10 and 5/7 from three), those post to shooter passes were the key to the win. The Spurs should do more of that.
• I am looking forward to the rest of the regular season. While the bad last week with the two very tough close losses hurt, the Spurs remain barely in the playoff hunt. Even if they don’t make it in, I want the young guys to experience the feeling of being in the hunt, when every game, and every play, matters.

By Lee Dresie, via Pounding The Rock