By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-02-19 18:03:16
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圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)(4号)在2025年2月7日星期五于北卡罗来纳州夏洛特举行的NBA篮球比赛上半场，试图将球传过夏洛特黄蜂队前锋穆萨·迪亚巴特(Moussa Diabate)（左）。(美联社照片/内尔·雷德蒙德)
奥斯汀——菲尼克斯超级球星凯文·杜兰特(Kevin Durant) 预计，在最近加盟的后卫达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)与他的新队友之间产生化学反应后，马刺队最终会成为一支“伟大的球队”。
“将这种级别的球员加入你的体系总是很困难的，所以这支球队会有一些起伏，”杜兰特周三表示，“但一旦他们找到彼此的节奏，那将会非常危险。”
马刺队通过一笔三方交易得到了福克斯，这位爆发力十足的控球后卫从萨克拉门托来到了圣安东尼奥，在萨克拉门托，他在国王队效力了七个半赛季，国王队在2017年选秀大会上以第五顺位选中了他。
自从得到福克斯后，马刺队（23胜29负）的战绩为2胜3负。在这段时间里，他场均得到21.6分、7.8次助攻和1.8次抢断，其中有四场比赛至少得到22分。
“达龙是一位全能的球员，全明星球员，他可以在进攻端做任何事情：传球、运动能力出色、可以投三分，”杜兰特说，“你把这些加到任何一支球队，伙计，那都会成为一个问题。这只是一个弄清楚场上化学反应如何运作的问题。这主要取决于教练和球员们团结起来并解决这个问题。但我认为他们将会成为一支伟大的球队。”
福克斯表示，他欣然接受了迎接如此高期望的挑战，因为他在篮球生涯的早期就面临过这样的任务。
“承诺加盟肯塔基大学（从凯蒂的赛普拉斯湖高中毕业后），你期望每年都能赢得冠军，即使我们首发五人中有一半或四人都是18岁，”福克斯说，“然后对于我来说，进入联盟的一件大事是（进入季后赛）。我想要来（马刺队）的一个重要原因是我觉得他们显然有一群年轻的球员，他们有很大的潜力，肯定可以在这个联盟中做出一番大事。”
在马刺队，福克斯加入了一支以全明星中锋维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)为基石的球队，还有其他一些有天赋的年轻球员支持他，包括德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)、杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)，他是赢得年度最佳新秀荣誉的头号人选。
“他正在根据他的天赋和技能水平打球，”福克斯谈到卡斯尔时说，“我觉得一旦他真正开始学习比赛——我一直告诉人们，我最大的飞跃是从我的第一年到第二年，然后我就逐年逐渐变得更好——他可以取得的进步可能是惊人的，可能是疯狂的。”
至于文班亚马，他已经是联盟中最好的球员之一，福克斯决心在球场上与他建立化学反应，他承认这个过程可能需要时间。
“我们有多少人曾与像文班这样的球员一起打过球？”福克斯说，“所以，你试图了解他的位置。显然，有时候你可以把球扔到月球上，他也会去拿到它。但仅仅是了解彼此的习惯是最大的事情。与那样的大个子一起打球非常独特。他确实会走出去……但是无论你拥有什么样的天赋，你都会尝试尽快融合。但你希望在经历这个过程的同时赢得比赛。”
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With addition of Fox, Durant sees Spurs becoming ‘dangerous team’
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) looks to pass the ball ahead of Charlotte Hornets forward Moussa Diabate, left, during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Charlotte, N.C., Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond)
AUSTIN - Phoenix superstar Kevin Durant expects the Spurs to eventually become a “great team” after recently acquired guard De’Aaron Fox gains chemistry with his new teammates.
“It is always tough to add guys of that caliber to your program, so it’s going to be some ups and downs with that team,” Durant said Wednesday. “But once they figure their rhythm out with each other, it’s going to be dangerous.”
The Spurs acquired Fox in a three-team trade that brought the explosive point guard to San Antonio from Sacramento, where he starred for seven and a half seasons after the Kings drafted him fifth overall in 2017.
The Spurs (23-29) are 2-3 since acquiring Fox, who is is averaging 21.6 points, 7.8 assists, and 1.8 steals in that span after scoring at least 22 points in four of those outings.
“De’Aaron is an all-world player, all-star player who can do everything on the floor offensively: pass the ball, be athletic, can shoot the three,” Durant said. “You add that to any team, man, that’s going to be a problem. It’s just a matter of figuring out how that on-court chemistry is going to work. And that’s mainly on the coaches and the players to come together and figure that out. But I think they will be a great team moving forward.”
Fox said he embraces the challenge of fulfilling such high expectations having faced such tasks earlier in his basketball career.
“Committing to Kentucky (out of Cypress Lakes High in Katy), you have an expectation to win a championship every single year, even though half or four of our five starters were 18 years old,” Fox said. “And then for me coming into the league, a big thing was (making the playoffs). And a big reason I wanted to come (to the Spurs) was I felt like they had obviously a young group of guys that had a lot of potential that could definitely do big things in this league.”
In the Spurs, Fox joined a team with All-Star center Victor Wembanyama as its cornerstone and several other talented young players supporting him, including Devin Vassell, Jeremy Sochan and Stephon Castle, the leading candidate to win Rookie of the Year honors.
“He’s playing based off of his talent, his skill level,” Fox said of Castle, “and I feel as soon as he really starts to learn the game - and I tell people all the time my biggest jump was from my first to my second year, and then I kind of just gradually got better year after year - the jump he can make could be amazing, could be crazy.”
As for Wembanyama, he’s already one of the best players in the league, and Fox is determined to gain chemistry with him on the court, a process he acknowledge could take time.
“How many of us have played with somebody like Vic?” Fox said. “So, you try to learn his spots. Obviously, there are times where you can throw it to the moon and he’ll go get it. But just learning each other’s tendencies is the biggest thing. Playing with a big like that is very unique. He does step out…But whenever you have that type of talent, you just try to jell as fast as possible. But you want to win games while going through that process.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News