By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-03-13 01:21:34
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圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle) (5) 在2025年3月12日星期三于圣安东尼奥 Frost Bank Center 举行的 NBA 比赛中突破达拉斯小牛队中锋德怀特·鲍威尔(Dwight Powell) (7) 的防守。马刺队以126-116击败小牛队。
马刺队后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)可能是年度最佳新秀的最有力竞争者，但这并不意味着他可以免受老队员的恶作剧。
周三晚上，在以126-116战胜达拉斯的比赛中，德阿隆·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)和其他老将看到卡斯尔发现停在 Frost Bank Center 球员停车场的跑车的轮子被卸掉后，都忍不住大笑起来。
马刺队卸了斯蒂芬·卡斯尔的车轮
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自从2月3日通过三方交易从萨克拉门托加盟马刺队以来， 福克斯 一直在开玩笑地抱怨20岁的卡斯尔逃避了他的新秀职责——这是所有新秀都要经历的，基本上就是随叫随到，为老队员服务。
“斯蒂芬绝对什么都不做，” 福克斯 在被问及这个恶作剧时说。“所以你活该，当然。必须发生点什么。我就想，他给飞机带什么了吗？他带食物或零食了吗？他至少应该在投篮训练时分发鞋子。”
杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)只比卡斯尔大一岁，但已经是他在NBA的第三个赛季，他称这个恶作剧“太搞笑了”。
“我在现场。我亲眼看到了，” 索汉 笑着说。“卡斯尔有点震惊，一时语塞。但这是会发生的。不过，它没发生在我身上。”
索汉 说他认为桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利(Sandro Mamukelashvili)可能参与了拆卸车轮的事件。
“我认为桑德罗是罪魁祸首，但我不知道他是怎么做到的，” 索汉 说。“我记得赛前我们在投篮，他说，‘看。替补席后面。那些家伙要卸掉斯蒂芬的车轮。’我问，‘你在说什么？’他说，‘等着瞧。’然后它就发生了。”
几位老将回忆说，他们之所以能顺利度过新秀赛季而没有被恶作剧，是因为他们总是准备好听从“老队员”的命令。
“如果他们凌晨3点需要我，我就会起床，”俾斯麦·比永博(Bismack Biyombo)说。
福克斯 说：“我是一个很棒的新秀。斯蒂芬什么都不做。他不履行任何新秀职责，这太疯狂了。”
在2月7日输给夏洛特的比赛中，卡斯尔拿下赛季最高的33分后， 福克斯 第一次开始抱怨卡斯尔没有做好他的新秀职责。
“我想，该死，我走进这里，还以为我的毛巾会在椅子上呢，” 福克斯 在加入马刺队的第二场比赛后笑着在更衣室里说。
“而且在我第一次投篮训练时，斯蒂芬没有准备好鞋子。所以，我就想，这里的新秀都在干什么？”
很可能，在失去了他的车轮后，卡斯尔会做得更好。
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Spurs pull car prank on rookie star Stephon Castle
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) drives past Dallas Mavericks center Dwight Powell (7) during an NBA game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Mavericks, 126-116.
Spurs guard Stephon Castle may be the leading candidate to win rookie of the year, but that doesn’t mean he’s immune from getting pranked by his older teammates.
De’Aaron Fox and other veterans got a good laugh at Castle’s expense after he discovered the wheels had been removed from his sports car at the Frost Bank Center’s players parking lot during Wednesday night’s 126-116 win over Dallas.
Spurs took the wheels off Stephon Castle’s car
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Since joining the Spurs from Sacramento in a three-team trade Feb. 3, Fox has jokingly complained that the 20-year-old Castle has been shirking his rookie duties, a right of passage for first-year players that basically boils down to being at the beck and call of the vets.
“Steph does absolutely nothing,” Fox said when asked about the prank. “So you deserved it, for sure. Something needed to happen. I’m like, does he bring anything to the plane? Does he bring any food, snacks? The least he could do is pass the shoes out at shootaround.”
Jeremy Sochan, who is just a year older than Castle but is in his third NBA season, called the prank “hilarious.”
“I was there. I had to see that,” Sochan said with a smile. “Castle was a little shocked, at a loss for words. But it happens. It didn’t happen to me, though.”
Sochan said he thought Sandro Mamukelashvili might have had a hand in the removal of the wheels.
“I think Sandro was the main culprit for that, but I don’t know how he did it,” Sochan said. “I remember before the game we were shooting and he was like, ‘Look. Behind the bench. Those guys are going to take Steph’s wheels.’ I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’ He’s like, ‘Just wait.’ And then it happened.”
Several of the vets recalled getting through their rookie seasons without being pranked because they were always ready to follow orders from “their vets.”
“If they wanted me at 3 a.m., I would be up,” Bismack Biyombo said.
Said Fox, “I was a great rookie. Steph doesn’t do anything. He doesn’t do any rookie duties, which is crazy.”
Fox first busted Castle’s chops about coming up short on his rookie duties after the fourth overall pick scored a season-high 33 points in a loss at Charlotte on Feb. 7.
“I’m like, damn, I walked in here and thought my towel was going to be on the chair,” Fox said with a smile in the locker room after just his second game with the Spurs.
“And at my first shootaround, Steph didn’t have the shoes ready. So, I’m like, what are the rookies doing around here?”
Chances are, Castle might do a better job after losing his wheels.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News