By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-03-13 14:42:40
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2025年3月12日，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)（4号）在圣安东尼奥霜冻银行中心举行的NBA比赛中，对阵达拉斯小牛队前被介绍为首发球员。
周三对阵达拉斯的比赛中，他仅差一个篮板就拿到了职业生涯第二次三双。
达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)的要求并不多。
他不需要在周三身穿马刺队服打出最佳表现后得到比赛用球。他也不想要任何形式的拍背鼓励。
福克斯或许会乐于接受一个像样的击掌庆祝，但即便如此也无法实现。
在以126-116战胜达拉斯的比赛中砍下32分、11次助攻和9个篮板后，福克斯最想要的，是他的马刺队友们认为理所当然的东西。
“显然，”福克斯说，“我希望我的五根手指都能完好无损。”
对于上个月从萨克拉门托被交易到马刺队的前国王队球星来说，这几个月来这一直是一个奢望。
但很快，这就有可能成为现实。
由于整个赛季都在左手小拇指韧带撕裂的情况下进行比赛，福克斯将在下周马刺队在圣帕特里克节与湖人队进行重新安排的比赛时，在洛杉矶会见一位专家。
虽然一切都无法保证，但左手球员福克斯有可能在球队从南加州返回之前接受赛季报销手术。
这意味着，希望在霜冻银行中心看到福克斯精彩表现的球迷们，应该抓紧时间，从周五和周六主场背靠背对阵夏洛特和新奥尔良的比赛开始（也可能就此结束）。
“很快就会修复好的，”福克斯说。
对于福克斯和马刺队来说，自从2月3日那笔将这位昔日全明星球员带到阿拉莫市与超级球星维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama)搭档的重磅交易以来，事情并没有完全按照剧本发展。
这位灵敏的后卫本应在赛季的最后两个月里，逐渐了解他新的外星人搭档，而马刺队则计划加速向西部季后赛附加赛席位发起冲击。
但当文班亚马在全明星赛后被诊断出患有深静脉血栓——一种将使他缺席第二个NBA赛季剩余比赛的血栓问题时，马刺队不得不暂停这些计划。
在 文班亚马 缺席的情况下，福克斯尽其所能地适应他的新环境。代理教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)表示，这个过程“比我们希望的要好”。
2025年3月12日，在圣安东尼奥霜冻银行中心，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox)（4号）在以126-116战胜达拉斯小牛队后，接受了马刺队主场主持人查克·库罗的赛后采访。福克斯得到32分、11次助攻和9个篮板，帮助马刺队战胜了伤兵满营的小牛队。
“这个家伙（福克斯）原本以为他要和 文班亚马 一起打球，结果 文班亚马 却出局了，” 约翰逊 说。“发生了很多事情。但他每天都在坚持出场，克服自己的伤病。他绝对是一个职业球员。”
福克斯加盟后的早期表现令人鼓舞。
他在2月5日马刺队以126-125战胜亚特兰大的比赛中，首次亮相就拿下24分和13次助攻。两天后，在夏洛特，福克斯差点命中制胜球，他在终场哨响0.2秒后投中一记关键三分，马刺队以117-116惜败于黄蜂队。
他在战胜华盛顿的比赛中得到30分。
在与 文班亚马 并肩作战的五场比赛中，福克斯至少得到22分。马刺队取得了2胜3负的战绩，如果他们能扭转与黄蜂队和奥兰多魔术队的两场一分惜败，这个战绩可能会更好。
这足以让马刺队对下赛季充满期待，届时福克斯和 文班亚马 有望再次成为搭档。
“你已经可以看出，他（福克斯）将对这支球队产生特殊的影响，”前锋杰里米·索汉(Jeremy Sochan)说。“他的速度，以及他兼具速度和冷静的方式，这非常罕见。我认为他会提供很大的帮助。”
这位27岁的福克斯在加盟马刺队的前16场比赛中，场均得到18.9分，总命中率为44.3%，三分球命中率为27.3%——这些数据都低于他的职业生涯平均水平。
即使 文班亚马 在赛季的最后几个月只能身穿便装，马刺队也希望福克斯能够继续在适应圣安东尼奥的过程中取得进展。
是的，当福克斯再次与 文班亚马 分享球权和球场时，情况将会大不相同。
但也可能没有那么大的不同。
“我们已经谈了很多关于我们的球队特性和打法不会改变的问题，” 约翰逊 说。“球场上的人，特定的阵容或组合，他们会融入自己的特点。但我们对他们的要求，我们对他们的期望，无论谁在场上都不会改变。”
随着下周前往洛杉矶的行程临近，福克斯本赛季的日子可能屈指可数了。
他的小拇指受伤可以追溯到在萨克拉门托参加秋季训练营的第二天，当时他扭伤了左手小拇指，并损伤了一条韧带。
从那时起，福克斯一直用胶带将小拇指绑在无名指上进行比赛，并小心翼翼地避免将自己的伤病作为投篮不佳的借口。
“我带着它得了60分，然后第二天又得了49分，”福克斯指的是11月份代表国王队对阵明尼苏达和犹他的背靠背比赛。“所以你试图挺过去。”
周三对阵达拉斯的比赛中，福克斯仅差一个篮板就拿到了职业生涯第二次三双。
即便如此，福克斯也承认，最终能够再次打NBA篮球，而且不必用麦盖弗式的技巧来修补自己的投篮手，会更好。
这个过程的下一步将于下周在洛杉矶进行。这可能涉及到福克斯赛季报销，他的队友表示，如果真的发生，他们会支持他的决定。
“我希望达龙做出最终对他来说最好的决定，”后卫德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)说。“我希望确保他没事，他很健康。因为我知道当他健康时，他会对这支球队有巨大的帮助。”
对于福克斯来说，完全康复要等到下个赛季。
与此同时，福克斯将继续为马刺队全力以赴，即使他的手不是最佳状态。
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) shoots over Dallas Mavericks forward Naji Marshall (13) during an NBA game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Mavericks, 126-116.
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) talks with referee J.T. Orr (72) about a foul called on the Spurs during an NBA game against the Dallas Mavericks at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Mavericks, 126-116.
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) shoots over Dallas Mavericks forward Kessler Edwards (20) during an NBA game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 12, 2025.Fox had 32 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds to help the Spurs secure a 126-116 win over the injury-depleted Mavericks.
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) drives around Dallas Mavericks forward Kessler Edwards (20) to the net during an NBA game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 12, 2025.Fox had 32 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds to help the Spurs secure a 126-116 win over the injury-depleted Mavericks.
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) and San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) laugh together as they sit on the bench during an NBA game against the Dallas Mavericks at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
Dallas Mavericks forward Kessler Edwards (20) fouls San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) as he goes up for a shot during the first quarter of an NBA game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell (24) and San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) talk as they wait for the starting line up to be announced before taking on the Dallas Mavericks at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) watches a Spurs hype video before being introduced as a starter in an NBA game against the Dallas Mavericks at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Monday, March 10, 2025.
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Why Spurs fans should get their De’Aaron Fox fix while they can
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) is introduced as a starter before playing the Dallas Mavericks in an NBA game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, March 12, 2025.
Wednesday against Dallas, he came a rebound shy of his second career triple double.
De’Aaron Fox didn’t ask for much.
He didn’t need the game ball in the aftermath of his best night in a Spurs uniform Wednesday. He did not want a pat on the back.
Fox would have enjoyed a proper high-five for his handiwork, but even that proved impossible.
What Fox wanted most of all after going for 32 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds in a 126-116 victory over Dallas was something the rest of his Spurs teammates take for granted.
“Obviously,” Fox said, “I would love to have all five of my fingers.”
For the former Sacramento star traded to the Spurs last month, that hasn’t been an option for months.
It could be soon.
Having played throughout the season with a torn ligament in his left pinkie, Fox is due to see a specialist in Los Angeles next week when the Spurs face a rescheduled game against the Lakers on St. Patrick’s Day.
Nothing is guaranteed, but it is possible the left-handed Fox will undergo season-ending surgery before the team returns from Southern California.
Which means fans hoping to gain their Fox fix at the Frost Bank Center ought to do so while they can – beginning (and possibly ending) with a home back-to-back Friday and Saturday against Charlotte and New Orleans.
“It will get fixed soon enough,” Fox said.
For Fox and the Spurs, things have not gone completely to script since the Feb. 3 blockbuster that brought the one-time All-Star to the Alamo City to pair with superstar Victor Wembanyama.
The lightning-bug guard was supposed to spend the final two months of the season getting to know his new extraterrestrial tag-team partner, while the Spurs had designs on fast-forwarding a run toward a Western Conference play-in bid.
The Spurs were forced to press pause on those plans when Wembanyama came out of the All-Star break diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis, a blood clot issue that will sideline him for the remainder of his second NBA campaign.
In Wembanyama’s absence, Fox has done his best to acclimate himself to his new digs anyhow. The process has gone “as well as we could hope for,” acting coach Mitch Johnson said.
Following a 126-116 victory over the Dallas Mavericks, San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) does a post-game interview with Spurs arena host Chuck Cureau at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Fox had 32 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds to help the Spurs secure a win over the injury-depleted Mavericks.
“The guy (Fox) was thinking he was coming to play with goes out,” Johnson said. “There’s been a lot of things that have happened. He’s done nothing but show up every day and play through his own things. He’s been an absolute pro.”
The early returns upon Fox’s arrival were promising.
He posted 24 points and 13 assists in his Spurs debut, a 126-125 win in Atlanta on Feb. 5. Two nights later, Fox nearly hit a game-winner in Charlotte, swishing a clutch 3-pointer officials ruled came two tenths of a second after the final horn in a 117-116 loss to the Hornets.
He had 30 points in a victory over Washington.
Fox scored at least 22 points in three of the five games he played alongside Wembanyama. The Spurs went 2-3 in them, a mark that could have been better had they flipped a pair of one-point losses to the Hornets and Orlando Magic.
It was enough to whet the Spurs’ appetite for next season when Fox and Wembenamya are ostensibly running mates again.
“You can already tell he’s going to be special for this team,” forward Jeremy Sochan said. “The way he plays the speed, just the calmness as well with the speed, which you rarely see. I think he’s going to help a lot.”
The 27-year-old Fox has averaged 18.9 points in his first 16 games with the Spurs, shooting 44.3% overall and 27.3% from 3-point range – numbers below his career averages.
Even with Wembanyama in street clothes for the final months of the season, the Spurs hope Fox can continue to make progress in his transition to San Antonio.
Yes, things will look different for Fox when he is sharing the floor and the ball with Wembanyama again.
But maybe not that different.
“We’ve talked a lot about that in terms of our identity and style of play does not change,” Johnson said. “The people on the court, the particular lineups or groups that are on the court at a certain time, they’ll put their own spin. But the things that we ask of them, the things that we expect of them does not change no matter who’s on the court.”
With next week’s trip to Los Angeles approaching, the days in Fox’s season could be numbered.
His pinkie injury can be traced to the second day of fall camp with Sacramento, when he jammed his left little finger and damaged a ligament.
Fox has been playing with the pinkie taped to his ring finger since, careful to avoid using his injury as an excuse for poor shooting nights.
“I scored 60 with it and then I had 49 the next night with it,” Fox said, referring to back-to-back performances for the Kings against Minnesota and Utah in November. “So you try to just get through it.”
Wednesday against Dallas, Fox came a rebound shy of his second career triple double.
Even so, Fox acknowledges it would be better to eventually play NBA basketball again without a shooting hand jerry-rigged by MacGuyver.
The next step in that process comes next week in L.A. It could involve shutting Fox down for the season, a move his teammates say they will support if it happens.
“I want De’Aaron to make the decision that’s going to ultimately be best for him,” guard Devin Vassell said. “I want to make sure that he’s good, that he’s healthy. Because I know when he is healthy, he’s going to help this team tremendously.”
For Fox, full health won’t come until next season.
In the meantime, Fox will continue to put his best foot forward for the Spurs, if not his best hand.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News