By Jeff McDonald, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-03-14 14:36:21
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圣安东尼奥马刺队的后卫达龙·福克斯(4)在2025年3月10日星期一在圣安东尼奥Frost Bank Center举行的NBA比赛中，在对阵达拉斯小牛队的比赛中，在作为首发球员被介绍之前，观看了一段马刺队的宣传视频。
马刺后卫 达龙·福克斯(De’Aaron Fox) 在经历了近八个完整的NBA赛季后，从未经历过任何重大手术。
“如果说有的话，我做过LASIK手术。”福克斯说。
外科医生的手术刀迟早会降临到大多数职业篮球运动员身上。福克斯的第一次手术将于周二在洛杉矶进行，届时他将接受手术，修复左手拇指的受损肌腱，这个问题自从萨克拉门托的秋季训练营以来一直困扰着他。
这次手术将结束福克斯的赛季，他上个月在与国王队的交易中加入马刺队，只打了17场比赛。整个赛季福克斯都带着伤病打球，而且本来可以继续这样做。
考虑到接下来有12周的恢复期，福克斯表示，他选择现在解决这个问题，而不是等到夏天，这样他就可以与他的新球队度过一个完整的休赛期，并确保及时恢复，参加秋季训练营。
“你希望能够和队友们一起度过一个完整的休赛期，并且能够上场打球，”福克斯在周五对阵夏洛特黄蜂队的比赛前说道，最终他穿着便装观看了这场比赛。“这真的是做出决定的一个重要因素。”
这位曾入选过一次NBA全明星的27岁福克斯，很好地适应了他在圣安东尼奥的第一个月，场均得到19.7分、6.8次助攻和1.5次抢断。
他在赛季末打出了高光表现，在周四以126-116战胜达拉斯小牛队的比赛中，贡献了32分、11次助攻和9个篮板。这是他在马刺队得到的最高分和篮板数，也是第二高的助攻数。
赛后，福克斯告知队友们，这将是他下个赛季之前的最后一场比赛。
“每个人都很沮丧，因为他打得太棒了，”前锋桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利(Sandro Mamukelashvili)说。“希望手术顺利，他能尽快康复。明年晚些时候会有很多重要的比赛，所以希望他能准备好上场。”
福克斯是在9月份于萨克拉门托进行的训练营的第二天受伤的，当时他在训练中扭伤了小指，损伤了伸肌腱。
整个赛季，他都用胶带将投篮手的的小指和无名指绑在一起，场均得到23.5分，共出战62场比赛。
如果没有胶带固定，福克斯无法伸直他的小指。它与那只手的其他手指呈90度角。
“如果我不绑起来，它只会碍事，”福克斯说。“任何时候我试图接球，它都是第一个被击中的。”
本赛季，福克斯的投篮命中率为46.3%，三分球命中率为31%，略低于他的职业生涯平均水平。
不难相信，整个赛季都用缠着胶带的手进行投篮，导致了他的命中率下降。
“很明显，用四根手指投篮是很困难的，”福克斯说。
“如果受伤的是我的右手，我想应该没问题，”福克斯补充道。“我想我会继续尝试带着伤病打球。但因为受伤的是我的左手，影响了我运球和投篮的方式——所有这些都是我真正想要修复它的主要原因。”
随着福克斯的缺阵，马刺队将带着失去他们的前两名得分手的情况结束本赛季。自从被诊断出患有深静脉血栓后，明星中锋 维克托·文班亚马(Victor Wembanyama) 自从全明星赛后就被停赛了。
圣安东尼奥马刺队的后卫达龙·福克斯(4)和圣安东尼奥马刺队的中锋维克托·文班亚马(1)在2025年3月12日星期三在圣安东尼奥Frost Bank Center举行的NBA比赛中，坐在板凳上一起欢笑，对手是达拉斯小牛队。
五年级后卫德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)以场均15.9分成为马刺队剩下的头号得分手。
福克斯赛季报销的消息传来之际，马刺队在技术上尚未被淘汰出西部季后赛附加赛的争夺。
他们在周四进入西部联盟排名第12位，战绩为27胜37负，落后排名第10的达拉斯队4场半，后者占据着最后一个附加赛席位。
实际上，这支人手不足的马刺队将在本赛季的最后一个月进入与过去两年类似的情况——退出任何形式的季后赛争夺，并关注选秀抽签的概率。
“我认为这里的每个人都想赢球，很明显，并继续作为一个团队发展，只是想找到我们的定位，”福克斯说。
潜在的季后赛之旅可能要等到下个赛季了，希望届时能有更好的健康状况。
目前，福克斯的目标是在他的恢复计划允许的情况下，尽可能多地参与马刺队剩余的18场比赛。
他隐约觉得，手术可能不是未来三个月里最困难的部分。
“我讨厌观看比赛，”福克斯说。“我不能每天都来这里，却不能上场做些什么。作为一个竞争者，这会吞噬你。这也是我一直带着伤病打球的另一个原因。”
至于福克斯下周即将到来的第一次真正的手术？
“我有点紧张，”他说。“但我已经做好了准备。”
圣安东尼奥马刺队的后卫德文·瓦塞尔(24)和圣安东尼奥马刺队的后卫达龙·福克斯(4)在2025年3月10日星期一在圣安东尼奥Frost Bank Center举行的对阵达拉斯小牛队的NBA比赛中，在被宣布为首发球员之前，观看了一段球队介绍视频。
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Injured Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox aims to be ready for offseason
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.
Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox survived nearly eight full NBA seasons without having to undergo any sort of significant surgery.
“I got LASIK if that counts,” Fox said.
The surgeon’s scalpel comes for most professional basketball players sooner or later. Fox’s first foray under the knife will come Tuesday in Los Angeles, when he is scheduled for surgery to repair a damaged tendon in his left thumb that has been bothering him since fall training camp in Sacramento.
The procedure will end Fox’s season 17 games after he joined the Spurs in a trade with the Kings last month. Fox has played with the injury throughout the season, and could have continued to do so.
With a 12-week recovery period ahead of him, Fox said he opted to take care of the issue now rather than wait until the summer so he could go through a full offseason with his new team and be certain to be cleared in time for fall camp.
“You want to be able to get a full off season in with the guys and be able to be on the court,” Fox said before Friday’s game against Charlotte, which he would eventually watch in street clothes. “That was really a big part of the decision making.”
A one-time NBA All-Star, the 27-year-old Fox adjusted well enough to his first month in San Antonio, averaging 19.7 points, 6.8 assists and 1.5 steals.
He finished his season on a soaring note, piling up 32 points, 11 assists and nine assists in Thursday’s 126-116 victory over Dallas. It marked the most points and rebounds he had collected in a Spurs uniform, and the second-most assists.
After the game, Fox informed teammates it would be his last until next season.
“Everybody was upset, because he was hooping,” forward Sandro Mamukelashvili said. “Hopefully the surgery goes good so he can recover fast. There are a lot of big games coming up later on next year so hopefully he will be ready to go.”
Fox suffered the injury on the second day training camp in September with Sacramento, when he jammed his pinkie and damaged the extensor tendon during a workout.
He played throughout the season with the pinkie and ring finger on his shooting hand taped together and averaged 23.5 points across 62 games.
Without the tape job, Fox cannot straighten his little finger. It rests at a 90-degree angle compared to the other digits on that hand.
“If I didn’t tape it, it’s just in the way,” Fox said. “Any time I try to catch the ball, it’s the first thing that gets hit.”
Fox shot 46.3% from the field and 31% from 3-point range this season, marks slightly below his career averages.
It is not difficult to believe shooting all season with a taped-up hand contributed to the dip.
“Obviously shooting he ball with four fingers is a tough thing to do,” Fox said.
“If it was my right hand, I think it would be fine,” Fox added. “I think I’d continue to try and play with it. But with it being my left hand, affecting the way I could dribble and shoot – all of that was a major reason that I really wanted to get it fixed.”
With Fox shelved, the Spurs are set to finish the season without their top two scorers. Star center Victor Wembanyama has been shut down since the All-Star break after being diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis.
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.
Fifth-year guard Devin Vassell ranks as the Spurs’ leading remaining scorer at 15.9 points per game.
News of Fox’s season-ending surgery comes as the Spurs have not technically been eliminated from the Western Conference play-in race.
They entered Thursday in 12th place in the West at 27-37, 4 ½ games behind 10th-place Dallas for the final play-in spot.
In reality, the short-handed Spurs will head into the final month of the season in a situation similar to the past two years – out of any sort of postseason contention and monitoring draft lottery odds.
“I think everybody in here wants to win, obviously and continue to develop as a team and just try to find our niche,” Fox said.
That potential playoff run will likely have to wait until next season, better health permitting.
For now, Fox aims to be around for as many of the Spurs’ final 18 games as his recovery schedule would allow.
He has an inkling the surgery might not be the hardest part of the next three months.
“I hate watching,” Fox said. “I couldn’t be here every day and just not be able to get on the court and do stuff. As a competitor, that eats at you. That is another reason I’ve always played through whatever nicks and knacks that I’ve had.”
And as for the first real surgery of Fox’s life coming up next week?
“I’m a little nervous for it,” he said. “But I’m prepared.”
San Antonio Spurs guard Devin Vassell (24) and San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) watch a team introduction video before being announced as starters in the NBA game against the Dallas Mavericks at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Monday, March 10, 2025.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News