By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-03-14 14:09:33
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。
作为从马刺队新秀球星斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)的丰田GR Supra跑车上卸下车轮的恶作剧的主谋，桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利(Sandro Mamukelashvili)正在采取额外的预防措施来保护自己的爱车。
“我在镜头前说，我现在不安全，”马穆克拉什维利开玩笑说。“过去两天我一直在藏我的钥匙……接下来的几场比赛我可能会小心提防，直到他消消气，然后我就没事了。”
马穆克拉什维利在周五的投篮训练后透露了策划卡斯尔汽车恶作剧的全部过程以及起因。
马穆克拉什维利说，卡斯尔在周三晚上于霜冻银行中心战胜达拉斯的比赛后，发现自己的Supra无法使用，归根结底是因为他需要接受一些教训。
“他有一些新秀（义务）做得不太好，我一整年都在告诉他，‘兄弟，你得完成那些义务，不然我就卸了你的轮子，’”这位四年级球员马穆克拉什维利说。“然后他会说，‘我也会卸了你的轮子。’基本上就是一个来回的游戏，我说点什么，他也会回敬我。”
马刺队卸了斯蒂芬·卡斯尔的车轮
(via devin_vassell/IG) pic.twitter.com/VT2HT2QFP6— Bleacher Report (@ BleacherReport) 2025年3月13日
最终，马穆克拉什维利受够了这位20岁新秀的行为，他联系了克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)、哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)和凯尔登·约翰逊(Keldon Johnson)等老将以及球队安保部门，以获得进行恶作剧的许可。他说，一旦得到他们的祝福，他就联系了他在United Collision Car Care的“伙计”路易斯·卡布雷拉(Luis Cabrera Jr.)，寻求卸轮方面的帮助。
“他很荣幸能做这件事，”马穆克拉什维利谈到卡布雷拉时说。
“他简直把这件事安排得天衣无缝，”卡布雷拉说。“他让每一个安保人员都知道了这件事。”
周三晚上中场休息时，马穆克拉什维利偷走了斯蒂芬·卡斯尔的钥匙。由于马刺队在下半场逐渐取得了令人放心的领先优势，这位来自格鲁吉亚共和国的替补前锋/中锋便示意坐在场边后面的女友，让卡布雷拉和他的一名员工完成这项精心策划的行动的收尾工作。
“这是一项团队合作，”马穆克拉什维利说。
斯蒂芬·卡斯尔的反应被他的一些队友拍了下来。
“我想他知道这件事要发生了，而且我认为他处理得很好，”马穆克拉什维利说。“当然，他有点不高兴，但我认为归根结底这都是爱。我昨天给他发短信确认他没事，他又威胁我说要对我的车做点什么。但我认为这是一种让球队更紧密团结、稍微开心一下的好方法。”
在与球队老将（CP3、哈里森·巴恩斯、凯尔登）商议后，桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利透露了为斯蒂芬·卡斯尔策划的新秀恶作剧是如何发生的 #Spurs #PorVida pic.twitter.com/pMGSagfhSI
— Zack Hedrick (@ zhedrickTV) 2025年3月14日
现在，马穆克拉什维利不得不担心斯蒂芬·卡斯尔也会给他来点“惊喜”。
“希望我的车是安全的，不会被划伤或被盗什么的……也许我会给他买一盒巧克力，”马穆克拉什维利说。
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Mamukelashvili ‘watching his back’ after playing car prank on Castle
As the mastermind behind the prank that removed the wheels from Spurs star rookie Stephon Castle’s Toyota GR Supra sports car, Sandro Mamukelashvili is taking extra precautions to protect his ride.
“I say it in front of the cameras, I’m not safe,” Mamukelashvili joked. "I’ve been hiding my keys for the past two days. … I’m probably going to make sure I’m watching my back for the next couple of games until he cools off a little bit, and then I’ll be fine.
Mamukelashvili revealed after shootaround Friday all the planning that went into pulling off the Castle car caper and what led to it.
The bottom line as to why Castle found his Supra out of commission in the players parking lot after Wednesday night’s win over Dallas at the Frost Bank Center was he needed to be taught a lesson, Mamukelashivili said.
"He had a few rookie (obligations) he was kind of struggling with and I was telling him throughout the whole year, ‘Yo, bro, you got to do it because I’m going to take your wheels off,’ " said Mamukelashvili, a fourth-year player. “And he was like, I’ll take your wheels off. It was basically a back-and-forth game where I would tell him something, he would tell me something.”
Spurs took the wheels off Stephon Castle’s car
(via devin_vassell/IG) pic.twitter.com/VT2HT2QFP6— Bleacher Report (@ BleacherReport) March 13, 2025
Finally fed up with the upstart 20-year-old, Mamukelashvili contacted a council of veterans - Chris Paul, Harrison Barnes and Keldon Johnson - and team security to get the OK to prank Castle. Once he received their blessing, he said he reached out to “my guy” Luis Cabrera Jr. at United Collision Car Care for assistance with removing the wheels.
“He was honored to do it,” Mamukelashvili said of Cabrera.
“He literally coordinated the crap out of it,” Cabrera said. “He had every security guard aware of it.”
In the locker room Wednesday night at halftime, Mamukelashvili swiped Castle’s keys. With the Spurs eventually sporting a comfortable lead in the second half, the backup forward/center from the Republic of Georgia then signaled to his girlfriend seated behind the bench to tell Cabrera and one of his employees to put the finishing touches on the elaborate operation in motion.
“It was a team effort,” Mamukelashvili said.
Castle’s reaction was caught on video by a few of his teammates.
“I guess he knew it was coming and I think he took it pretty well,” Mamukelashvili said. “Of course, he was a little upset, but I think it’s all love at the end of the day. I texted him yesterday to make sure he’s still good, and he threatened me again that he’ll do something to my car. But I think it’s a great way to kind of bring the team closer, kind of have fun a little bit.”
After consulting with the veterans on the team (CP3, Harrison Barnes, Keldon), Sandro Mamukelashvili dishes on how the rookie prank for Stephon Castle came about #Spurs #PorVida pic.twitter.com/pMGSagfhSI
— Zack Hedrick (@ zhedrickTV) March 14, 2025
Now, Mamukelashvili has to worry about Castle having some fun of his own.
“Hopefully, my car is safe and it doesn’t get keyed or stolen or anything … maybe I’ll buy him like box of chocolate,” Mamukelashvili said.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News