By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-03-25 14:09:50
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。
2025年3月14日，在圣安东尼奥霜冻银行中心，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)（3号）在对阵夏洛特黄蜂队的暂停期间与队友后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)（5号）和前锋桑德罗·马穆克拉什维利(Sandro Mamukelashvili)（54号）交谈。马刺队以134-145输给了黄蜂队。
底特律——克里斯·保罗(Chris Paul)周日在多伦多创造了NBA铁人历史，而就在一周前，这位39岁控球后卫的一位前队友还在惊叹于他的长青状态。
“也许我应该坚持下去，”JJ·雷迪克(JJ Redick)在执教湖人队击败保罗和马刺队之前说道。
“我只是告诉他，你还打球简直是个疯子，”雷迪克笑着补充道。
在马刺队以123-89战胜猛龙队的比赛中，保罗成为了NBA历史上首位在自己第20个或更晚赛季出战球队前70场比赛的球员，而且他首发了全部这些比赛。德克·诺维茨基(Dirk Nowitzki)在2017-18赛季差点做到这一点，他在达拉斯出战了前70场比赛中的69场。
保罗原本计划在周二晚上马刺队对阵活塞队的比赛中继续保持他令人印象深刻的纪录。
雷迪克和保罗从2013-17赛季开始，一起在洛杉矶快船队效力了四个赛季。
雷迪克并不是唯一一位对这位未来名人堂成员作为老将的耐久力印象深刻的保罗前队友兼教练。
新奥尔良的威利·格林(Willie Green)在2012-14赛季作为快船队球员与保罗和雷迪克一起打球，并且在2020-21赛季在菲尼克斯时还作为助理教练执教过保罗。
“嫉妒，”格林在被问及保罗继续打球时说道。格林本人12年的职业生涯在2014-15赛季结束后结束。
“他所能做到的事情，以及他对每个他所加入的球队的影响力，都令人印象深刻，”43岁的格林说。“他是一位领袖。他是我的朋友，就像兄弟一样，我非常自豪能和他一起打球，向他学习，现在看到他还能继续做到这些。”
格林表示，保罗是本赛季马刺队中三位出战了所有比赛的球员之一，这并不让他感到惊讶。另外两人是32岁的哈里森·巴恩斯(Harrison Barnes)和23岁的朱利安·尚帕尼(Julian Champagnie)。
“从局外人的角度来看，这可能会令人惊讶，”格林说。“但如果你了解他，就不会。他是一个竞争者。他想抓住每一次机会上场比赛，他以保持健康并出现在球场上为荣。”
保罗去年夏天与马刺队签下了一份为期一年、价值1100万美元的合同，但他尚未透露本赛季结束后是否会继续打球。在周二的比赛之前，他场均出战28.1分钟，得到8.8分，送出全队最高的7.7次助攻和1.3次抢断，三分球命中率为37.0%，场均出手3.7次。
“他（作为领袖）表现得非常出色……他在球场上也是我们的一位出色的球员，”马刺队代理主教练米奇·约翰逊(Mitch Johnson)说道。
保罗在洛杉矶的比赛后表示，看到像雷迪克和格林这样的前队友担任教练，感觉很奇怪。他补充说，他正在密切研究他们的举动，因为他试图最终确定他的退役计划——无论何时到来。
“我在赛前和JJ聊了聊，我观察了比赛的策略，知道他曾经是我的队友，看到他执教并做一些意想不到的事情，如果你想有机会，你必须这样做，”保罗说道。“但JJ在那里做得很好，与他比赛仍然感觉很超现实。”
雷迪克表示，在过去的三年里，他曾与保罗讨论过未来执教的可能性。
“这很有趣，因为对于我们所有人来说，特别是当我们接近职业生涯的终点时，我们都会担心另一面什么都没有，”雷迪克指的是球员退役后的生活。“这与你在职业生涯中赚了多少钱，你存了多少钱，你可以靠什么生活无关。对于那些极具竞争力、极具动力、极具进取心的人来说，有一种观点，那就是CP。而疯狂的是，他可以做任何他想做的事情，因为他是谁，他如何为人处世，他所拥有的职业生涯，他所拥有的声誉以及他所是的人。”
但雷迪克强调，就目前而言，保罗只是“想打球”。
“这说明了他很多，”雷迪克说。“他仍然在追逐那个小小的橙色球。我们小时候都做过。对我来说，这就是爱。”
卡斯尔期望哈士奇队能够反弹
马刺队新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔帮助康涅狄格大学在2024年赢得了背靠背NCAA冠军，他认为哈士奇队在周日第二轮以77-75输给佛罗里达大学的比赛只是该项目追求冠军道路上的一个暂停。
输给头号种子佛罗里达鳄鱼队结束了现代大学篮球男子NCAA锦标赛中最长的连胜纪录之一，达到13场，这意味着将在4月7日在阿拉莫巨蛋加冕新的男子冠军。
“我不会说连胜结束了，”卡斯尔在周二上午的投篮训练后说道。“我觉得它会回来的。”
卡斯尔上赛季是一名大一新生，当时康涅狄格大学击败了普渡大学，成为第八所赢得背靠背冠军的学校。
“我很享受在那里的时光，”卡斯尔说道，他在去年六月被马刺队以第四顺位选中后，是年度最佳新秀的热门人选。
卡斯尔表示，他理解哈士奇队教练丹·赫利(Dan Hurley)在比赛临近结束和赛后所经历的复杂情绪，包括对裁判的不满以及为他执教的毕业班球员哈桑·迪亚拉(Hassan Diarra)和萨姆森·约翰逊(Samson Johnson)，以及可能还有三年级球员亚历克斯·卡拉班(Alex Karaban)（预计可能在2025年NBA选秀中成为首轮末段的选秀球员）感到难过。
“他和那些球员中的许多人在一起已经三年多了，”卡斯尔谈到赫利时说道。“我确信这非常情绪化。我无法想象他当时的感觉，但他是一个非常真诚的人，所以我知道他不会隐藏它。但我知道赛季以这种方式结束对他们来说很艰难。”
Los Angeles Lakers guard Luka Doncic (77) posts up on San Antonio Spurs guard Chris Paul (3) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Monday, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
San Antonio Spurs guard Chris Paul (3) shoots over Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes (11) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Monday, March 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)
San Antonio Spurs guard Chris Paul (3) celebrates a three-point basket with Spurs center Bismack Biyombo during the first half of their NBA basketball game against the New York Knicks, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
Toronto Raptors forward Scottie Barnes (4) blocks the vision of San Antonio Spurs guard Chris Paul (3) during the second half of NBA basketball game action in Toronto, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (Thomas Skrlj/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Former teammates turned coaches marvel at Paul’s longevity
San Antonio Spurs guard Chris Paul (3) talks with his teammates guard Stephon Castle (5) and forward Sandro Mamukelashvili (54) during a timeout against the Charlotte Hornets at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, on Friday, March 14, 2025. The Spurs fell to the Hornets 145-134.
DETROIT – Chris Paul made NBA iron man history Sunday in Toronto a week after one of the 39-year-old point guard’s former teammates marveled at his longevity.
“Maybe I should have kept going,” JJ Redick said before coaching the Lakers to a win over Paul and the Spurs in Los Angeles.
“I just told him you’re a psycho for still playing,” Redick added with a smile.
In the Spurs’ 123-89 win over the Raptors, Paul became the first player in his 20th season or later to play in his team’s first 70 games of the season, and he started all of them. Dirk Nowitzki nearly did it in 2017-18, playing in 69 of the first 70 with Dallas.
Paul was set to keep his impressive streak going Tuesday night when the Spurs faced the Pistons.
Redick and Paul played together for four seasons as members of the Los Angeles Clippers from 2013-17.
Redick isn’t the only former Paul teammate turned coach impressed by the future Hall of Famer’s durability as an elder statesman.
New Orleans’ Willie Green was with Paul and Redick as a player with the Clippers from 2012-14 and also coached Paul as an assistant when they were together in Phoenix during the 2020-21 season.
“Jealous,” Green, whose 12-year playing career ended after the 2014-15 season, said when asked about Paul continuing to play.
“It is pretty impressive what he’s able to do, how he impacts every organization he goes to,” Green, 43, said. “He’s a leader. He’s a friend of mine, like a brother, and I’m extremely proud to have played with him, learned from him and now just seeing what he’s able to continue to do.”
Green said he isn’t surprised Paul is one of three Spurs players to have appeared in every game this season. The others are Harrison Barnes, 32, and Julian Champagnie, 23.
“From the outside looking in, it could be surprising,” Green said. “But if you know him, no. He’s a competitor. He wants to play every single opportunity and he takes pride in being available and being on the floor.”
Paul, who signed a one-year, $11 million deal with the Spurs last summer, hasn’t revealed whether he will continue to play after this season. He entered Tuesday’s game averaging 28.1 minutes, 8.8 points, a team-high 7.7 assists and 1.3 steals while shooting 37.0% from 3-point range on 3.7 attempts.
“He’s been phenomenal (as a leader). … He’s also been a hell of a player for us on the court,” acting Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said.
Paul said after the game in Los Angeles it’s strange seeing former teammates like Redick and Green as coaches. He added that he studies their moves closely as he tries to finalize his plans for retirement – whenever that will come.
“I talked to JJ before the game and I watched the strategy that goes into the game, knowing he was my teammate once, seeing him coaching and doing things outside of the box, and you got to do that if you’re going to have a chance,” Paul said. “But JJ is doing a great job over there and it’s still surreal to be playing against him.”
Redick said he’s had conversations with Paul the last three years about the possibility of coaching someday.
“It is interesting because the fear for all of us, especially as we get towards the end, is there’s nothing on the other side,” Redick said, referring to life after retiring as a player. “And it’s not about how much money you made in your career and how much money you saved, what you can live on. Highly competitive, highly driven, highly motivated people, there is a view, and that is CP. And the crazy thing is he could do anything he wanted to do because of who he is and how he’s carried himself and the career he’s had and the reputation he has and the person he is.”
But for now, Redick stressed, Paul just “wants to play the game.”
“And that says a lot about him,” Redick said. “He’s still chasing the little orange ball around. We all did when we were kids. To me, that’s like love.”
Castle expects Huskies to bounce back
Spurs rookie Stephon Castle, who helped Connecticut win its second straight NCAA title in 2024, views the Huskies’ 77-75 loss to Florida in the second round Sunday as merely a pause in the program’s pursuit of championships.
The loss to the top-seeded Gators ended one of the longest men’s NCAA tournament win streaks in modern college basketball at 13 and means a new champion will be crowned on the men’s side April 7 at the Alamodome.
“I wouldn’t say the streak is over,” Castle said after shootaround Tuesday morning. “I feel like it’ll come back.”
Castle was a freshman last season when UConn routed Purdue to become the eighth school to win back-to-back titles.
“I enjoyed my time there,” said Castle, who is the frontrunner for Rookie of the Year after the Spurs’ drafted him fourth overall last June.
Castle said he understood why Huskies coach Dan Hurley experienced a mix of emotions toward the end of the game and afterward, including anger at the officiating and sadness that it was the end of his time coaching seniors Hassan Diarra and Samson Johnson and possibly junior Alex Karaban, who is projected as a possible late first-round pick in the 2025 NBA Draft.
“He’d been with a lot of those guys for over three years,” Castle said of Hurley. “I’m sure it’s super emotional. I can’t imagine what he was feeling at that time, but he’s a super genuine guy, so I know he is not going to hide it. But I know it was tough for the season to end like that.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News