By Jeje Gomez | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-05-12 21:00:00
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。
瓦塞尔在本赛季表现平平，并未能证明批评者对其不稳定性看法的错误，但偶有闪光，展现了有价值的攻防两端表现。
欢迎来到Pounding the Rock的2024-25赛季球员回顾！本系列将着眼于那些与 圣安东尼奥马刺队 签订保障合同，并且出场时间有意义或扮演重要角色的球员（因此不包括双向合同球员，因为我们今年几乎没看到他们，也不包括被交易走的球员）。
德文·瓦塞尔
2024-25赛季数据：31分钟，16.3分，4.0篮板，2.9助攻，36.8%三分命中率
合同状态：剩余4年，1.06亿美元（预估）
年龄：24岁
德文·瓦塞尔(Devin Vassell)的表现并没有达到马刺队在与他续签了一份上赛季生效的大额合同时的预期。他因伤开始了本赛季，错过了最初的几场比赛，之后有一段时间是从替补席上出发。一旦他重新获得首发位置，他的表现就在好与坏之间交替，有时表现消极，几乎隐形，有时则在攻防两端都发挥着关键作用。他的产量在三月份有所提高，当时圣安东尼奥已经没有任何目标可追求。在2024/25赛季，瓦塞尔在进攻端退步，在防守端偶有亮点，但更重要的是，他并没有消除人们认为他不够稳定，无法成为一支胜利球队中最好的球员之一的看法。
瓦塞尔状态起伏最奇特的例子出现在赛季初比赛上下半场数据之间的鲜明差异上。在全明星周末之前，瓦塞尔在前两节每36分钟平均得到18.1分，投篮命中率为41.1%，三分命中率为31.3%，罚球1.8次。在下半场，他每36分钟平均得到19.7分，投篮命中率为46.6%，三分命中率为39.7%，罚球2.9次。中场休息后，他成为了底角和短距离跳投以及抛投方面的绝对魔鬼。赛季初，比赛中数据差异更加明显，他在前两节表现得像个替补，在第三节开始活跃并打出了接近全明星水准的表现，然后在第四节稳定成为一名可靠的贡献者。这很奇怪。
从乐观的角度来看，瓦塞尔本赛季的表现表明，当他处于最佳状态时，他显然可以达到作为进攻端第三选择所需要的高度。从悲观的角度来看，很难预测他何时会发挥出色，或者何时会梦游般地度过一个低效的夜晚，这让他很难被信任。
展望未来
瓦塞尔将进入他续约合同的第二年，其中包含一些不太可能实现的奖金，他的目标是证明他要么可以成为一个稳定的得分手和组织者，要么成为一个出色的无球防守者，可以在进攻端做出贡献，或者理想情况下两者兼具。拥有一个健康的休赛期可以极大地帮助他，因为他可以增加一些力量，让他的终结能力恢复到2023/24赛季的水平，并以良好的节奏开始新赛季。在赛季后期，当他充满活力地比赛时，他的防守在球队层面看起来确实是一笔巨大的财富，而且他的跳投是一件武器。无论是为了提高马刺队进入季后赛的机会，还是为了增加他的交易价值，球队都需要瓦塞尔拿出最好的表现。他可以成为一支优秀球队中不可或缺的一员，无论是作为首发球员还是第六人，而且他在俱乐部中的经验在没有格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)执教的第一个赛季中可能会非常宝贵。
目前最大的问题是斯蒂芬·卡斯尔(Stephon Castle)是补充瓦塞尔，还是让他变得多余。卡斯尔是一名可以投篮的组织者，并且在防守端的进攻发起点表现最佳，而瓦塞尔更像是一名辅助射手和空间型球员，擅长无球跑动。理论上，这两人在一起出现在侧翼会很棒。但在实践中，如果卡斯尔能拥有一手及格的跳投，他就能在攻防两端的外线提供瓦塞尔无法比拟的对抗强度。由于在下一次选秀中有两个乐透签，并且卡斯尔已经到位，如果瓦塞尔的状态继续起伏不定，他最终可能会发现自己成为马刺队可以承担的奢侈品。希望他能证明防守方面的进步是真实的，并且他能保持健康和良好的节奏，为圣安东尼奥提供一个可以长期围绕其建队的球员。
最佳表现
3月4日，对阵布鲁克林篮网队。生涯新高37分，仅出手20次，11个篮板，5次助攻，4次抢断。
最终评分：B-
接下来：维克托·文班亚马
之前的回顾：
点击查看原文：2024-25 Spurs Player Reviews: Devin Vassell
2024-25 Spurs Player Reviews: Devin Vassell
Vassell did nothing to prove the critics wrong about his inconsistency, but showed flashes of valuable two-way play in a down season.
Welcome to Pounding the Rock’s 2024-25 player reviews! The series will look at the players who finished the season with the San Antonio Spurs on guaranteed contracts and who played consequential minutes and/or a vital role (so no two-way players because we hardly saw them this year, and no players who were traded away).
Devin Vassell
2024-25 stats: 31 MPG, 16.3 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 36.8 3FG%
Contract Status: 4 years, $106 remaining (estimated)
Age: 24
Devin Vassell didn’t have the type of year the Spurs were expecting when they signed him to a sizable extension that kicked in last season. He started the season with an injury and missed the first few games before coming off the bench for a while. Once he reclaimed his starting spot, he alternated between good and bad performances, passive showings in which he was invisible and stretches in which he was a difference-maker on both ends. His production improved in March, when San Antonio wasn’t playing for anything. In 2024/25, Vassell took a step back on offense, showed some flashes on defense, but, more than anything, he did little to dispel the notion that he’s not consistent enough to be one of the best players on a winning team.
The most curious example of Vassell’s ups-and-downs came in the stark difference between his splits in the first and second halves of games early in the season. Before the All-Star break, Vassell averaged 18.1 points per 36 minutes in the first two quarters on 41.1 percent from the field and 31.3 percent from beyond the arc while getting to the line 1.8 times. In second halves, he averaged 19.7 points per 36 minutes, shooting 46.6 from the field and 39.7 percent from outside while shooting 2.9 free throws. He became an absolute demon from the corners and on short jumpers and floaters after halftime. The difference in in-game splits was even starker earlier in the season, as he produced like a scrub in the two opening frames, came alive and produced like a borderline All-Star in the third, and then settled into a solid contributor in the fourth. It was bizarre.
The glass-half-full conclusion from this Vassell season is that he clearly can reach the heights needed from a third option on offense when he’s at his best. The glass-half-empty position is that it’s hard to predict when he will deliver or sleepwalk into an inefficient night, making him hard to trust.
Looking ahead
Vassell will enter the second year of his extension, which includes unlikely bonuses, with the objective to show that he can either be a consistent scorer and creator, a killer off-ball defender who can contribute on the other end, or ideally both. Having a healthy offseason could help him massively, as he could add some strength to get his finishing back to where it was in 2023/24 and start the season in rhythm. His defense truly looked like a huge asset at the team level when he was playing with energy later in the season, and his jumper is a weapon. Whether it is to improve the Spurs’ playoff chances or increase his trade value, the franchise needs the best version of Vassell to show up. He could be an integral part of a good team as a starter or a sixth man, and his experience with the club could be extremely valuable during the first season without Gregg Popovich at the helm.
The big question looming is whether Stephon Castle complements Vassell or makes him superfluous. Castle is a creator who can shoot and is at his best at the point of attack on defense, while Vassell is more of a complementary shooter and floor-spacer who thrives off the ball. In theory, those two would be great on the wing together. In practice, Castle is a passable jumper away from offering a level of physicality in the perimeter on both ends that Vassell can’t match. With two lottery picks in the next draft and Castle already in place, Vassell could eventually find himself being a luxury the Spurs can afford to do without if the up-and-downs continue. Hopefully he proves that the defensive improvement is real and that he can stay healthy and in rhythm, giving San Antonio a long-term piece to build around.
Top performance
March 4, vs. Brooklyn Nets. Career-high 37 points on just 20 shots, 11 rebounds, five assists, four steals.
Final grade: B-
Up next: Victor Wembanyama
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