By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-05-21 13:50:12
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。
特雷·约翰逊参加了2025年5月13日星期二在芝加哥举行的2025年NBA篮球选秀联合试训。（美联社照片/Nam Y. Huh）
前德克萨斯大学后卫特雷·约翰逊(Tre Johnson)在NBA选秀联合试训中对关于他如何成为一名顶级射手的各种问题给出了合乎常理的答案。
例如，当被问及他如何在暂停后的战术配合中擅长得分时，他的回答是：“只是练习而已。这真的不是什么高深的科学。我们制定了战术，你知道在哪里可以找到投篮机会，为什么不练习呢？所以，我真正做的就是练习投篮，然后将其转化为比赛。”
所有这些练习都将为这位来自加兰的致命射手带来回报。
约翰逊预计将成为前五顺位的热门人选，本赛季他场均得到19.9分，三分球命中率为39.7%（场均出手6.8次），罚球命中率为87.1%，是东南联盟的得分王和最佳新生。
圣安东尼奥马刺队需要一位充满活力的射手，但联盟内越来越多的人认为，拥有第二顺位选秀权的马刺队已经将目光锁定在前罗格斯大学后卫迪伦·哈珀(Dylan Harper)身上，他是杜克大学的库珀·弗拉格(Cooper Flagg)之后的普遍选择，预计弗拉格将被达拉斯小牛队以状元签摘下。
尽管人们对约翰逊分享球的意愿、他略显单薄的6英尺6英寸、190磅的身材以及值得商榷的防守本能存在疑问，但他作为一名不知疲倦的射手的声誉使他成为马刺队之后乐透区球队极具吸引力的潜在人选，包括费城76人队（第三顺位）和夏洛特黄蜂队（第四顺位）。
在芝加哥，约翰逊通过展示令人印象深刻的投篮机制，并在所有投篮中命中68%，进一步强化了人们对其可能成为NBA中炙手可热的得分手的信念。
对于一个在空荡荡的体育馆里投过无数次篮，并努力磨练自己技术的球员来说，这只是他日常工作的一部分。
“这更多的是一种心理上的事情，只是能够一遍又一遍地做同样的事情，这是肯定的，”他说。“这就是全部。每个人都知道如何投篮，但如果你能在心理上一次又一次地做同样的事情来完成投篮，那就是全部。”
约翰逊自称是“篮球书呆子”，在德克萨斯大学在NCAA锦标赛附加赛中输给泽维尔大学后，他在加利福尼亚州圣巴巴拉为联合试训做准备。
2025年3月4日星期二，在密西西比州斯塔克维尔举行的一场NCAA大学篮球比赛的上半场，德克萨斯大学后卫特雷·约翰逊（20号）运球突破密西西比州立大学后卫克劳德尔·哈里斯(Claudell Harris Jr.)（0号）的防守。（美联社照片/Rogelio V. Solis）
他的准备工作包括观看NBA球星德文·布克(Devin Booker)和谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大(Shai Gilgeous-Alexander)的视频，后者身高6英尺6英寸，体重200磅，与19岁的约翰逊有着相似的体型。
“（对于布克来说），是他用最少的运球次数得分的方式，他从掩护出来的脚步，他如何打无球，以及他如何有节奏地得分和从掩护中出来而无需运球，”约翰逊说。“然后对于谢伊来说，更多的是他如何获得犯规，当他们试图逼近时，他如何在被严密盯防的情况下处理防守，在事情发生之前看到机会，以及他用球的创造力。”
在带领莱克海兰兹高中赢得6A级州冠军两年后，并在转学到密苏里州的林克学院一年后，约翰逊加入了长角牛队。他认为，在东南联盟打球就像在迷你NBA打球，因为“你不能休息一个晚上”。
他说：“每天晚上你都可能被东南联盟的一支优秀球队击败。这与NBA的情况类似。这些都是世界上最好的球员。”
尽管他在德克萨斯大学场均只有2.7次助攻，但约翰逊相信他在更高水平上的传球能力将超出预期。
他说：“我能够得分，这会让防守失去位置。如果你们失去位置，那只会让我更容易看到机会，会留下一些区域。总会有人是空位的。”
但NBA球队将会指望他投篮并命中，包括在比赛的关键时刻。
约翰逊说：“这一刻真的不会对我造成任何影响，因为我从小就参加过很多激烈的比赛。努力练习那些投篮对我很有帮助，然后无论在什么时候都将它转化为比赛。”
正如他所说，这真的不是什么高深的科学。
Tre Johnson talks to media at the 2025 NBA basketball Draft Combine in Chicago, Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Texas guard Tre Johnson (20) dunks against Xavier forward Zach Freemantle (32) during the first half of a First Four college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
Texas guard Tre Johnson (20) passes during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Mississippi State, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Starkville, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Tre Johnson participates at the 2025 NBA basketball Draft Combine in Chicago, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Tre Johnson participates at the 2025 NBA basketball Draft Combine in Chicago, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Texas guard Tre Johnson (20) looks to shoot during a First Four college basketball game against Xavier in the NCAA Tournament, Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Dayton, Ohio. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
Texas guard Tre Johnson (20) moves against Tennessee guard Jordan Gainey (11) during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfinal round of the Southeastern Conference tournament, Friday, March 14, 2025, in Nashville, Tenn.
Khaman Maluach, from rear left, and Cooper Flagg, Dylan Harper and Tre Johnson participate in the 2025 NBA basketball draft combine in Chicago, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
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Where will former Texas star Tre Johnson land in NBA draft?
Tre Johnson participates in the 2025 NBA basketball draft combine in Chicago, Tuesday, May 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Former Texas guard Tre Johnson offered common-sense answers to various questions at the NBA draft combine about how he became a superior shot-maker.
Take, for instance, this response when asked how he excels at scoring on set plays coming out of timeouts: “Just practicing it. It really ain’t rocket science. We put the play in, you know where the shot can come at, why not practice it? So, that’s really all I’m doing, just practicing the shot and then taking it and translating it to the game.”
All that practice is about to pay off for the dead-eye shooter from Garland.
Johnson is projected as a top-five pick after averaging 19.9 points per game this season while shooting 39.7% from 3-point range on 6.8 attempts per outing and 87.1% from the free-throw line as the SEC’s leading scorer and its freshman of the year.
The Spurs need a dynamic shot-maker, but there’s a growing assumption around the league the owners of the No. 2 pick have zeroed in on former Rutgers guard Dylan Harper, the consensus pick after Duke-ex Cooper Flagg, who is expected to be taken No. 1 by Dallas.
While questions exist about Johnson’s willingness to share the ball, his slight 6-foot-6, 190-pound frame and questionable defensive instincts, his reputation as a relentless sharpshooter makes him a tantalizing prospect for lottery teams picking after the Spurs, including Philadelphia at No. 3 and Charlotte at No. 4.
In Chicago, Johnson reinforced the belief he could become a white-hot scorer in the NBA by hitting 68% on all shots attempted while displaying impressive mechanics.
It was all in a day’s work for a player who has taken countless shots in empty gyms while trying to hone his game.
“It’s more of just a mental thing, just being able to do the same thing over and over, for sure,” he said. “That’s really all it is. Guys know how to make shots, but if you can do the same thing mentally over and over to make the shot, that’s really all there is to it.”
A self-described “basketball nerd”, Johnson prepared for the combine in Santa Barbara, Calif., after Texas lost to Xavier in the play-in round of the NCAA Tournament.
Texas guard Tre Johnson (20) drives past Mississippi State guard Claudell Harris Jr. (0) towards the basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game, Tuesday, March 4, 2025, in Starkville, Miss. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
Part of his preparation included watching video of NBA stars Devin Booker and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who at 6-6, 200-pounds shares a body type with Johnson, 19.
“(With Booker), it’s the way he scores in, like, minimum dribbles, his footwork coming off the screens, how he plays off the ball and then how he just scores in rhythm and coming off screens without having to dribble,” Johnson said. “And then with Shai, it is more how he gets fouled, how he processes the defense while being tightly guarded when they’re trying to close in, seeing reads before they happen and then just his creativity with the ball.”
Johnson joined the Longhorns two years after leading Lake Highlands to a Class 6A state championship and a year after transferring to Link Academy in Missouri. Playing in the SEC, he suggested, was like playing in a mini-NBA because “you can’t take a night off.”
“Every night you could get beat by a good team in the SEC,” he said. “That’s kind of the same in the NBA. These are the best players in the world.”
Although he averaged just 2.7 assists per game at Texas, Johnson believes his passing at the next level will be better than expected.
“Me being able to score, that’s going to put the defense out of position,” he said. "It just makes it easier for me to see the reads, if you’re out of position then you’re leaving some area. Somebody’s open.”
But NBA teams will be counting on him to take and make shots, including when the game’s on the line.
“The moment really doesn’t get to me just because I played in a lot of heated games growing up,” Johnson said. “Just working on practicing those shots has been good for me and then just translating that to the game no matter what the moment is.”
As he said, it ain’t rocket science.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News