By Jeff McDonald, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-06-11 15:29:26
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。
马刺前锋杰里米·索汉周三包下了圣安东尼奥的果汁吧Southwest Elixirs一小时，以此作为与球迷重聚的方式。索汉与球迷合影、签名并亲自调制果汁。
自马刺赛季于四月中旬结束后，索汉曾到访英格兰和西班牙。
他还在菲律宾待了一段时间。
索汉没有选择加入队友维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 在中国与少林僧人交流的“精神之旅”，但原因并非人们预想的那样是害怕剃头。
“我会剃头，”索汉耸耸肩说道，“为什么不呢？”
索汉在休赛期开始的环球旅行结束后，这位自称“世界公民”的球员周三恰好身处他想去的地方——在圣安东尼奥市中心附近他最喜欢的果汁吧，与一群显然非常想念他的马刺忠实球迷亲密互动。
索汉想出了包下 Southwest Elixirs 一小时的主意，作为在两个月环球旅行后与球迷重聚的方式。在店里，索汉与球迷合影、签名、调制果汁——并重申了他对南德克萨斯这片土地的深厚感情。
“圣安东尼奥是我的家，我的亲朋好友都在这里，我的狗狗们也在，”这位22岁的前锋说道，“重新建立联系总是非常重要。”
已经打了三个NBA赛季的索汉明白，“家”的概念对于职业篮球运动员来说是转瞬即逝的。
今日之所居，明日或将不再。
像大多数拥有社交媒体账户和能上网的球迷一样，索汉也听说了今夏马刺正密切关注的、一大串盛传可能加盟的全明星球员名单，因为球队正寻求加速推进文班亚马时代的下一阶段。
凯文·杜兰特 (Kevin Durant)。扬尼斯·阿德托昆博 (Giannis Antetokounmpo)。杰伦·布朗 (Jaylen Brown)。
无论这些流言是真是假，还是介于两者之间，索汉都将这些议论视为一种恭维。
“每个人都想来这里，”索汉说道，“我认为这是一件好事。”
对于目前将圣安东尼奥视为家园的一些球员来说，这可能不一定是一件好事。例如，与菲尼克斯太阳队 (Phoenix Suns) 达成关于杜兰特的交易，可能涉及索汉。也可能不涉及。
或者根本就不会发生。
这种不确定性，如果索汉放任自己，可能会让他这样的年轻球员抓狂。
他决心不让这种情况发生。
“对我来说，活在当下很重要，”索汉说道，“现在，我正在圣安东尼奥努力训练，尽力成为最好的球员。那是最重要的事情。”
为此，索汉直接从他的暑假状态投入到了训练馆。
本周有一天马刺的训练设施无法使用时，索汉去了附近的克拉克高中进行训练。他的重心——不出所料——一直放在完善他那非传统的跳投上，这是一项艰巨的改造工程，自索汉新秀赛季以来就一直在进行。
从很多方面来看，索汉刚刚度过了他职业生涯中最好的一个赛季，场均贡献11.4分和职业生涯最高的6.5个篮板，同时投篮命中率达到职业生涯最高的53.5%。
他的三分命中率仍停留在30.8%，这主要归因于他投篮姿势中根深蒂固的一个缺陷。他还在三分线外只出手了职业生涯最低的91次。
2025年2月20日周四，在德克萨斯州奥斯汀的穆迪中心，圣安东尼奥马刺队的杰里米·索汉 (10号) 在对阵菲尼克斯太阳队的第三节比赛中罚球。这位前锋正在努力完善他的跳投，这是一项自他新秀赛季以来就一直在进行的改造过程，目的是为了让他在休赛期投篮更流畅。他周三在他于 Southwest Elixirs 举办的活动上表示。
今年夏天，索汉正努力让他的投篮更加流畅、更快、更顺滑，同时希望能减少他标志性的侧旋。
“这其中涉及很多不同的因素，”索汉说道，“关键是找到最适合我的方式。”
如果一切按计划进行，对索汉最有利的事情也将与对马刺最有利的事情相融合。从7月1日起，索汉将有资格获得一份合同续约。马刺队可能会等到其他休赛期事项敲定后，再处理索汉的续约事宜——尤其是在德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 也面临一份可能高达2.28亿美元的四年续约合同之际。
此外，还有那些持续不断的交易流言，索汉承认，即使他比喻性地捂住耳朵，它们有时也会传到他耳中。
“作为球员，我们尽量不去过多关注这些，但你确实会听到一些，”索汉说道，“我只是认为这显示了圣安东尼奥和整个球队的兴奋之情。我们已经为接下来的一切做好了准备。”
与此同时，索汉周三尽情享受着他所知唯一的NBA家园所带来的一切。
在索汉预定抵达前半小时，一支马刺球迷队伍从 Southwest Elixirs 店门前排到了街角。当他出现时，索汉受到了球迷们即兴高呼的“Go Spurs Go！”的欢迎。
忘了Jamba Juice吧。这是杰里米果汁。
自赛季结束以来成功环游了世界之后，索汉终于回到了他熟悉的环境中。
“我一直都爱着圣安东尼奥，”索汉说道，“从一开始，这个社区就充满了爱。这恰恰展现了圣安东尼奥的精神。我爱这里。”
Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan bought out San Antonio juice bar Southwest Elixirs for an hour Wednesday as a way of reuniting with fans. Sochan posed for pictures, signed autographs and served up juice blends.
Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan bought out San Antonio juice bar Southwest Elixirs for an hour Wednesday as a way of reuniting with fans. Sochan posed for pictures, signed autographs and served up juice blends.
Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan bought out San Antonio juice bar Southwest Elixirs for an hour Wednesday as a way of reuniting with fans. Sochan posed for pictures, signed autographs and served up juice blends.
Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan bought out San Antonio juice bar Southwest Elixirs for an hour Wednesday as a way of reuniting with fans. Sochan posed for pictures, signed autographs and served up juice blends.
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Spurs forward Jeremy Sochan bought out San Antonio juice bar Southwest Elixirs for an hour Wednesday as a way of reuniting with fans. Sochan posed for pictures, signed autographs and served up juice blends.
Since the Spurs’ season ended in mid-April, Jeremy Sochan has been to England and Spain.
He spent some time in the Philippines.
Sochan did not opt to join teammate Victor Wembanyama on his spiritual quest to commune with Shaolin monks in China, but not for the hair-razing reason one might expect.
“I would shave my head,” Sochan said with a shrug. “Why not?”
After Sochan’s globetrotting start to the offseason, the self-described “citizen of the world” was precisely where he wanted to be Wednesday — at his favorite juice bar near downtown San Antonio, mingling with a throng of Spurs faithful who had obviously missed him.
Sochan concocted the idea to buy out Southwest Elixirs for an hour as a way of reuniting with fans following two months of wanderlust. Given run of the place, Sochan posed for pictures, signed autographs, served up juice blends – and reaffirmed his roots in South Texas.
“San Antonio is where my home is, where my people are, where my dogs are,” the 22-year-old forward said. “It’s always important to reconnect.”
With three NBA seasons in the books, Sochan understands the notion of home can be fleeting for a professional basketball player.
What is home today might not be home tomorrow.
Like most anyone with a social media account and working Wi-Fi connection, Sochan has heard the laundry list of All-Stars rumored to be on the Spurs’ radar this summer as the team seeks to turbo charge the next stage of the Wembanyama era.
Kevin Durant. Giannis Antetokounmpo. Jaylen Brown.
Whether the gossip is true or false or somewhere in between, Sochan takes the chatter as a compliment.
“Everyone wants to come here,” Sochan said. “I think that’s a good thing.”
It might not necessarily be a good thing for some of the players who currently call San Antonio home. A deal with the Phoenix Suns for Durant, for example, might include Sochan. Or it might not.
Or it might not happen at all.
It is the type of uncertainty that might drive a young player like Sochan batty, if he let it.
He is determined not to let it.
“To me, it’s important to be present,” Sochan said. “Right now, I’m here in San Antonio working my ass off and just trying to be the best player I can be. That’s the most important thing.”
To that end, Sochan proceeded directly from his summer vacation into the practice gym.
When the Spurs’ facilities were unavailable one day this week, Sochan went to nearby Clark High School to work out. His focus — not surprisingly — has been on refining his unconventional jump shot, an arduous construction project that has been ongoing since Sochan’s rookie year.
In many ways, Sochan is coming off the best season of his pro career, having averaged 11.4 points and a career-best 6.5 rebounds while making a career-best 53.5% from the field.
His 3-point percentage remained stalled at 30.8%, owing mostly to an ingrained glitch in his form. He attempted a career-low 91 shots from beyond the arc.
San Antonio Spurs’ Jeremy Sochan (10) takes a free-throw during the third quarter against the Phoenix Suns at Moody Center on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The forward is attempting to refine his jump shot, an ongoing process dating to his rookie season, to make it more fluid this offseason, he said Wednesday at an event he hosted at Southwest Elixirs.
This summer, Sochan is working to make his shot more fluid, quicker and smoother, while hopefully mitigating the trademarked sideways rotation on his ball.
“There’s a lot of different things that go into it,” Sochan said. “It’s just finding what’s best for me.”
If all goes to plan, what’s best for Sochan and what’s best for the Spurs can commingle. Starting July 1, Sochan is eligible for a contract extension. It is possible the Spurs could wait until other pieces of offseason business are rubber stamped before addressing Sochan’s deal — especially with De’Aaron Fox up for a four-year extension worth as much as $228 million of his own.
Then there is the persistent trade talk, which Sochan admits does sometimes reach his ears even if he metaphorically has his fingers plugged in both of them.
“We try as players to not look into it too much, but you do hear stuff,” Sochan said. “I just think it shows the excitement around San Antonio and the organization. We’re ready for what happens next.”
In the meantime, Sochan spent Wednesday reveling in the trappings of the only NBA home he has ever known.
A line of Spurs fans stretched around the block from Southwest Elixirs half an hour before Sochan was scheduled to arrive. When he emerged, Sochan was greeted with impromptu chants of “Go Spurs Go!”
Forget Jamba Juice. This was Jeremy Juice.
Having successfully hopscotched the planet since the end of the season, Sochan was back in his element at last.
“I’ve always got love for San Antonio,” Sochan said. “The community has been all love from the start. It just shows you what San Antonio is about. I love it.”
By Jeff McDonald, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News