By Jacob Douglas | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-06-26 08:48:32
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。
圣安东尼奥拥有联盟中天赋储备最丰厚的球队之一。
如果2023年状元维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 没有遭遇伤病，他或许能在二年级赛季就入选最佳阵容。圣安东尼奥马刺队在2024年首轮选中的斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 上赛季赢得了年度最佳新秀。现在，在2025年 NBA选秀大会 上，马刺队选中了被普遍认为是第二好的新秀——来自 罗格斯大学 的组合型后卫迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)，他拥有随心所欲的得分能力。通过这次选秀，圣安东尼奥已经建立起一个阵容充实的新生代核心球员团队。
哈珀在大一赛季场均得到19.4分、4.6个篮板和4次助攻，投篮命中率为48.4%，三分命中率为33.3%。最后一个数据在NBA世界中引起了不少议论。圣安东尼奥需要射手，而哈珀到目前为止尚未证明自己是一名出色的射手。不过，仍有理由保持乐观，因为他去年在接球跳投方面的命中率为37%，并且篮下终结手感似乎很出色。
即使哈珀的三分球命中率未能达到40%，凭借其为自己和队友轻松创造机会的能力，他在进攻端也将是净积极因素。他拥有丰富的技巧突破到篮下，并且凭借6英尺6英寸（约1.98米）的身高和力量，能够在篮下完成终结。去年，哈珀在篮下的命中率高达67.6%。对于一名年轻球员来说，他的脚步技术非常成熟，所以即使被防守阻挡，他也能利用假动作和轴心脚转身找到得分角度。他善于改变节奏，并能通过突破撕裂防线。
鉴于马刺队已有达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 和卡斯尔两位投篮能力欠缺的主控后卫，关于哈珀与马刺队磨合的质疑声不绝于耳。尽管这种磨合并非天衣无缝，但也不至于糟糕。在罗格斯大学时期，当艾斯·贝利 (Ace Bailey) 持球时，哈珀有时需要打无球。他曾展现出作为一名聪明空切手的闪光点，并命中了相当数量的接球投篮。他应该能够与福克斯并肩作战，特别是如果这位老将控卫在手指手术后迎来一个投篮回暖的赛季。卡斯尔已经展现出足够的空切和防守能力，即使无球在手也能提供价值。
这个后卫三人组也不会像上赛季的福克斯和克里斯·保罗 (Chris Paul) 组合那样。他们拥有真正的身材优势和多功能性，能够防守多个位置。哈珀绝非精英级防守者，但他强壮且臂展出色，因此他应该能够跟上对方的后卫和侧翼球员。
无论位置是否重叠，提升球队阵容的天赋下限和上限都是一件好事。尤其是当你引进的球员拥有像哈珀这样的技能组合时。在 NBA总决赛 中，印第安纳步行者队和俄克拉荷马城雷霆队都派上了多名能够运球、传球、投篮并能防守多个位置的球员。这正是现代NBA的建队秘诀。圣安东尼奥现在拥有一大批能够做到这一点的后卫。
随着哈珀的加入，马刺队的核心阵容包括：文班亚马，一位全明星球员，很可能成为联盟前十的球员；福克斯，一位前全明星球员，大约排在联盟前30的球员；卡斯尔，一位潜力无限的“瑞士军刀”型球员，他必须开发出跳投能力。此外，还有杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan)、德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 和凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 等稳定或出色的角色球员。更重要的是，他们还手握第14顺位选秀权，以及大量可以用来整合或增加核心阵容的筹码。除了马刺，你很难找到太多比他们更有望取得长期成功的球队。
适配性见鬼去吧！哈珀为圣安东尼奥带来了一位顶级新秀和潜在的全明星球员，他被比作杰伦·布伦森 (Jalen Brunson)、詹姆斯·哈登 (James Harden) 和凯德·坎宁安 (Cade Cunningham) 等人。在选秀大会如此高的顺位，你根本不可能放弃这种天赋。布莱恩·莱特 (Brian Wright)、格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich)、米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 以及其他管理层成员，现在面临的任务是找到一种方法，让这个核心阵容在球场上协同作战。他们拥有所有必要的工具来完成这项任务。
选秀评级：A+
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Dylan Harper gives the Spurs a loaded young core
San Antonio has one of the best collections of young talent in the league.
If the 2023 first overall pick, Victor Wembanyama, didn’t go down with an injury, he may have finished on an All-NBA team in his sophomore season. The San Antonio Spurs’ first-round selection in 2024, Stephon Castle, won Rookie of the Year last season. Now, in the 2025 NBA Draft, the Spurs take the consensus second-best prospect, Dylan Harper, the combo-guard from Rutgers, who can score at will. With the selection, San Antonio has built a loaded young core of players.
Harper averaged 19.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 4 assists in his freshman season, while shooting 48.4% from the field and 33.3% from deep. That last number has caused a lot of hubbub in the NBA world. San Antonio needs shooters, and Harper, to this point, hasn’t proven to be an awesome shooter. There are reasons for optimism, as he shot 37% on catch-and-shoot jumpers last year and seems to have solid touch around the rim.
Even if he’s not hitting 40% of his three-pointers, Harper will be a net-positive offensively with his effortless creation for himself and others. He’s got a deep bag of tricks to get to the rim, and has the size and strength at 6-foot-6 to finish when he gets there. Harper converted on 67.6% of his shots at the rim last year. His footwork is advanced for a young player, so even if he’s stopped, he can use fakes and pivots to find an angle to score. He changes pace well and can manipulate a defense with his drives.
There has been a lot of criticism about Harper’s fit with the Spurs, given they already have two lead guards with shooting deficiencies in De’Aaron Fox and Castle. While the fit isn’t seamless, it’s not necessarily awful. Harper had to play off the ball a bit at Rutgers when Ace Bailey had the rock. He showed flashes of being a smart cutter and hit a decent number of catch-and-shoot attempts. He should be able to play with Fox, especially if the veteran guard has a bounce-back shooting season after finger surgery. Castle has shown enough ability as a cutter and defender to provide value without the ball in his hands.
This guard trio won’t be like the Fox and Chris Paul pairing last season, either. They have legitimate size and versatility to guard multiple positions. Harper isn’t an elite defender by any means, but he’s strong and long, so he should be able to keep up with opposing guards and wings.
It’s a good thing to raise the talent floor and ceiling of your roster regardless of positional overlap. Especially when the player you’re adding has a skillset like Harper’s. In the NBA finals, both the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder played multiple guys who could dribble, pass, shoot, and defend multiple positions. That is the modern NBA team-building recipe. San Antonio now has a bevvy of guards who can do just that.
With Harper in tow, the Spurs’ core consists of Wembanyama, an All-Star and likely top-10 player in the league. Fox, a former All-Star and top-30-ish player. Castle, an up-and-coming Swiss Army Knife who must develop a jump shot. Finally, solid to good role players like Jeremy Sochan, Devin Vassell, and Keldon Johnson. Plus, they have the 14th pick, and a bevvy of assets to consolidate or add to the core. It’s hard to find too many franchises better poised for long-term success than the Spurs.
Fit be damned. Harper gives San Antonio a high-end prospect and potential All-Star who has been compared to the likes of Jalen Brunson, James Harden, and Cade Cunningham. You simply don’t pass on that talent this high in the draft. Brian Wright, Gregg Popovich, Mitch Johnson, and the rest of the front office are now tasked with finding a way to make this core work together on the court. They have all of the tools at their disposal to do so.
Pick Grade: A+
By Jacob Douglas, via Pounding The Rock