By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-06-27 23:34:32
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。
卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 是一名攻防兼备、潜力巨大的侧翼球员，正是马刺队一直渴望却在近年缺失的类型。
尽管马刺队昨晚没有参加2025年NBA选秀的第二轮，但他们通过摘下两名备受瞩目的新秀——榜眼秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 和第14顺位卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant)，度过了一个难忘的首轮。大多数马刺球迷可能对哈珀 (Harper) 比较熟悉，因为他是该顺位的公认人选，而且球迷有时间去了解他，但对于那些不太关注大学篮球的球迷来说，布莱恩特 (Bryant) 可能没那么熟悉。昨天，我们深入了解了哈珀 (Harper)，如果你还没看，请务必查看，而今天轮到布莱恩特 (Bryant) 了。
布莱恩特 (Bryant) 出生于加利福尼亚州里弗赛德。和哈珀 (Harper) 一样，他也出身篮球世家，他的父亲德申·卡特 (D’Cean Carter) 曾在长滩州立大学打过大学篮球。德申·卡特 (D’Cean Carter) 是一名高中篮球教练，他亲自执教过卡特 (Bryant)，先是在喷泉谷高中 (Fountain Valley High School)，然后是在新港滩圣人山高中 (Sage Hill High School)，卡特 (Bryant) 在他父亲接受那份工作后转学到了那里。在他高三赛季，他场均贡献22.1分、13.7个篮板、4次助攻、2.9次盖帽和1.6次抢断，被评为太平洋海岸联盟MVP。最终，在高四赛季，他转学到科罗纳世纪高中 (Centennial High School)，并在2024年入选了麦当劳全美最佳阵容。
作为一名公认的四星高中生，他选择在亚利桑那大学打大学联赛。在他唯一一个赛季里，他在一支经验丰富的球队中只首发了五场比赛，场均出战19分钟，贡献6.5分、4.1个篮板、1次助攻和1次盖帽，三分命中率达到37.1%。尽管角色相对有限，他仍然被普遍认为是前十顺位人选，并宣布参加NBA选秀，即使他如果再读一年大学，很可能就能跻身前五顺位。即便如此，今年他在第14顺位被选中仍然被认为是“捡漏”了。
身高2米03的布莱恩特 (Bryant) 目前被视为一名运动能力出众的3D侧翼，他主要是一名接球定点射手，不擅长自主创造投篮机会，但他在进攻端仍有很高潜力（此外，有了哈珀 (Harper)、斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 和德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 这三名精英后卫，马刺队目前对他并没有太多要求，只需他能拉开空间并出手投篮即可）。而在防守端，卡特 (Bryant) 是一名精英级别的外线防守者，拥有近2米13的臂展，并以封盖三分球而闻名。
这些特点让人们将他与多位前马刺球员进行比较，从布鲁斯·鲍文 (Bruce Bowen) 到布莱恩特 (Bryant)同样来自亚利桑那野猫队的肖恩·埃利奥特 (Sean Elliott)（肖恩·埃利奥特 (Sean Elliott) 肯定对他的到来感到非常兴奋），如果他能兑现其进攻潜力并结合出色的运动能力。布莱恩特 (Bryant) 本人也承认，他试图学习一位不太受欢迎的前马刺球员：科怀·伦纳德 (Kawhi Leonard) 的打法。尽管提到这个名字可能会让马刺球迷感到不适，但考虑到伦纳德 (Leonard) 相似的轨迹——从一名因为进攻能力不稳定而在选秀中排名稍低，但后来成长为顶级得分手和联盟前十球员——他们肯定会非常乐意看到这真的发生。指望布莱恩特 (Bryant) 达到同样的高度是不切实际的，但向一位历史级伟大球员学习并无不妥，而且他的潜力毋庸置疑。
场下，布莱恩特 (Bryant) 非常关注并参与到聋哑人社区事务中，因为他的外祖父母都是聋哑人。他的外祖父迈克·托雷斯 (Mike Torres) 是美国聋人篮球名人堂的成员，而他的外祖母雪莉·弗里德 (Shelly Freed) 则是加利福尼亚聋人学校的资深教育工作者和行政人员。他的母亲萨布丽娜·托雷斯 (Sabrina Torres) 是一名手语翻译员，而布莱恩特 (Bryant) 本人也能流利使用美国手语。正如他为亚利桑那大学校友会撰写的球员简介中所说：
随着他的知名度提升，布莱恩特 (Bryant) 打算为聋哑人社区争取更多关注，并希望最快在明年夏天能在图森市和加利福尼亚聋人学校举办篮球训练营。他说，部分原因是为了利用自己的平台产生积极影响，部分原因是为了将荣誉归于应得之人。
“他们值得拥有这一切，”他说。“他们都是了不起的人。”
如今“明年夏天”已至，所以希望凭借他的新NBA合同，他能够开始实现他为聋哑人社区做更多贡献的梦想，这也将包括他的新家（圣安东尼奥）。欢迎来到圣安东尼奥，卡特！
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Getting to know your new Spur: Carter Bryant
Carter is the 3-and-D wing with high upside the Spurs have always coveted but has been missing in recent years.
Although they did not participate in the second round of the 2025 NBA Draft last night, the Spurs had a memorable first round by walking away with two highly touted prospects: 2nd overall pick Dylan Harper and 14 overall pick Carter Bryant. Most Spurs fans are probably familiar with Harper since he was the consensus pick at that slot, and there was time to research him, but Bryant may be less familiar to those who are no that into college basketball. Yesterday, we got to know Harper a little better, so be sure to go check that out if you haven’t already, and today it’s Bryant’s turn.
Bryant was born in Riverside, California. Like Harper, he comes from a basketball background with his father, D’Cean Carter, having played college basketball at Long Beach State. He is a high school basketball coach who coached Carter himself, first at Fountain Valley High school, and then at Sage Hill Highschool in Newport Beach, where Carter transferred to after his father took the job there. He was named the Pacific Coast Conference MVP his junior year after averaging 22.1 points, 13.7 rebounds, four assists, 2.9 blocks, and 1.6 steals. Finally, he transferred to Centennial High School in Corona for his senior season, where he was named a McDonald’s All American in 2024.
As a consensus four-star recruit, he chose to play college ball at the University of Arizona. He only started five games on a veteran-laden squad in his lone season there, averaging 6.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block while shooting 37.1% from three in 19 minutes per game off the bench. Despite the relatively limited role, he was still widely considered a Top 10 pick and declared for the NBA Draft, even though he probably could have launched himself into the top 5 had he stayed in college another year. Even so, he is still considered a steal at 14th overall this year.
At 6’8”, Bryant is currently seen as an athletic 3-and-D wing who is mostly a spot-up shooter off the catch and not known for creating his own shot, but he still has high upside on that end (plus, with three elite guards in Harper, Stephon Castle and De’Aaron Fox, the Spurs won’t be looking for much more from him than to get open and take his shots at this point). On the other end, Carter is an elite perimeter defender with a nearly 7’ wing span and a noted ability to block three-point shots.
These assets have led to several comparisons to former Spurs, from Bruce Bowen to Bryant’s fellow Arizona Wildcat Sean Elliott (who is surely very excited about his arrival) if he reaches his offensive potential combined with his athleticism. Bryant himself admits he has tried to model his game after a less popular former Spur: Kawhi Leonard. While Spurs fans may cringe at the name, they would surely love to actually see that happen considering Leonard’s similar trajectory from elite defender who likely fell a bit in the draft due to his shaky offensive game to lethal scorer and Top 10 player. Expecting the same from Bryant is unreasonable, but there’s nothing wrong with trying to learn from an all-time great and no denying that the upside is there.
Off the court, Bryant is very involved in the deaf community, as both of his maternal grandparents are deaf. His grandfather, Mike Torres, is a member of the USA Deaf Basketball Hall of Fame, while his grandmother, Shelly Freed, is a longtime educator and administrator at the California School for the Deaf. His mother, Sabrina Torres, is a sign language interpreter, and Bryant himself is fluent in American Sign Language. As he told Arizona Alumni for his player profile:
As his profile rises, Bryant intends to bring awareness to the Deaf community and hopes to host basketball camps in Tucson and at the California School for the Deaf as soon as next summer. Part of it, he says, is using his platform to make an impact. Part of it’s giving credit where credit’s due.
“They deserve it,” he says. “They’re amazing people.”
“Next summer” is now, so hopefully with his new NBA contract, he can start fulfilling his dream of doing more for the deaf community, which will hopefully include his new home as well. Welcome to San Antonio, Carter!
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock