By Jeje Gomez | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-06-29 10:37:47
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。
凯尔特人队很想留下这名内线球员，但他寻求的薪资可能超出球队的支付意愿。
在选秀大会上选中一名后卫和一名前锋之后，马刺队预计将在自由球员内线市场有所行动。据《施泰因热线》的杰克·费舍尔 (Jake Fischer) 报道，竞争对手球队的管理层预计卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 将是他们的目标之一。
科内特是一名经验丰富的流浪中锋，他在职业生涯开始后一直在联盟中辗转，效力过其他六支球队，包括在波士顿的短暂效力经历。直到2022年，他才在凯尔特人队找到了归属。曾几何时，他因Kornet Kontest 而比其球场表现更为人所知，但在过去两年里，他成为了乔·马祖拉 (Joe Mazzulla) 轮换阵容中的常客。他的数据并不亮眼，上赛季在场均18.6分钟的出场时间里，场均仅得到6分、5.3个篮板和1次盖帽，但这可以说是他生涯表现最好的一个赛季。但他是一名稳健的防守者，每当有内线球员受伤需要顶替时，他都能挺身而出。他的影响力超越了数据统计，常规赛期间，当科内特在场时，凯尔特人队每百回合能比对手多得14.9分。
科内特的吸引力在于他稳健、传统的内线打法。他身高2米16，在内线能很好地利用自己的身材。他不是一个外线威胁，多年来也未曾尝试开发此项能力，欣然接受自己在禁区内能发挥最佳表现的事实。进攻端，他能抢下进攻篮板并在篮下终结；防守端，他能终结对手进攻并护筐。科内特是一名兢兢业业的球员，不需要大量球权，乐于通过实用的传球保持球的流转。他的掩护扎实，并且非常活跃，能干扰大量投篮。他的比赛风格不华丽，但他已证明自己能为一支强队提供15-20分钟富有成效、失误少且攻防兼备的中锋表现。考虑到维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 长期休战后复出，有这样一名能在不损害球队利益的情况下分担出场时间的球员，对圣安东尼奥而言将是宝贵的。
关于科内特的问题是，他希望在自由球员市场得到多少薪资。费舍尔指出，这位即将年满30岁的大个子从未获得过一份大合同，可能会在中产特例市场寻求一份。毫无疑问，他是一名稳健的球员，但如果他期望得到全额中产特例，这可能会让球队犹豫。他作为替补球员时表现最佳，并且似乎没有太多潜力可挖掘，除非他职业生涯早期展现出的外线投射能力能发展成为一项新的可靠武器。对马刺队而言，他是那种只能在特定对位中与文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 搭档的球员，而且他可能很难与杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan) 同时在场，除非索汉在投射方面有大幅进步。他的掩护能力可以极大地帮助后卫，但如果将球队休赛期补充天赋的最佳筹码之一用在一名可能只出场15分钟的球员身上，可能会让人觉得浪费。
科内特无疑能帮助马刺队，尤其是在文班亚马下场休息时，马刺队往往陷入困境。问题在于，球队其他阵容是否已经足够强大，从而优先签下一名可能价格不菲的替补中锋是明智之举。
自由球员市场将于美国中部时间（CST）6月30日（周一）下午5点正式开启。
点击查看原文：Rumor: Spurs expected to pursue Luke Kornet in free agency
Rumor: Spurs expected to pursue Luke Kornet in free agency
The Celtics would love to retain the big man, but he could be looking for more money than they are willing to pay.
The Spurs are expected to be players in the free agency big man market, after selecting a guard and a wing in the draft. Rival executives expect Luke Kornet to be one of their targets, according to The Stein Line’s Jake Fischer($).
Kornet is a journeyman center who found a home with the Celtics in 2022 after bouncing around the league and playing for six other teams since starting his career, including a short stint in Boston. For a while, he was more well-known for the Kornet Kontest than his play, but in the past two years, he became a staple of Joe Mazzulla’s rotation. The numbers aren’t impressive, as he averaged just six points, 5.3 rebounds, and a block a game last season on 18.6 minutes a night in arguably his best season. But he was a solid defender who stepped up whenever he was needed to fill in for an injured big man. His impact went beyond the box score, with the Celtics outscoring opponents by 14.9 points per 100 possessions with Kornet on the floor in the regular season.
The appeal of Kornet is his solid, traditional big man play. He’s listed at 7’1 and he uses his size well inside. He’s not an outside threat and hasn’t attempted to be one in years, happily accepting that he’s at his best in the paint. He’ll grab offensive boards and finish around the rim on offense, and he’ll end possessions and protect the rim on defense. Kornet is a workhorse who doesn’t need touches and is happy to use his functional passing to keep the ball moving. His screens are solid, and his activity level is high, as he contests a ton of shots. There’s nothing flashy about his game, but he has proved he can give a good team 15-20 minutes of productive, mistake-averse two-way play at the center position. With Victor Wembanyama coming off a long period of inactivity, having someone to eat up minutes without harming the team would be valuable for San Antonio.
The question with Kornet is how much he is hoping to get in free agency. Fischer points out that the soon-to-be 30-year-old big never had a big payday and could be looking for one in the mid-level exception market. He’s unquestionably a solid player, but if he’s hoping to get the full exception, that could give teams pause. He’s at his best as a backup, and he doesn’t seem to have a lot of upside left, unless the outside shooting flashes he showed earlier in his career turn into a new reliable weapon. For the Spurs, he’s someone they could only pair with Victor Wembanyama in select matchups and who would likely struggle to share the floor with Jeremy Sochan, unless Sochan makes a major leap as a shooter. The screening could massively help the guards, but using the best tool left to add talent heading into the season on someone who might log 15 minutes a game could feel wasteful.
Kornet could definitely help the Spurs, who have struggled whenever Wembanyama has sat. The question is whether the rest of the roster is good enough that prioritizing signing a potentially pricey backup center makes sense.
Free agency will kick off on Monday, June 30, at 5 p.m. CST.
By Jeje Gomez, via Pounding The Rock