By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-07-13 11:07:39
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拉斯维加斯——鉴于马刺队在今年休赛期的运作，包括上个月在选秀大会上用榜眼签选中了 迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) ，他相信球队在新赛季能够有所作为。
“你看看我们这套整体阵容，我认为我们能与联盟中任何球队竞争，”哈珀在周六拉斯维加斯夏季联赛马刺队以76-69击败达拉斯队的比赛中，砍下16分、6个篮板、2次助攻、2次抢断和1次盖帽后说道。
“我们拥有这种心态。（中锋 卢克·科尔内特 (Luke Kornet) 和前锋/中锋 凯利·奥利尼克 (Kelly Olynyk) 是两笔很棒的引援。我们会持续积累进步。”
马刺队也寄希望于 维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 能保持健康，这位7英尺3英寸（约2.21米）的全明星球员上赛季因右肩血凝块缺席了最后两个月。此外，马刺队有望从后卫 达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 随队参加训练营中受益，马刺队在去年二月交易截止日前通过一笔三方交易从萨克拉门托得到了他。
除了哈珀，马刺队上赛季战绩为34胜48负，预计还将从新秀前锋 卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 的加入中获得另一股年轻力量的注入，球队在第14顺位选中了他。他们还有上赛季的最佳新秀 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 。
哈珀的乐观态度与他上个月在圣安东尼奥新闻发布会上向渴望球队结束六年季后赛荒的球迷传达的信息不谋而合。
“那很快就会改变，”哈珀说，“我们会进入季后赛。我认为对于马刺球迷和所有人来说，我们的这支队伍非常令人兴奋。有很多值得期待的。我们这支队伍的前景无限。”
这些言论发表在马刺队签下科尔内特并交易得到奥利尼克之前。
琼斯-加西亚以团队为先
马刺夏季联赛主教练 迈克·诺伊斯 (Mike Noyes) 称赞球队得分王 大卫·琼斯-加西亚 (David Jones-Garcia) ，他周六愿意替补出场，为哈珀在首发阵容中腾出位置。
“他说，‘我愿意做任何对球队最有利的事情，’”诺伊斯说道，“这充分说明了他的为人。他一直对我们帮助很大。他是一个很棒的人，很棒的球员。”
琼斯-加西亚这位来自多米尼加共和国的23岁发展联盟老将，在马刺队拉斯维加斯夏季联赛首战中，上周四以111-70大胜费城队，他砍下24分；随后在对阵独行侠的比赛中又得到21分。上周在旧金山，他在三场比赛中场均得到22.7分，入选了加州经典赛最佳阵容。
“基本上，他每场比赛都超级可靠，”诺伊斯谈到正在争取马刺队一份双向合同的琼斯-加西亚时说道，“赛前我告诉队员们，他可以说是我们最好的球员。他属于NBA赛场。我以前说过，现在再说一遍。”
巴锡在波士顿试训
大个子 查尔斯·巴锡 (Charles Bassey) ，在马刺队经历了三个饱受伤病困扰的赛季后成为非受限自由球员，目前正在波士顿凯尔特人队进行试训。
巴锡曾在圣安东尼奥的圣安东尼高中打球，他在周五凯尔特人队拉斯维加斯夏季联赛首战中贡献14分和11个篮板，帮助球队以92-78击败孟菲斯灰熊队。
巴锡赛后告诉记者，他是在接到经纪人电话后，“最后一刻”才决定加入波士顿参加夏季联赛的。
“感觉很好，”他说道，并补充说正是凯尔特人队的“文化”促使他与球队签下了一份训练营合同。
替补出场18分钟，巴锡还送出2次盖帽，投篮8投7中。
巴锡上赛季在36场比赛中场均出场10.4分钟，得到4.4分和4.2个篮板。这位四年级职业球员在因左膝前交叉韧带撕裂缺席10个月后，于去年10月回归马刺队，他在2023年12月的一场发展联盟比赛中遭遇了这次伤病。他还在2023年3月同一膝盖髌骨骨折，缺席了2022-23赛季的最后14场比赛。
上赛季，由于左膝内侧副韧带扭伤和骨挫伤，巴锡在马刺队最后27场比赛中只打了2场。
球队声援洪灾受害者及家庭
马刺队和独行侠队在周六比赛前热身时，穿着印有“德州坚强”字样的T恤，以支持遭受洪灾的希尔乡村和德克萨斯中部地区。
上周，两支球队联合NBA、NBA球员工会和休斯顿火箭队，共同承诺提供超过200万美元用于洪灾的即时和长期救助资金。
科尔县和特拉维斯县的死亡人数已升至至少129人，仅科尔县就有超过160人失踪。
“我们的思念和祈祷与那些失去亲人的家庭同在，”哈珀说，“只是想表明我们会全力支持他们。”
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JULY 12: Dylan Harper #2 of the San Antonio Spurs tries to secure his own rebound against Cooper Flagg #32 of the Dallas Mavericks in the first half of a 2025 NBA Summer League game at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 12, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - JULY 12: Dylan Harper #2 of the San Antonio Spurs smiles while guarding Ryan Nembhard #9 of the Dallas Mavericks in the first half of a 2025 NBA Summer League game at the Thomas & Mack Center on July 12, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Dylan Harper believes Spurs ‘can compete with anyone’ this season
LAS VEGAS – Given the moves the Spurs have made this offseason, including selecting him second overall in the draft last month, Dylan Harper believes the club can make some noise this coming season.
“You look at the roster top to bottom, I think we can compete with anyone in the league,” Harper said after recording 16 points, six rebounds, two assists, two steals and a block in the Spurs’ 76-69 win over Dallas on Saturday at the Las Vegas Summer League.
“We’re having that mindset. (Center Luke Kornet and (forward/center Kelly Olynyk) are two great pickups. We’re just going to keep stacking days.”
The Spurs are also banking on having a healthy Victor Wembanyama after the 7-foot-3 All-Star missed the last two months of last season due to a blood clot in his right shoulder. They should also benefit from having guard De’Aaron Fox go through training camp with the team after the Spurs acquired him just before the trade deadline last February from Sacramento in a three-team deal.
In addition to Harper, the Spurs are expected to receive a boost after going 34-48 last season from another injection of youth in the form of rookie forward Carter Bryant, who they selected 14th overall. They also have Stephon Castle, last season’s Rookie of the Year.
Harper’s optimism is in keeping with a message he delivered at his introductory news conference in San Antonio last month to fans eager for the franchise to end its six-year playoff drought.
“That’s going to change really quick,” Harper said. “We’re going to make the playoffs. I think for the Spurs fans and everyone else, our group is very exciting. There’s a lot to look forward to. The sky’s the limit for this group we’ve got.”
Those comments came before the Spurs signed Kornet and traded for Olynyk.
Jones-Garcia puts team first
Spurs Summer League coach Mike Noyes praised team scoring leader David Jones-Garcia for his willingness to move to the bench Saturday to make room for Harper in the starting lineup.
"He said, ‘I’ll do whatever is best for the team,’ " Noyes said. “That just speaks to who he is. He’s been so good for us. He is a great person, great player.”
Jones-Garcia, a 23-year-old G League veteran from the Dominican Republic, scored 21 points against the Mavericks after tallying 24 in a 111-70 rout of Philadelphia last Thursday in the Spurs’ Vegas opener. In San Francisco last week, he earned All-California Classic honors after averaging 22.7 points over three games.
“Basically, super reliable every game,” Noyes said of Jones-Garcia, who is vying for a two-way contract with the Spurs. "I told the guys pregame, he’s been arguably our best player.
“He belongs on the NBA court. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again.”
Bassey auditioning with Boston
Big man Charles Bassey, an unrestricted free agent after three injury-plagued seasons with the Spurs, is getting an audition from the Boston Celtics.
Bassey, who played high school ball at St. Anthony in San Antonio, had 14 points and 11 rebounds to help the Celtics claim a 92-78 win over the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday in their Vegas opener.
Bassey told reporters after the game he joined Boston for Summer League at the “last minute” after getting a call from his agent.
“It’s been good,” he said, adding it was the Celtics’ “culture” that prompted him to sign a training camp deal with the team.
In 18 minutes off the bench, Bassey also registered two blocks and hit 7 of 8 from the field.
Bassey averaged 4.4 points and 4.2 rebounds in 10.4 minutes over 36 games last season. The fourth-year pro returned to the Spurs last October after a 10-month absence due to a torn left ACL he suffered in a G League game in December 2023. He fractured a patella in the same knee in March 2023 and missed the final 14 games of the 2022-23 season.
Bassey played in just two of the Spurs’ final 27 games last season due to a sprained MCL and a bone bruise in his left knee.
Team show support for flood victims, families
The Spurs and the Mavericks wore “Texas Strong” T-shirts while warming up before Saturday’s game in support of the flood-ravaged Hill Country and Central Texas.
The teams, along with the NBA, the NBA Players Association and the Houston Rockets, joined forces last week to commit more than $2 million to immediate and long-term relief to flood-relief funding.
The death toll in Kerr and Travis counties has risen to at least 129, with more than 160 people missing from Kerr County alone.
“Our thoughts and prayers go out to those families who lost someone,” Harper said. “Just want to show that we got their back to the fullest.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff writer, via San Antonio Express-News