By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-08-01 19:00:00
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……我的天，我这双胳膊都累酸了。
在今天这篇开放式讨论帖的开头，我想先表达我的一份感激之情。
早在2017年，当我在网上搜索马刺队相关报道时，我发现了 PoundingTheRock.com 这个网站。我立刻就成了它的忠实粉丝。我记得当时花了不少时间，听完了“A Fifth of Spurs”播客的每一期节目，还补读了大量积攒下来的旧文章。不久后，我发现了它的球迷发帖区（Fanposts），并马上注册了一个账号。
那会儿，PtR（Pounding the Rock的缩写）还会时常售卖一些自家的周边商品。我看到了一篇关于新品发售的帖子，下单后，我在评论区提了个问题：“PtR一共出过多少款T恤？”时任主编J.R.威尔科 (J.R. Wilco) 回复道：“要是有人能把这个搞清楚，那可就太棒了。”
我决定将此视为我的第一个任务。
我尽可能地回溯翻遍了整个网站，直到我整理出了一份T恤清单。虽然最后还是漏了一两件，但我确实成功引起了威尔科的注意。他联系了我，我们通了电话。说句实话，我妻子形容我当时打电话的样子是“乐得合不拢嘴”。我能说什么呢，我就是个铁杆粉丝啊。
我们聊了许多与马刺队相关的话题，也谈到了写作以及我们各自的一些想法。我当时提议做一个系列报道，专门介绍那些球衣号码被退役的球员，于是，《悬挂于穹顶之上》(Hanging From The Rafters) 系列就此诞生。我的第一篇文章是关于詹姆斯·西拉斯 (James Silas) 的，他是马刺队史上第一位享受球衣退役殊荣的成员。那篇文章发表于2017年8月1日。整整八年前的今天。
我一直坚持更新《悬挂于穹顶之上》这个系列，并在这些年里陆续加入了蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan)、马努·吉诺比利 (Manu Ginobili) 和托尼·帕克 (Tony Parker) 的篇章。
当然，写作之路并非总是一帆风顺。在我加入的第一年，我承担了一些比赛前瞻的撰写工作。在一场马刺对阵费城76人的比赛中，当时球队缺少了科怀·伦纳德 (Kawhi Leonard)、鲁迪·盖伊 (Rudy Gay) 和马努·吉诺比利，但我却大胆预测马刺会取胜：“马刺赢17分。”结果我大错特错。那天晚上，76人队最终以17分的优势击败了马刺。
没过多久，我便受邀开始撰写每日的开放式讨论帖——这种形式既能为任何话题提供一个自由交流的空间，又能让其他专题文章的评论区保持聚焦。时至今日，我发表的文章数量已经悄然接近3000篇大关。
在这八年里，我与一些非常出色的人共事。如今，我认识这些同事的时间，已经比我认识我本职工作中的大多数同事还要长了。我们基于真诚的协作和建设性的反馈，建立了牢固的伙伴关系。
我得以从事一件我真正热爱的事情：为我最心爱的球队——圣安东尼奥马刺队撰稿。这让我能够与那些同样对马刺文化充满热情的同好们保持着联系。
在过去的这八年里，马刺队经历了起起伏伏，但我很高兴自己仍然在观看每一场比赛——无论结果如何，我都对球队未来的发展充满期待。感谢所有阅读、评论和分享的朋友们。
让我们为又一个“pounding the rock”（砥砺前行）的年头，干杯！
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Open Thread: Eight years of Pounding the Rock…
…and boy are my arms tired
I start off today’s Open Thread with modicum of gratitude.
Back in 2017, I found PoundingTheRock.com while searching the web for Spurs related stories. I instantly became a fan. I remember spending some time listening to every episode of “A Fifth of Spurs” and reading a backlog of articles. I soon discovered the Fanposts and immediately set up an account.
At that time, PtR had their own merchandise for sale from time to time. I saw a post about a new release and after ordering, posted a question in the comments, “How many t-shirts has PtR released?” The editor-in-chief, J.R. Wilco, posted a response, “Wouldn’t it be great if someone figured that out.”
I decided to take that as my first assignment.
I combed through the site as far back as I could until I had compiled a list of shirts. In the end, I was missing one or two, but I did get Wilco’s attention. He reached out and we had a phone call. Full disclosure, my wife described my side of the conversation as “giddy.” What can say, I was a fan.
We discussed a number of Spurs related topics as well as writing and a few ideas each of us had. I pitched a series covering the players whose jersey numbers had been retired, and the Hanging From The Rafters series was born. My first piece on James Silas, the first member of the Spurs to have his jersey retired, posted on August 1, 2017. Eight years ago today.
I kept up the Hanging From the Rafters series, updating it over the years to include Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, and Tony Parker.
It wasn’t always smooth sailing. In my first year I took on writing some of the Game Previews. For a matchup where the Spurs were facing the Philadelphia 76ers without the services of Kawhi Leonard, Rudy Gay, and Manu Ginobili, I boldly predicted a victory, “Spurs by 17.” I was way wrong. The 76ers ended up beating the Spurs by 17 on that night.
It wasn’t long before I was asked to write a daily Open Thread, something that lent itself to conversations for any discussion while allowing articles to maintain on topic comments. At this point, I am creeping up on my 3000th article.
In these eight years I have worked with some remarkable people. Folks I have now known longer than most coworkers from my day job. I have developed solid relationships based on honest collaboration and constructive feedback.
I get to do something that I truly love: write about the San Antonio Spurs, my favorite team. It keeps me connected with others who share the same passion for Spurs culture.
And in the last eight years, as the Spurs have had their ups and downs, I’m glad to be still be watching every single game — excited to see what develops, no matter the outcome. Thanks to all of you who read, and comment, and share.
Here’s to another year of pounding the rock!
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock