By Jacob Douglas | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-09-12 07:50:38
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在过去几个赛季里，我们很难准确说出圣安东尼奥马刺的最佳阵容是什么。由于伤病，以及坦白讲，天赋上的短板，阵容调整在比赛胜负中扮演重要角色已经是很久以前的事了。
这种情况在本赛季应该会有所改变。圣安东尼奥不仅拥有维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)和德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox)两位明星球员，还全面提升了阵容的深度和球员质量。进入新赛季，这支球队最大的优势可能就是其阵容的多样性——许多球员都能胜任多个位置，并且他们的技术特点能够相得益彰。新任主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson)今年应该会有许多有趣的阵容可以尝试。
以下是几套在2025-26赛季最令人期待的马刺阵容。
“最受青睐”的首发阵容
如果你去问大多数马刺球迷，首发阵容可能早已尘埃落定。大多数人倾向的阵容是：福克斯、斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)、德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell)、哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes)和文班亚马。这套阵容集结了马刺队内可以说是最强的三名球员，同时由瓦塞尔和巴恩斯提供了宝贵的场上空间。如果文班亚马能再次投出不错的三分球表现（上赛季命中率35%），并且福克斯能够重回他小指受伤前35%的命中率水准，那么圣安东尼奥的这套首发阵容在进攻端将具备相当高的灵活性。
防守端，马刺的侧翼身材会有些吃亏，但文班亚马在防守端覆盖到外线的能力或许能弥补其中一些劣势。理想情况下，圣安东尼奥应该拥有一位高大的防守型侧翼，既能防守联盟中其他顶级的侧翼得分手，又能保持进攻威胁，但目前球队阵容中并没有这样的球员。卡斯尔和巴恩斯将不得不在对位更高大的侧翼球员时扛起重任。
这套阵容中最有意思的球员是瓦塞尔。在过去几年里，他承担了大量的持球责任。而在这套阵容中，他很可能只是第四进攻选择，最适合他的角色将是借助掩护跑动，并把握住接球就投的机会。如果他能接受并融入新角色，他将成为马刺未来核心阵容中更有价值的一员。
双塔阵容
当马刺在休赛期签下卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet)时，一些人就在想圣安东尼奥是否会让他与文班亚马一同首发。在对阵同样使用双塔的球队时，这套阵容值得一试。理想情况下，这套阵容会让科内特替换卡斯尔，因为他们将为场上增加又一个非空间点。瓦塞尔和巴恩斯则留在侧翼，以帮助拉开空间和处理球。马刺的篮板和内线防守能力将瞬间得到提升。文班亚马可以扮演一个游弋协防、伺机封盖的角色，而科内特则负责防守对方的中锋。
在进攻端，我们还未见过一套围绕文班亚马的双塔阵容取得成功。即便是与杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan)搭档的阵容，也因其投射能力不足而表现得磕磕绊绊。对手会收缩禁区来限制福克斯和文班亚马。在科内特职业生涯的现阶段，他基本只是一名掩护者和篮下终结者，但他足够出色的传球能力让他可以与其他大个子球员并肩作战。他曾在波士顿与艾尔·霍福德 (Al Horford)一同出场过，所以马刺让他俩兼容也并非不可能。约翰逊教练需要发挥他的进攻战术创意，才能让这两位球员高效地协同作战。
三后卫阵容
马刺休赛期的一个热议话题是福克斯、卡斯尔和新秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)如何共存。这三人都被看作是高大的后卫，但都缺乏外线投射空间，并且需要有球在手才能发挥最大威力。但如果说印第安纳步行者和俄克拉荷马雷霆教会了我们什么，那就是拥有多名能够持球突破并找到空位队友的控球手是件好事。圣安东尼奥将有能力排出这样的阵容。
马刺应该让福克斯、卡斯尔和哈珀与巴恩斯、文班亚马一同登场，这样场上五名球员都能发起进攻、传球以及在篮下完成终结。这个组合的进攻创造力将会爆表。防守端，福克斯和哈珀将在持球点防守上表现强悍，卡斯尔则可以去破坏传球路线、制造混乱，而文班亚马则坐镇内线。场上空间仍然是一个显而易见的问题，但这三名后卫如何在一起打球，以及如何与文班亚马并肩作战，仍然会非常引人注目。
哈珀是这个组合中尤其值得关注的一员。他在大学期间很少打无球，但今年，这将成为他在马刺进攻体系中的一项主要职能。更多的定点投篮尝试会提高他的三分命中率吗？他作为一名无球切入者和机会型突破手，其力量和内线创造力会被释放出来吗？还是说，他持球在手时将势不可挡，早早地就要争取球权？这些都是本赛季他适应新球队过程中值得观察的方面。
出乎意料的全射手阵容
马刺有五名能投篮的球员。我再说一遍，马刺有五名能投篮的球员。谁能想到上赛季我们还会说出这样的话？
让瓦塞尔打一号位有些勉强，但我并不认为他需要在这个阵容里扮演组织者的角色。在半场进攻中，这个职责将交给文班亚马。瓦塞尔只需把球带过半场并发起战术。与他搭档的是朱利安·尚佩尼 (Julian Champagnie)（三分命中率37%）、巴恩斯（43.3%）、凯利·奥利尼克 (Kelly Olynyk)（41.8%）和文班亚马（35.2%）。这将是一套身材高大、能拉开空间且投射能力出众的阵容。由于奥利尼克在身边拉开了空间，文班在内线将有充足的操作空间。
这不会是圣安东尼奥最强的防守阵容，因为瓦塞尔和奥利尼克在这方面贡献不多，但他们拥有尚佩尼和巴恩斯这样可靠的侧翼防守者，而文班亚马出色的护框能力足以弥补很多问题。创造投篮机会的能力也可能成为一个问题。你会要求文班亚马和瓦塞尔承担大部分的进攻创造任务，因为尚佩尼、巴恩斯和奥利尼克更擅长无球。尽管如此，拥有五名能拉开空间的球员对马刺来说是一个全新的机会，在球队投篮手感不佳的夜晚，这套阵容会是一个有趣的尝试。
年轻核心
福克斯、卡斯尔、哈珀、瓦塞尔、卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant)、杰里米·索汉和文班亚马似乎是构成马刺未来的核心球员。从纸面上看，他们或许不像是最有效率的年轻球员组合。但本赛季能看到他们获得一些并肩作战的时间仍然是件好事。
这可能是一套包含那三名后卫的阵容，让布莱恩特摇摆到四号位去防守内线球员；也可能是一套更传统的阵容，由福克斯、卡斯尔、布莱恩特、索汉和文班亚马组成，这套阵容在防守端将是对手的噩梦，但在进攻端肯定会举步维艰。布莱恩特成为了这套核心阵容中最引人关注的一环。如果他的三分球能接近大学时期的37.1%命中率，并继续展现出今年夏天所呈现的铁闸级防守潜力，那么他将是串联起后卫群和文班的完美粘合剂球员。如果他投篮挣扎，并且仅仅是一名强悍的防守者，那他要如何与索汉区分开来呢？
说到这里，这位来自贝勒大学的四年级双能锋将迎来其职业生涯的关键一季。他已具备提前续约资格，而我们今年夏天已经见识过受限制自由球员市场的残酷。索汉通过他的串联传球、适时的空切和强力的篮下终结，能为阵容带来很多贡献。他是马刺阵中最好的防守者之一。只是他的跳投问题让防守方可以轻易地无视他。如果索汉能在新赛季取得长足进步，他将成为球队未来的关键一员，并为圣安东尼奥解锁无限可能，因为他能在球队众多组织型后卫身边提供多样性和持球能力。
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Lineup versatility is a strength for the Spurs
Over the last few seasons, it’s been difficult to pin down exactly what the San Antonio Spurs best lineup is. With injuries, and frankly, a talent deficiency, its’ been awhile since lineup changes played a major role in wins and loses.
That should change this season. San Antonio not only has two star players in Victor Wembanyama and De’Aaron Fox, but also quality players and improved depth across the board. The greatest strength of this team going into next season may be it’s versatility, with many players who are able to play multiple positions, and whose skillsets compliment each other. New head coach, Mitch Johnson, should have a lot of interesting lineups to work with this year.
Here are a few of the lineups that are the most exciting to think about for the 2025-25 Spurs.
The “favorite” starting lineup
If you ask most Spurs fans, the starting lineup may already be set. The lineup most people have been going with is Fox, Stephon Castle, Devin Vassell, Harrison Barnes and Wembanyama. The group plays arguably the Spurs best three players, while giving them some helpful floor spacing from Vassell and Barnes. If Wembanyama is shooting the three ball well again (35% last season), and if Fox can get back to the 35% clip he was hitting before injuring his pinky, San Antonio could find itself with a pretty versatile offensive starting unit.
Defensively, the Spurs would be a bit small on the wings, but the presence of Wembanyama on the perimeter could negate some of those disadvantages. Ideally, San Antonio would have a big, defensive wing who could guard some of the other great wing scorers in the league, while still being an offensive threat, but they don’t have that player on the roster. Castle and Barnes will have to hold their own against bigger wings on opposing teams.
The most interesting player in this lineup is Vassell. He’s had a lot of on-ball responsibilities in years past. In this lineup, he’s likely the fourth option, and would be best served flying off screens and knocking down catch and shoot opportunities. If he buys into a new role, it could make him an even more valuable part of the Spurs core moving forward.
Double bigs
When the Spurs signed Luke Kornet this offseason, some wondered if San Antonio may start him next to Wembanyama. Against teams that play double bigs, it could be worth a look. Ideally this lineup would see Kornet replace Castle, since they’ll be adding another non-floor spacer to the lineup. Vassell and Barnes stay on the wings to help with floor spacing and ball-handling. Instantly the Spurs would improve as a rebounding and paint defending team. Wembanyama could act as a roamer hunting blocks while Kornet guarded the opposing teams center.
We’ve yet to see a double-big unit work out with Wembanyama offensively. Even the lineups with Jeremy Sochan has been shaky with his lack of shooting ability. Teams will pack the paint to cut off Fox and Wembanyama. Kornet is strictly a screener and rim finisher at this point of his career, but he’s a good enough passer to play alongside other bigs. He saw action alongside Al Horford in Boston, so it’s not out of the question that the Spurs could make the fit work. Johnson will need to be creative with his offensive sets to make these two work together well.
Triple guards
A big talking point of the Spurs offseason has been how Fox, Castle and rookie Dylan Harper fit together. All three profile as big guards who don’t space the floor, and need the ball in their hands to be their most effective. But if the Indiana Pacers and Oklahoma City Thunder taught us anything, it’s that having multiple ball-handlers capable of putting the ball on the floor and finding the open man is a good thing. San Antonio will be able to put our lineups that can provide that.
The Spurs should play Fox, Castle, and Harper with Barnes and Wembanyama to have five players who can initiate, pass, and finish at the rim. The offensive creativity with this group would be off the charts. Defensively they’d be staunch at the point of attack with Fox and Harper, and allow Castle to create havoc in the passing lanes, while Wembanyama holds down the paint inside. The floor spacing is still a glaring issue, but it would still be fascinating to see how these three play together, and alongside Wembanyama.
Harper in particular is one to watch in this group. He didn’t play off the ball much in college, but this year, it will become a primary function for him in the Spurs offense. Will more spot-up attempts raise his three-point percentage? Will his strength and creativity inside be unleashed as a cutter and opportunistic driver? Or will he be undeniable with the ball in his hands and demand touches early on. These are the things to watch for through the season as he adjusts to his new team.
Oops, all shooters
The Spurs have five players that can shoot the basketball. I repeat. The Spurs have five players who can shoot the basketball. Who would have thought we would be saying that sentence last season?
It’s a stretch to put Vassell at the one, but I don’t necessarily see him as a play-maker in this group. That duty will go to Wembanyama in the half court. Vassell just has to get the ball up the floor and organize a set. He’ll be joined by Julian Champagnie (37% from 3), Barnes (43.3%), Kelly Olynyk (41.8%) and Wembanyama (35.2%). This would be a big group that could space the floor and really shoot the ball. Wemby would have plenty of space to operate inside with Olynyk stretching the floor beside him.
It won’t be San Antonio’s best defensive unit, as Vassell and Olynyk don’t provide much on that end, but they have solid wing defenders in Champagnie and Barnes, and Wembanyama is a good enough paint defender to overcome a lot of their issues. Shot creation may also be an issue. You’re asking a lot of Wembanyama and Vassell to create most of the offense, as Champagnie, Barnes and Olynyk are better off the ball. Still, having five players who can space the floor is a new opportunity for the Spurs, and would be an interesting look on nights they are struggling to shoot the ball.
The young core
Fox, Castle, Harper, Vassell, Carter Bryant, Jeremy Sochan and Wembanyama seem to be the players that are core to the Spurs future. They don’t look like the most effective group of young players on paper. It would still be good to see them get some run together this season.
This could feature that three-guard lineup with Bryant sliding down to the four where he may have to guard interior players, or it could be a more traditional lineup with Fox, Castle, Bryant, Sochan and Wembanyama which would be a nightmare defensively, but surely would struggle offensively. Bryant becomes the most intriguing piece of this core. If he’s closer to the 37.1% three point shooter he was in college, and continues to show lock-down potential like he did this summer, he’s the perfect glue piece with the guards and Wemby. If he struggles to shoot, and strictly is a tough defender, how does he separate himself from Sochan?
Speaking of which, the fourth-year combo forward from Baylor enters a crucial season in his career. He is extension eligible, and we’ve seen the horrors of restricted free agency this summer. Sochan adds a lot to a lineup with his connective passing, timely cutting and strong rim finishing. He’s one of the best defenders on the Spurs roster. His jump shot just makes him easy for defenses to ignore. A big year of improvement from Sochan makes him a key piece going forward, and unlocks so much for San Antonio, as he provides versatility and ball-handling next to the abundance of playmaking guards.
By Jacob Douglas, via Pounding The Rock