By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-09-24 02:21:24
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。
NBA新赛季的脚步越来越近（但等待的感觉依然如此漫长）。常规赛开幕仅剩29天，一些需要进行海外季前赛之旅的球队已经提前开启了训练营。每逢此时，各大体育媒体发布球员排名已是年度惯例，其中ESPN的百大球员榜单尤为知名。今天，他们公布了2025-26赛季百大球员榜的第100-51位，马刺队有两名球员上榜：二年级后卫、卫冕年度最佳新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 位列第99位，以及六年级老将、队内效力时间第二长的德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 排在第94位。以下是ESPN对他们的评语：
- 斯蒂芬·卡斯尔，后卫，圣安东尼奥马刺
2024年NBA排名： 未上榜
作为2024年NBA选秀的4号秀，卡斯尔不经意间给新科榜眼迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)带来了一些压力：他让圣安东尼奥连续第二年斩获NBA年度最佳新秀荣誉，也成为队史第四位获此殊荣的马刺球员，比肩维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)、蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 和大卫·罗宾逊 (David Robinson)。新秀赛季，卡斯尔首发出战47场比赛，其总得分（1,190分）、总命中数（423次）和总抢断数（74次）均领衔同届新秀。作为上赛季扣篮大赛的亚军，卡斯尔是圣安东尼奥最具粘性的外线防守者。 — 迈克尔·C·莱特 (Michael C. Wright)
标志性数据： 在赢得年度最佳新秀的征程中，卡斯尔上赛季共26次砍下20+得分，为新秀中最多，并在马刺队史新秀中排名第五。
模拟数据预测： 15.8 PTS, 3.9 REB, 4.4 AST
尽管卡斯尔进入新秀赛季时并未承载最高期望，但他依然在一届公认的选秀小年中脱颖而出，并且无论被要求扮演何种角色，他都抓住了每一次机会。如今，他将以预测首发的身份进入自己的第二个赛季，并带着新晋百大球员的排名。
- 德文·瓦塞尔，后卫，圣安东尼奥马刺
2024年NBA排名： 未上榜
休赛期足部手术后的恢复过程，以及多次的阵容变动，导致瓦塞尔在2024-25赛季未能打出他自己和球队所期望的表现。尽管在进攻端略有退步，但瓦塞尔偶尔也会闪光，在三月份战胜布鲁克林的比赛中砍下赛季新高的37分，此外还有四场比赛送出四次抢断。但状态不稳一直是瓦塞尔的一个显著特点，他有潜力成为一名可靠的攻防一体球员，并在一支季后赛球队中担任第三或第四得分点。 — 莱特
标志性数据： 瓦塞尔是马刺队史第三位连续两个赛季命中150+记三分球的球员（另外两位是帕蒂·米尔斯 (Patty Mills)和查克·珀森 (Chuck Person)）。
模拟数据预测： 17.0 PTS, 4.0 REB, 3.1 AST
上赛季初，瓦塞尔尚在足部手术的恢复期，他花了一些时间才找回状态（此处语带双关），并且偶尔会陷入得分荒。本赛季，作为首发阵容中可能的第三进攻选择，他面临的期望会小一些，但如果届时未能挺身而出，他受到的审视将丝毫不会减少。瓦塞尔具备成为NBA中最出色的攻防一体角色球员之一的所有条件，现在是时候将这一切兑现了。
此外，ESPN还列出了下赛季有望闯入百大球员榜的球员，其中包括新秀迪伦·哈珀。
通常情况下，二年级球员是NBA百大榜单中最常见的新面孔，过去十年平均每年约有三位。由于今年的榜单上只有一名新秀，因此其他同届新秀都有机会加入这一行列。
自2014年以来，11位榜眼秀中有8位在二年级时就进入了NBA百大球员榜。例外的是布兰登·英格拉姆 (Brandon Ingram)（他在第三个赛季首次上榜）、詹姆斯·怀斯曼 (James Wiseman)以及去年的榜眼亚历克斯·萨尔 (Alex Sarr)。哈珀在新秀赛季可能不会扮演重要角色，因为他身前还有经验丰富的首发球员德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox)，这也是他未能进入百大榜单的原因，但我们预计他将展现出足够潜力，在一年后跻身此列。
这绝不会是我们在百大球员榜单中最后一次看到马刺球员的身影，因为不出意外，德阿龙·福克斯和维克托·文班亚马显然也会上榜，后者甚至可能跻身前十。马刺已经有一段时间没有至少4名球员被视为百大级别了，这也增加了外界对于他们本赛季打破季后赛荒、重返季后赛的期望。
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Stephon Castle, Devin Vassell make ESPN’s top 100 players
We are getting so close to the start of the NBA season (and yet it still feels so far away). Regular season tip-off is just 29 days away, and teams who have an overseas preseason trip are getting an early start to training camp. As is an annual tradition when this time of year hits, sites start releasing rankings, one famous one being ESPN’s Top 100 Players. Today, they released players 100-51 for the 2025-26, and two Spurs made the list: second-year guard and reigning Rookie of the Year Stephon Castle at 99th, and sixth-year veteran and second-longest tenured Spur Devin Vassell at 94th. Here is what ESPN had to say about them:
99. Stephon Castle, G, San Antonio Spurs
**2024 NBA Rank:**Unranked
The No. 4 pick of the 2024 NBA draft, Castle unwittingly applied a little pressure on incoming No. 2 pick Dylan Harper: He became San Antonio’s second consecutive player to win NBA Rookie of the Year and the fourth Spur to capture the honor, joining Victor Wembanyama, Tim Duncan and David Robinson. Castle started 47 games as a rookie and led his draft class in total points (1,190), made field goals (423) and steals (74). The runner-up in last season’s Slam Dunk Contest, Castle is San Antonio’s stickiest perimeter defender. — Michael C. Wright
Signature stat: On his way to winning Rookie of the Year, Castle had 26 20-point games last season, most among rookies and the fifth-most by a rookie in Spurs history.
**Fantasy projection:**15.8 PTS, 3.9 REB, 4.4 AST
Even though Castle didn’t enter his rookie season with the highest of expectations, he still managed to stand out in an admittedly weak rookie class and made the most of every opportunity regardless of what role he was asked to fill. Now, he enters his second season as a predicted starter, as well as a fresh top-100 ranking to go along with it.
94. Devin Vassell, G, San Antonio Spurs
**2024 NBA Rank:**Unranked
Recovery from offseason foot surgery and multiple lineup changes contributed to Vassell’s failure to produce the type of season both he and the team expected in 2024-25. Despite taking somewhat of a step back offensively, Vassell flashed on occasion, dropping a season-high 37 points during a March victory over Brooklyn in addition to putting together four games with four steals. But inconsistency has been a defining characteristic for Vassell, who has the potential to be a solid two-way player and third or fourth option for a playoff team. — Wright
Signature stat: Vassell is the third Spurs player with 150-plus 3PM in consecutive seasons (joins Patty Mills and Chuck Person).
**Fantasy projection:**17.0 PTS, 4.0 REB, 3.1 AST
After starting the season returning from foot surgery, it took Vassell time to find his footing (no pun intended) last season, and he was prone to the occasional scoring drought. He will face less expectations this season as the likely third option on offense with the starting unit, but no less scrutiny if he doesn’t deliver when called upon. Vassell has all the tools to be one of the best two-way role players in the NBA, and now is the time to put it all together.
As an added bonus, ESPN also listed players who could break into the top 100 next season, and that includes incoming rookie Dylan Harper.
Dylan Harper, San Antonio Spurs
Naturally, second-year players are the most common newcomers to NBA Rank, with an average of about three per year over the past decade. With only one rookie on this year’s list, the rest of the draft is available to join that group.
Of the 11 players drafted No. 2 since 2014, eight of them have made the NBA Rank top 100 by Year 2. The exceptions? Brandon Ingram (who made it for the first time in his third season), James Wiseman and last year’s No. 2 pick Alex Sarr. Harper might not have a large role as a rookie behind veteran starter De’Aaron Fox, which explains why he wasn’t in the top 100, but expect him to show enough promise to crack the list in a year.
This is most assuredly not the last we’ll see of the Spurs in the top 100 rankings, as presumably obviously De’Aaron Fox and Victor Wembanyama will make an appearance, perhaps even in the top 10 for the latter. It’s been a while since the Spurs had at least 4 presumed top 100 players, so that just adds to the expectations that they break their postseason drought and make the playoffs this season.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock