By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-10-12 13:54:41
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。
圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋维克托·文班亚马 (1) 在2025年10月10日周五于圣安东尼奥举行的一场NBA季前赛对阵犹他爵士队比赛的上半场中，与队友卢克·科内特 (7) 一起庆祝进球。(美联社照片/Darren Abate)
印第安纳波利斯——自从四个月前从波士顿来到这里，马刺队新中锋卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 一直在努力适应他在圣安东尼奥的新生活。
这里的天气不同，口音也不同。道路施工随处可见，其规模之大，自“大开掘”工程后在波士顿都未曾见过。
有不同的餐厅需要品尝，有不同的商店需要光顾。
对科内特而言，球场上的情况也有些不一样。例如，在波士顿，他们通常会有一名控球后卫在场上。
科内特将这最后一点归因于他在长达八年的NBA生涯中，每一站都学到的一个真理。
“季前赛的篮球，”科内特说，“总是有点奇怪。”
在取得季前赛3胜0负的开局过程中，马刺队已收获颇丰。他们的下一场比赛将于周一在印第安纳进行。
当谈到找出哪些球员组合能发挥最佳效果时——这通常是季前赛待办事项中的一项——主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 有一些理论。
但他尚未能在场上对其中许多理论进行检验。
至今为止，马刺队打的每一场表演赛都有关键轮换球员缺阵，他们都在处理约翰逊所说的“训练营期间的磕磕碰碰”。其中许多缺阵球员都集中在后场。
对约翰逊来说，这有点像是在拼一幅拼图，但有几块关键的碎片掉到了沙发垫底下。
“这既是其魅力所在，也是其令人沮丧之处，”约翰逊说道，这是他自去年春天正式从格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 手中接过教鞭以来，首次执掌马刺队的训练营。
“你会学到一些你并未完全指望或预料到的东西，”约翰逊说。“但同时，你又会觉得，‘这很难评估，因为某某人现在不在场上。’”
至少有两名准首发球员至今尚未在季前赛中出场——控球后卫德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 和得分后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)。
另一名替补控卫乔丹·麦克劳克林 (Jordan McLaughlin) 也在整个表演赛期间身着便装。前锋杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan) 亦是如此。
这有助于解释为何马刺在季前赛首战对阵一支CBA球队时，会让替补得分后卫林迪·沃特斯三世 (Lindy Waters III) 出任首发控卫。
在战胜迈阿密和犹他的比赛中，这一职责名义上交给了替补小前锋朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie)。
而实际上，这意味着身高7英尺4英寸的维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 作为NBA历史上最高的持球手，获得了更多的上场时间。
这可能就属于约翰逊并未完全指望的事情。
“我认为我们已经认识到，今年我们是一支非常有深度的球队，”前锋哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 说。“在赛季的某些时刻，我们会需要不同的球员站出来，为我们做很多事情。在目前这个阶段，很高兴能看到这种情况的发生。”
马刺的伤员们正陆续回归球场，虽然缓慢但很稳健。
德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 在缺席季前赛揭幕战后，已连续出战两场。新秀后卫迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 在周五战胜爵士的比赛中完成了他的季前赛首秀，其表现广受好评。
至少，哈珀为马刺队提供了一名来自替补席的货真价实的持球手。
“我认为，随着球员们越来越健康，我们有机会试验了很多不同的阵容，而且我觉得大家正在建立信心，”巴恩斯说。“我们在训练中做了很多，所以能在实际的季前赛中让球员们得到一些实战演练，这感觉很好。”
约翰逊承认，在理想情况下，他希望能在10月22日于达拉斯进行的常规赛揭幕战之前，尽可能用最完整的阵容进行一次最后的演练。
到目前为止的季前赛中，马刺优先考虑的是让关键球员以清新健康的状态迎接揭幕夜，而不是在表演赛中过度消耗他们。
在目前仍在伤病名单上的球员中，只有正在处理腿筋拉伤的福克斯似乎不太可能出战揭幕战。
约翰逊迄今为止使用的任何一套首发阵容，都不太可能是他会在常规赛中真正部署的。
出于需要，约翰逊的调试很可能会持续到常规赛阶段。
“这是一个漫长的赛季，”约翰逊说。“82场比赛过后，最终一切都会尘埃落定。”
这意味着科内特可以期待常规性地与一名控球后卫并肩作战了。
只是时间早晚问题。
“（在季前赛中）很多时候你会遇到奇怪的阵容，你必须想办法解决，”科内特说。“人员配置一直变来变去，但老实说，这也是其中一个很有趣的部分。你和大家一起在场上，努力去摸索解决之道。”
Utah Jazz forward Brice Sensabaugh (28) shoots against San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
Utah Jazz forward Kyle Anderson (2) drives against San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
San Antonio Spurs Victor Wembanyama (1) gets congratulates to San Antonio Spurs Luke Kornet (7) in a Spurs preseason opener vs. Guangzhou Loong-Lions on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 at Frost Bank Center.
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San Antonio Spurs still tinkering as preseason hits final week
San Antonio Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) celebrates after a basket with teammate Luke Kornet (7) during the first half of a preseason NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz, Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Darren Abate)
INDIANAPOLIS – For the past four months since arriving from Boston, new Spurs center Luke Kornet has worked to adapt to his new life in San Antonio.
The weather is different here, as are the accents. Road construction is at an omnipresent level that hasn’t been seen in Beantown since The Big Dig.
There are different restaurants to try and different stores to frequent.
Things have been a bit different for Kornet on the floor, too. In Boston, for instance, they typically played with a point guard.
Kornet chalks that last part up to a truism he has learned at every stop of his eight-year NBA career.
“Preseason basketball,” Kornet said, “is a little strange.”
The Spurs have accomplished much on their way to a 3-0 start to the preseason slate, which continues Monday at Indiana.
When it comes to figuring out which combinations of players work best together – a typical piece of the preseason to-do list – coach Mitch Johnson has some theories.
He has yet to be able to test out many of them on the court.
The Spurs have played each of their exhibition games so far with key rotation players out, nursing what Johnson calls “camp bumps and bruises.” Many of those absences have been in that backcourt.
For Johnson, it has been a bit like putting together a jigsaw puzzle after a handful of pieces fell under the couch cushions.
“It’s part of the beauty and part of the frustration,” said Johnson, who is running his first Spurs training camp since formally taking over from Gregg Popovich last spring.
“You’re learning some things you weren’t exactly banking on or expecting,” Johnson said. “At then there’s times you say, ‘It’s hard to evaluate this because Person X isn’t out there right now.’ “
At least two would-be starters have yet to play in the preseason – point guard De’Aaron Fox and off guard Stephon Castle.
Another backup point guard, Jordan McLaughlin, has also spent the exhibition schedule in street clothes. So has forward Jeremy Sochan.
It helps explain why the Spurs opened the preseason against a Chinese League team with backup shooting guard Lindy Waters III installed as the starting point guard.
In victories over Miami and Utah, that designation technically went to Julian Champagnie, a backup small forward.
In reality, it’s meant a lot more minutes with 7-foot-4 Victor Wembanyama serving as the tallest ball-handler in NBA history.
This would fall under the heading of things Johnson wasn’t exactly banking on.
“I think we’ve acknowledged this year we’re a very deep team,” forward Harrison Barnes said. “At certain points in the season, we’re going to have different guys step up and do a lot of things for us. At this point in time, it’s good to see that play out a little bit.”
Slowly but surely, the bodies are starting to return to the court for the Spurs.
Devin Vassell has played in two consecutive games after missing the preseason opener. Rookie guard Dylan Harper made his preseason debut in Friday’s victory over the Jazz, playing mostly to rave reviews.
At the very least, Harper gave the Spurs an honest-to-goodness ball-handler off the bench.
“I think we’ve had a chance to experiment with a lot of different lineups as guys get more healthy and I think guys are gaining confidence,” Barnes said. “We’re doing a lot in practice, so it’s nice to kind of get guys some of the reps in the actual preseason game.”
In a perfect world, Johnson admits, it would be nice to squeeze in one dress rehearsal with as full of a roster as possible before the Spurs’ regular-season opener Oct. 22 at Dallas.
So far in the preseason, the Spurs have prioritized getting key players to opening night fresh and healthy, rather than beat them up in exhibition contests.
Of the players still on the inactive list, only Fox – who is dealing with a hamstring strain – appears doubtful for opening night.
Not a single starting lineup Johnson has used so far is one he might plausibly deploy in the regular season.
By necessity, Johnson’s tinkering is likely to continue well into the regular season.
“It’s a long season,” Johnson said. “After 82 games, things play out in the wash in the end.”
That means Kornet can look forward to playing with a point guard on a regular basis.
Eventually.
“(In preseason) a lot of times you get in weird lineups and just have to figure it out,” Kornet said. “Personnel has been all over the place, but honestly it’s a pretty fun part about it. You’re kind of all on the court and trying to figure that out.”
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News
