By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-10-20 15:08:25
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马刺球星维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 对他为马刺效力的第三个赛季已经有了一个明确的目标。
“成功就是闯入季后赛，而不是打附加赛，所以我猜这意味着要拿到第六号种子的位置，”这位全明星中锋在周一的训练后说道。
对于一支上赛季战绩仅为34胜48负、且已连续六个赛季无缘季后赛（队史最长的季后赛荒）的球队来说，有些人会说这是一个相当宏伟的目标。
此外，马刺身处豪强林立的西部联盟，这意味着即使他们多赢几场比赛，可能仍然难以获得附加赛的资格——该赛事由各联盟排名第7至第10的球队参与，以争夺第七和第八个季后赛席位。
但在一个健康的文班亚马的带领下，球队的期望值也水涨船高——他的二年级赛季曾在去年二月因右肩血栓而提前报销。他们还为文班亚马引进了真正的替补中锋卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet)，并选中了榜眼秀后卫迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)，而队中原有的阵容里已经包括了一届全明星球员德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 和2025年NBA年度最佳新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)。
综合所有这些因素，我们完全有理由说，这是马刺队近年来最受期待的一个赛季，尤其是考虑到文班亚马已经恢复健康，并且在季前赛中表现出色。
“他看起来很强壮，也准备就绪了，”马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说。“维克托的训练营表现非常、非常全面而出色。”
相应地，马刺队也收获了一个成功的训练营，并以不败战绩（5胜0负）结束了季前赛，这是队史首次。而他们的当家球星，正是这一切的核心。
“（我们一度失去了）维克托的篮球智慧、创造力和想象力，”约翰逊说道。
文班亚马的队友们，包括新秀卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant)，也同意他们教练的看法。
“他就是个工作狂，”布莱恩特这样评价文班亚马。“我觉得这是我和他为数不多的共同点之一。他热爱训练。我每天早上都看到他在正式训练开始前，就在这里练习那些动作，有时是全速演练，有时则是专注于打磨每一个微小的细节。”
Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) blocks shot of the Guangzhou Loong-Lions’ Frank Kaminsky (44) in the Spurs preseason opener against the Guangzhou Loong-Lions on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 at Frost Bank Center.
Spurs center Victor Wembanyama (1) guards the Guangzhou Loong-Lions’ Frank Kaminsky (44) in the Spurs preseason opener on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 at the Frost Bank Center.
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What would make this season a success for the Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama
Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has a goal in mind for his third season with the Spurs.
“Success would be getting into the playoffs and not the play-in (tournament), so I guess that means sixth seed,” the All-Star center said after practice Monday.
Some would say it’s a lofty goal for a team that finished 34-48 last season and missed the playoffs for a sixth straight season, the longest drought in franchise history.
In addition, the Spurs play in the loaded Western Conference, which means they could win several more games and still struggle to make the play-in tournament, which features the Nos. 7-10 teams in each conference battling for the seventh and eighth playoff seeds.
But expectations are heightened for a team led by a healthy Wembanyama after his sophomore season was cut short last February due to a blood clot in his right shoulder. They also added a true backup center for Wembanyama in Luke Kornet and the No. 2 overall pick in guard Dylan Harper to go along with a roster that already has one-time All-Star De’Aaron Fox and 2025 NBA Rookie of the Year Stephon Castle.
Add it all up and a strong case can be made that this is the most anticipated Spurs season in years, especially with Wembanyama’s health restored and a strong preseason showing to his credit.
“He looks strong, he looks ready,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “Victor had a very, very well, all-around camp.”
In turn, the Spurs had a successful camp and an undefeated preseason (5-0) for the first time in franchise history with their franchise player at the center of everything they did.
“(We missed) Victor’s mind and creativity and imagination,” Johnson said.
Wembanyama’s teammates, including rookie Carter Bryant, agreed with their coach.
“He’s a workaholic,” Bryant said of Wembanyama. “I feel like that’s one thing I kind of share with him. He loves to work. I see him in here every morning before practice working on those moves, whether he’s going full speed or whether he’s just attacking the minute details of it.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News