By Marilyn Dubinski | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-11-21 02:11:09
过去几周我一直忙得不可开交，以至于（在一种极其罕见的情况下）我没能观看周二马刺对阵国王的比赛直播，甚至今晚的比赛也可能错过。目前，如果我不在工作，你就会发现我正在帮我姐姐筹备她这个周末新店的盛大开业，因为家庭永远是第一位的。尽管如此，这并不意味着我没有关注社交媒体或互联网，而我对我在网上看到的言论越来越感到恼火。因此，我实在忍无可忍，不得不利用难得的空闲时间，分享一下我对一些热门观点的看法。
维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 并非易受伤体质
文班亚马有望成就一段将他推向NBA历史之巅的伟大职业生涯，但其生涯的前两个多赛季并未完全如人们所愿。他只出战了约72.5%的马刺队比赛（178场中的129场），这个数字可能比一些人想象的要高，但仍然低于一个82场常规赛赛季65场出场门槛所对应的约80%的出勤率。
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现在，他又将因为一个在体育界最令人闻风丧胆的词汇而至少缺阵两周：小腿拉伤。伤病本身并不严重——据报道，文班本人没有任何不适感——但越来越多的证据表明，如果处理不当，小腿拉伤可能导致更具毁灭性的伤病，例如跟腱断裂。因此，这种过去可能只会让球员根据舒适度缺席一两场比赛的伤病，现在正被以极为谨慎的态度对待。
这一消息引发了球迷和媒体的严重过度反应，他们声称文班是易受伤体质，这可能会阻碍他充分兑现其天赋。（要知道，拉斯维加斯的博彩公司已经认定他无法达到65场的出场门槛，并将年度最佳防守球员的赔率转向了切特·霍姆格伦 (Chet Holmgren)，而霍姆格伦整个新秀赛季报销，在他的“第二个”新秀赛季打满了82场，上赛季却只打了32场。这难道不算是易受伤体质吗？）对我而言，现在就下此定论为时过早，尤其是考虑到具体情况。
从这次小腿拉伤说起，除了文班远非唯一一位遭遇此伤病的球星，以及联盟越来越像存在比赛节奏/赛程安排问题之外，还有令人信服的证据表明文班的身体并未背叛他。一段来自上周五马刺输给勇士的比赛视频正在流传，视频显示倒地的布兰登·波杰姆斯基 (Brandon Podziemski) 伸腿扫向文班的腿部，导致后者笨拙地摔倒。
等等，所以文班因为波杰姆斯基冲撞他的膝盖而要缺阵几周？
— LakeShowYo (@ LakeShowYo) November 18, 2025
当然，没有人说这就是他小腿拉伤的原因，我也不是要说波杰姆斯基是个打球肮脏的球员（尽管很难为那个动作找到任何合理的解释），但如果这就是原因，那么这个伤病证明文班是易受伤体质的论点就不攻自破了。
再往前追溯，他在新秀赛季出战了71场比赛，达到了65场的门槛，而他缺席的大部分比赛是由于一次顽固的脚踝扭伤。他曾试图带伤作战，结果却在一次投篮热身训练中踩到了一位站在篮下的独行侠队球童的脚上，导致伤情加剧。那时马刺队才决定让他停赛休养，但哪个运动员在其职业生涯中没有处理过顽固的脚踝伤病呢？我就知道一位最终成为传奇的球员：马努·吉诺比利 (Manu Ginobili)，他在新秀赛季初期就因休赛期的脚踝扭伤而出场受限，并因脚踝手术（2008-09赛季左脚，2009-10赛季右脚）的恢复错过了两个赛季的大部分比赛。
最后，看看文班的第二个赛季，他在前46场比赛中出战了41场，并且正朝着赢得年度最佳防守球员奖项迈进，直到他在全明星周末期间被诊断出肩部患有深静脉血栓（一种血凝块）。这并非伤病，而是一次罕见的意外事件，近年来已有多位球员遭遇过，包括布兰登·英格拉姆 (Brandon Ingram)、达米安·利拉德 (Damian Lillard) 和奥萨尔·汤普森 (Ausar Thompson)。经诊断，这并非由血液疾病（不幸的是，克里斯·波什 (Chris Bosh) 正是因此而提前结束职业生涯）所致，因此没有任何迹象表明这会是一个反复出现的问题。
再次强调，目前没有任何证据支持文班是易受伤体质的说法，他只是运气不太好而已。这仅仅是他职业生涯中第二次真正的“伤病”，在整个NBA都相当普遍，而且目前没有证据表明伤情严重到他无法出战65场。如果伤病持续在文班身上发生，那我们才需要开始担心，但现在还不是时候。
达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 的续约并非憾事
关于福克斯的糟糕言论来自各方——从国王队球迷口中的“马刺球迷不欣赏他”（我不得不在X上取关了FoxMuse，因为他持续抨击其他马刺球员和教练，同时又对福克斯过度保护），到马刺球迷在他经历休赛期腿筋伤势、逐渐找回节奏的过程中，承认自己对他犯的错误反应过度。（我承认，在上周那场对阵勇士的比赛最后时刻，我也没有忍住批评他的投篮选择，但任何球员都不应免于批评。）
话虽如此，本周关于福克斯最糟糕的观点必须来自《露天看台体育》（Bleacher Report）（毫不意外），它在其“万物皆可列表”的行文风格中，撰写了一篇关于每支球队休赛期最大的憾事的文章。我猜想，考虑到马刺队度过了一个相当不错的休赛期，可供选择的“憾事”实在不多，但他们最终选择了给福克斯一份顶薪续约合同。以下是他们的评论。
当马刺队上赛季在交易截止日得到福克斯时，这感觉像是一次很好的试验，用以评估在维克托·文班亚马身边拥有第二位球星的影响。
由于福克斯既是一位一次入选全明星的球员，又在今年夏天有资格提前续约，交易筹码足够合理，圣安东尼奥无需动用其最佳资产。
马刺队几乎没怎么看到这两人并肩作战，因为文班亚马不久后就因深静脉血栓而缺阵。圣安东尼奥还在已经很强大的控卫阵容上进一步补强，加入了榜眼秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)，与福克斯和卫冕年度最佳新秀斯蒂芬·卡斯尔并存。
然而，马刺队仍然觉得有必要在八月份给福克斯一份四年2.29亿美元的顶薪续约合同。对于一位即将年满28岁、履历上只有一次全明星经历、且跳投不稳定的球员来说，这是一笔巨款。一旦年龄增长开始削弱他的身体天赋，他的跳投问题可能会变得更加突出。
这也感觉完全没有必要，因为，再说一次，圣安东尼奥已经有了更年轻、更廉价的替代者哈珀和卡斯尔，以防福克斯-文班亚马的组合效果不理想。
这种说法绝对是牵强附会。首先，如果本赛季初期的表现可作参考，卡斯尔并非一名控球后卫，至少现在还不是。赛季初由他组织进攻时，他失误频频，但自从福克斯回归后，他作为第二组织者表现出色。我更倾向于将卡斯尔看作得分后卫，而非控球后卫。
哈珀最终可能会是另一番景象，但样本量太小了。即使他最终比福克斯更出色，他的新秀合同续约也要到福克斯合同的最后一年才会生效。如果到那时他们需要做出改变，他们可以这么做。
与此同时，马刺队表明他们已经不再蹉跎岁月，准备好进入竞争行列，而不是像许多人抱怨的那样“浪费文班的职业生涯”。竞争是他们做出这一举动的目的，更何况球星们并不会通过交易申请或自由球员市场蜂拥至圣安东尼奥。如果他们在选秀得到哈珀后认为自己不需要福克斯，他们就不会续约他。从那时到现在，没有任何事情表明他们对此感到后悔。
现在，我反而担心球队会后悔没有续约杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan)，但那就是另一个话题了。
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。
点击查看原文：Why I’m not overreacting to Wemby’s injury or Fox’s extension
Why I’m not overreacting to Wemby’s injury or Fox’s extension
I have been so busy the last couple of weeks that (in an extremely rare occurrence), I wasn’t able to watch the Spurs-Kings game live on Tuesday and may be at risk of missing tonight’s game. Currently, if I’m not at work, you can find me helping my sister prepare for the grand opening of her new business this weekend, because family comes first. Still, that doesn’t mean I haven’t been on social media or the internet, and I’ve gotten more and more annoyed with what I’ve been seeing. As a result, I couldn’t hold it in anymore and had to use a rare bit of spare time to share my thoughts on some hot takes I’ve been seeing.
Victor Wembanyama is not injury prone
The first two-plus seasons of what will hopefully be a historic career that launches Wemby to the pinnacle of NBA greatness have not gone entirely as hoped. He’s only played in about 72.5% of Spurs games (129 of 178), which may be more than some people think but is still under the equivalent of the 65-game threshold for an 82-game season, which is about 80%.
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Now, he is set to miss at least two weeks with two of the most dreaded words in sports right now: calf strain. The injury itself is not serious — Wemby is reportedly not in any discomfort — but evidence is piling up suggesting if not properly healed, calf strains can lead to much more devastating injuries, such as a ruptured Achilles. As a result, an injury that used to maybe cost a player a game or two based on comfort level is now being treated with an abundance of caution.
This news has led to severe overreaction from both fans and the media, saying that Wemby is injury prone which may hold him back from reaching his true potential. (Heck, Vegas has already decided he won’t reach the 65-game threshold and shifted the Defensive Player of the Year odds in favor of Chet Holmgren, who missed his entire rookie season, played all 82 games in his “second” rookie season, and then only played in 32 games last season. Is that not injury prone?) To me, it’s way too early to make that assumption, especially when you consider the context.
Starting with the calf strain, beyond the fact that Wemby is far from the only star dealing with this injury, and it’s looking more and more like the league has a pace/scheduling problem, there is compelling evidence that Wemby’s body isn’t betraying him. A video is going around from the Spurs loss to the Warriors last Friday showing a prone Brandon Podziemski swinging his leg into Wemby’s, forcing him to fall awkwardly.
Wait so Wemby is OUT for a few weeks because Podz dove at his knees?
— LakeShowYo (@ LakeShowYo) November 18, 2025
Of course, no one has said this is what caused his calf strain, and I’m not here to call Podz a dirty player (although it’s hard to come up with any legitimate reason for that move), but if this is the cause, then that defangs the argument that this injury proves Wemby is injury prone.
Going even further back, he played in 71 games his rookie season, so he met the 65-game threshold, and most of the missed games were due to a stubborn ankle sprain that he tried playing through, only for it to be exacerbated by landing on a Mavs ball boy who was standing under the basket during shootaround. That was when the Spurs decided to shut him down and let it heal, but what athlete hasn’t delt with a stubborn ankle at some point in their career? I know of one who still became a legend: Manu Ginobili, who was limited early in his rookie year by an offseason ankle sprain, and missed most of two separate seasons recovering from ankle surgery (2008-09 left, 2009-10 right).
Finally, looking at Wemby’s second season, he played in 41 of the first 46 games and was on track to win Defensive Player of the Year before he was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (a blood clot) in his shoulder during the All-Star break. That is not an injury, but a freak occurrence that can and has happened to several players in recent years, including Brandon Ingram, Damian Lillard and Ausar Thompson. It was not determined to be the result of a blood disorder (which unfortunately was the case for Chris Bosh, ending his career prematurely), so there is nothing pointing to it being a recurring problem.
Again, there just isn’t any evidence so far to support the idea that Wemby is injury prone, but rather just unlucky so far. This is only the second true “injury” of his career, it’s a common one across the NBA landscape, and at this point, there is no evidence it is bad enough that he won’t reach 65 games. If injuries keep occurring for Wemby, then we can start worrying, but that time is not now.
De’Aaron Fox’s extension was not a regret
There have been terrible takes about Fox from all ends of the spectrum — from “Spurs fans don’t appreciate him” coming from Kings fans (I had to unfollow FoxMuse on X because because of his continued slamming of other Spurs and coaches combined with overprotection of Fox), to Spurs fans admittedly overreacting to his mistakes as he eases his way back into a rhythm following an offseason hamstring injury. (I’ll admit I didn’t hold back from criticizing his shot selection at the end of that same Warriors game last week, but no player should be immune to criticism.)
That being said, the worst Fox take of the week had to come from Bleacher Report (no surprises there), which in its listify-everything format wrote about every team’s biggest offseason regret. I guess considering the Spurs had a pretty good offseason, the pickings were slim, but they went with giving Fox a maximum extension. Here’s what they had to say about it.
When the Spurs made a deadline deal for Fox last season, it felt like a good trial run to gauge the impact of having a second star alongside Victor Wembanyama.
With Fox being both a one-time All-Star and extension-eligible this summer, the trade price was reasonable enough that San Antonio didn’t have to cash in its best assets.
The Spurs barely saw the two together, since Wembanyama was sidelined shortly thereafter by deep vein thrombosis. San Antonio also beefed-up an already strong point guard group by adding No. 2 pick Dylan Harper to go along with Fox and reigning Rookie of the Year Stephon Castle.
And yet, the Spurs still felt compelled to give Fox a four-year, $229 million max extension in August. That’s an awful lot of money for a soon-to-be 28-year-old with one All-Star selection on his resume and an inconsistent jumper that could be more problematic once the aging process starts cutting into his physical gifts.
It also just felt unnecessary when, again, San Antonio already had younger, cheaper alternatives in Harper and Castle in case the Fox-Wembanyama combo was anything other than ideal.
This is definitely a reach. First of all, if the early returns this season are any indication, Castle is not a point guard, at least not yet. He was extremely turnover prone when he was running the offense to the start the season but has exploded as a secondary playmaker since Fox returned. I like Castle more as a shooting guard than point guard.
Harper may end up being another story, but the sample size is way too small, and even if he does end up better than Fox, his rookie contract extension won’t kick in until the final year of Fox’s contract. If they need to make a move then, they can.
In the meantime, the Spurs showed they are done messing around and are ready to contend instead of “wasting any more of Wemby’s career” as so many have complained about. Contention is why they made this move, plus it’s not like stars are flocking to San Antonio via trade demand or free agency. If they thought they didn’t need Fox after drafting Harper, they wouldn’t have extended him, and nothing has happened between then and now to suggest they are regretting it.
Now, I’m afraid the team will regret not extending Jeremy Sochan, but that’s a topic for another day.
By Marilyn Dubinski, via Pounding The Rock