By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2025-12-08 12:48:27
圣安东尼奥马刺队的德文·瓦塞尔（中左）、斯蒂芬·卡斯尔（5号）和俾斯麦·比永博（18号）在圣安东尼奥的弗罗斯特银行中心观看队友们迎战亚特兰大老鹰队，摄于2025年11月20日，周四。
新奥尔良电 – 马刺后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 在周日的训练和周一的投篮训练后，说出了全队都渴望从他口中听到的话。
“我感觉好极了，”卡斯尔说。
因左髋屈肌拉伤缺席了九场比赛后，卡斯尔被确认可以出战周一在冰沙王中心对阵新奥尔良的比赛。
“回到场上花了一些时间，”卡斯尔说，“但能和兄弟们并肩作战的感觉真好。”
作为上赛季的NBA年度最佳新秀，卡斯尔在11月16日主场战胜萨克拉门托的比赛上半场遭遇臀部伤病前，他在赛季前13场比赛中场均贡献17.3分、5.8个篮板和全队最高的7.4次助攻。
进入周一的比赛前，马刺在缺少卡斯尔的情况下取得了6胜3负的战绩，而在全明星中锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 缺阵期间则取得了7胜3负的战绩，后者在对阵鹈鹕的比赛中继续休战。
这位21岁的卡斯尔在他新秀赛季仅缺席了一场比赛，他表示，这段场边观战的经历让他早已对重返赛场摩拳擦掌、迫不及待。
周一将是本赛季马刺队的后场三人组——卡斯尔、德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 和迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)——首次能够同时出战同一场比赛。
“在场下远观球队和亲自上场打球的感觉完全不同，”卡斯尔说。“这让我能看清自己可以在哪些方面影响比赛，观察到我们在比赛过程中状态下滑的地方。显然，你不想离开球队，但你总能从这类事情中看到积极的一面。”
即便是对卡斯尔本人而言，他受伤的具体原因至今仍是个谜。
他说他重新观看了对阵萨克拉门托比赛的整个上半场录像，但仍然无法确定自己是在何时弄伤了髋屈肌。
“并没有某个特定的回合导致了伤病，”卡斯尔说。
卡斯尔表示，伤势恢复得很快，康复过程也并不算太艰苦。
一旦他的腿部和臀部能够无痛地进行全范围活动，卡斯尔就可以恢复篮球活动了。
“我已经在（训练场上）打了一个多星期了，”卡斯尔说。“我感觉不错。”
卡斯尔并非马刺周一伤病名单上唯一预定回归的球员。球队在冰沙王中心结束上午的投篮训练时，预计中锋卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 也将在因左脚踝扭伤缺席一场比赛后复出。
而马刺阵中那位最引人注目的7英尺长人的复出时间表也开始变得明朗起来。
文班亚马与卡斯尔以及同样受伤的后卫乔丹·麦克劳林 (Jordan McLaughlin) 一样，在错过了客场之旅在奥兰多和克利夫兰的前两场比赛后，于新奥尔良与球队会合。
这三名球员都参加了在新奥尔良的训练和投篮训练，其中文班亚马在周一上午还进行了一场2对2的对抗训练。
“他们在场上的恢复进展都很好，”马刺主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说。“我们只需要继续让他们这样训练，然后观察他们的身体反应。”
目前，马刺将文班亚马的状态列为“每日观察”。他自11月14日输给金州勇士队后便再未出场。
周一之后，马刺的下一场比赛是周三在洛杉矶对阵湖人队的NBA杯四分之一决赛。如果文班亚马身体条件允许，联盟办公室肯定希望他能在这场比赛中亮相。
抛开NBA杯的重要性不谈，从赛程安排上来看，让文班亚马在洛杉矶再多休战一场也有其理由。
如果马刺在周三获胜，他们的下一场比赛将是周日在拉斯维加斯举行的NBA杯半决赛。
如果输给湖人，马刺则要等到下周一才会在主场比赛，届时将是一场对阵俄克拉荷马城或菲尼克斯的普通常规赛。
无论哪种情况，如果马刺选择让文班亚马在周三继续休战，都将为他赢得大量额外的恢复调整时间。
约翰逊表示，在涉及文班亚马的健康问题上，马刺不会因为这是一场杯赛而有任何额外的考量。
“从医疗角度来说，我们对待这场比赛不会有任何不同，”约翰逊说。
就目前情况而言，马刺很高兴看到卡斯尔在周一从伤病名单中回归。他们同样乐于见到科内特穿上战袍。
他们正期待着下一波援军的到来，无论那需要多久。
“我们本赛季至今打得不错，但我们还从未全员齐整过，”卡斯尔说。“这既是福也是祸。当有球员缺阵时，其他人会打得更自在，获得更多出手机会。但显然，我们希望全队能够集结，以发挥出我们的全部潜力。”
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) looks for a way past Sacramento Kings’ forward Drew Eubanks (19) during the first half of an NBA game in San Antonio, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. San Antonio beat Sacramento 123-110.
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) embraces his teammate San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) following Champagnie’s three-pointer during an NBA Cup game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. The Spurs fell to the Warriors 109-108.
San Antonio Spurs guard Stephon Castle (5) drives around Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry (30) during an NBA Cup game at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.
San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper and guard Stephon Castle, both sitting out due to injury, talk on the court as their teammates warm up for a game against the Atlanta Hawks at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025.
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Castle returns to the Spurs as timeline clears up for Wembanyama
San Antonio Spurs’ Devin Vassell, from center left, Stephon Castle (5) and Bismack Biyombo (18) talk as they watch their teammates take on the Atlanta Hawks at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025.
NEW ORLEANS – Spurs guard Stephon Castle came out of practice Sunday and a shootaround Monday with words everyone else on the team has been yearning to hear from him.
“I feel great,” Castle said.
Having missed nine games with a left hip flexor strain, Castle was pronounced good to go for Monday’s game against New Orleans at the Smoothie King Center.
"It took some time to get back out there,” Castle said, “but it feels good to be back with the guys.”
Last season’s NBA Rookie of the Year, Castle averaged 17.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and a team-leading 7.4 assists in his first 13 games before suffering a hip injury in the first half of a Nov. 16 home victory over Sacramento.
Heading into Monday, the Spurs had gone 6-3 without Castle and 7-3 without All-Star center Victor Wembanyama, who remained out against the Pelicans.
The 21-year-old Castle, who missed only one game during his rookie campaign, said the time on the sidelines had him champing at the bit to get back on the floor.
Monday will mark the first time this season the Spurs’ backcourt trio of Castle, De’Aaron Fox and Dylan Harper would all be available for the same game.
“Watching our team from afar is a lot different than playing,” Castle said. “Being able to see where I can affect the game, just watching where we fall off during the course of the game. Obviously, you don’t want to be away from the team but you’ve always got to see the good in stuff like that.”
The nature of Castle’s injury remains a mystery even to him.
He said he re-watched the entire first half of the Sacramento game and still cannot pinpoint when he hurt his hip flexor.
“There wasn’t one specific play that tweaked it,” Castle said.
The injury healed fast, Castle said, and the recovery process was not too rigorous.
Once he had pain-free range of motion in his legs and hips, Castle was good to resume basketball activities.
“I’ve been playing (on the practice court) for over a week now,” Castle said. “I’m feeling good.”
Castle was not the Spurs’ only slated returnee from the injured list Monday. The team departed morning shootaround at the Smoothie King Center expecting to get center Luke Kornet back after a one-game absence due to a left ankle sprain.
A timetable for the return of the Spurs’ most prominent 7-footer is beginning to clear up as well.
Wembanyama, like Castle and fellow injured guard Jordan McLaughlin, joined the Spurs in New Orleans after missing the first two games of the road trip in Orlando and Cleveland.
All three went through practice and shootaround sessions in New Orleans, with Wembanyama participating in a 2-on-2 workout Monday morning.
“They are all progressing on the court,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. “We’ve just got to continue to do that and see how they react.”
For now, the Spurs are calling Wembanyama day-to-day. He has not played since a Nov. 14 loss against Golden State.
After Monday, the Spurs’ next game is an NBA Cup quarterfinal game against the Lakers in Los Angeles on Wednesday. The league office would certainly prefer Wembanyama to make an appearance in that game if he is able.
NBA Cup stakes aside, there are scheduling reasons for Wembanyama to sit one more game in L.A.
If the Spurs win Wednesday, their next game would be Sunday in Las Vegas in the NBA Cup semifinals.
Should they lose to the Lakers, the Spurs do not play until Monday at home, in a garden-variety regular-season game against either Oklahoma City or Phoenix.
Either way, it buys a lot of additional ramp-up time for Wembanyama should the Spurs choose to keep him out Wednesday.
Johnson says the Spurs will not place any added importance on a Cup game when it comes to Wembanyama’s health.
“We won’t treat that game, medically speaking, any different,” Johnson said.
As it stands, the Spurs were glad to get Castle back from the injured list Monday. They were glad to see Kornet in uniform as well.
They are looking for the next wave of reinforcements, whenever that comes.
“We’re having a good year right now, and we still haven’t had our whole team,” Castle said. “It’s a blessing and a curse at the same time. Guys are getting more comfortable and more shots when guys are out. Obviously we want the whole team together to get to our full potential.”
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News