By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-01-09 10:47:37
2025年12月23日，星期二，在圣安东尼奥的弗罗斯特银行中心，圣安东尼奥马刺队中锋卢克·科内特 (7号) 在第四节对阵俄克拉荷马雷霆队的比赛中投篮命中后，指向他的队友。马刺最终以130-110击败雷霆。
波士顿电 — 尽管印有他在本赛季早些时候一场比赛中送出制胜封盖后庆祝姿势的T恤在圣安东尼奥已是热门商品，但卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet) 还是决定不把它们作为首选的圣诞礼物。
“我送了一些给我的家人之类的，这很酷，但如果我到处分发这些T恤，感觉会有点太自恋了，”这位马刺中锋说道。
科内特并非自恋之人。在他长达九年的NBA生涯中，包括在波士顿凯尔特人队效力的五年，他一直是一位备受珍视的队友，他那独特的幽默感与他作为挡拆大师和凶悍护筐手的球技一样闻名。
“卢克太棒了，”马刺前锋哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 说。“他是我合作过的最有趣的队友之一。”
科内特也曾让凯尔特人全队捧腹大笑。
“卢克是你能拥有的最好的队友之一……他能振奋每个人的精神，”《波士顿先驱报》在去年二月援引杰森·塔图姆 (Jayson Tatum) 对这位被凯尔特人球迷称为“绿色科内特 (The Green Kornet)”的球员的评价。
周六晚的比赛是科内特自去年五月东部半决赛第五场比赛以来，首次回到TD花园球馆。在那场以127-102战胜纽约的比赛中，他替补出场26分钟，5投5中得到10分，并抢下9个篮板，送出职业生涯新高的7次盖帽。
当科内特在七月份签下四年4100万美元合同后的媒体见面会上，被问及为何选择7号球衣时，马刺队得以一窥他抖机灵的本事。科内特需要一个新号码，因为他在凯尔特人时穿的40号球衣属于巴恩斯。
“我只希望能有蒂姆·邓肯三分之一的水平，”科内特调侃道。
在漫长而艰苦的NBA赛季中，幽默感是一项宝贵的特质。
“这是我进入NBA更衣室的第17个年头，我……真的非常享受各种不同性格的球员组合在一起，”洛杉矶湖人队主教练JJ·雷迪克 (JJ Redick) 说。“当‘DA’（德安德烈·艾顿 (Deandre Ayton)）开始他那套高谈阔论时，我们总是乐不可支。这对我们来说总是有趣的。赛季会变得非常单调乏味，必须有一些轻松的调剂。”
格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 在其漫长的名人堂马刺执教生涯中常说，他珍视任何能让他微笑的人。
“幽默感对我们来说至关重要，”波波维奇在2016年说。“你必须得能笑得出来。你得能经得起别人的调侃，也得能去调侃别人——诸如此类。并且要对自己感到自在，承认自己并非无所不知。”
30岁的科内特完美地符合这一描述。
“卢克非常聪明，并且泰然自若，所以他敢于发表任何言论，而且他的思维天马行空，”波波维奇的继任者米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 说。“所以他总能给我们带来欢笑，尤其是当他身边有这么多性格温和的队友时。我们需要一些轻松愉悦的氛围。”
十二月初，在奥兰多，科内特封盖了弗朗茨·瓦格纳 (Franz Wagner) 的压哨上篮，帮助马刺以114-112锁定胜局。封盖后，他模仿了文斯·卡特 (Vince Carter) 在2000年扣篮大赛上的标志性姿势，引得全美观众发笑。
佛罗里达州，奥兰多 - 2025年12月3日：在起亚中心进行的第四节比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队的卢克·科内特 (7号) 封盖了奥兰多魔术队弗朗茨·瓦格纳 (22号) 的投篮。
“成为一个标志性人物，这担子可不轻啊，”当被问及他的庆祝动作在网上疯传时，科内特开玩笑说。“我想，特洛伊的海伦当时就是这种感觉吧。”
在最近战胜印第安纳的比赛中，科内特在阿龙·内史密斯 (Aaron Nesmith) 头上完成双手暴扣后，也让队友们笑得前仰后合。在内史密斯对他头部进行了一次强硬犯规后，科内特躺在地上，一边盯着这位步行者前锋，一边反复拍打自己的脑袋。站起来后，科内特指向马刺替补席上的凯利·奥利尼克 (Kelly Olynyk)——后者在那场比赛中也有一次雷霆万钧的扣篮——仿佛在说：‘这一扣是为你献上的。’
科内特在波士顿时也有过几次有趣的即兴庆祝，包括在2024年对阵克利夫兰的一场季后赛中，他在多名防守球员头顶抢下一个进攻篮板并造成犯规后，对着凯尔特人替补席像狗一样吠叫。
当被问及他那几声犬吠的由来时，科内特告诉NBC体育波士顿频道：“我在家读一些儿童读物时得到了很好的练习。书里有很多狗叫的情节。”
科内特这一切的滑稽表演，都只为博队友一笑。
“他绝对能让更衣室的气氛保持轻松，”巴恩斯说。“他总是能说出俏皮话，在群聊里发些信息，或者做出一些你完全意想不到的、异想天开的事情。他在奥兰多的庆祝是即兴发挥，在印第安纳的扣篮以及与凯利的场边互动也是。他反应极快。你永远不知道他接下来会做什么。”
科内特的机智与他在肯塔基州和后来的北德克萨斯州成长过程中虔诚地观看《周六夜现场》不无关系。作为一名喜剧鉴赏家，他最喜欢的喜剧演员包括已故的诺姆·麦克唐纳德 (Norm McDonald)、内特·巴格茨 (Nate Bargatze) 和加里·古尔曼 (Gary Gulman)。
“我总体上热爱喜剧，”他告诉《圣安东尼奥快报》。“这曾是我与朋友们建立联系的一种方式。”
谈到自己的搞笑招数，科内特说他没有特定的风格，更倾向于根据当下的情境即兴发挥。
“这从来不是为了搞笑而刻意为之，更多的是一种生活方式，希望能和大家共度愉快的时光，”他说。“这只是我个性的一部分，一种与人建立联系的方式，也常常是我大脑的运作模式。老实说，很多时候这都与所谓的‘时机与比分’有关，也就是说，有时候这样做是合适的，有时候则不然。”
幽默并非科内特在更衣室受欢迎的唯一特质。他还相当健谈。
“我喜欢他的一点是，他能用他的一些趣闻轶事为我们的辩论带来另一种视角，”维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 说。“他是一个非常有涵养的人，所以和他交谈很有趣。”
科内特很好地融入了国际化大都市波士顿。他从2020年到2025年都在那里效力，期间帮助凯尔特人赢得了2024年NBA总冠军，并为这支历史悠久的豪门球队出战了42场季后赛。
“那是一个非常有历史底蕴、极具特色的地方，”他谈到波士顿时说。“人们在那里生活了很久，非常热爱他们的城市和他们的球队。我在那里度过了一段特殊的时光。仅在篮球组织内部，我就与很多人建立了多年的良好关系，能与他们并肩作战、接受他们的执教和领导，是一份恩赐。我不仅学到了很多关于在这个联盟打球的知识，也学到了如何成为一名队友和如何拥有大局观。”
作为一名虔诚的天主教徒，科内特说如果这次行程时间充裕，他会驱车一小段路去沃尔瑟姆，拜访他在“慰藉受苦者圣母堂”教区的朋友们。他和他的妻子蒂尔尼以及他们的女儿和儿子曾是那里的成员。
“那里就像我们的家，我们的神父就像我们的父亲，所以那段经历非常棒，”他说。
在球场上，科内特一直是这支青年军马刺队的宝贵一员。在文班亚马处理各种伤病或作为替补出场以更好地管理恢复过程期间，他首发了职业生涯新高的21场比赛。
他的队友们对科内特极高的篮球智商和本能赞不绝口。
“他知道何时该短顺下，何时该完全顺下切入篮下，何时寻找空接机会，何时寻找分球给内切队友的机会。他知道何时提上高位。他懂得如何掌握掩护角度，”德阿龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 如此评价科内特。本赛季出场的29场比赛中，科内特场均贡献8.4分、6.7个篮板和1.4次盖帽，均为职业生涯新高。
“这些都是教练们希望大个子球员一进队就能掌握的技能。但显然，他已经在这个联盟待了很长时间，并且在一支冠军球队效力过，他知道除了接空中接力扣篮和盖帽之外，如何以其他方式影响比赛。他做了很多不会体现在技术统计表上的事情。”
当然，他所带来的欢笑也同样价值连城。
“我觉得我们正在做的事情显然非常重要，但除此之外还有生活，”科内特说。“让这两者各安其位，井然有序，总是件好事。”
Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes (11) pulls down the rebound around Los Angeles Lakers forward Dalton Knecht (4), San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet (7) and San Antonio Spurs forward Julian Champagnie (30) during the second quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.
San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet (7) slaps hands with guard De’Aaron Fox (4) during the first half of an NBA game with the Sacramento Kings in San Antonio, Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. San Antonio beat Sacramento 123-110.
Boston Celtics center Luke Kornet (40) dunks against Houston Rockets forward Jeff Green (32) in the first quarter at the Toyota Center on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 in Houston.
Boston Celtics’ Luke Kornet (40) looks to move against Charlotte Hornets’ Josh Okogie during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, April 13, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
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Spurs’ king of comedy Luke Kornet keeps locker room lighthearted
San Antonio Spurs center Luke Kornet (7) points to his teammates after making a basket against the Oklahoma City Thunder during the fourth quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Thunder, 130-110.
BOSTON — Even though T-shirts sporting the celebratory pose he struck after his game-sealing block in an outing earlier this season are a hot item around San Antonio, Luke Kornet decided against using them as a go-to Christmas gift.
“I gave some to my family and stuff like that, which was cool, but it feels a little narcissistic if I was just handing out those shirts,” the Spurs center said.
Kornet is no narcissist. What he has been throughout his nine NBA seasons, including five with the Boston Celtics, is a highly valued teammate known as much for his unique sense of humor as he is for his skills as a pick-and-roll maven and fierce rim protector.
“Luke is great,” Spurs forward Harrison Barnes said. “One of the funniest teammates I’ve ever had.”
Kornet also left the Celtics in stitches.
“Luke is one of the best teammates you can have … He lifts everybody’s spirits,” the Boston Herald quoted Jayson Tatum as saying last February of the player Celtics fans called “The Green Kornet.”
Saturday night’s game is Kornet’s first at TD Garden since he recorded 10 points on 5 of 5 from the field, nine rebounds and a career-high seven blocks in 26 minutes off the bench in a 127-102 win over New York last May in Game 5 of the East semifinals.
The Spurs got a glimpse of Kornet’s wisecracking ways when he was asked at his introductory media session after signing a four-year, $41 million contract in July why he chose No. 7. Kornet needed a new number because the No. 40 he wore as a Celtic belonged to Barnes.
“I just hope to be a third of the player Tim Duncan was,” Kornet quipped.
A sense of humor is a valuable trait to have during the long, grueling NBA season.
“This is my 17th year of being in any NBA locker room, and … I really enjoy a diverse mix of personalities,” Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick said. “We get a lot of joy when ‘DA’ (Deandre Ayton) kind of goes on his rants. That’s always fun for us. The season can get really monotonous. There’s got to be some levity to it.”
Gregg Popovich often said during his lengthy Hall of Fame run coaching the Spurs he valued anybody who could make him smile.
“A sense of humor is a huge thing with us,” Popovich said in 2016. “You’ve got to be able to laugh. You’ve got to be able to take a dig, give a dig — that sort of thing. And feel comfortable in your own skin that you don’t have all the answers.”
Kornet, 30, fits that description perfectly.
“Luke is very smart and comfortable in his own skin, so he’s not afraid to say whatever, and he can think outside the box,” said Mitch Johnson, Popovich’s successor. “So it causes good laughs for us, especially when we have so many mild-mannered guys around him. We need a little bit of lightheartedness.”
Kornet drew laughs nationally when he struck Vince Carter’s iconic 2000 dunk contest pose after blocking Franz Wagner’s last-second layup to secure the Spurs’ 114-112 win at Orlando in early December.
ORLANDO, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 03: Luke Kornet #7 of the San Antonio Spurs blocks a shot attempt by Franz Wagner #22 of the Orlando Magic during the fourth quarter at Kia Center on December 03, 2025 in Orlando, Florida.
“It’s a lot of weight, being an icon,” Kornet joked when asked about his celebration going viral. “This is how Helen of Troy felt, I think.”
Kornet also had his teammates rolling after his two-handed dunk over Aaron Nesmith in a recent win at Indiana. After Nesmith delivered a hard foul to his head, Kornet tapped his noggin repeatedly from the floor while staring up at the Pacers forward. Once on his feet, Kornet pointed toward Kelly Olynyk, who had a thundering dunk of his own in the game, on the Spurs bench as if to say, 'That one was for you."
Kornet also had several entertaining, spontaneous celebrations with Boston, including barking like a dog at the Celtics bench after he corralled an offensive rebound over multiple defenders and drew a foul in a 2024 playoff game against Cleveland.
Asked about the origin of his woofs, Kornet told NBC Sports Boston, “I get some good practice at home reading some kid’s books. There’s quite a lot of dog barking.”
Kornet’s vaudeville routine is all in the name of amusing his teammates.
“He definitely keeps a locker room light,” Barnes said. “He always has a quip, a message in the group chat, just something off the wall you wouldn’t expect. His celebration in Orlando, that was off the fly, the dunk in Indiana with the bench reaction to Kelly. He’s quick on his feet. You never know what you are going to get.”
Kornet’s cleverness befits somebody who religiously watched “Saturday Night Live” while growing up in Kentucky and later North Texas. A comedy connoisseur, he counts the late Norm McDonald, Nate Bargatze and Gary Gulman among his favorite funnymen.
“I love comedy in general,” he told the San Antonio Express-News. “It was a way of connecting with friends.”
When it comes to his own gags, Kornet said he doesn’t have a particular style, preferring just do whatever he thinks the moment calls for.
“It’s never intentional for the sake of it as much as it is just a way of living and wanting to enjoy time with people,” he said. “It’s just kind of a part of my personality and a way to connect with people, and kind of just how my mind is working a lot of times. Honestly, a lot of it has to do just with time and score, so to speak, where it’s like sometimes it’s appropriate and sometimes it’s not.”
Humor isn’t the only trait that makes Kornet popular in the locker room. He’s also quite the conversationalist.
“One thing I love about him is he brings another perspective to the debates we have with some of his anecdotes,” Victor Wembanyama said. “He’s a very cultured guy, so it’s interesting to talk to him.”
Kornet fit in well in cosmopolitan Boston. He played there from 2020 through 2025, a stint that included helping the Celtics win the 2024 NBA title and appearing in 42 playoff games for the storied franchise.
“It’s just a very historic place that has a lot of identity,” he said of Boston. “People had been there for a long time and really love their town and their sports teams. I was there for a special time. Just within the basketball organization, I had great relationships with a lot of people for a lot of years and it was a gift to play with them and be coached by them and led by them. I learned a lot about playing in this league but also about just being a teammate and having perspective.”
A devout Catholic, Kornet said if he had more time on this trip he would make the short drive to Waltham to visit friends at the parish, Our Lady Comforter of the Afflicted, where he and his wife Tierney and their daughter and son were members.
“It was like a home for us and our priest was like a father for us, so it was great,” he said.
On the court, Kornet has been a valuable piece for the up-and-coming Spurs, starting a career-high 21 games while Wembanyama has nursed various injuries or come off the bench to better manage his recoveries.
His teammates rave about Kornet’s high basketball IQ and instincts.
“He knows when to short roll, he knows when to roll all into the basket, when to look for a lob, when to look for dump offs. He knows when to go high. He knows screening angles,” De’Aaron Fox said of Kornet, who is averaging 8.4 points, 6.7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks — all career highs — in 29 appearances.
“Those are things coaches would love for bigs to come in and just know how to do. But obviously he’s been around for a while and he’s been on a championship team, and he knows how he can affect the game outside of just catching lobs and blocking shots. He does things that don’t show up in the box score.”
And there’s also plenty of value in the laughs he provides.
“I feel like what we’re doing is obviously really important, but then there’s also life outside of it,” Kornet said. “It’s always nice to have that in its proper order.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News
