By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-02-07 11:58:58
2026年2月4日星期三，在圣安东尼奥霜银银行中心球馆进行的第一节比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺前锋卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) (11号) 对阵俄克拉荷马城雷霆时完成扣篮。
在赛季初期连续扣飞几球后，身体素质劲爆的马刺新秀前锋卡特·布莱恩特从未想过 NBA 会考虑邀请他参加全明星周末的扣篮大赛。
然而，在周六公布的参赛选手名单中，他的名字赫然在列。
“这太酷了，”布莱恩特在谈到入选时表示，“这是我完全没预料到的事情，尤其是考虑到我今年年初扣篮时的表现。但事实就是如此，我对此心存感激。”
上个月就有消息流出称布莱恩特将参赛，但直到周六这一消息才得到官方正式确认。
洛杉矶湖人的杰克逊·海斯 (Jaxson Hayes)、迈阿密热火的凯沙德·约翰逊 (Keshad Johnson) 以及奥兰多魔术的杰斯·理查德森 (Jase Richardson) 将与布莱恩特同场竞技。三届卫冕冠军麦克·麦克朗 (Mac McClung) 选择了不参加本届赛事。
该项赛事定于下周六晚上在加利福尼亚州英格尔伍德的直觉巨蛋球馆 (Intuit Dome) 举行。
NBA 还宣布，马刺新秀后卫迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 将参加“投篮之星 (Shooting Stars)”比赛，这是一种限时投篮竞赛，同样定于下周六晚上举行。他的队友将是他的哥哥小朗·哈珀 (Ron Harper Jr.) 和他的父亲老朗·哈珀 (Ron Harper Sr.)。
20岁的布莱恩特表示，入选扣篮大赛实现了他毕生的梦想，他很高兴能追随他的两位篮球偶像科比·布莱恩特 (Kobe Bryant) 和迈克尔·乔丹 (Michael Jordan) 的脚步。
“那是你小时候梦寐以求的事情，”布莱恩特在谈到参加扣篮大赛时说道，“你不可能不梦想参加扣篮大赛。我爱科比和迈克，你会看到迈克戴着两条（金）项链，穿着堆堆袜和 Jordan 1 代走出来，然后从罚球线起跳。他自带那种范儿。接着你又会看到年轻的科比留着爆炸头，对着观众展示肌肉。所以，我觉得对我来说，这是那些伟大的球员、我最喜欢的历史级球员都做过的事情。这也是我职业生涯开端的绝佳方式，尤其是考虑到我赛季初的表现。我觉得这是一种真正的自我救赎。”
布莱恩特表示，他已经确定了比赛的一套动作方案。
“是的，我想我已经知道前三个扣篮要怎么做了，我想在最后一个扣篮里增加一些难度和观赏性，真正挑战一下我的极限，看看我能达到什么高度，”他说道，“但我认为大家最容易犯错的地方，就是想得太多，导致扣篮不进，甚至连赢球的机会都没给自己留下。”
去年在扣篮大赛中惜败给麦克·麦克朗的马刺后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 一直在给布莱恩特提供建议。
“斯蒂芬每天都在跟我沟通，”布莱恩特说道，“他说，‘你必须完成（第一个）扣篮。’我说，斯蒂芬，我知道。我通常在傍晚练完投篮后练习扣篮。练完球后，我就和哥们儿一起尝试一些动作。我专门请了一位扣篮教练过来，所以我一直在和他合作。他帮我磨炼技术，确保球能扣进。
“不过，看到整个过程并让动作成型真的很有趣。有些花式扣篮我之前一直练不顺手，然后他会教我一两个窍门或小贴士，我就突然觉得，噢，这个动作我现在能轻而易举完成了。所以这真的很酷。”
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Spurs’ Carter Bryant opens up about dunk contest
San Antonio Spurs forward Carter Bryant (11) dunks on the Oklahoma City Thunder during the first quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026.
After missing several dunks earlier in the season, ultra-athletic Spurs rookie forward Carter Bryant gave no thought to the NBA considering him for the dunk contest at NBA All-Star weekend.
Yet there was his name among the participants announced Saturday.
“It was dope,” Bryant said of his selection. “It’s one of those things that I didn’t really expect, especially with the way I started off the year dunking the basketball. But it is what it is. I’m grateful for it, though.”
Word leaked last month that Bryant would be a participant, but it wasn’t made official until Saturday.
The Los Angeles Lakers’ Jaxson Hayes, the Miami Heat’s Keshad Johnson and the Orlando Magic’s Jase Richardson will compete against Bryant. Three-time defending champion Mac McClung chose not to participate.
The event is scheduled for next Saturday night at Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.
The NBA also announced that Spurs rookie guard Dylan Harper will participate in the Shooting Stars, a timed shooting competition, also set for next Saturday night. His teammates will be his brother Ron Harper Jr. and his father Ron Harper Sr.
Bryant, 20, said the selection fulfills a lifelong dream and he’s thrilled to follow in the footsteps of two of his basketball idols, Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan.
“That’s one thing that as a kid you always dream of,” Bryant said of competing in the dunk contest. “You don’t never not dream of being in a dunk contest. I love Kobe and Mike, and you just see Mike walking out with the two (gold) chains and with the scrunch socks and the Jordan 1s, and he’s jumping from the free throw line. He got his little swag. And then you just see young Kobe flexing at the crowd with the fro and everything. So, I think for me, it is something that the greats did, my favorite players of all time did. It was like, this is a great way for me to start off my career, especially with how I started off the year. I feel like this is a real redemption.”
Bryant said he already has his routine for the competition set.
“Yeah, I think I know what I’m going to go to through the first three dunks, kind of trying to spice things up for that last dunk, really test my limits, see what I can get to,” he said. “But I think the biggest thing where people go wrong, they try to do too much and they don’t make a dunk and they don’t even give themselves an opportunity to win it.”
Spurs guard Stephon Castle, who lost last year’s dunk contest to Mac McClung, has been giving Bryant advice.
“Steph’s been talking to me every day,” Bryant said. “He’s like, ‘You got to make the (first) dunk.’ I’m like, Steph, I know. I usually practice the dunks in the evening after I’m done shooting. I make my shots and then just kind of go try stuff with my boys. I have a dunk coach that came down, so I’ve been working with him a little bit. Kind of just helped me get my technique and just getting the ball through or whatever the case may be.
"But, yeah, it’s been really fun kind of seeing the process of it all and kind of seeing it come to life. There’s a trick dunks I was really struggling to get down and then he kind of tells you a trick or two or a little tip and it’s like, oh, I can make this dunk easy now. So it’s pretty cool.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News
