By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-02-12 11:18:36
2026年2月10日（周二），在洛杉矶进行的一场NBA常规赛上半场，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫迪伦·哈珀 (2) 完成扣篮。(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
加利福尼亚州英格尔伍德讯——一向自信的马刺新秀后卫迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 从未畏惧过所谓的“新秀墙”，因为他压根儿就不相信这回事。
“我觉得那堵墙是虚构的，”他说。
也许吧。但在上个月，去年六月选秀大会的榜眼秀哈珀确实撞上了一些麻烦，他的得分和效率数据出现了骤降。
不过，他将这种下滑视为成为NBA球员的必经之路，认为这不仅限于像他这样的首年职业球员。
“很多人都会遇到这种情况，不仅仅是新秀，”19岁的哈珀说道，“每个人在某个时刻都会撞墙。在这个联盟里，你会听到很多人谈论NBA赛季中的倦怠期。你只需要坚持走下去。”
无论情况如何，他于周四抵达洛杉矶参加繁忙的全明星周末时正处于极佳的状态，此前的强劲表现已让他在一月份的产量下滑成为了遥远的回忆。随着哈珀找回状态并成为替补席上的重要贡献者，马刺队已经取得了六连胜，这是目前NBA现存的最长连胜。
在从12月31日到1月25日的14场比赛中，哈珀场均仅得到7.6分、2.6次抢断和3.1个篮板，投篮命中率和三分命中率分别仅为38.4%和21.6%。而在此后的最近七场比赛中，哈珀场均贡献14.3分、4.4次助攻和4.0个篮板，投篮命中率回升至62.3%，三分命中率也达到了31.3%。这些数据与他在前16场比赛中的表现更为吻合，当时他场均得到13.8分、3.6次助攻和3.3个篮板，投篮命中率为47.8%，三分命中率为30.2%。
这位来自罗格斯大学的校友在帮助马刺队以126-113逆转击败金州勇士队后，与队内其他全明星成员一同从旧金山前往洛杉矶。在那场比赛中，他在29分钟内10投6中，斩获14分、8次助攻和5个篮板。这是他第二次打出得分15+、助攻5+且命中率达到75%的比赛，这让他成为了NBA历史上达成此项数据次数最多的青少年球员。
哈珀从一月份的低迷中复苏，印证了马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 在其陷入低谷时所表达的信念，即这名年轻人会没事的。
“我们在赛季初都看过他的表现，当时觉得他就像在这个联盟里打了七年球的老将一样，”约翰逊说，“他经历了一段艰难的时期，大家都想知道他怎么了。”
本赛季至今，哈珀场均得到10.9分，在NBA新秀中排名第10，而在所有尚未首发过的新秀中排名第1，此外他场均还能贡献3.7次助攻和3.4个篮板。
换算成每36分钟的数据，则是18.1分、6.1次助攻和5.6个篮板。
“他正变得越来越自信，越来越适应这个联盟，”马刺队后卫德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 说道，“他曾经历过一段可能不太像自己的时期。当时的他在心态上还没有达到现在的境界。但现在他已经迎来了转机，打得极具侵略性。这正是我们需要的。”
马刺队后卫达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 表示：“迪伦表现得非常出色。当他在场上时，他看起来就像个老将在打球。”
现在，哈珀准备好迎接NBA全明星周末的繁重任务了。他将参加周五晚上的新秀赛迷你锦标赛，紧接着是周六晚上的投篮挑战赛。在投篮挑战赛中，他将与目前效力于波士顿凯尔特人队的哥哥小朗·哈珀 (Ron Harper Jr.) 以及父亲朗·哈珀 (Ron Harper) 组队。他的父亲曾拥有15年的NBA职业生涯，并在2000-2001赛季结束后带着五枚总冠军戒指退役。
新秀赛由四支球队组成，成员包括新秀、二年级生和G联赛球员。哈珀是“卡梅隆队”（由前名人堂球星卡梅隆·安东尼 (Carmelo Anthony) 执教）的一员，同队的还有马刺队友斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)。卡斯尔在周二客场战胜洛杉矶湖人队的比赛中遭遇了骨盆挫伤，但他已及时康复，在对阵勇士队的比赛中出场21分钟，贡献了8分和4次助攻。
哈珀在马刺队的教练和队友们都相信他能够顺利完成所有的全明星义务。正如他们整个赛季所强调的那样，他的成熟度远超其实际年龄。
“是他的沉稳和冷静，”当被问及这位新泽西少年最令他印象深刻的地方时，约翰逊说道。
“他不会改变自己的肢体语言和面部表情，”主教练补充道，“他只是在打球。在他这个年龄，在缺乏经验且只能在这种级别的实战中‘边干边学’的情况下，能做到这一点非常令人印象深刻。这让他能够迅速从一次不顺心的回合甚至自己犯下的错误中抽离，并立即投入到下一件事中去，因为他极具天赋和能力。这大概是最令人赞叹的地方。”
*本文作者：Jeff McDonald。 *
San Antonio Spurs guard Keldon Johnson (3) is congratulated by guard Dylan Harper (2) after scoring against the Golden State Warriors during the second half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper (2) drives to the basket against Golden State Warriors guard De’anthony Melton during the first half of an NBA basketball game in San Francisco, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper, right, drives to the basket in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026, in Dallas. (AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
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With slump behind him, Spurs’ Dylan Harper ready for Rising Stars
San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper (2) dunks during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Los Angeles Lakers Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Always-confident Spurs rookie guard Dylan Harper never feared the so-called rookie wall because he never believed in it.
“I think that wall is imaginary,” he said.
Perhaps. But Harper, who the Spurs selected second overall in last June’s draft, ran headfirst into something last month when his scoring and efficiency numbers nosedived.
He viewed the decline, though, as part and parcel of being an NBA player, an annoyance not limited just to first-year pros like himself.
“A lot of people hit it, not just rookies,” Harper, 19, said. “Everyone hits a wall at some point. Being in this league, you hear a lot of people talk about the dog days of the NBA. You just have to stay the course.”
Whatever the case may be, he arrived in Los Angeles on Thursday for his busy All-Star weekend on a roll after coming off a strong stretch that made his dip in production in January a distant memory. With Harper back in form as a significant bench contributor, the Spurs have won six in a row, the NBA’s longest current winning streak.
After recording just 7.6 points, 2.6 steals and 3.1 rebounds while shooting 38.4% from the field and 21.6% from 3-point range during a 14-game period from Dec. 31 through Jan. 25, Harper is averaging 14.3 points, 4.4 assists and 4.0 rebounds over his last seven games while shooting 62.3% from the floor and 31.3% from distance. Those numbers are more in line with his stats from his first 16 games, when he averaged 13.8 points, 3.6 assists and 3.3 rebounds while shooting 47.8% and 30.2%.
The Rutgers alumnus traveled with the rest of the team’s All-Star crew from San Francisco to L.A. after helping the Spurs post a 126-113 come-from-behind win over Golden State by posting 14 points on 6-of-10 from the field, eight assists and five rebounds in 29 minutes. It was his second game with 15-plus points and 5-plus assists while shooting 75%, making him the NBA record holder for such games by a teenager.
Harper’s recovery from his January swoon underscores the belief expressed by Spurs coach Mitch Johnson’s during that slump that the youngster would be just fine.
"We we all saw him play at the start of the year and said it felt like he’d been in the league for seven years,” Johnson said. “He had a rough patch, and everybody wants to know what’s wrong with him.”
For the season, Harper is averaging 10.9 points to rank 10th among NBA rookies and first among rookies who have yet to start a game to go along with 3.7 assists and 3.4 rebounds.
Per 36 minutes, it’s 18.1 points, 6.1 assists and 5.6 boards.
“He’s really getting confident and comfortable in the league,” Spurs guard Devin Vassell said. “He went through a stretch where maybe he just wasn’t himself. He wasn’t mentally wherever he is at now. But right now he’s turned that corner and he’s being ultra-aggressive. That’s what we need from him.”
Said Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox, “Dylan’s been great. When he’s out there, he seems like a vet playing.”
Now Harper is ready to tackle a heavy workload at NBA All-Star Weekend with his appearance in the Rising Stars mini-tournament on Friday night followed by Saturday night’s Shooting Stars competition in which he’ll be teamed with his brother Ron Harper Jr. of the Boston Celtics and his father Ron Harper, who finished his 15-year NBA career after the 2000-2001 season with five championships.
The Rising Stars event features four teams comprised of rookies, sophomores and G Leaguers. Harper is a member of Team Carmelo (coached by former Hall of Famer Carmelo Anthony) along with the Spurs’ Stephon Castle, who bounced back from the pelvic bruise he suffered in Tuesday’s win at the Los Angeles Lakers to finish with eight points and four assists in 21 minutes against the Warriors.
Harper’s coach and teammates from the Spurs are confident he can handle all of his All-Star obligations without a hitch. As they’ve pointed out all season long, he’s mature beyond his years.
“His poise and his composure,” Johnson said when asked what impresses him most about the native of New Jersey.
“He doesn’t change his body language, facial expressions,” the coach added. “He just plays the game. And to be able to do that at his age with the lack of experience and on the job training at this level he’s had is very impressive. It allows him to move from a play that might not have gone his way or even a mistake he may make onto the next thing and make a play very quickly because he is so talented and so capable. That’s probably what’s most impressive.”
Staff writer Jeff McDonald contributed to this story.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News