By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-02-14 16:13:48
2026年2月14日，星期六，加利福尼亚州英格尔伍德，圣安东尼奥马刺队的维克托·文班亚马在NBA全明星赛媒体日接受记者采访。
加利福尼亚州英格尔伍德 —— 对于队友达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 作为伤病补位球员入选全明星赛，马刺中锋维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 抱着一种“迟到总比不到好”的看法。
“我本希望，而且我认为我们也应该”从一开始就有两名马刺球员入选全明星，在上赛季以替补身份完成首秀后，文班亚马今年首次成为首发球员，他在周六表示。
“我认为普遍的观点是我们应该有（两个席位）。不过，我肯定为他感到高兴。我希望他还是能得到几天的休息时间。”
周三晚上，马刺在客场背靠背的第二场比赛中挑战旧金山。周四，在搭乘凌晨航班从旧金山飞回德克萨斯州后，福克斯在距离休斯敦的家仅剩20分钟车程时，得知NBA总裁亚当·萧华 (Adam Silver) 已指定他顶替受伤的两届常规赛MVP扬尼斯·阿德托昆博 (Giannis Antetokounmpo)。
“接到电话时，我正开着车从圣安东尼奥赶往休斯敦，只睡了三个小时，”福克斯说道。“但这很酷。这始终是一种荣誉，显然，看到你付出的努力和球队所处的位置（得到了回报），这很棒。更棒的是我们的整个教练组都在这里，还有文班、斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle)、卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 以及迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper)。我们有这么多人在这里。”
“所以，对我来说，能获得认可并与我的很多队友在一起，这绝对非常酷。”
这是福克斯在九个NBA赛季中第二次入选全明星，此前他曾在2023年效力于萨克拉门托时以替补身份入选。周日，他将在直觉穹顶球馆 (Intuit Dome) 参加全新的“美国对阵世界”单循环赛，代表由马刺教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 率领的条纹队 (Stripes team) 出战。
当被问及是否打算给队友们提供防守文班亚马的建议时，福克斯毫不犹豫地拒绝了。
“我什么都不会告诉他们，”他说道。“我还没想赢到要出卖文班情报的地步。不，绝对不会。”
和去年一样，有一个人非常渴望胜利，那就是文班亚马。
“这源于我看过的全明星赛缺乏竞争性，”这位22岁的法国球星说道。“我一直觉得，如果我在其中，我绝不会上场去输球或者表现得毫不在意。就像在家里玩桌游一样，我从来不会抱着无所谓的心态或者想着会输。既然上场，我就要赢。”
文班亚马甚至已经计划好如何让队友们也分享他这种认真的态度。
“我认为通过打出一些震撼的进球，以稳健的方式打球，并充满活力地分享球，”他说道。“如果你分享那种能量，人们会觉得他们有责任回馈给你。所以我很有信心。”
至于福克斯，他还在努力跟上节奏，了解周日比赛的具体运作方式。
“说来有趣，我之前没怎么关注，接到电话后我才不得不去研究比赛格式，”他说道。“他们想让比赛更有竞争性，我想过去很多年，如果比分接近，最后五分钟你会看到比赛变得激烈起来。所以，拭目以待吧。我不知道。文班亚马说如果他上场，他会‘动真格’。所以，就像我说的，到了场上再看吧。我没法代表每个人发言。”
至于约翰逊，他在最近的一次赛前媒体发布会上表示，他希望文班亚马不要表现得太过疯狂。
“我认为在这样的比赛中，竞争程度和拼搏精神可以达到一种平衡，让比赛看起来不至于太不认真，”他说道。“我不知道那个平衡点在哪里。在这种情况下，必须由球员来定下基调。他们也赢得了定下基调的权利，无论那是什么样的基调。当其他人都在休息时，这些家伙却在这里。在这里需要投入大量时间和做出许多牺牲。我认为他们都有权决定这次经历应该是怎样的。”
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Wembanyama, road-weary Fox ready to represent Spurs at All-Star Game
San Antonio Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama talks to reporters during the NBA All-Star basketball game media day Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, in Inglewood, Calif.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — Spurs center Victor Wembanyama viewed the injury-replacement selection of teammate De’Aaron Fox to the All-Star Game through a better-late-than-never lens.
“I would’ve liked to and I think we should have” had two Spurs in the game from the start, Wembanyama, a starter for the first time after earning a reserve nod last season, said Saturday.
“I think the general opinion is we should have (had two). But, no, I’m happy for him, for sure. I hope he will still be able to get a few days rest.”
After taking an early morning flight from San Francisco, where the Spurs played Wednesday night in the second game of a road back-to-back, to Texas, Fox was just 20 minutes away from his home in Houston on Thursday when he learned NBA commissioner Adam Silver had tabbed him to replace injured two-time league MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo.
“I was driving from San Antonio to Houston on three hours of sleep when I got the call,” Fox said. "But it is cool. It’s always an honor, obviously, seeing the work you put in and the position our team is in (rewarded), so it’s great. And then it’s even better having our entire coaching staff here, having Vic and Steph (Castle), Carter (Bryant), Dylan (Harper). We have so many guys here.
“So, for me, it was definitely cool getting that nod and being able to be here with a lot of my guys.”
Fox’s selection made him an All-Star for the second time in his nine NBA seasons after he was selected as a reserve while playing for Sacramento in 2023. He’ll be playing for the Stripes team guided by Spurs coach Mitch Johnson on Sunday at Intuit Dome in the new round-robin “U.S. versus the World” format.
Asked if he planned to give his teammates any tips on defending Wembanyama, Fox didn’t hesitate.
“I’m not telling them (expletive),” he said. “I don’t want to win this game that bad where I’m going to give Vic stuff away. No, absolutely not.”
One person who does want to win badly — just as he did last year — is Wembanyama.
“That comes from the fact I’ve seen the All-Star game and it hasn’t been competitive," the 22-year-old Frenchman said. "I’ve always thought if I was in there, I’m never stepping onto the court to lose or not caring. Just like at home, I’ll never step into a board game not caring or thinking I’m going to lose. If I’m going to be out there, I might as well win.”
Wembanyama even has a plan for how he’s going to get his teammates to share his serious approach.
“I think exclamation point plays, playing in a solid manner, and sharing the ball with energy,” he said. “If you share that energy, people feel like they have responsibility to share it back to you. So I’m confident.”
As for Fox, he was still trying to get up to speed on how everything is going to work Sunday.
“Funny enough, I wasn’t paying attention and I had to learn the format when I got the call,” he said. “They want to make it more competitive, and I think a lot of times in the years past, if it was a close game, the last five minutes you started to see it get competitive. So we’ll see. We’ll see. I don’t know. (Wembanyama) said if he’s playing, he’s going to play play. So, like I said, we will see what happens when we go out there. I can’t speak for everybody.”
As for Johnson, he indicated at a recent pre-game media session he hopes Wembanyama doesn’t go too crazy.
“I think there can be a level of competitiveness and playing hard that can strike a balance in a game like this, where it doesn’t feel like maybe it’s too unserious,” he said. "I don’t know what that balance is. The players have to be the one to set the tone in a situation like that. They’ve also earned the right to set that tone, whatever that tone might be. Those guys are there during a break for everyone else. It’s a lot of time and a lot of sacrifice to be there. I think they all are deserving to be able to voice whatever that experience should look like.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News