By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-03-25 10:28:23
2026年3月12日，星期四，圣安东尼奥马刺队后卫德阿伦·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) (4) 在圣安东尼奥的 Frost Bank 中心持球。自从2025年2月被交易到马刺队以来，福克斯的场均得分从大约25分下降到了19分左右。这是福克斯有意为之的结果，因为他优先考虑与维克托·文班亚马以及球队的年轻后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔和迪伦·哈珀分享球权。
田纳西州孟菲斯 —— 为了实现团队目标而牺牲个人荣誉，长期以来一直是马刺队的传统。
想想早先的大卫·罗宾逊 (David Robinson)，以及后来的托尼·帕克 (Tony Parker) 和马努·吉诺比利 (Manu Ginobili)，他们都曾为了蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 而退居次席。吉诺比利为了出任第六人角色而改打替补的往事也浮现在脑海中。在当今时代，凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 同样也是如此。
德阿伦·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 正在追随他们的脚步。
在周一晚上 134-111 战胜迈阿密热火队的比赛前，热火队主教练埃里克·斯波尔斯特拉 (Erik Spoelstra) 称赞了这位两届全明星后卫。在这个令人兴奋的翻身赛季中，马刺队正在追求队史第六座 NBA 总冠军，而福克斯为了这一目标放下了小我。
“我认为你真的必须赞扬福克斯，”斯波尔斯特拉说道，“他已经连续四年场均得分超过25分了，而现在为了赢球做出牺牲，他场均得到19分。”
“人们总说，‘噢，为了赢球我会不惜一切代价。’但我没见过多少球员愿意接受场均得分下降7分，并且还能对此甘之如饴。”
28岁的福克斯确实是那类罕见的球员。
“我知道自己签下的是什么，”他在迈阿密接受《圣安东尼奥新闻快报》采访时表示，“归根结底，我想来这里赢得总冠军，而这里绝对是实现目标的最佳地点。”
福克斯在去年8月签署了一份为期四年、价值2.29亿美元的顶薪提前续约合同，这将使他在2029-2030赛季之前都留在马刺队。马刺队在2025年2月的交易截止日从萨克拉门托国王队引进了他，旨在让他成为文班亚马身边爆发力十足的挡拆搭档。
福克斯将缺席周三晚上对阵孟菲斯的比赛，一同缺阵的还有卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet)，两人将进行轮休并治疗一些轻微伤病。目前，福克斯场均得到18.9分，在队内得分榜上仅次于文班亚马，他也是球队中场均得分上双的八名球员之一。
除了与文班亚马分享球权外，福克斯无私的表现也让年轻后卫斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 和迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 获得了表现机会。
2025年12月23日，星期二，在圣安东尼奥 Frost Bank 中心对阵俄克拉荷马城雷霆队的第三节比赛中，马刺队后卫德阿伦·福克斯 (4) 与后卫迪伦·哈珀 (2) 在哈珀扣篮后击掌。马刺队以 130-110 击败了雷霆队。
但福克斯很快指出，马刺队充满了无私的球员。
“我们可能有九名球员在联盟的很多球队都能打上首发，所以我认为每个人都在为彼此牺牲，”他说道，“这就是我们强大的原因。”
这位有着九年球龄的老将在2020-2021赛季至2024-2025赛季效力于国王队的五个赛季中，有四个赛季场均得分至少达到25.0分。在去年被交易前的45场比赛中，他场均也能得到25.0分。
自那以后，他的场均得分一直保持在19分左右。
“他的状态并没有下滑，所以就他想要如何融入球队以及如何让队友变得更好而言，这是一种非常有意识的协作，”马刺队主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 表示，“这不仅仅是为了文班亚马。这让我们变得更有活力，因为他还有一种能力，能随时切换模式成为那个主宰比赛的人。当他进入那种球在手中、随时保持攻击模式的状态时，我们感到非常放心，他就像是我们节奏和侵略性的催化剂。”
“因此，他挑选时机并平衡这种角色的能力，对我们非常有影响力，可能对那两名后卫的成长也是如此。”
那“两名后卫”指的是2024-25赛季 NBA 年度最佳新秀卡斯尔，以及马刺队在2025年 NBA 选秀中以榜眼秀身份选中的哈珀。加上福克斯，他们为马刺队提供了一个速度极快、技术精湛且极具冲击力的后场三人组。
“对我来说，最好的事情就是来到一支球队，尽管我不是每晚都拿20分，但我能向一位伟大的老将学习，那就是福克斯，他显然在联盟打拼了很久，是两届全明星，拥有所有那些荣誉，”哈珀说道，“所以，我能向他这样的人学习，在保持侵略性的同时甘当绿叶。老实说，得20分不是最重要的，对我来说最重要的是赢球。只要能赢，我就没问题。”
福克斯表示，这一切之所以奏效，是因为他们都“享受在一起打球”。
“我们乐于看到彼此获得成功，这让分享球变得容易得多，因为显然文班亚马可以单打，我也可以单打。卡斯尔、哈珀，我们有一群可以站出来解决问题的球员。但我们不那样打球。”福克斯说道，“我们知道在比赛过程中，有些时候我们必须站出来得分。但我们坚持传球。我们努力让比赛变得更简单，而能够分享球就能做到这一点。”
归根结底，马刺队充满了愿意为了共同利益而牺牲的球员。
“只有当出现不安全感、嫉妒或负面情绪时，自负才会成为问题，”米奇·约翰逊说道，“自负通常意味着你拥有一种自信和笃定，认为自己有价值且有能力胜任所讨论的任何事情。所以我认为，这间更衣室的集体荣誉感要强于个人主义。这就是为什么这种自负能起作用，因为凯尔登会坐在那儿说文班亚马是 MVP，而文班亚马会告诉你凯尔登是球队的心脏和灵魂；他们会告诉你福克斯是这一切运转的关键，而福克斯又会向你夸赞这两位年轻后卫。”
“……所以这就像是‘和睦大家庭’。……但我的意思是，现在已经过去六个月了。我认为如果其中有任何虚情假意，到现在肯定已经显露出来了。”
目前唯一显露出来的，是马刺队在追求同一个目标时是多么团结。
“我们关心的是赢得总冠军，”福克斯说道。
由生成式人工智能翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。
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Spurs’ De’Aaron Fox sacrificing numbers in pursuit of championship
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) holds the ball away at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio on Thursday, March 12, 2026. Since being traded to the Spurs in February 2025, Fox has seen his scoring average drop from roughly 25 points per game to around 19 points per game. That has been intentional as Fox has prioritized sharing the ball with not only Victor Wembanyama but with the team’s young guards, Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Sacrificing personal glory in pursuit of achieving team goals has long been a Spurs tradition.
Think first David Robinson and later Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili taking a back seat to Tim Duncan. Ginobili moving to the bench to take on the sixth man role also comes to mind. Ditto for Keldon Johnson in this current era.
De’Aaron Fox is following in their footsteps.
Before Monday night’s 134-111 win over Miami, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra praised the two-time All-Star guard for putting his ego aside as the Spurs pursue the franchises’s sixth NBA championship in this exciting turnaround season.
“I think you have to really commend Fox,” Spoelstra said. "He’s been a 25-plus point scorer for four straight years, and then sacrificing to win, he’s averaging 19 a game.
“People say, ‘Oh, you do whatever it takes to win.’ But I don’t know a lot of players who want to sign up and have their scoring average drop by seven and be great with it.”
Fox, 28, indeed is one of that rare breed.
“I knew what I was signing up for,” he told the San Antonio Express-News in Miami. “Ultimately, I wanted to come and win a championship, and this is definitely the best place for it.”
Fox signed a four-year, $229-million maximum contract extension last August that will keep him under the Spurs’ control through the 2029-2030 season. The Spurs acquired him from Sacramento at the February 2025 trade deadline to serve as an explosive pick-and-roll partner alongside Victor Wembanyama.
Fox, who will miss Wednesday night’s game against Memphis along with Luke Kornet to rest and heal from some nagging ailments, ranks second on the team behind Wembanyama in scoring at 18.9 points per game and is one of eight players on the team averaging 10-plus points.
In addition to sharing the ball with Wembanyama, Fox’s unselfish approach has allowed young guards Stephon Castle and Dylan Harper to “eat” as well.
San Antonio Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox (4) and San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper (2) slap hands after Harper dunked on the Oklahoma City Thunder in the third quarter at Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2025. The Spurs defeated the Thunder, 130-110.
But Fox was quick to point out that the Spurs are filled with unselfish players.
“We have probably nine guys that could start on a lot of teams in this league, so I think everybody sacrificed for each other,” he said. “That’s what makes us good.”
The ninth-year pro averaged at least 25.0 points per game in four out of five seasons with the Kings from 2020-2021 through 2024-2025. He was averaging 25.0 over 45 games last season before the trade.
Since then, he’s been right around 19 points per game.
“He’s not lost a step, so it’s been a very intentional collaboration in terms of how he’s wanted to integrate himself and also make his teammates better,” Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said. "And that’s not just Victor. It’s allowed us to be that much more dynamic because he also has a knack for being able to hit a switch at times and be that man. And we are very comfortable when he does get in that mode where he has the basketball in his hands and he’s going to be in attack mode at all times and kind of be the catalyst for us in terms of pace and aggressiveness.
“And so his ability to pick and choose and balance that is something that’s been very impactful for us and probably in the growth of those two guards.”
Those “two guards” would be Castle, the 2024-25 NBA Rookie of the Year, and Harper, who the Spurs selected second overall in the 2025 NBA draft. Combined with Fox, they give the Spurs a speedy, crafty, downhill trio.
“Best thing for me is to come to a team where even though I’m not scoring 20 every night, I get to learn from a great vet, Fox, who’s obviously been in the league for a while, a two-time All-Star, all that,” Harper said. “So, I get to learn from someone like him and just take that kind of back seat while also being aggressive. Honestly, scoring 20 ain’t the main thing, the main thing for me is winning. As long as you win, I’m OK.”
It works out because they all “enjoy playing together,” Fox said.
“We enjoy seeing each other succeed, so that makes sharing the ball that much easier because obviously Vic can isolate, I can isolate. Steph, Dylan, we have a bunch of guys that can just go out there and go get it. But we don’t play that way.” Fox said. “And we know that throughout the course of the game, there are times where we do have to just be able to go out and get a bucket. But we continue to move the ball. We try to make it easier on ourselves, and being able to move the ball does that.”
Bottom line, the Spurs are filled with players willing to sacrifice for the common good.
“Egos only become a problem when there’s also insecurities or jealousy or things that then turn it negative,” Johnson said. "Ego typically means that you have a level of confidence and assurance that you are worthy and capable of whatever is being discussed. And so I think the ego of that locker room is stronger as the group than as the individual. That’s why the egos work because Keldon’s going to sit there and say Victor’s the MVP after Victor told you (Keldon) is the heart and soul of the team, and they’re going to tell you that Fox is the key to why it’s all working, but then he is going to tell you (about) these two young guards.
“… And so it is this kumbaya. … But I mean, it’s been six months now. I think if anything was BS or full of it, it would show itself at this point.”
The only things showing at this point is how unified the Spurs are in pursuit of one goal.
“We’re worried about winning a championship,” Fox said.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News