By Jeje Gomez | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-03-30 02:15:13
德玛尔·德罗赞 (DeMar DeRozan) 最近在历史得分榜上超越了蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan)，如果他没有被处于摆烂期的国王队雪藏，本赛季他应该还能超越多米尼克·威尔金斯 (Dominique Wilkins) 和奥斯卡·罗伯特森 (Oscar Robertson)。作为这一代最顶尖的得分手之一，德罗赞下赛季有望跻身历史前15，这并不令人意外，但他的故事之所以如此引人入胜，在于他达成这一成就的方式。
众所周知，德罗赞在职业生涯的大部分巅峰时期都对三分球避而远之，而当时他的同龄人以及整个联盟都在拥抱三分浪潮。这是一个有意识的决定，正如他在2020年参加雷迪克 (JJ Redick) 的播客节目时所说的那样。
“有人告诉我：‘如果你不开始投三分，你的职业生涯不会长久，’”德罗赞说道，“进入2016年后，我说：‘不，你不能告诉我必须投三分才能成为一名优秀的球员。’”德罗赞接着说，“这只是我的固执，我想表达的是，如果我不想投，我就不必非得投三分。”
这种固执正是德罗赞成为如此有趣的球员的原因。他的成就不可否认，作为六届全明星和三届最佳阵容成员，他曾多次带领猛龙队杀入季后赛。如前所述，尽管他在职业生涯的大部分时间里都有意不去使用高产得分手武器库中最重要的工具之一，但他仍可能在历史得分榜上最终排名前15。他只是对自己想成为什么样的球员有自己的想法，并坚持到底。
为什么在马刺大胜雄鹿之后提到德罗赞？虽然花时间回顾一位前马刺球员的职业生涯是一件很有意义的事，但正如现如今大多数与马刺相关的话题一样，这最终还是要回到维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 身上。
文班在周六的表现很出色，但这又是那种他提醒所有人——他看自己的方式与别人看他的方式完全不同的比赛。特别是在下半场，他决定自己持球，在面对对方已经落位的防守时从弧顶尝试突破，在半场进攻中传出空中接力助攻，表现得完全像一名外线球员。
如果这只是他唯一一次这样表现，大可以将其归结为一名年轻球员在大比分领先的比赛中感到无聊，但文班经常这样做，而且这似乎往往源于一种预谋已久的“叛逆”。德罗赞经常谈论自己钻研比赛、热爱得分的细微差别，并似乎将三分球视为一种他不需要的“拐杖”。而对于文班来说，关于他为什么不直接完成进攻而是非要尝试发起进攻，答案似乎更简单：他可能不想让别人，甚至不想让自己相信，他仅仅是因为长得高才在进攻端拥有统治力的。
固执并非一种美德，但在所有人都希望你投勾手时，你却坚持选择变向过人，这种拒绝仅仅因为简单就妥协的态度确实有令人钦佩之处。别误会，从务实角度来看，这毫无道理，如果这让马刺在季后赛中付出代价，他将需要做出调整。但就目前而言，这似乎是文班亚马在完全兑现其天赋的道路上必须经历的过程。因此，有时最好放下理性，单纯地享受他完成那些以他的体型根本不该尝试的壮举。
关键要点
- 关于德罗赞的话题，以及对阵一支处于动荡期、即将结束一个时代的球队，可能会让马刺球迷回想起那段糟糕的时光，但别恐慌！那些日子已经过去了。看到那些在平庸时期坚守的球员——德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 和凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 在经历逆境后终于打进季后赛，将是一件非常棒的事情。
- 这一支球队每个人都彼此喜欢已经不是什么秘密了，但看到他们展示情谊的小瞬间依然很棒。迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 接受了 Prime Video 团队的赛后采访，而文班亚马则闯入镜头为他造势，就像不久前凯尔登·约翰逊闯入文班的采访一样。这是一个新传统的开始吗？
“MVP.”
文班在迪伦·哈珀采访时顺便路过
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— NBA on Prime (@ NBAonPrime) 2026年3月28日
- 同样，看到替补席在斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 拿到达成三双所需的篮板时的反应也很有趣。这虽然不是他的第一个三双，也不会是最后一个，但他的队友们真的为他感到兴奋。这支群体不仅在场上，在场下展现出的化学反应也非常特别。
- 记得马刺在休赛期据传对瑞安·罗林斯 (Ryan Rollins) 感兴趣吗？他在密尔沃基度过了不错的一年，但在面对卡斯尔的防守时表现得很挣扎，三分球7投0中。他显然是一名扎实的球员，但留在雄鹿对双方来说可能都是更好的结果，因为在圣安东尼奥的轮换阵容中根本没有他的位置。
- 虽然是垃圾时间，但卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 在第四节有几次漂亮的突破。第一次转化为了一个短距离中投，第二次则是助攻卢克·科内特 (Luke Kornet)。布莱恩特在夏季联赛期间没有表现出任何组织进攻的迹象，因此他在持球方面取得的任何进步都值得关注。虽然他似乎在轮换中把位置输给了哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes)，但无论如何，马刺明年都会需要他。幸运的是，并不急于要求他成为一名持球得分手或组织者，但这位新秀身上展现出的潜力可能不仅仅是“3D”球员。
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What we learned from the Spurs win over the Bucks
DeMar DeRozan recently passed Tim Duncan in the All-Time scoring list, and should pass Dominique Wilkins and Oscar Robertson this season, if he’s not shut down by the tanking Kings. It’s not surprising to see one of the best scorers of his generation potentially cracking the top 15 next season, but what makes DeRozan’s story so interesting is how he got there.
DeMar famously shunned the three-point shot for most of his prime, just as his peers and the league in general embraced it. It was a conscious decision, as he told JJ Redick in a podcast appearance in 2020.
“Somebody told me ‘you’re not going to last long if you don’t start shooting threes’,” DeRozan said. “Going into 2016, I said, ‘ No, you can’t tell me I have to shoot threes to be a good player.‘ DeRozan then said, ”It was just me being stubborn, trying to say I don’t have to shoot threes if I don’t want to.”
The stubbornness is what makes DeRozan such an interesting player. His accomplishments can’t be denied, as he’s a six-time All-Star and three-time All-NBA player who led Raptors teams to the playoffs consistently. As mentioned, he’ll likely finish in the top 15 among scorers despite purposefully not using one of the more important tools in a high-volume offensive player’s arsenal for most of his career. He simply had his own idea of what kind of player he wanted to be and stuck to it.
Why bring up DeRozan after a dominant win against the Bucks? While taking the time to reflect on a former Spur’s career would be a worthwhile endeavor, this is, as most things Spurs-related these days, about Victor Wembanyama.
Wemby was good on Saturday, but it was one of those games in which he reminds everyone that he just doesn’t see himself as most others see him. Especially in the second half, he decided to handle the ball, attempt drives from the top of the arc against a set defense, throw alley-oop passes in the half-court, and generally act as a perimeter player.
If this were the only game in which he acted this way, it could be dismissed as a young player being bored during a blowout, but Wemby does it a lot, and it often seems to come from a place of premeditated defiance. DeRozan has often talked about being a student of the game and loving the nuances of scoring, and appeared to see the three-pointer as a crutch he didn’t need. With Wemby, it seems the answer to why he doesn’t just finish plays instead of trying to initiate them is simpler: he probably doesn’t want others, and maybe even himself, to be convinced that he’s dominant on offense just because he’s tall.
Stubbornness is not a virtue, but there’s something admirable in refusing to conform just because it would be easier, in going for crossovers when everyone wants you to take jump hooks. Don’t get me wrong, pragmatically, it makes no sense, and if it costs the Spurs in the playoffs, he’ll need to adjust. But for now, it seems like something Wembanyama needs to do in his path to full realization of his abilities, so it’s best to put reason aside sometimes and just enjoy when he pulls off feats that no one his size should even attempt.
Takeaways
- The DeRozan talk, along with a matchup against a team in limbo dealing with the impending end of an era, might give Spurs fans flashbacks to the bad times, but don’t panic! Those days are behind us. It will be great to see the survivors of those middling teams, Devin Vassell and Keldon Johnson, finally reach the playoffs after dealing with adversity.
- It’s no secret that everyone in this team likes each other but it’s still great to see little moments when they show it. Dylan Harper got the postgame interview with the Prime Video crew and Victor Wembanyama crashed it to hype him up, just like Keldon Johnson crashed Wemby’s interview a while ago. Is a new tradition starting?
Wemby stopped by during Dylan Harper’s interview
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- Similarly, it was fun to see the bench’s reaction when Stephon Castle got the rebound he needed to get his triple-double. It wasn’t his first and it won’t be his last, but his teammates were really excited for it. The chemistry this group has not only on the court but off it seems special.
- Remember when the Spurs were reportedly interested in Ryan Rollins in the offseason? He’s had a good year in Milwaukee, but really struggled against Castle’s defense and missed his seven three-point attempts. He’s clearly a solid player but it probably worked out better for both parties that he stayed with the Bucks, because there would have been no room for him in the rotation in San Antonio.
- It was garbage time, but Carter Bryant had a couple of nice drives in the fourth. The first resulted in a short midrange jumper and the second in an assist to Luke Kornet. Bryant had no signs of a floor game during Summer League, so any progress he makes with the ball in his hands is noteworthy. It seems like he’s lost his spot in the rotation to Harrison Barnes, but no matter what, the Spurs will need him next year. Fortunately, there’s no rush for him to become an on-ball scorer or playmaker, but there might be more than just 3-and-D potential in the rookie.
By Jeje Gomez, via Pounding The Rock