By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-04-20 17:22:33
当同胞鲁迪·戈贝尔 (Rudy Gobert) 即将赢得2023-24赛季NBA年度最佳防守球员奖时，维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 就曾预言，他统治这一荣誉只是时间问题。
“让他现在赢吧，因为在那之后，就不再轮到他了，”这位身高7英尺4英寸的中锋说道。
上赛季，右肩血栓导致他未能打满评奖所需的65场比赛，但可以说，文班亚马对哈基姆·奥拉朱旺杯 (Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy) 的长期统治现在已经拉开了序幕。
周一，文班亚马被由100名投票者组成的全球媒体小组评选为联盟最佳防守者。22岁的他成为了获得该奖项最年轻的球员，也是自1982-83赛季该奖项设立以来，首位全票当选的球员。
俄克拉荷马城雷霆队的切特·霍姆格伦 (Chet Holmgren) 以76张第二顺位选票位居次席。
文班亚马加入了阿尔文·罗伯特森 (Alvin Robertson)（1986年）、大卫·罗宾逊 (David Robinson)（1992年）和科怀·伦纳德 (Kawhi Leonard)（2015年、2016年）的行列，成为马刺队史上仅有的获得过该奖项的球员。
“感觉棒极了。超级自豪，”文班亚马告诉NBC，“盖帽是我一直以来都在努力钻研的技术。”
文班亚马坐镇防守端，率领球队打出了防守效率排名联盟第三的表现。在出战的65场比赛中，文班亚马场均贡献联盟最高的3.1次盖帽，外加11.5个篮板、1.0次抢断和25.0分。马刺队每百回合仅失分110.4分，仅次于底特律活塞队（108.9分）和俄克拉荷马城雷霆队（106.5分）。当他在场时，马刺队每百回合失分比他不在场时少10.1分。
“如果那些球员抱着‘管他呢，我还是要冲进去’的心态，他可能会送出更多盖帽，”马刺队后卫德阿隆·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 说道。“他甚至能威慑到对手不敢出手。你会看到很多球员（在进入三秒区后直接掉头）。他们看到他在里面，就会把球运出来或者传出去……他改变了你防守的整体态势，也改变了对方进攻的态势。”
文班亚马的身高固然是巨大的优势，但他的队友们表示，为了成为NBA历史上最优秀的防守球员之一，他付出了坚持不懈的努力。
“我会说他在篮球方面极具天赋，但维克托的职业态度是无与伦比的，”马刺队前锋凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 说道。“他到目前为止所取得的一切成就都是靠汗水换来的，而非凭空得来。他是我共事过的最刻苦的球员之一。他非常认真地对待自己的技术。我觉得这只是文班亚马未来宏图的一个小小缩影。”
文班亚马也是MVP的最终候选人之一，竞争对手包括两位已经获得过迈克尔·乔丹杯 (Michael Jordan Trophy) 的球员：俄克拉荷马城雷霆队的谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 和丹佛掘金队的尼古拉·约基奇 (Nikola Jokic)。
周三，当联盟公布年度最佳第六人奖项时，马刺队有望再获一座奖杯。约翰逊是约翰·哈夫利切克杯 (John Havlicek Trophy) 的最终候选人，竞争对手还包括丹佛掘金队的小蒂姆·哈达威 (Tim Hardaway Jr.) 和迈阿密热火队的小海梅·哈克斯 (Jaime Jaquez Jr.)。
约翰逊是三人中唯一打满82场常规赛的球员。他在一支赢下62场比赛的球队中，场均贡献13.2分、5.4个篮板和1.4次助攻。
“其他球员也打出了惊艳的赛季，但我觉得自己当之无愧，”约翰逊说道。“但现在这些都不重要了。我们正在打季后赛，赢球才是最重要的。”
不仅仅是球员获得了认可。米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 也是年度最佳教练的最终候选人，入围的还有底特律活塞队的J.B. 比克斯塔夫 (J.B. Bickerstaff) 和波士顿凯尔特人队的乔·马祖拉 (Joe Mazzulla)。
在名人堂成员格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich) 从教练岗位退休后，约翰逊于5月被任命为主教练，并带领马刺队打出了仅次于雷霆队的联盟第二佳绩。在2024-25赛季，由于波波维奇在开赛五场后中风，约翰逊作为代理主教练带领马刺队取得了34胜48负的战绩。
“非常为他感到高兴，”在马刺队对阵波特兰开拓者队的季后赛首轮第一场比赛前，马刺队前锋德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 在谈到约翰逊时说道。
“他曾是我的教练，负责我的个人技术开发。所以看到他所取得的进步，看到他现在的成就，看到他能接替像波波教练这样哪怕不是历史上最伟大、也是最伟大之一的教练，并打出这样的赛季，能够领导我们并掌控这支球队和整个组织，这真的太棒了。”
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Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama named NBA Defensive Player of the Year
When fellow Frenchman Rudy Gobert was on his way to winning the 2023-24 NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award, Victor Wembanyama predicted it would only be a matter of time before he had a stranglehold on the honor.
“Let him win it now, because after that, it’s no longer his turn,” the 7-foot-4 center said.
A blood clot in his right shoulder prevented him from logging the necessary 65 games to win it last season, but a case can be made that Wembanyama’s long-term ownership of the Hakeem Olajuwon Trophy is now underway.
Wembanyama was named the league’s top defender on Monday by a global media panel of 100 voters, becoming at 22 the youngest player to collect the hardware and the first to do so unanimously since the award’s inception in 1982-83.
Oklahoma City’s Chet Holmgren was the runner-up with 76 second-place votes.
Wembanyama joins Alvin Robertson (1986), David Robinson (1992) and Kawhi Leonard (2015, 2016) as the only players in Spurs history to win the award.
“It feels great. Super proud," Wembanyama told NBC. "My shot blocking is something I’ve been working on forever.”
Wembanyama anchored a defense that finished third in the NBA in defensive rating. With Wembanyama averaging a league-high 3.1 blocks per game, 11.5 rebounds and 1.0 steals to go along with 25.0 points over 65 games, the Spurs allowed 110.4 points per 100 possessions to trail only Detroit (108.9) and Oklahoma City (106.5). The Spurs allowed 10.1 fewer points per 100 possessions with him on the court than off.
"He probably would have blocked more shots if guys were like, ‘Nah, I’m going in there anyways,’ " Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox said.
“He deters people from even shooting the ball. You’ll see a lot of guys (do a U-turn after entering the paint). They’ll see him in there and dribble the ball out or kick out. … He changes the whole dynamic of your defense and he changes the dynamic of the other team’s offenses.”
Wembanyama’s height, of course, is a huge plus, but his teammates say he has worked tirelessly to become one of the best defensive players in NBA history.
“I would say he’s a natural at basketball, but Victor’s work ethic is unmatched,” Spurs forward Keldon Johnson said. “Everything he’s achieved so far has been earned and never given. He’s one of the hardest workers I’ve ever been around. He takes his craft very seriously. And I feel like this is just a small token of what’s to come for Victor.”
Wembanyama is also a finalist for MVP in a field that includes two players that have already won the Michael Jordan Trophy: Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Denver’s Nikola Jokic.
The Spurs are in line for another piece of hardware on Wednesday when the league announces the winner of the Sixth Man of the Year Award. Johnson is a finalist for the John Havlicek Trophy along with Denver’s Tim Hardaway Jr. and Miami’s Jaime Jaquez Jr.
Johnson is the only one of the three who played in all 82 games. He averaged 13.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.4 assists for a team that won 62 games.
“Other players have had amazing seasons, but I feel like I’ve earned it,” Johnson said. “But none of it matters now. We’re in the playoffs and winning is what matters.”
And it’s not just the players who are getting recognition. Mitch Johnson is finalist for coach of the year in a field that includes Detroit’s J.B. Bickerstaff and Boston’s Joe Mazzulla.
Johnson led the Spurs to the second best record in the NBA behind the Thunder after they named him head coach in May when Hall of Famer Gregg Popovich retired from coaching. The Spurs finished 34-48 with Johnson as their acting head coach in 2024-25 after Popovich suffered a stroke five games into the season.
“Tremendously happy for him,” Spurs forward Devin Vassell said of Johnson before Game 1 of the Spurs’ first-round playoff series with Portland.
“He was my guy, my personal development guy. So to see the growth he’s had, to see where he is at now, to be able to come in after a coach like coach Pop, one of the greatest coaches of all time, if not the greatest coach of all time, and have the type of season he’s had and be able to lead us and take control over this team and over this organization has been huge to see.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News