# \[The Athletic\] 文班亚马在压力的茧房中找到真我，率领马刺闯入总决赛
**URL:** https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/47008
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**Tags:** 俾斯麦-比永博, 2025-26赛季, 格雷格-波波维奇, 维克托-文班亚马
**Created:** [2026 年5 月 31 日 13:12 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/47008 "2026-05-31T13:12:38Z")
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### 作者：  [@TheAthletic](https://chinaspurs.com/u/TheAthletic)
#### 发布日期： [2026 年5 月 31 日 13:12 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/47008/1 "2026-05-31T13:12:38Z")
By Jared Weiss | The Athletic, 2026-05-31 11:53:24
俄克拉荷马城——压力可以击垮一个人。排山倒海般的期望会让眼前的重担变得更加难以承受。通常情况下确实如此。
但这恰恰是维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 找到舒适区的地方。
贾马尔·克劳福德 (Jamal Crawford) 记得两年前在与文班亚马共进晚餐时了解到了这一点。当文班亚马切开一块三文鱼时，这位 NBC 评论员、前最佳第六人提出了一个层层递进的问题，却得到了一个简单的回答。克劳福德问他，作为圣安东尼奥马刺队的下一位伟大中锋，在承袭蒂姆·邓肯 (Tim Duncan) 和大卫·罗宾逊 (David Robinson) 传奇血脉的压力下，他有什么感受。
“我觉得很安全，”文班亚马告诉他。
压力是一个让他存放、理解并引导自己情绪和目标的地方。在第五场比赛失利、马刺队面临淘汰边缘后，他便躲进了这个茧房，平日里那个随性且沉思的文班亚马不见了。
这一切在最后两场胜利中彻底释放，一个完整的、准备就绪的文班亚马破茧而出。如今，在带领马刺队以 [111-103 赢下抢七大战](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46956) 击败俄克拉荷马雷霆队后，他的季后赛处子秀一路延续到了 NBA 总决赛。
“这场比赛太艰难了，这支球队（雷霆队）太优秀了，你必须倾尽内心的每一种情绪才能赢下比赛，”文班亚马在 NBC 的赛后节目中说道。“比如，有时候这些情绪是激情，是对比赛的热爱。有时候是愤怒。甚至有时候可能是嫉妒，但我不想让自己被这些能量压垮。我把它们释放在球场上。”
这在第一场比赛中表现得尤为明显，当时文班亚马坐在那里，看着谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 捧起 MVP 奖杯，随后他登场并[打出了职业生涯最伟大的表现](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46558)。在整个西部决赛期间，这种特质在不同时刻屡屡展现——有时情绪左右了他，有时他掌控了情绪。这轮系列赛在最后一分钟以这位 MVP 在内线遭遇文班亚马而画上句号。在决定赛季命运的关头，吉尔杰斯-亚历山大选择了传球，就像其他所有人面对文班亚马时一样。
这是属于文班的“此路不通”终极杰作。
最终，嫉妒转化为力量。恐惧转化为坚韧。困惑转化为决心。
但在抢七大战第二节初期，曾有一个时刻，他真的在身体上倚靠着俾斯麦·比永博 (Bismack Biyombo) 寻求建议。这位老将对他进行了一番开导，谈到了他的打球方式以及他的场上姿态。
他知道“要做什么”，但更重要的是，他正在学习“为什么要这么做”以及“如何去做到”。
“这是你第一次面对 NBA 季后赛，而对手阵中有人拿走了本该属于你的 MVP——这带来了更大的压力。但它也带来了喜悦，”比永博告诉 _The Athletic_。“我想当你看到他[落泪](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46967)时的所有情绪，就会明白这一路走来有多么艰难。这间更衣室里的每个人都做出了巨大的牺牲，接受了自己的角色，从而带来了如此多的喜悦。而最重要的一点是，维克顶住了压力。我们开始明白，为了让他能如此好地应对压力，我们所有人都必须去帮助他，无论是通过微小的方式还是巨大的支持。”
随着比赛的进行，文班亚马看穿了雷霆队引以为傲的防守，并不断掌控着比赛的走向。他展示了武器库中的每一项绝活，直到他用行动解答了所有质疑，让人无话可说。这位崭露头角的国际象棋大师最终完成了将死。
当终场哨声响起，文班亚马走上前，拥抱了他能找到的每一位马刺队成员。在庆祝活动结束后，他带着“魔术师约翰逊”西部决赛 MVP 奖杯走向球员通道上方探出身体的马刺球迷，让每个人都摸了摸奖杯。
文班亚马学会了通过依靠身边的每一个人来应对这种压力，从教练、他的团队，到球队传奇人物，再到[格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich)](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/46410)。甚至还有球迷的支持。他必须与他们分享胜利的果实。这是他们共同赢得的。
“我想说，我学到的是，我可以跨越那些我以前未曾想过会如此之高的障碍，”文班亚马说。“就是坚持挺过去。我在内心深处找到了力量源泉，那就是永不放弃。我以前就知道自己有这股劲，但在这样的舞台上做到这一点，这可是目前地球上水平最高的篮球比赛。”
如今，他已被推至极限之外，并在彼岸找到了另一个“文班”，他正陶醉于自己解锁的新世界中。在退无可退的绝境中爆发出的渴望表明，在他的内心深处，依然还有全新的“维克托”等待着被发掘。
“疯狂的是，也许我这么想很疯狂，但我还想再经历 15 到 20 次这样的过程，”文班亚马说。“希望这不会让我上瘾。也许我已经上瘾了。”
显然他已经上瘾了。这是每一个见证过文班亚马成长的人都预料到他终有一天会达到的高度。他们只是没想到这一天来得这么快。也许波波维奇预料到了。在这位身高 7 英尺 4 英寸、不拘泥于位置的奇才结束新秀赛季后，克劳福德在同意与文班亚马合作训练之前，曾致电当时仍担任马刺队主教练的波波维奇，征求他的意见。波波维奇欣然接受了这个想法，他认为克劳福德帮助文班亚马提升极具创造力的控球技术，将有助于释放出马刺队一直渴望释放的潜能。
“他当时说，‘你知道吗？老实说，我觉得我们甚至限制了他的发挥，’”克劳福德回忆起波波维奇的话说。“‘他的进步超出了我们的预期，而且他是如此独特。我们之前并不知道具体该如何使用他，但我们现在有些琢磨透了。’”
这场比赛展示了他们找到的无数种使用他的方法，以及主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 及其教练组如何成功执行了波波维奇最初制定的蓝图。在这轮充斥着不断调整与反调整的系列赛中，他的继任者证明了自己是一位合格的传人。
但当文班亚马含泪结束了一轮又一轮的拥抱后，他不得不在没有得到波波维奇拥抱的情况下离开。他迫不及待地想和波波维奇通话，分享这一时刻，去回味自波波维奇最初意识到必须给他自由以寻找伟大以来，他已经走了多远。
“我需要给他打电话。我需要见他。我需要和他聊聊，因为我现在根本无法想象他是什么感受，”文班亚马说。“我不知道他会不会就此接受采访，或者我们能不能看到他的采访。是的，我猜他不会去接受采访。所以当我跟他聊天时，这些话只会记在我的脑海里，除非我偷偷录音，但我必须尽快和他聊聊。”
波波维奇无疑会感到骄傲、兴奋，而且可能并不会太惊讶。克劳福德也同样不感到惊讶。
当他和文班亚马结束晚餐并在第二天踏上球场时，他无法相信这位未来的西决 MVP 能够如此迅速地“下载”他传授的每一条信息。文班亚马就像是篮球界的蜂群思维，是篮球知识的集大成者。
在克劳福德看来，只要他能想象得出来的动作，文班亚马就能做得到。于是克劳福德向他展示了控球技巧、后撤步，以及所有让克劳福德当年极难防守的绝活。他知道，无论他教给文班亚马什么，最终都会成为历史的一部分。而所有支持文班亚马的人，也都是这段历史的见证者。
第四节，文班亚马打进了他在这轮系列赛中的最后一球，那是一记单打后撤步跳投。在克劳福德看到文班亚马注视着防守球员杰林·威廉姆斯 (Jaylin Williams) 眼睛的那一瞬间，他就在直播中预言了这一球。克劳福德熟悉那个眼神。他也知道即将到来的结果。
“我早就料到了！”他说道。“我早就料到了！”
如今，这一刻终于来了。
_由生成式 AI 翻译，译文内容可能不准确或不完整，以原文为准。_
> **点击查看原文：Victor Wembanyama finds true self in cocoon of pressure, leading Spurs to NBA Finals**
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> # Victor Wembanyama finds true self in cocoon of pressure, leading Spurs to NBA Finals
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> OKLAHOMA CITY — Pressure can bury people. A mountain of expectations makes the burden of the moment harder to carry. Usually.
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> But that is where Victor Wembanyama found his comfort zone.
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> Jamal Crawford remembers learning that over dinner with Wembanyama two years ago. As Wembanyama cut into a piece of salmon, the NBC commentator and former Sixth Man of the Year posed a layered question that yielded a simple answer. Crawford asked how he felt about the pressure to live up to the lineage of Tim Duncan and David Robinson as the next great San Antonio Spurs center.
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> “I feel safe,” Wembanyama told him.
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> The pressure was a place to store, understand and channel his emotions and goals. It was the cocoon he entered after a Game 5 loss that left the Spurs facing elimination, as the typically loose and pensive Wembanyama disappeared.
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> It all came out in these last two victories, when the complete Wembanyama, the ready Wembanyama, emerged. Now, after leading the Spurs to a [111-103 Game 7 win](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7320898/2026/05/30/spurs-thunder-game-7-result-western-conference-finals-nba/) over the Oklahoma City Thunder, his playoff debut has run all the way to the NBA Finals.
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> “This game is so hard, this team [The Thunder] is so good, that you gotta use every single emotion you got in you in order to win,” Wembanyama said on NBC’s postgame show. “Like, sometimes, these emotions (are) passion. It’s love for the game. Sometimes it’s anger. Sometimes it might even be jealousy, but I don’t wanna weigh myself down with any of these energies. I use them on the court.”
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> That was apparent in Game 1, when Wembanyama sat there watching Shai Gilgeous-Alexander receive the MVP trophy and then went out and [delivered the greatest performance of his career](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7290660/2026/05/19/victor-wembanyama-nba-playoffs-game-1-mvp/). It showed at various times throughout the Western Conference finals, when his emotions got the best of him, or he got the best of them. The series ended with the MVP meeting Wembanyama in the paint in the final minute. With the season on the line, Gilgeous-Alexander passed out of it, just like everyone else does.
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> Wemby’s magnum nope-us.
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> Ultimately, jealousy turned into power. Fear turned into strength. Confusion turned into determination.
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> But there was a moment in the early second quarter of Game 7 when he was leaning, quite literally, on Bismack Biyombo for advice. His vet gave him a speech about how he was playing and carrying himself.
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> The what, which he knows, but more importantly, the why and the how, which he’s learning.
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> “It’s the first time you’re facing the NBA playoffs with somebody else on the other side that won the MVP that you were supposed to win — that’s even more pressure. It brings joy,” Biyombo told _The Athletic._ “I think when you see all the emotions of [crying](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7320960/2026/05/31/victor-wembanyama-emotional-reaction-nba-finals-berth/), the road has been so tough. To bring so much joy into how much sacrifice that people have done in this locker room, accepting their roles, and the most important thing is that Vic has handled the pressure so well. (We) kind of started understanding that in order for him to handle it so well, we all got to help him, rather, in a small way or big way.”
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> As the night went on, Wembanyama figured out the Thunder’s vaunted defense and continuously manipulated the shape of the game. He tapped into every single skill in his arsenal until there were no more follow-ups to all the questions he answered. The aspiring grandmaster eventually found checkmate.
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> When the buzzer sounded, Wembanyama went through and hugged every member of the Spurs organization he could find. After the celebrations, he brought the Magic Johnson series MVP trophy to the Spurs fans dangling over the tunnel and let every one of them touch it.
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> Wembanyama has learned to deal with this pressure by leaning on everyone in his community, from his coaches to his camp to the franchise legends to [Gregg Popovich.](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7278122/2026/05/14/gregg-popovich-spurs-coach-nba-playoffs-secret/) Even the support of the fans. He had to share the spoils with them. They all earned it.
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> “I would say what I learned is I can go through hurdles that I didn’t know those hurdles could get so high,” Wembanyama said. “It’s just pushing through. I found resources inside of me, relentlessness. I already knew that, but doing it at this level, this is the best basketball on the planet that’s being played right now.”
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> Now that he’s been pushed beyond his breaking point and found another Wemby on the other side of it, he’s reveling in the new world he’s unlocked for himself. The desperation he found with his back against the wall showed that there are still new Victors to discover deep down inside.
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> “The crazy thing is, maybe I’m crazy for that, but I want to do that 15, 20 more times,” Wembanyama said. “Let’s hope it doesn’t become an addiction. Maybe it is already.”
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> It clearly is. This was a place everyone who has seen Wembanyama expected him to get one day. They just didn’t see it coming this soon. Maybe Popovich did. Before Crawford agreed to work with Wembanyama after the 7-foot-4 positionless wonder’s rookie season, he called Popovich, then still the Spurs’ coach, to run it by him. Popovich embraced the idea, feeling that Crawford building up Wembanyama’s creative ballhandling would help unlock something the Spurs had come to embrace.
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> “He was like, ‘You know what? Honestly, I think we’ve even held him back,’” Crawford recalled Popovich saying. “‘He was ahead of where we thought he would be, and he’s so unique. We didn’t know exactly how to use him, and we kind of figured it out.’”
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> This game showed the myriad ways they figured it out, and how coach Mitch Johnson and his staff have successfully carried out the plan first laid by Popovich. His successor proved to be a worthy apprentice in a series shaped by constantly clashing adjustments and counters.
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> But when Wembanyama finished his tearful parade of hugs, he had to leave without an embrace from Pop. He couldn’t wait to talk to him, to share this moment, to revel in how far he’s come since Popovich first recognized he needed to be set free to find his greatness.
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> “I need to call him. I need to see him. I need to talk to him because there’s no way I can understand right now how he feels,” Wembanyama said. “I don’t know if he’s going to do an interview about it or if we can get one. Yeah, I figured he’s not going to. So when I talk to him, it’s going to be only stored in my head, except if I record in secret, but I need to talk to him so quick.”
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> Popovich will undoubtedly be proud, thrilled and probably not too surprised. Crawford isn’t.
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> When he and Wembanyama finished their dinner and hit the court the next day, he couldn’t get over how quickly the future Western Conference Finals MVP could download every bit of data Crawford fed him. Wembanyama is the basketball hive mind, a bundle of knowledge of the game.
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> It was clear to Crawford that if he could imagine it, Wembanyama could do it. So Crawford showed him the handles, the step back, everything that made Crawford so hard to contain. He knew that eventually, whatever he taught Wembanyama would become part of history. All of those who support Wembanyama are part of it.
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> In the fourth quarter came Wembanyama’s final basket of the series, a step back in isolation, one that Crawford foreshadowed on the broadcast the second he saw Wembanyama look his defender, Jaylin Williams, in the eyes. Crawford knew the look. And he knew the result that was coming.
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> “I saw it coming!” he said. “I saw it coming!”
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> Now, it’s here.
By Jared Weiss, via [The Athletic](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7321200/2026/05/31/victor-wembanyama-game-7-thunder-nba-finals-crying/)
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### 作者：  [@TheAthletic](https://chinaspurs.com/u/TheAthletic)
#### 发布日期： [2026 年5 月 31 日 21:50 UTC](https://chinaspurs.com/t/topic/47008/2 "2026-05-31T21:50:44Z")
# 热评
> [@colly F.](#):
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> 这些评论很奇怪，透露出一种悲观的视角。他会没事的，而且他会保持谦逊。文班拥有大多数人所不具备的东西，那就是高度的自我认知。他善于反思，并且对于自己的感受、想法和表达方式坦率且坚持自我。而且他非常聪明。
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> > [@Roger C.](#):
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> > @colly F. 我不确定哪些评论算是悲观。我们大多数人似乎在承认他的伟大的同时，也承认未来是不可预测的，“世事难料”。德怀特·古登 (Dwight Gooden) 曾深陷可卡因泥潭。迈克·泰森 (Mike Tyson) 也有过败给巴斯特·道格拉斯 (Buster Douglas) 的滑铁卢。你就是无法预料。未来就是在你忙着做其他计划时发生的事情。
> > 话虽如此，我并不反对你对这位球员本身的任何评价，比如他充满智慧的打球方式、他的自我认知等等。他天赋异禀，技术精湛，而且似乎拥有那种发自内心的好胜心和赢球欲望。而且他身高7英尺4英寸。他基本上就是踩着高跷的迈克尔·乔丹 (Michael Jordan)。
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> > [@Roscoe N.](#):
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> > 别搞得好像他是第一个在打了一场糟糕比赛后缺席新闻发布会的球员。我真佩服大家把这件事的严重性无限放大。就像那些肘击动作一样（这显然与对手持续的拉扯和纠缠脱不开干系，而这居然被当成了防守策略）。
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> > [@13144621](#):
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> > @Chris K. 对于一个站在世界舞台上的22岁年轻人来说，外界对他的期望值之高，是常人难以想象的。他缺席赛后媒体采访确实不对。他肘击了里德 (Reid)，这毫无疑问是一个可能造成伤害的糟糕犯规。没有任何借口。
> > 然而，他在每场比赛中承受的身体对抗和打击是非常密集的。季后赛甚至更糟。而且裁判并没有吹那么多犯规，但这就是季后赛篮球。他经常倒地并不是因为他在假摔。他抱怨了吗？比起其他球员，他那点抱怨根本不算什么。无论出于什么原因，每个球迷都有权喜欢或讨厌某些球员。他仍在摸索之中，但到目前为止，他做对的事情远比做错的多。
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> > [@2883852](#):
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> > 是的，在季后赛期间不断升级的强硬身体接触，对这样一个又高又瘦的家伙来说，简直是一场战火的洗礼。让我们看看他在对阵尼克斯时会如何应对，尼克斯可能会轮番派人肉搏，不仅是为了在身体上消耗他，还可能试图激怒他。希望如果纽约试图挑衅他，就像80年代中期凯尔特人对付拉尔夫·桑普森 (Ralph Sampson) 那样，他不会失去对最重要事情的专注。
> [@S B D.](#):
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> 看贾马尔·克劳福德 (Jamal Crawford) 打球曾是一种享受。感谢他指导文班。马刺加油！
> [@Roger C.](#):
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> 肯定得再写一篇文章，讲讲切特·霍姆格伦 (Chet Holmgren) 是如何在压力的茧房中迷失自我的。比如，“切特去哪儿了？”
> [@Mikey Z.](#):
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> 虽然这个类比并不完全恰当，但维克托最让我联想到的球员是卡里姆·阿卜杜勒-贾巴尔 (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar)。贾巴尔进入NBA时是一个深思熟虑、有深度且富有哲学思想的人，兴趣广泛。不幸的是，他进入联盟时正值种族主义猖獗的时期，这使他变得非常戒备和内省。但随着他退役，成为如今这位真正的哲学家、人道主义者和正人君子，我很欣赏他的退役后生涯，甚至可能超过他的NBA生涯。我觉得维克托显然来自一个完全不同的时代，在法国长大，看起来非常自如，也更愿意展现脆弱和开放的一面。我不认为他会像他的某些伟大同行那样，去参与那些炫耀、垃圾话、自我孤芳自赏以及对巨额商业财富的追逐。我能想到的唯一一位在哲学层面上和他一样沉稳的球员是斯蒂芬·库里 (Steph Curry)，当然，那又是另一个完全不同的故事了。我真的很期待看到这位非凡的年轻人继续成长，无论作为一名惊人的运动员，还是作为一个有趣、有深度、不断探索的人。这真是一种享受。而且他才22岁！
> [@Baroque S.](#):
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> “Magnum nope-us（无情拒绝的杰作）。”这词造得妙，先生。
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> > [@Jared Weiss](#):
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> > @Baroque S. 嘿嘿嘿嘿嘿嘿嘿嘿
> [@Mikey Z.](#):
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> 杰拉德，感谢你一直以来笔下流露出的深思熟虑与真诚。你的许多同行在报道中总是夹枪带棒、充满负能量，或者画蛇添足、过分粉饰。我希望你能长期负责跟进维克托的报道。你提供了一种极佳且客观的视角，能看出来你也认为他是一个非凡的人，而他也确实如此。你之前报道凯尔特人的工作很出色，但我更喜欢你现在的这个岗位。
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> > [@Jared Weiss](#):
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> > @Mikey Z. 谢谢，我总是尽力在犀利与温情之间找到平衡。
> [@Kevin C.](#):
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> 嗨，杰拉德，作为一名马刺的老球迷，我只想简单说一句：真的很感激《The Athletic》派你来西南部追踪“外星人”的踪迹。就像《不可饶恕》中的英国人鲍勃 (English Bob) 一样，但文班更加真实、宽宏大量，并且拥有像《黑客帝国》般随心所欲弯曲物质的能力，他需要一位配得上他那些神迹的专属记录者。目前为止一切都很棒，波士顿先生 (Mr. Beantown)。祝你获得满满的慈幼会祝福，并能享用料足又便宜的早餐塔可。马刺加油！
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> > [@Jared Weiss](#):
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> > @Kevin C. “波士顿先生”哈哈哈哈，太喜欢这个称呼了。
> [@Billy A.](#):
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> 我订阅《The Athletic》可不是为了看那些“只报事实”的干瘪报道，我是为了读到像这篇这样文笔优美、令人动容的文章。干得漂亮，魏斯。迫不及待想读你为这个赛季写的书了，那绝对会是一部神作。
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> > [@Jared Weiss](#):
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> > @Billy A. 谢谢您，先生！
> [@Ryan T.](#):
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> 杰拉德，这篇文章太酷了！我以前不知道维克托和贾马尔之间的这段渊源，非常感谢你分享这些内幕。
> [@jacob K.](#):
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> 文班有点像“反向乔丹”。显然他有着相似的好胜心，但他的好胜心建立在真正的集体主义心态之上（而乔丹则是一个没那么仁慈的神！）。你甚至能预见到他未来可能在某个时刻需要休息一年，因为这种强度的投入无法、或者说可能不应该维持太久。他还只是个孩子。
> [@Darrell H.](#):
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> 我爱维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 的精神韧性，就像爱他那超凡脱俗的天赋一样，但他第七场的表现确实令人失望。他在防守端和篮板球上的统治力大打折扣。他在进攻端仍然有些被动，不过比起之前那场马刺输掉的比赛（当时他把自己当成了斯蒂芬，大半场都飘在三分线外），他这场确实更多地冲击了篮筐。话虽如此，他只会变得更好，也许以后会做出更聪明的决定，而不是领到那次愚蠢的第5次犯规——如果雷霆的进攻再好一点，那次犯规可能会带来灾难性的后果。他是马刺重返总决赛的原因，但昨天他并没有真正凭一己之力带队晋级。这更多是团队努力的结果。
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> > [@S B D.](#):
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> > 如果没有一支由志同道合的伙伴组成的优秀团队，个人将一事无成。每个人都在拼搏并分享胜利。马刺加油！
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> > [@Vincent B.](#):
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> > @Darrell H. 我觉得第七场没有任何让人失望的地方。多点开花的进攻更难被防死。至于犯规，第4次犯规才是糟糕的防守选择，而且维克托最终并没有犯满离场。
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> > [@Ron B.](#):
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> > @Darrell H. 搞笑的是，文班会是第一个赞同你这句话的人——这就是团队的努力。但要知道，尽管有你这样的“专家”见解，他依然是全队的得分王，更重要的是，无论雷霆想在进攻端做些什么，他都在雷霆的主场主导并限制了他们的选择。甚至在比赛最后的关键时刻，那位所谓的MVP在文班站好防守位置时，也别无选择只能传球退缩。
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> > [@Alexander V.](#):
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> > @Darrell H. 我是40年的马刺老球迷了。我能理解你的看法，他确实没有第一场那么有统治力。不过我要告诉你，如果斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 拿到西决MVP，我一点都不会感到意外。他在这个系列赛中的防守简直拉满了！
> [@StatisticsAddic T.](#):
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> 真正的自我，或许远不止于打好一场比赛。
> [@10875475](#):
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> 你们的编辑去哪了？这篇文章里充斥着连写句、前后不搭调的话，还有迷宫一样冗长复杂的句子。说真的。
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> > [@colly F.](#):
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> > These comments are strange and indicative of pessimistic perspectives. He will be fine and he will stay humble. Wemby has what most people don’t have which is high degree of self awareness. He is also reflective and unapologetic about how he feel, what he thinks and how expresses himself. And he is highly intelligent.
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> > > [@Roger C.](#):
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> > > @colly F. I’m not sure which comments are pessimistic. Most of us seem to be acknowledging his greatness while also acknowledging that the future is unpredictable and “stuff happens”. Dwight Gooden had his cocaine. Mike Tyson had his Buster Douglas. You just don’t know. The future is what happens while your busy making other plans.
> > > But with that being said, I don’t disagree with any of your comments about the player himself and his cerebral approach, his self-awareness, etc. He’s physically, gifted, incredibly skilled, pand seems to have that visceral drive and desire to win. And he is 7’4" tall. He’s basically Michael Jordan on stilts.
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> > > [@Roscoe N.](#):
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> > > Let’s not act like he’s the first player to miss a presser after a bad game. I love how the significance of this is blown out of proportion. Much like the elbows (that were hardly unrelated to the constrant grabbing and mugging that counts as a defensive strategy apparently).
> >
> > > [@13144621](#):
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> > > @Chris K. The expectations for a 22 year old on the world stage are. hard to understand . He was wrong to skip the media post comment session. He elbowed Reid, one person, without question a terrible foul that could have caused damage. No excuses.
> > > However , the amount of physical beating he gets in every game is quite extensive. Worse in the playoffs. And the refs have not been calling the fouls as much ,but that’s playoff basketball. He is not on the floor on a regular basis because he flops. Does he complain ? not even close compared to other players. Every fan has the right to like or dislike players, for whatever reason. He is still trying to figure it out, but so far he is doing a lot more right than wrong.
> >
> > > [@2883852](#):
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> > > Yeah the increase in hard contact over the course of the playoffs can be a sort of baptism by fire especially for such a tall skinny guy. Let’s see how he responds against the Knicks who might try to rotate some bodies on him in an effort to not only wear on him physically but possibly to get under his skin a bit. Hopefully he doesn’t lose focus on what matters most in the event New York tries to bate him the way the Celtics did against Ralph Sampson back in the mid '80’s.
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> > [@S B D.](#):
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> > Jamal Crawford was a joyous watch. Appreciate he tutored Wemby. Go Spurs Go!
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> > [@Roger C.](#):
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> > There definitely has to be another article about Chet Holmgren losing his true self in a cocoon of pressure. As in, “where did Chet go?”
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> > [@Mikey Z.](#):
> >
> > It’s not at all a perfect analogy, but the player Victor reminds me of the most is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Kareem was a thoughtful, deep, and philosophical person who had wide-ranging interests when he came into the NBA. Unfortunately, he came in in a period of rampant racism and became very guarded and introspective. But as he has left the league and become the true philosopher and humanitarian and decent man he is, I enjoy his post-NBA career, maybe even more than his NBA career. I think with Victor, he obviously is coming from a very different generation, grew up in France, and seems very much comfortable and more vulnerable and open. I don’t think he’s going to engage in the signifying and trash-talking and preening and search for massive commercial wealth that some of his great counterparts have. The only other player I can think of who seems as philosophically grounded as him is Steph Curry, and of course, a very different story there. I really am looking forward to watching this remarkable young man continue, both as an amazing athlete and as an intriguing and thoughtful and searching human being. What a pleasure. And he is only 22 years old!
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> > [@Baroque S.](#):
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> > “Magnum nope-us.” Well played, sir.
> >
> > > [@Jared Weiss](#):
> > >
> > > @Baroque S. Heheheheehhehe
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> > [@Mikey Z.](#):
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> > Jared, thank you for your continued thoughtful and cynicism-free writing. Many of your counterparts inject Snark and negativity into the coverage, or gild the lily too much. I hope you stay assigned to Victor for quite a while. You provide a nice and balanced insight into someone who I can tell you think of as a remarkable human being, as he most certainly is. Your work with the Celtics was excellent but I prefer you in this assignment.
> >
> > > [@Jared Weiss](#):
> > >
> > > @Mikey Z. Thank you, I try to find a balance of snark and sweet as much as I can.
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> > [@Kevin C.](#):
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> > Hi Jared, just a quick note that as a long time Spurs fan, I’m really grateful the Athletic sent you to track alien sightings in the southwest. Like English Bob in Unforgiven, but authentic, magnanimous, with Matrix-like abilities to bend matter to his liking, Wemby requires a personal scribe worthy of his miraculous feats. So far so good Mr. Beantown. Here’s wishing you many Salesian blessings and overstuffed, cheap breakfast tacos. Go, Spurs, Go!
> >
> > > [@Jared Weiss](#):
> > >
> > > @Kevin C. Mr. Beantown hahahaah love it
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> > [@Billy A.](#):
> >
> > I don’t pay for the Athletic for just-the-facts-ma’am reporting, I pay for well-written and moving articles like this one. Good job Weiss. Can’t wait for what I’m sure will be a hell of a book you write about this season
> >
> > > [@Jared Weiss](#):
> > >
> > > @Billy A. Thank you sir!
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> > [@Ryan T.](#):
> >
> > Really cool article, Jared! I didn’t know the background connection between Victor and Jamal, so really appreciate those insights.
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> > [@jacob K.](#):
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> > Wemby is kind of the anti-Jordan. Apparently he has a similar competitive drive, but one that depends on a genuinely collective mentality (whereas Jordan was a less benevolent God!). You can also see him needing to take a year off at some point, as this level of investment can’t, or at least probably shouldn’t, be sustained for too long. He’s just a kid.
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> > [@Darrell H.](#):
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> > I love Victor Wembanyama and his mental fortitude as much as his other-worldly talent, but he had a disappointing Game 7.
> > He wasn’t nearly as dominant defensively or on the boards. He was still somewhat passive offensively, though he did attack the rim more than the game he thought he was Steph and hung around the 3-point line most of the game that the Spurs lost.
> > That being said, he’s only going to get better and maybe make smarter decisions than getting his stupid 5th foul that could have been disastrous if OKC had more offense.
> > He’s the reason the Spurs are in the Finals, but he didn’t quite lead them there yesterday. It was more of a team effort.
> >
> > > [@S B D.](#):
> > >
> > > An individual is nothing without a great team of like minded individuals. Everyone hustles and shares the win. Go Spurs Go!
> >
> > > [@Vincent B.](#):
> > >
> > > @Darrell H. I did not find anything disappointing about game seven. A balanced attack is harder to shutdown. As far as the fouls, it was foul #4 that was a bad play, and Victor did not foul out.
> >
> > > [@Ron B.](#):
> > >
> > > @Darrell H. And the funny thing is Wemby would be the first one to say exactly that - team effort.
> > > But you know despite your “expert” take, he still led the team in scoring and more importantly dictated what OKC could do - AT HOME - whenever they wanted to do anything offensively. Even the so-called MVP, with the game on the line late, had no choice but to back out when Wemby was in position.
> >
> > > [@Alexander V.](#):
> > >
> > > @Darrell H. 40 year Spurs fan here. I could see that, certainly wasn’t as dominant as in Game 1. I’ll tell you though I would not have been surprised if Steph Castle would have received the WCF MVP. His D during this series was ON!
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> > [@StatisticsAddic T.](#):
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> > True self might actually be more than playing a game
>
> > [@10875475](#):
> >
> > Where’s your editor? This article is packed with run on sentences, non sequiturs, and labyrinthine sentences. Srsly.
via [The Athletic](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7321200/2026/05/31/victor-wembanyama-game-7-thunder-nba-finals-crying/#comments)