By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-06-03 19:43:03
杰里米·索汉 (Jeremy Sochan) 在马刺队的效力经历并未如他所愿，但这位在纽约尼克斯队鲜有出场机会的前锋在总决赛第一场赛前表示，他依然对自己在马刺效力的三个多赛季心存感激。
“刚来到这座城市时，立刻就能感受到德州球迷群体的文化，那感觉棒极了，”索汉在周三接受《圣安东尼奥快报》采访时说道，“从篮球的角度来看，那段经历也很棒。我在波波教练（格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich)）手下打球，和他建立了很好的联系与关系，学到了很多东西。如你所知，我打过很多不同的位置，扮演过不同的角色。
“这期间经历了很多起起伏伏，但我认为这就是我，这段旅程对我帮助很大。”
2月11日，马刺队裁掉了23岁的索汉。在此之前，他已经跌出了主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 的轮换阵容，这在很大程度上是因为新秀前锋卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 的崛起。马刺队在去年夏天的2025年NBA选秀大会上以首轮第14顺位选中了布莱恩特。
为了增加侧翼深度，尼克斯队于2月13日签下了索汉，合同期至本赛季结束。在2022年被马刺以首轮第9顺位选中后，索汉在三个多赛季里共为马刺出战了212场比赛，场均得到10.4分、5.6个篮板和25.3分钟的出场时间。
尽管只能枯坐纽约尼克斯的板凳席末端，但索汉依然保持着积极的心态。
“随时做好准备，尽我所能成为最好的队友，”在谈到自己的心态时他说道，“18名球员不可能人人都有上场时间，所以你必须接受这一点，不能成为球队的‘毒瘤’。所以从我来到这里的那一刻起，感觉就很酷。来到这里、融入其中并尽我所能帮助球队，这一切都感觉很自然。是的，这种感觉很好。”
索汉表示，本周早些时候当尼克斯队抵达圣安东尼奥的球队酒店时，他有一种“奇妙的感觉”。
“那是我选秀时住的地方，所以这有一种兜兜转转回到原点的奇妙瞬间，”他说道，“不过，这真的很酷。我的家人都在这里，他们住在这儿，所以能（再次）回到这里，感觉非常棒。”
索汉表示，马刺队打进总决赛“并没有真正让他感到意外”。
“我觉得本赛季我在那里的时候，我们就是一支非常出色的球队，”他说道，“他们在西部拥有一支非常强大的阵容。当我们在两周左右的时间里多次交手（并击败）俄克拉荷马雷霆时，我也在队中。所以我不觉得这是一个多么令人震惊的意外。”
约翰逊在此前被问及是否相信索汉最终能在NBA找到属于自己的归宿。
“我希望如此，”这位主教练说道，“NBA是一个竞争极其残酷的联盟，所以有时取决于时机，有时取决于契合度，有时则取决于机遇。希望他能获得机会并好好把握住。”
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Jeremy Sochan trying ‘not to be cancer’ with Knicks
Jeremy Sochan’s stint with the Spurs didn’t go the way he wanted, but the little-used New York Knicks forward said before Game 1 of the NBA Finals he remains grateful for his three-plus seasons with the organization.
“Coming into the city, just straight away, feeling the culture of the fan base in Texas, it was great,” Sochan told the San Antonio Express-News on Wednesday. "Basketball-wise, it was great. I was coached under coach Pop (Gregg Popovich), had a great connection with him, relationship with him, learned a lot, as you know played a lot of different places, positions.
“It was a lot of ups and downs, but I think it’s who I am and it’s helped me a lot through the journey.”
The Spurs released Sochan, 23, on Feb. 11 after he fell out of coach Mitch Johnson’s rotation due in large part to the emergence of rookie forward Carter Bryant, who the club drafted 14th overall in the 2025 NBA Draft last summer.
Looking for wing depth, the Knicks signed Sochan on Feb. 13 for the remainder of the season after he averaged 10.4 points, 5.6 rebounds and 25.3 minutes per game across 212 games for the Spurs in three-plus seasons after they drafted ninth overall in 2022.
Despite being stuck at the bottom of New York’s bench, Sochan has maintained a positive approach.
“Staying ready, being the best teammate I can be,” he said of his approach. “Not all 18 guys can play on the court, so you have to accept that part and not be a cancer to the team. So the moment I came here, it felt cool. It felt natural to be here and be around and help the team out whatever way I can. And, yeah, it’s been good.”
Sochan said it was a 'weird feeling" when the Knicks rolled up to their team hotel in San Antonio earlier this week.
“That’s where I stayed when I got drafted, so it’s a full circle moment,” he said. “But, no, it’s cool. My family’s here. They live here, so just to be around (again), it’s pretty cool.”
Sochan said the Spurs reaching the Finals “didn’t really surprise” him.
“I think my time there this season, we were a really good team,” he said. “They have a really strong team in the Western Conference and I was there when we played (and beat) Oklahoma many times in the space of two weeks or whatever it was. I don’t think it’s a crazy surprise.”
Johnson was asked before he’s confident Sochan will eventually find a home in the NBA.
“I hope so,” the coach said. “The NBA is a grueling league, and so sometimes it’s timing, sometimes it’s a fit, sometimes it’s circumstance. Hopefully, he gets an opportunity to take advantage of it.”
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News