By Jeje Gomez | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-06-20 00:15:00
马刺队度过了一个极其出色的2025/26赛季，险些夺得总冠军，但这并不意味着一切都尽善尽美。拥有如此天赋异禀且人才济济的阵容，其弊端在于不可避免地会有人想要更多的球权或出场时间。而事实证明，新秀迪伦·哈珀 (Dylan Harper) 就是那个人，据 ESPN 的迈克尔·C·莱特 (Michael C. Wright) 报道。
哈珀在赛季初期曾对缺乏出场时间和自己的角色表达过不满，但随着赛季的进行以及这位新秀积累了更多经验，他的出场时间和战术地位都有所提升。
听到一个选秀大年的榜眼秀不甘于替补出场、每场只打20分钟左右的辅助角色，这并不令人感到意外，因为他显然有能力承担更多。如果对自己没有极度的自信和强烈的竞争心，你是不可能像哈珀那样在篮球场上表现得如此出色的。因此，没有人应该责怪这位新秀想要承担更多责任，尤其是在一支赛季初期并不被看好能成为争冠热门的球队中。
令人欣慰的是，随着他战术地位的提升，他的不满情绪似乎也烟消云散了。当然，马刺随着时间推移崛起为一支顶级强队，这可能也起到了积极作用。但人们也不禁会想，他在季后赛中的精彩表现是否会让他再次渴望得到更多。哈珀在季后赛、尤其是总决赛中的表现堪称惊艳，这表明他不仅是一个未来的潜在球星，而且是一个现在就能在最大舞台上做出贡献的球员。他自己显然也深知这一点，这可能会让马刺陷入两难境地。
如果哈珀想要进入首发阵容，主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 将面临艰难的抉择。圣安东尼奥拥有达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 作为首发后卫之一。这位老将手握顶薪合同，虽然在天赋上可能稍逊一筹，但他比哈珀更加全面。斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 是球队最好的领防者，但由于缺乏射程，他无法为了配合哈珀作为主要持球人而稳定地打无球。德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell) 则度过了他职业生涯中最好的一年，作为一名全能的锋卫摇摆人，他是后场迄今为止最好的射手。那么，谁该被贬为替补？这绝非一个容易回答的问题。
当然，只要能获得更多球权并在关键时刻留在场上收割比赛，哈珀目前或许可以接受第六人的角色。他在季后赛中的表现足够惊艳，表明他可能已经准备好承担比普通二年级后卫更多的责任。但作为队里最年轻、且打出成绩时间最短的球员，只要能获得更多提升球技的机会，并在某些时候担任终结者，他或许也愿意按部就班地历练。事实上，循序渐进地培养他可能是最好的选择，利用后场深度来避免给他施加不必要的压力。
理想情况下，哈珀也会这么想，并乐意在下赛季作为超级替补出发，成为年度最佳第六人的头号热门。如果是这样，马刺就不必做出任何艰难的决定。如果不是，那么通过交易福克斯来为这位年轻后卫腾出空间的可能就会变得更加现实。虽然在这个夏天送走这位老将后卫似乎并不是最好的主意，但哈珀已经展现出了未来巨星的潜质，让他保持开心应该是球队管理层的重中之重。
马刺已经完成了任何重建过程中最难的部分：积累足够多的争冠天赋。现在，总经理布赖恩·莱特 (Brian Wright) 和主教练米奇·约翰逊必须弄清楚如何让所有拼图各司其职，以及谁需要做出牺牲，或者谁将被牺牲，从而使球场表现和更衣室氛围达到最优化。
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Report: Spurs’ Dylan Harper ‘voiced displeasure’ with role, minutes early in rookie season
The Spurs had a fantastic 2025/26 season that almost resulted in a title, but that doesn’t mean everything was perfect. The downside of having such a talented and stacked roster is that inevitably someone will want more touches or minutes, and it turns out rookie Dylan Harper was that guy, according to ESPN’s Michael C. Wright.
Harper voiced displeasure earlier in the season about a lack of playing time and his role, but those increased as the season progressed and the rookie gained more experience.
It’s not shocking to hear that the clear-cut No.2 overall pick of a great draft class wasn’t happy with coming off the bench and playing a support role for around 20 minutes a game when he was clearly capable of more. You don’t get to be as good as Harper is at basketball without supreme confidence in your abilities and extreme competitiveness, so no one should blame the rookie for wanting more responsibility, especially on a team that early on wasn’t expected to be a contender.
It’s good to hear that, as his role increased, his displeasure seemingly disappeared. It probably didn’t hurt that the Spurs emerged as an elite team over time, either. But it’s also hard not to wonder if his great postseason performance will have him once again wanting more. Harper was terrific in the playoffs and especially in the Finals, showing that he’s not just a likely future star but also someone who can contribute on the biggest stage right now. And he clearly knows it, which could put the Spurs in a predicament.
If Harper wants to start, Mitch Johnson will face a tough decision. San Antonio has De’Aaron Fox as one of its starting guards. The veteran is on a maximum contract, and, while arguably not as gifted, he’s more well-rounded than Harper. Stephon Castle is the team’s best point-of-attack defender, and he wouldn’t be able to consistently play off the ball to accommodate Harper as the main ball handler because of his lack of range. Devin Vassell had arguably his best season as a do-it-all swingman who was by far the best shooter on the backcourt. Who gets relegated to the bench? It’s not an easy question to answer.
Now, Harper may be fine with a sixth-man role for now as long as he gets more touches and finishes games. His performance in the postseason was impressive enough to suggest he might be ready for more responsibility than the typical second-year guard, but as the youngest and the one with the shortest track record of production, he could be fine with paying his dues as long as he gets more opportunities to grow his game and to act as the closer at times. It might actually be for the best to bring him along slowly, taking advantage of the depth at guard to avoid putting unnecessary pressure on him.
Hopefully, Harper will see it that way and will be happy starting next season as a super sub and the prohibitive candidate for Sixth Man of the Year. If he is, the Spurs won’t be forced to make any tough decisions. If he isn’t, the possibility of trading Fox to make room for the young guard becomes more realistic. While it doesn’t seem like the best idea to move on from the veteran guard this summer, Harper has looked like a future star, and keeping him happy should be one of the franchise’s biggest priorities.
The Spurs have aced the hardest part of any rebuild: getting enough talent to contend. Now, general manager Brian Wright and coach Mitch Johnson will have to figure out how all the pieces fit and who will need to sacrifice or be sacrificed to optimize how things work on the floor and in the locker room.
By Jeje Gomez, via Pounding The Rock