By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-06-25 21:00:20
小塔里斯·里德 (Tarris Reed Jr.) 相信，自己与新队友们之间已经建立起了一种独特的纽带。
这位来自康涅狄格大学、球风强硬的中锋与马刺队一样，刚刚经历了一场痛苦的决赛失利，这种痛楚可能会持续很长时间。
在总决赛中大比分1-4不敌纽约尼克斯队近两周后，马刺队在周二通过向上交易，用首轮第26号签选中了里德。而就在大约三个月前，哈士奇队在NCAA全国锦标赛决赛中以63-69憾负密歇根大学狼獾队。
“我深知那种感受，为了一个目标拼尽全力、不知疲倦，甚至为此彻夜难眠，但最终却功亏一篑——那是一种完全不同的滋味，”里德在周四的新闻发布会上说道。这场发布会旨在向当地媒体介绍这支由四人组成的新秀阵容。
这位22岁、来自圣路易斯的年轻人表示，对于他和马刺队来说，不幸中的万幸是，他们都将在下赛季憋着一股劲重返赛场，力求弥补遗憾。
在对阵密歇根大学（里德大学前两年效力的学校）的比赛中，里德砍下13分和14个篮板，但他全场12投仅4中，康涅狄格大学也遭遇了其队史七次晋级全美决赛以来的首场败仗。
马刺队在对阵尼克斯队的每场比赛中都曾取得过两位数的领先，其中包括第四场比赛中一度领先29分，但纽约最终完成了总决赛历史上最大分差的逆转。
“这可能是我人生中最艰难的时刻，尤其是你付出了那么多努力，本不知道自己是否真的能走到那一步，而当你真正站在那里时，却最终功亏一篑，”里德说，“这是一种无法言喻的感受，非常艰难，也让人难以释怀。说实话，直到今天，它依然在某种程度上困扰着我。”
“但是，是的，我觉得这在明年对我们来说将是一股巨大的力量。我们会憋着一股劲，想要真正去弥补遗憾。”
膝盖康复计划尚不明确： 杰登·昆坦斯 (Jayden Quaintance) 表示，关于马刺队计划如何强化他接受过手术治疗的右膝，他目前还没有确切的细节可以透露。
这位前锋表示，在马刺队于周二晚上用第20号签选中他之后，他将面临另一次手术。此前，在亚利桑那州立大学读大一期间，他曾于2025年3月19日在凤凰城的妙佑医疗国际（Mayo Clinic）接受了右膝前交叉韧带（ACL）撕裂修复手术。
现年18岁的昆坦斯上赛季在肯塔基大学期间缺席了大部分比赛，当时他要么处于手术康复期，要么在进行伤病管理。
“目前还没有任何完全确定的方案，但我知道马刺这边表示，他们的首要任务是确保我能百分之百恢复健康，”他说，“所以，我完全信任这里的医疗团队，他们会让我处于最有利的成功位置。”
昆坦斯在周四时右腿戴着长款黑色护膝，他表示自己尚未被告知是否会参加夏季联赛。
新秀渴望向传奇学习： 前锋马利克·布朗 (Maliq Brown) 表示，在周四早上于训练馆见到马刺队的传奇球星蒂姆·邓肯和马努·吉诺比利后，他非常渴望向他们请教。
“就是向他们请教各种不同的问题，不仅关乎篮球，还关乎在场上和场下如何做人，努力成为一个更好的人，”22岁的布朗说道。上赛季在杜克大学作为大四核心球员表现出色后，他在周三的第二轮选秀中被马刺队选中。
在让2026届新秀班底参与社区公益活动方面，马刺队没有浪费任何时间。这四名新秀计划于周五在圣道大学（University of the Incarnate Word）举办的马刺体育学院夏令营中与青少年们见面。
空接扣篮计划： 矮个子后卫贾科比·吉莱斯皮 (Ja’Kobi Gillespie) 表示，他已经开始憧憬为维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 送出空接传球助其扣篮的画面了。
马刺队在周三的第二轮选秀中选中了这位身高6英尺（约1.83米）、体重180磅（约82公斤）的田纳西大学毕业生。
“是的，当然。直接把球往天上扔就行了，”22岁的吉莱斯皮说道，“画面大概就是那样。”
吉莱斯皮在上赛季大四期间场均送出创生涯新高的5.4次助攻。
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Why rookie Tarris Reed Jr., Spurs already share a bond
Tarris Reed Jr. believes he already shares a unique bond with his new teammates.
The rugged center from Connecticut and the Spurs are both coming off bitter championship losses that likely will sting for a long time.
The Spurs, nearly two weeks removed from their five-game defeat to the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals, traded up to select Reed 26th overall Tuesday, nearly three months after the Huskies suffered a 69-63 loss to the Michigan Wolverines in the NCAA national championship game.
“I know the feeling, working for something so hard, tirelessly, having sleepless nights about it, coming up short - it’s a different type of feeling,” Reed said Thursday at a press conference to introduce the four-member rookie class to the local media.
The silver lining for him and the Spurs is they will enter next season with chips on their shoulders while striving to make amends, the 22-year-old St. Louis native said.
Reed finished with 13 points and 14 rebounds against Michigan, where he played his first two seasons of college ball, but was 4 of 12 from the field as Connecticut suffered its first loss in seven title game appearances.
The Spurs enjoyed double-digit leads in every game against the Knicks, including a 29-point cushion in Game 4 that New York overcame for the biggest comeback in Finals history.
“That was probably the toughest moment of my life, especially working so hard for it, not knowing that you can really get there and then you’re actually there, and then when you get there, you come up short,” Reed said. "It’s an undescribable feeling and it’s tough. It’s uncomfortable. It definitely sticks with me a little bit to this day, I’m not going to lie.
“But, yeah, I feel like that’s going to be huge for us next year. (We) have that chip on our shoulder and (will be) wanting to really make things right.”
Plan for knee unclear: Jayden Quaintance said he didn’t have any firm details to offer regarding the Spurs’ plans to bolster his surgically repaired right knee.
The forward said after the Spurs selected him 20th overall Tuesday night he faces another surgery after undergoing a procedure to repair a torn ACL in his right knee March 19, 2025 at the Mayo Clinic in Phoenix while a freshman at Arizona State.
Quaintance, 18, missed most of last season with Kentucky while either recovering from the surgery or undergoing injury management.
“Don’t know anything concrete all the way up, but I know here (the Spurs) said their priority is making sure I’m 100% hopefully healthy,” he said. “So just trusting the medical staff here that they’re going to put me in the best position to be successful.”
Quaintance, who wore a long black sleeve on his right leg Thursday, said he hasn’t been told yet whether he will participate in Summer League.
Rookie ready to learn from legends: Forward Maliq Brown said he is eager to pick the brains of Tim Duncan and Manu Ginobili after seeing the Spurs greats at the practice facility Thursday morning.
“Just asking them different questions, not just about basketball, but about being a human on and off the court, just trying to be a better person,” said the 22-year-old Brown, who the Spurs selected in the second round Wednesday after he starred as a senior at Duke last season.
The Spurs aren’t wasting any time when it comes to getting their 2026 rookie class involved in their community outreach work. The four rookies are scheduled to meet with youngsters at the Spurs Sports Academy summer camp Friday at the University of the Incarnate Word.
Lob dunks planned: Undersized guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie said he has already envisioned feeding Victor Wembanyama for lob dunks.
The Spurs selected the 6-foot, 180-pound Tennessee alumnus in the second round Wednesday.
“Yeah, for sure. Just throw it up there,” Gillespie, 22, said. “That’s what it looks like.”
Gillespie averaged a career-high 5.4 assists as a senior last season.
By Tom Orsborn, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News