By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer | San Antonio Express-News (SAEN), 2026-07-02 13:26:49
2026年5月8日星期五，在明尼阿波利斯标靶中心进行的西部半决赛第三场对阵明尼苏达森林狼队的比赛前，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 参加投篮训练。
旧金山——在篮球场上，马刺队助理教练科利斯·威廉姆森 (Corliss Williamson) 几乎已经赢得了所有能赢的荣誉。
他曾代表阿肯色大学夺得过NCAA全国冠军，并在2004年随底特律活塞队夺得过NBA总冠军。
在经历了漫长而曲折的NBA助教生涯，先后执教过萨克拉门托、奥兰多、菲尼克斯和明尼苏达之后，威廉姆森上个月终于随马刺队登上了NBA总决赛的舞台。
本周五在旧金山，52岁的威廉姆森将迎来他职业生涯的第一次。
他将担任马刺队夏季联赛的主教练。
“这是第一次，”威廉姆森说道，“所以我非常兴奋。”
通常情况下，执教NBA夏季联赛的机会是留给那些渴望崭露头角的年轻助教的。
多年来，现任主教练米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson)、WNBA冠军教头贝基·哈蒙 (Becky Hammon)，以及现任和前任NBA主教练艾米·乌度卡 (Ime Udoka)、雅克·沃恩 (Jacque Vaughn)、威尔·哈迪 (Will Hardy) 和迈克·布登霍尔泽 (Mike Budenholzer) 都曾为马刺队担任过这一职务。
由于种种原因，威廉姆森此前一直与这一荣誉擦肩而过。就在去年夏天，他曾被指定为明尼苏达森林狼队夏季联赛的主教练——但在未能成行之前，他就离队前往圣安东尼奥，加入了约翰逊的教练组。
“似乎每次我有机会担任夏联主教练时，要么是我换了工作，要么不幸的是，在我职业生涯早期，我所在的教练组在几种情况下被解雇了，”威廉姆森说道，“今年我终于能够执教了，所以我对这次机会感到非常兴奋。”
对于那些在上个月马刺队出人意料地杀入NBA总决赛后仍未缓过神来的球迷来说，现在又有新的理由感到兴奋了。
马刺队将于周五在大通中心对阵迈阿密热火队，拉开加州经典赛的序幕。在7月9日前往拉斯维加斯夏季联赛之前，球队还将在旧金山再打两场比赛。
在威廉姆森和马刺队准备开启夏季联赛之际，以下是需要了解的五件事：
1. 杰登·昆坦斯将只是一名“大号”旁观者
马刺队在六月的选秀大会上用第20号签选中了这位肯塔基大学的大个子，他们深知他的职业生涯需要一些时间才能步入正轨。
杰登·昆坦斯 (Jayden Quaintance) 在亚利桑那州立大学的大一赛季打了24场比赛后遭遇右膝前交叉韧带（ACL）撕裂，大二转学到肯塔基大学后仅出场4次。在选秀夜，昆坦斯表示他还需要接受另一次手术，以清理他那条多灾多难的膝盖中的半月板。
考虑到这一切，马刺队并不指望这位2026届选秀的掌上明珠能够出战夏季联赛。
昆坦斯在马刺夏联队的名单中，预计将随队前往旧金山和拉斯维加斯。然而，他不会参加训练或比赛。
2. 这（最终）将是卡特·布莱恩特的个人秀
在NBA总决赛中登场后，这位二年级前锋还没来得及好好休整，便成为了马刺队夏联名单上最瞩目的球星。
威廉姆森希望布莱恩特能利用这段时间展翅高飞，磨练自己的进攻技术，而不必担心像维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama)、达龙·福克斯 (De’Aaron Fox) 和斯蒂芬·卡斯尔 (Stephon Castle) 这样的球员需要球权。
在马刺夏联队中，布莱恩特注定将成为核心人物。
当然，这需要时间。
马刺队让布莱恩特在夏季联赛的旧金山阶段轮休。预计当比赛转战拉斯维加斯后，他将获得出场机会。
2026年4月24日星期五，在波特兰摩达中心进行的NBA季后赛首轮第三场比赛中，圣安东尼奥马刺队前锋卡特·布莱恩特 (11) 迎着波特兰开拓者队中锋罗伯特·威廉姆斯三世 (Robert Williams III) (35) 起跳投篮。马刺队以120-108击败开拓者队，大比分2-1领先。
3. 那么，谁是旧金山阶段最值得关注的球员？
那将是马刺队的另一位首轮秀——来自康涅狄格大学的中锋小塔里斯·里德 (Tarris Reed Jr.)。
马刺队在选秀夜与丹佛掘金队达成交易，重新换回首轮签，并在首轮第26顺位选中了里德。
这位22岁的里德以篮板、强悍和防守硬朗著称，他将成为马刺队在旧金山阶段的招牌球星。
诚然，里德最擅长的事情并不华丽。没有人会特意倒回录像去观看一次经典的防守卡位或一次教科书般的掩护。
但正是这些细节能帮助球队赢得比赛，也正是这些细节有可能让里德在菜鸟赛季就获得上场时间。
加州经典赛将让里德首次在NBA级别对抗中展现这些特质。
4. 双向合同的公开试训
除了马刺队的两名首轮秀外，夏联阵容中还包括两名次轮秀。
对于前田纳西大学后卫贾科比·吉莱斯皮 (Ja’Kobi Gillespie) 和前杜克大学前锋马利克·布朗 (Maliq Brown) 来说，这次的机会至关重要。
马刺队的15人正式大名单中仅剩两个空缺。这两名次轮秀不太可能填补其中之一。
更有可能的是，吉莱斯皮和布朗正在竞争马刺队仅剩的两个双向合同名额。
上赛季在马刺队以双向合同结束赛季的两名球员，哈里森·英格拉姆 (Harrison Ingram) 和大卫·琼斯·加西亚 (David Jones Garcia)，仍然在球队的考察范围内——尽管他们两人都没有参加本次夏季联赛。
因此，吉莱斯皮和布朗需要尽快向马刺队展示出自己的实力，以证明自己值得留下来。这一切将从旧金山开始。
5. 埃马努埃尔·米勒同样需要一个出色的夏天
26岁的埃马努埃尔·米勒 (Emanuel Miller) 目前仍与马刺队签有双向合同。但这类合同极具可替代性，如果出现更好的选择，马刺队可以轻易裁掉米勒。
作为一名身高6英尺5英寸、曾效力于德克萨斯农工大学和德克萨斯基督教大学（TCU）的前锋，米勒在去年二月签署双向合同后，没有为马刺队出场过一秒钟。
不过，在过去的两个赛季中，他曾代表芝加哥公牛队出战过11场比赛，这使他成为马刺夏联阵容中仅有的三名拥有NBA经验的球员之一。另外两人是布莱恩特和迈尔斯·凯利 (Miles Kelly)——后者是一名23岁的后卫，上赛季代表达拉斯独行侠队出场过14次。
马刺队显然在米勒身上看到了足够的闪光点，才给了他一份双向合同和夏季联赛的名额。接下来，就要看他能否用表现证明自己配得上这份邀请了。
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Carter Bryant, Tarris Reed and Spurs to watch for in Summer League
San Antonio Spurs forward Carter Bryant participates in a shootaround before Game 3 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Target Center in Minneapolis on Friday, May 8, 2026.
SAN FRANCISCO — There isn’t much Spurs assistant coach Corliss Williamson hasn’t accomplished on the basketball court.
He has been an NCAA national champion at Arkansas. He was an NBA champion with Detroit in 2004.
After a long and winding career as an NBA assistant, with previous stops in Sacramento, Orlando, Phoenix and Minnesota, Williamson last month at last coached in the NBA Finals with the Spurs.
Come Friday in San Francisco, the 52-year-old Williamson will do something he’s never done before.
He will act as the Spurs’ head coach in Summer League.
“This is the first time,” Williamson said. “So I’m pretty excited.”
Typically, a gig coaching in NBA Summer League is reserved for up-and-coming assistants looking to make a name for themselves.
Head coach Mitch Johnson, WNBA championship coach Becky Hammon and current and former NBA coaches Ime Udoka, Jacque Vaughn, Will Hardy and Mike Budenholzer all manned the position for the Spurs over the years.
For various reasons, that honor escaped Williamson. As recently as last summer, he was tabbed to coach Minnesota’s Summer League team — but left to take a spot on Johnson’s bench in San Antonio before he could do it.
“It seems like every time I was having the opportunity to be a head coach for Summer League, I either took another job or unfortunately early in my career (coaching staffs Williams was part of) got fired in a couple situations,” Williamson said. “I was able to this year, so I’m definitely excited about this chance.”
For Spurs fans who have yet to catch their breath after the team’s unexpected run to the NBA Finals last month, there is further cause for excitement.
The Spurs open play at the California Classic with a game against Miami on Friday at the Chase Center. The team will play two additional games in San Francisco before moving on to the Las Vegas Summer League on July 9.
Here are five things to know as Williamson and the Spurs get set to tip off Summer League:
1. Jayden Quaintance will be but a large spectator
The Spurs used the 20th pick in the June draft to select the Kentucky big man knowing it would take a beat for his career to get off the ground.
Quaintance tore his right ACL 24 games into his freshman season at Arizona State, and played in only four contests after transferring to Kentucky for his sophomore season. On draft night, Quaintance said he has another procedure still to come to clean up the meniscus in his troublesome knee.
With all that in mind, the Spurs are not expecting the crown jewel of their 2026 draft class to be available for Summer League.
Quaintance is on the Summer Spurs’ roster and is expected to travel with the team to both San Francisco and Las Vegas. He will not practice or play, however.
2. This will (eventually) be Carter Bryant’s show
Not-so-fresh after logging minutes in the NBA Finals, the second-year forward is the marquee name on the Spurs’ summer roster.
Williamson hopes Bryant will use the time to spread his wings and work on parts of his offensive game without having to worry about players like Victor Wembanyama, De’Aaron Fox and Stephon Castle needing touches.
On the Summer Spurs, Bryant is set to be the go-to guy.
Eventually.
The Spurs are giving Bryant the San Francisco portion of the Summer League schedule off. He is expected to gain reps once the festivities shift to Las Vegas.
San Antonio Spurs forward Carter Bryant (11) goes up for a shot around Portland Trail Blazers center Robert Williams III (35) during Game 3 of a first-round NBA playoff series at Moda Center in Portland, Friday, April 24, 2026. The Spurs defeated the Trail Blazers 120-108 to lead the series 2-1.
3. Who is the name to watch in San Francisco then?
That would be the Spurs’ other first-round pick, Connecticut center Tarris Reed Jr.
The Spurs traded with Denver to move back into the first round on draft night, selecting Reed No. 26 overall.
The 22-year-old Reed — known for his rebounding, toughness, and defensive ruggedness — will be the Spurs’ showpiece in San Francisco.
Granted, the things Reed does best aren’t flashy. Nobody will stop to rewind the DVR to watch a classic defensive box-out or perfectly executed screen.
Those are the things that help win basketball games, and they are the things that could potentially get Reed on the floor as a rookie.
The California Classic will provide Reed with his first glimpses of that at the NBA level.
4. An open audition for two-way contracts
In addition to the Spurs’ two first-round picks, the summer roster includes a pair of second-round selections as well.
The stakes are high for former Tennessee guard Ja’Kobi Gillespie and ex-Duke forward Maliq Brown.
The Spurs only have two open spots on their full 15-man roster. It is unlikely either of the second-round picks fills one of those voids.
More than likely, Gillespie and Brown are vying for one of the Spurs’ two available two-way contracts.
Two players who finished last season with two-way contracts for the Spurs, Harrison Ingram and David Jones-Garcia, remain on the club’s radar — though neither are participating in Summer League.
The upshot is that Gillespie and Brown will need to show the Spurs something in a hurry in order to make a case for sticking around. That starts in San Francisco.
5. Emanuel Miller needs a big summer, too
The 26-year-old Miller is still under two-way contract with the Spurs. But those deals are eminently fungible, and the Spurs can easily jettison Miller if a better option surfaces.
A 6-foot-5 forward who played collegiately at Texas A&M and TCU, Miller did not log a second of playing time with the Spurs after signing a two-way deal last February.
He did play in 11 games with Chicago over the past two seasons, making him one of three members of the Summer Spurs’ roster with NBA experience. Bryant and Miles Kelly – a 23-year-old guard who made 14 appearances with Dallas last season – are the others.
The Spurs obviously saw enough in Miller to give him a two-way contract and a spot on the Summer League team. It will be up to him to make the invitation worthwhile.
By Jeff McDonald, Staff Writer, via San Antonio Express-News