By Wes McKinzie | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-07-09 14:35:07
马刺前锋卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 将于中部标准时间周四下午3:30迎来他的二年级夏季联赛首秀，对手是圣安东尼奥本土球员金斯顿·弗莱明斯 (Kingston Flemings) 领衔的亚特兰大老鹰队。
相信大家还记得，布莱恩特去年作为夏季联赛新秀时便崭露头角，这也让ESPN的蒂姆·莱格勒 (Tim Legler) 预言他有朝一日会赢得NBA年度最佳防守球员奖。
在加州经典赛遭遇0胜3负之后，马刺夏联队将在拉斯维加斯至少进行四场比赛。
环顾联盟
维加斯备战： 雅虎体育的凯文·奥康纳 (Kevin O’Connor) 发布了一份在拉斯维加斯最值得关注的50名球员名单。马刺并没有受到太多青睐……布莱恩特榜上无名（这可真是个大失误），而小塔里斯·里德 (Tarris Reed Jr.) 的排名也十分靠后。
从马克·扎克伯格到“老大”？ 凭借在《社交网络》中饰演主角马克·扎克伯格而闻名的奥斯卡提名演员杰西·艾森伯格 (Jesse Eisenberg) 最近表示，他梦寐以求的角色是饰演格雷格·波波维奇 (Gregg Popovich)。艾森伯格在谈到波波维奇时表示：“我只是觉得他是这个星球上最迷人的人。他是这样一个硬汉教练，有时会落泪，会谈论美国的困境，但同时他也是一个令人敬畏的人物，对记者可能非常刻薄。这样的人非常迷人，因为一方面他们以脾气暴躁著称，而另一方面他们又有着一颗无比温柔慈悲的心。”
登顶巅峰： 说到波波维奇，周三晚上当明尼苏达山猫队主教练谢丽尔·里夫 (Cheryl Reeve) 以380胜成为WNBA历史常规赛胜场数第一人时，人们不禁想起了他。就像NBA中的波波维奇一样，她现在同时保持着WNBA常规赛胜场纪录和总胜场纪录（包括季后赛胜利）。有趣的是，里夫的职业生涯胜率仅次于一个人：前马刺助理教练、银星队后卫，现拉斯维加斯王牌队主教练贝基·哈蒙 (Becky Hammon)。
价高者得： 据达伦·罗威尔 (Darren Rovell) 报道，在最近的苏富比拍卖会上，多件来自近期NBA总决赛的物品拍出了天价。纽约尼克斯队的多件比赛实穿球衣总价接近200万美元，而来自麦迪逊广场花园的总决赛标识地板和第五场比赛的篮网总计拍得超过50万美元。
乔治效应： 上周费城与波士顿之间的重磅交易让一些人称保罗·乔治 (Paul George) 为“NBA历史上交易价值最高的球员”。考虑到他曾被用来交易全明星球员谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 和杰伦·布朗 (Jaylen Brown)，外加其他优秀球员和一大堆极具价值的选秀权（说的就是你，俄克拉荷马雷霆），这一论点确实很有说服力。
文字游戏： 在最近Sirius XM电台的一档NBA广播节目中，扎克·哈珀 (Zach Harper) 和克里斯·海恩斯 (Chris Haynes) 辩论了哪些词汇应该从联盟的字典中消失。他们选择的词是“选择性”（optionality）和“定制化”（curated）。你认为有哪些词应该在NBA中被禁用？欢迎在下方评论区告诉我们！
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查看原文：Butterfly Effect: Carter Bryant takes the court in Vegas
Butterfly Effect: Carter Bryant takes the court in Vegas
Spurs forward Carter Bryant makes his second-year Summer League debut Thursday at 3:30 pm CST against San Antonio native Kingston Flemings and the Atlanta Hawks.
You’ll remember Bryant flashed as a Summer League rookie last year, motivating ESPN’s Tim Legler to say he’d win the NBA Defensive Player of the Year award someday.
The Summer Spurs will play at least four games in Las Vegas after going 0-3 in the California Classic.
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Vegas Prep: Yahoo’s Kevin O’Connor posted a list of the top 50 players to watch in Vegas. Not much love for the Spurs … Bryant is nowhere to be found (that’s a big oopsie) and Tarris Reed, Jr., is way down the list.
From Mark Zuckerberg to El Jefe? Jesse Eisenberg, an Oscar-nominated actor most known for the lead role of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, recently said his dream role is playing Gregg Popovich. Eisenberg on Pop: “I just find him to be the most fascinating person on the planet. Here’s this tough coach who cries sometimes and talks about the plight of America, and yet he’s also this terrifying figure who can be so mean to journalists. People like that are fascinating because, on the one hand, they’re known to be very nasty, and on the other hand they’re these bleeding hearts.”
Top of the Heap: Speaking of Pop, he came to mind Wednesday night when Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve became the WNBA’s all-time regular season wins leader with 380. Like Popovich in the NBA, she now holds both the WNBA’s regular season record and overall mark (including playoff victories). Interestingly, Reeve’s career winning percentage ranks behind just one person: former Spurs assistant and Silver Stars guard Becky Hammon, the head coach for the Las Vegas Aces.
Highest Bidder: Darren Rovell reports that various items from the recent NBA Finals brought in big money through a Sotheby’s auction. Various New York Knicks’ game-used jerseys collectively approached $2 million while Finals-branded court panels from Madison Square Garden and a net from Game 5 combined to eclipse $500,000.
By George: Last week’s Philadelphia-Boston blockbuster trade has some calling Paul George “the most valuable player in NBA history.” Given that he’s been traded for All-Stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jaylen Brown plus other good players and a slew of valuable draft picks (we see you, OKC), it’s a compelling argument.
Word Play: On a recent NBA Radio show on Sirius XM, Zach Harper and Chris Haynes debated the words that need to disappear from the league’s vocabulary. Their picks were “optionality” and “curated.” What words do you think need to be banned from the NBA? Let us know in the comments below!
By Wes McKinzie, via Pounding The Rock