By Jeje Gomez / Pounding The Rock, 2026-10-16 22:15:00
马刺季前赛至今，谁或什么给你留下了最深刻的印象？
Marilyn Dubinski： 我刚准备发布一篇关于小塔里斯·里德 (Tarris Reed Jr.) 出色表现的文章，这些问题就来了，所以我换个话题，说说卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant)。他看起来冷静自在多了，在防守端不再迷失，干扰投篮做得很好，犯规也没那么多。虽然（截至周四）三分球6投12中且缺席了一场比赛，样本量不算大，但他敢于出手、毫不迟疑的态度，相比上赛季已是巨大的进步。
Mark Barrington： 我不确定能从季前赛学到多少东西，尤其是马刺没怎么让主力上场，而且他们在场上的大部分时间里看起来都相当生锈。对我来说，最大的惊喜是小塔里斯·里德。我原以为他会在马刺本赛季的计划之中，但他正在为自己争取揭幕战就进入轮换的机会。他是自……也许蒂姆·邓肯以来，我在马刺见过的即战力最强的新秀？有不少非常出色的球员以银黑军团的球衣开启职业生涯，但他们中的大多数人来到球队时并未完全成熟。我把维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 排除在这个评价之外，因为他的天赋水平根本无法用常规标准分析。
Devon Birdsong： 我不会说卡特·布莱恩特的表现让我惊讶——作为一名常规赛出场时间起伏不定的菜鸟，他在季后赛中已经证明了自己能站稳脚跟——但他看起来完全就是马刺未来所需要的那个3D前锋。从哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 身上更容易看出这一点，而托拜厄斯·哈里斯 (Tobias Harris) 也已步入职业生涯的后期，岁月终究不饶人。我很高兴看到马刺在选秀中为内线轮换注入年轻血液，但在当今这个NBA时代，前锋位置至关重要，马刺证明了他们仍能在选秀第14顺位这个区间找到可用的拼图，并用年轻天赋充实阵容，这对于一支即将面临深度流失和工资帽腾挪操作的球队来说，是个好兆头。
Jeje Gomez： 季前赛开始前，我最期待关注的故事线就是前锋位置上的出场时间之争，尤其是卡特·布莱恩特的表现。到目前为止，布莱恩特令人印象深刻。虽然还没有出现预示着迈向球星行列的重大飞跃迹象，但这本来也不是大家所期待的。他需要展现的主要是控制比赛节奏的能力，以及投篮时不再畏手畏脚，而到目前为止，他在这两方面都做得不错。对手仍然经常放空他，但在他练出稳定的投射之前，这种情况在所难免。我不确定他赛季初能否获得大量出场时间，但他看起来已经是一个货真价实的选择了。
到目前为止，你有没有看到什么让你对马刺进入常规赛感到担忧的事情？
Dubinski： 这正是你不能对季前赛反应过度的时候。考虑到总决赛的结局，半开玩笑地调侃马刺在季前赛揭幕战又一次挥霍两位数领先优势很容易，但如果这在常规赛继续成为问题，我们再来担心也不迟。我还（开玩笑地）努力不让得克萨斯农工大学橄榄球赛季的惨状给我带来的“受创长角牛综合征”蔓延到NBA这边——从季后赛球队变成这样？！马刺，你们最好别这样对我！——但我知道他们只是在找回状态，而且在主场对阵太阳的比赛中，他们似乎已经开始重新找到节奏了（尽管菲尼克斯的主力一个都没上，但谈到节奏时，对手是谁并不重要）。我相信他们会在常规赛揭幕战前调整到位。
Barrington： 我不担心！没错，季前赛的比赛水平杂乱无章、起伏不定，但这基本没有意义。这支球队去年打进了总决赛，在短暂的休赛期之后，他们常规赛开局可能有点慢热，但从没有球队在全明星周末之前就夺得总冠军*。[除了尼克斯，他们先夺得了NBA杯，随后又捧起拉里·奥布莱恩杯，成为历史上首支在同一赛季包揽两项冠军的球队。]这支球队天赋异禀，而里德和杰登·昆坦斯 (Jayden Quaintance) 正好补上了阵容中的主要短板。在米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 执教NBA的第二个完整赛季里，这一切能否再次凝聚起来？我认为这在很大程度上取决于比利·多诺万 (Billy Donovan) 在加入教练组的第一年能否顺利推行他的体系。对此我有一种不错的感觉。
Birdsong： 我对他们一直摆出的三后卫阵容（如果把文班算上就是四后卫）仍有疑问，尤其是在防守端。文班能够覆盖和封锁很多东西，但拥有优质空间型内线的球队已经发现，他们可以通过战术布置把他调到外线。当然，谢天谢地，这样的球队并不多，但马刺管理层不能只指望文班来弥补防守体系上的漏洞。我需要看看这套（以及其他）阵容和战术在常规赛中的表现，但这是我目前能找到的最挑剔的毛病了。撇开季前赛的免责声明不谈，这支球队看起来非常专注。我们很快就会知道他们到底有多专注（以及战术体系有多扎实）。
Gomez： 季前赛可以很好地衡量阵容变动较大的球队的磨合情况，但马刺不属于这种情况，尤其是在哈里斯受伤之后，所以没什么好担心的。我承认，既然我们知道他们认真起来是什么样子，我看比赛时就没有像看正式比赛时那么专注了，但我确实注意到一些起伏的时刻，这对于一支在季后赛走得那么远、可能没把这些比赛太当回事的球队来说是在意料之中的。三后卫首发阵容是新东西，但看起来它会长期存在，所以我打算等到常规赛打了15场左右、对它的优劣有更清晰的认识时，再去担心（或者兴奋）。
你认为季前赛的表现会改变预计中的轮换安排，或者促成用最后一个阵容名额签下某名球员吗？
Dubinski： 我不认为马上会有新的签约，考虑到他们需要等待一段时间才能保持在工资帽之下，但在上赛季所有非轮换球员中，里德是那个会让米奇·约翰逊开始认真考虑的人。我不认为他会立刻进入主要轮换，但这应该意味着科内特的容错空间会变小，而且约翰逊在面对那些让科内特头疼的高大中锋时，应该毫不犹豫地派上里德。
Barrington： 正如我上面提到的，我相信小塔里斯·里德已经为自己赢得了常规轮换的一席之地。除此之外，还没有谁真正脱颖而出。我为大卫·琼斯·加西亚 (David Jones Garcia) 感到难过，他季前赛表现不佳。如果他最终能以双向球员的身份留队，希望他能在赛季中提升状态，争取更多出场时间。
马刺不会用季前赛名单中的任何人来填补最后一个名额，但他们总有机会捡漏其他球队裁掉的球员。我觉得最可能的情况是，他们会把这个名额一直留到交易截止日，这样如果出现合适的球员，就可以为季后赛冲刺补强。
Birdsong： 也许吧，但除了里德（他基本上已经锁定了第三内线的角色）之外，我不认为会有什么不是因为伤病而发生的变动。赛季很漫长，所以我完全预计会有里德和布莱恩特这样的球员获得大量出场时间的比赛，但那个额外的名额更像是灵活性的保险。是为了交易还是捡漏被裁球员？谁知道呢。我不确定这会有多大影响，因为这支球队的阵容深度太惊人了，除非爆发一场中世纪瘟疫，否则马刺不至于陷入绝境。*敲木头*不过，做做假设还是很有趣的。我选择相信他们会把这个名额留着，以防蒂米决定再对新一代球员来一次降维打击，每场打个五分钟左右，纯粹为了好玩。
Gomez： 我不认为轮换会有太大变化。我非常怀疑几场季前赛的表现会改变使用三后卫首发阵容的计划；前锋位置上的竞争很有意思，但还没有人打出足以从人群中脱颖而出的表现；里德是个猛兽，但我怀疑他能否在替补中锋的竞争中击败科内特，至少赛季初不会。
我认为唯一可能发生变化的是第三个双向合同名额。马刺已经充分考察了大卫·琼斯·加西亚，如果他们觉得需要补强其他位置的深度，或者出现了有吸引力的人选，我可以想象他们给别人一个机会的情形。但即便如此也会让我感到意外。圣安东尼奥看起来已经为新赛季做好了准备。
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The best and the worst of the Spurs’ preseason so far
Who or what has impressed you the most during the Spurs’ preseason so far?
Marilyn Dubinski: I was just hitting publish on an article about Tarris Reed’s impressive play when these questions came out, so I’ll change things up and go with Carter Bryant. He looks so much calmer and more comfortable, isn’t lost on defense, is contesting well without as much fouling, and while 6-12 from three while missing a game (as of Thursday) is not a huge sample size, his willingness to let it fly and lack of hesitation is a huge improvement over last season.
Mark Barrington: I don’t know if you can learn much from preseason, especially since the Spurs haven’t let their starters play much, and they have looked pretty rusty for much of the time they’ve been on court. The biggest surprise for me has been Tarris Reed. I figured he’d be in the Spurs’ plans this season, but he’s making a case for being in the rotation on opening day. He’s the most NBA-ready rookie I’ve seen on the Spurs since … maybe Tim Duncan? There have been plenty of really good players that have started their careers in the Silver and Black uniform, but most of them weren’t quite fully developed when they arrived. I’m excluding Victor Wembanyama from this assessment, because his talent level defies analysis.
Devon Birdsong: I won’t say that I’m surprised by how good Carter Bryant looks, after he held his own in the postseason as a rookie who had uneven regular season minutes, but he has looked every bit the 3-and-D forward of the future that the Spurs will need him to be. It’s easier to see with Harrison Barnes, but Tobias Harris is also into the back nine of his career, and age is, as always, undefeated. I loved seeing the Spurs inject youth into their big man rotation in the draft, but forward is such a critical position in this era of the NBA, and the Spurs proving they can still find contributors at that part of the draft (14th) and bolster the roster with young talent bodes well for a club with impending depth departures and cap gymnastics in their future.
Jeje Gomez: The storyline I was the most excited to follow heading into preseason was the battle for minutes at the forward spots, and especially how Carter Bryant looked. So far, Bryant has impressed. There are no signs of a major leap that foreshadows stardom, but that wasn’t really what anyone was looking for. The main things he needed to show were the ability to play under control and to show not as much fear of shooting, and so far, he’s done well in both areas. Teams still leave him open often, but that’s just going to happen until he develops consistency as a marksman. I’m not sure if he’ll start the season getting major minutes, but he has looked like a genuine option.
Have you seen anything so far that has you worried about the Spurs heading into the regular season?
Dubinski: This is where you really can’t overreact to the preseason. It was easy to half-joke about the Spurs blowing yet another double-digit lead to open the preseason considering how the Finals went, but we’ll worry about that if it continues to be an issue in the regular season. I was also (jokingly) working to not let my Battered Aggie Syndrome from the way Texas A&M’s football season is going sneak over to the NBA side – from playoff team to this?! You better not do this to me too, Spurs! – but I know they’re just shaking off the rust, and they appeared to start finding their rhythm again by the home game against the Suns (albeit with none of Phoenix’s starters playing, but when talking about rhythm, opponent doesn’t matter). I trust they’ll be in form by the regular season opener.
Barrington: I’m not worried! Yes, the level of play has been haphazard and inconsistent in preseason, which is basically meaningless. This team went to the Finals last year, and they might have a bit of a slow start to the regular season after a short off-season, but no team has ever won a championship before the All-Star Break*. [Except for the Knicks, who won the NBA Cup and then won the Larry O’Brien trophy, becoming the first team ever to win both in the same season.] This team is supremely talented, and Reed and Quaintance address the major weaknesses in the roster. Will this come together again in Mitch Johnson’s second full year as a head coach in the NBA? I think a lot of that depends on how well Billy Donovan can implement his system in his first year on the staff. I have a good feeling about that.
Birdsong: I still have questions about that three-guard lineup (four, if you count Wemby) they’ve been trotting out, especially on the defensive end. Wemby’s going to be able to smother a lot, but teams with quality stretch bigs have figured out that they can scheme him to the perimeter. Now, that’s not a lot of teams, thankfully, but Spurs brass can’t just depend on Wemby to bail schemes out defensively. I need to see how that (and other) lineups/schemes fare in the regular season, but that’s about as nitty a pick as I can find for now. Preseason disclaimers aside, the team looks really locked in. We’ll know exactly how locked in (and schematically sound) they are soon enough.
Gomez: Preseason can be a good gauge of how teams with a lot of roster turnover are gelling, but that’s not the Spurs, especially after Harris’ injury, so there’s not much to worry about. I’ll admit that since we know how they look when they are trying, I haven’t been watching the games as attentively as I do when they count, but I have noticed some up-and-down moments that are expected of a team that went so far in the playoffs and probably isn’t taking these games as seriously. The three-guard starting lineup is new, but it seems like it’s here to stay, so I’ll worry (or get excited) about it around 15 into the regular season, when we’ll have a better understanding of its strengths and weaknesses.
Do you think preseason performances will change the projected rotation or result in a signing using the last roster spot?
Dubinski: I don’t think there will be another signing right away considering they have to wait a bit to stay under the cap, but of all the players who weren’t rotation players last season, Reed is the one who will make Mitch Johnson have to start thinking. I don’t think he’ll be in the main rotation right away, but it should mean a shorter leash for Kornet, and Johnson shouldn’t hesitate to throw Reed out there against bigger centers that give Kornet trouble.
Barrington: As I mentioned above, I believe that Tarris Reed has earned himself a spot in the regular rotation. Other than that, nobody has really distinguished themselves. I feel bad for David Jones-Garcia, who has played poorly in preseason. If he sticks as a two-way player, hopefully he can pick up his game during the season and earn more playing time.
The Spurs aren’t going to fill that last spot with anyone on the preseason roster, but there’s always the chance that they’ll pick up a player that gets waived by another team. I feel like it’s most likely that they keep that spot open until the trading deadline so they can pick up a player for the playoff run if someone good becomes available.
Birdsong: Maybe, but outside of Reed (who has all but locked down the role of 3rd big man), I don’t see much happening that isn’t due to injury. It’s a long season, so I fully expect there to be games where players like Reed and Bryant get a lot of run, but that extra slot feels like flexibility insurance. Whether for trade purposes or waiver pickups, who knows? I’m not sure it’ll matter much, because this team is so insanely deep that it would take a medieval plague for the Spurs to get desperate. *knocks on wood* Still, it’s fun to hypothesize. I choose to believe that they’ll hold it open in case Timmy decides to fundamentally flex on another generation, five minutes or so per game, just for fun.
Gomez: I don’t see many changes to the rotation. I really doubt a couple of preseason performances would change the plan to go with the three-guard starting lineup; the battle at forward is intriguing, but no one has played so well as to separate themselves from the pack; Reed is a beast, but I doubt he’ll beat out Kornet for backup center, at least to start.
The one spot in which I can see a change is with the third two-way spot. The Spurs have gotten a really good look at David Jones-Garcia, and if they feel like they need more depth at a different spot or someone intriguing is available, I could see a world in which they give someone else a shot. But even that would surprise me. San Antonio seems ready for the season.
By Jeje Gomez / Pounding The Rock