By Jeje Gomez, Mark Barrington, Marilyn Dubinski / Pounding The Rock, 2026-10-31 08:30:51
马刺目前3胜2负，展现过闪光点但表现尚不稳定。有什么值得担心的吗？
Marilyn Dubinski： 完全不担心。这是一支年轻球队，本赛季的处境与以往截然不同——他们刚刚打完总决赛，休整时间少得多，同时背负着“更进一步”的信心与压力；而在过去，他们通常还要再等两三个月才能迎来这一刻，也更急于证明自己。如今他们已经意识到外界对他们的看法和针对他们的打法都变了，剩下的只是调整和磨合到位的问题。我基本没什么可担心的（除了马刺还能躲开联盟伤病魔咒多久），但我很好奇托拜厄斯·哈里斯 (Tobias Harris) 的回归会如何改变局面。
Mark Barrington： 完全不必。NBA赛季太漫长了，新年之前的比赛基本上就是让球队打磨战术、培养球员的。如果说我有什么担心，那就是马刺没有好好利用这一点，赛季才刚开始就过早地使用短轮换。多给小塔里斯·里德 (Tarris Reed Jr.) 一些上场时间吧，到了六月你会需要他的。
Jeje Gomez： 如果他们上赛季没打进总决赛、并且保留了全部轮换球员，我可能会有点担心，但现在的背景完全不同。马刺正在首发阵容上尝试新东西，但他们完全可以退回到上赛季行之有效的打法，光是化学反应就足以让他们立刻打得更好。轮换阵容中除了科内特 (Kornet) 之外，没有谁是因为年龄而状态下滑的。最终，要么新阵容奏效，要么教练组换回老阵容，一切都会好起来。
虽然为时尚早，但你对三后卫阵容目前的表现怎么看？
Dubinski： 挺有意思的；数据显示效果还不错，但这还不能完全打消顾虑。到目前为止，卡斯尔 (Castle) 的三分命中让进攻更加均衡，而且只要文班 (Wemby) 在场上，他们在防守端也不会被针对惩罚，可这能持续吗？我觉得让瓦塞尔 (Vassell) 也加入这套阵容只会加剧身高不足的问题，但话说回来，如果他们决定让哈里斯首发，我又不想看到瓦塞尔被按在替补席上，因为他已经证明了自己（就像去年那样）是这套进攻的完美解压阀。最后，也许最大的问题是：三名后卫同时首发，即便出场时间错开、场上始终有其中一人在，替补的产出是否会因此受损？最终让瓦塞尔转去替补也解决不了这个问题。
Barrington： 有点生涩，但赛季还不到10场，给它一点时间发展。我不认为这套阵容能长期奏效，倒不是因为三后卫阵容天生不行，而是要让它运转起来，需要后卫能命中外线投篮来拉开空间，而福克斯 (Fox)、卡斯尔和哈珀 (Harper) 这三人没有一个是很出色的外线投手。卡斯尔本赛季至今三分投得相当不错，但样本太小，我不太相信这能持续。我觉得到赛季中期这个问题就会不复存在，因为托拜厄斯·哈里斯最终会进入首发，届时三名后卫中会有一人被推到替补席。
Gomez： 我认为它暴露的问题正是所有关注者此前预测到的问题。三名后卫同时在场时，马刺的收益是递减的，因为三人都是持球型打法，而球只有一个。他们都不是出色的投手，卡斯尔尤其被用来藏在中锋身后防守，对手干脆放空他投大空位三分。没什么太意外的。这套阵容也有足够多的高光时刻，说明假以时日是可以运转的，所以暂时没必要做出改变，但我预计教练组最终会让其中一人去替补席，以精简阵容搭配。
据报道托拜厄斯·哈里斯离复出越来越近了。你预计他会扮演什么角色？你认为谁的上场时间会减少来为他腾出空间？
Dubinski： 卡特·布莱恩特 (Carter Bryant) 和哈里森·巴恩斯 (Harrison Barnes) 目前场均各打8分钟，这部分时间大概率会被吃掉（不过我猜布莱恩特每场比赛仍会继续获得机会）。目前有六名球员（首发加朱利安·尚帕尼 (Julian Champagnie)）场均打28-32分钟，凯尔登·约翰逊 (Keldon Johnson) 是22分钟，其余唯一上双的是科内特的14分钟。我预计哈里斯的上场时间会由多人分摊，我们只会看到一个更大的轮换阵容，时间分配更加分散。
Barrington： 拜托，老天保佑，千万别是德文·瓦塞尔 (Devin Vassell)。他本赛季至今一直是队里第二好的球员。
我认为会发生的情况是所有首发的上场时间都会减少。米奇·约翰逊 (Mitch Johnson) 在赛季大部分时间里一直采用季后赛式的短轮换，这对82场常规赛来说是不可持续的。但我担心的是，像卡特·布莱恩特和小塔里斯·里德这样的球员将没有时间成长。我理解教练们想让首发在新体系中培养节奏，但希望我们能看到更多10或11名球员都获得可观上场时间的比赛。
Gomez： 如果教练组早期在他的角色上做些试验，我不会感到意外。他起初大概率会从替补打起，因为马刺一直是这样处理伤愈复出的球员的，但如果某个阶段他进入首发，我也不会震惊。理想情况下，我认为他最适合的角色是作为替补席上的第二得分点，与某名后卫搭档。不过在决定让这位球队休赛期最重要的引援做什么之前，我不会责怪米奇·约翰逊多尝试几种方案。至于他会挤掉谁的时间，我猜主要是卡特·布莱恩特（去奥斯汀打一段时间对他的成长可能比在大球队坐板凳更有利）和哈里森·巴恩斯的，但多一名优质球员可用，应该也能帮助减少其他可能需要更多休息的球员的出场时间。
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查看原文：Our first impressions of the 2026/27 Spurs
Our first impressions of the 2026/27 Spurs
The Spurs are 3-2 and have shown flashes of greatness but have not been consistent. Is there anything to worry about?
Marilyn Dubinski: No worries at all. They’re a young squad who entered the season under entirely different circumstances than they ever had before, fresh off a Finals appearance with much less rest and a combination of confidence and pressure to do more, whereas in the past, they had been waiting for 2-3 more months for this moment and were more eager to prove something. They have now learned how differently they are viewed and will be played, and it’s just a matter of adjusting and getting it right. I’m not really concerned about anything (beyond how much longer the Spurs can avoid the league’s injury curse), but I am curious to see how Tobias Harris’ eventual return will shake things up.
Mark Barrington: Absolutely not. The NBA season is way too long and every game before the new year is basically there for teams to work on their sets and develop players. If I’m worried at all, it’s because the Spurs aren’t taking advantage of that and are playing short rotations way too early in the season. Give Tarris Reed some run. You’re going to need him in June.
Jeje Gomez: Had they not made the Finals last season and retained every rotation player, I would be a little concerned, but the context makes all the difference. The Spurs are trying something new with their starting lineup, but could simply revert back to what worked last season and would likely look better instantly, just on synergy alone. There are no rotation players, except maybe Kornet, who are declining due to age. Eventually, either the new lineups will work, or the coaching staff will go back to the old ones and everything will be fine.
It’s extremely early, but what do you think about the three-guard lineup so far?
Dubinski: It’s interesting; the numbers say it’s been pretty decent, but that doesn’t relieve concerns about it just yet. So far, Castle has been hitting his threes to keep the offense more balanced, and they aren’t being punished on defense as long as Wemby is out there, but how sustainable is it? I feel like playing it alongside Vassell just adds to the lack of size, but then again, if they decide to start Harris, I don’t want Vassell to be benched, because he has proven (like he did last year) to be the perfect relief valve for this offense. Finally, perhaps the biggest question is also if the bench production is suffering with all three starting, even if their minutes are staggered and one of them is always out there. Vassell being the one to eventually move to the bench wouldn’t solve that.
Barrington: It’s a little clunky, but it’s less than 10 games in. Give it time to develop. I don’t think it’s going to work long term, not because three guard lineups are intrinsically bad, but because in order to make it work, you need guards that can hit outside shots to create space, and none of the trio of Fox, Castle, and Harper are great outside shooters. Castle is shooting pretty well from three so far this season, but it’s a small sample size, and I don’t have a lot of confidence that that is sustainable. I think it’s going to be moot by mid-season, because I think that Tobias Harris will eventually get into the starting lineup, and that will push one of the three guards to the bench.
Gomez: I think it has the issues everyone paying attention predicted it would have. When the three guards are out there together, the Spurs get diminishing returns because all three are better on the ball and there’s just one of those. They are not great shooters, and Castle in particular is being used to hide centers and is being dared to shoot wide-open looks. Nothing too surprising. There are enough good moments that suggest it can work given time, so there’s no need to change anything yet, but I expect the coaching staff to eventually send one of them to the bench to streamline lineups.
Tobias Harris is reportedly getting closer to returning to action. What role do you expect him to have, and whose minutes do you think will go down to make room for him?
Dubinski: Carter Bryant and Harrison Barnes have been averaging 8 mpg apiece, so most of that is probably gone (although I imagine Bryant will continue to his chances each game). Right now six players (the starters plus Julian Champagnie) are averaging 28-32 mpg, plus 22 for Keldon Johnson, and the only other player in double figures is Kornet at 14 minutes. I imagine it will be by committee that Harris gets his minutes, and we’ll just see a larger rotation with the minutes more spread out.
Barrington: Please, dear God, don’t let it be Devin Vassell. He’s been the second-best player on the team so far in the season.
What I think is going to happen is that all of the starters’ minutes will go down. Mitch Johnson has been playing playoff-style short rotations for most of the young season, and that’s not sustainable for 82 games. But I’m worried that there won’t be time for players like Carter Bryant and Tarris Reed to develop. I get that the coaches are trying to get the starters to develop rhythm in a new system, but hopefully, we’ll see more games where 10 or 11 players all get significant time on the court.
Gomez: I wouldn’t be surprised if the coaching staff experiments with his role early on. He’ll likely come off the bench initially, because that’s how the Spurs have been dealing with guys returning from injury, but I wouldn’t be shocked if he finds himself in the starting lineup at one point. Ideally, I think his best role would be as a secondary bench scorer next to one of the guards, but I won’t blame Mitch Johnson for trying a few things out before deciding what he wants the team’s main offseason addition to do. As for whose minutes he’ll take, I imagine Carter Bryant’s (a stint in Austin would probably be better for his development than minimal minutes with the big team) and Harrison Barnes’ mostly, but having another quality player available should help reduce the playing time of other guys who might need more rest.
By Jeje Gomez, Mark Barrington, Marilyn Dubinski / Pounding The Rock
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