Julian Champagne, a very fit Spurs striker
« I really don’t care, honestly. I don’t care if I score 20, I don’t care if I score ten. Anyway, that’s how it is. » After Spurs defeat on the Rockets floor this week, Julian Champagne I didn’t really feel like celebrating.
His team just lost despite a comfortable lead, especially enhanced by a high level of skill that night: 27 points on 8/17 shooting, including… 8/16 from beyond the arc, with 8 rebounds and 2 steals.
« I like to win. I’d rather have no points and win by 20, to be honest. But hey, it’s just basketball, it’s boring. Defeat bothers me the most, despite everything else. It’s just that we didn’t do our best. That’s what sticks in my throat », regretted the 24-year-old shooter.
This collective failure does not diminish his personal dynamism. Alternating between the Spurs’ starting five and the bench since the start of the season, Champagne has permanently established himself among Texas’ starters since the end of the last calendar year. A period that coincides with a trip to the clinic of usual carrier Devin Vassell.
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His current festival of skill began on December 31 with 36 points scored against the Knicks. Since then, this address has not actually left him. Author of three other outings of 20 or more points, the wing in 13 games averaged 16.5 points on a very good percentage: 46.6% including 43.2% on 3-pointers.
Addressing the distance is all the more welcome because in January, Spurs’ collective success is in free fall: just 33%, 28 percent in the championship. Which undoubtedly partially explains the low win ratio this month: 7 wins and 5 losses.
However, the Spurs are still well established in second place in the West, which speaks volumes for the ” huge maneuvering space », according to Champagne, available to the Texas team.
« We know we can shoot at any time during the possession, whatever the shot is. We have guys who can shoot at any time. (De’Aaron) Fox, Vick (Vembanjama), Steph (Stephon Castle), Dev (Wassell), anybody on the court. It’s about finding a way to get the best shot for the team, a shot that benefits everyone, even if it’s not me or Vick, it’s Fox. “, says the specialist.
With a 37.9% shooting percentage on the season, Champagne is the third-leading scorer on his team, tied with Devin Vassell, behind “Wembey” (38.9%) and, more surprisingly, Keldon Johnson (40.6%).
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| Julian Champagne | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saison | The team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | LF | Off | Def | That | Pd | Ft | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2022-23 | PHI | 2 | 3:30 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 2022-23 | on | 15 | 20:52 | 46.1 | 40.7 | 82.4 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 11.0 |
| 2023-24 | on | 74 | 19:50 | 40.8 | 36.5 | 81.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 6.8 |
| 2024-25 | on | 82 | 23:34 | 41.5 | 37.1 | 90.4 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 9.9 |
| 2025-26 | on | 45 | 28:40 | 42.7 | 37.9 | 82.6 | 1.0 | 5.2 | 6.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 11.7 |
How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.
2026-01-25 13:56:00
