shaqs prime was until 2002. after his finals mvps. after that it should've been kobe to take the load from Shaq but kobe wasn't good enough to do so. that's why the Pistons beat kobes superteam. wade took the remains of shaq and carried him to a ring tho. would've also won in 05 and 07 if not for wades injuries as well. that's impressive.
I agree. The NBA was so much fun to watch back then. I remember being in High School in 06 watching every game of the playoffs. Suns vs Lakers, Mavs vs Spurs etc. It was just so much fun to watch. I even enjoyed watching Lebron with the Cavs his first time around. I just personally dont enjoy the NBA anymore. I still watch Dallas as I am a Macs fan but I just get tired of always hearing about the Warriors and Cavs. I understand they are both at the top the league but it was nice when there was parity in the league. I feel like the super teams have ruined the league. Just my opinion. Others may disagree.
likemikegenerationx2 well the proof is in the games played. stop being butthurt that tmac was left to be forgotten. wade got out the first round his rookie year. tmac never got out the first round. enough said son.
One of the craziest things about Dirk's 30,000 points is while he was a great scorer, he didn't have a lot of nights like this with 40-50 points, he's just as consistent as they come.
@@jimmy-rm3cl Exactly, he always played for the team, not himself. That's why he's my favorite player ever because he's an unselfish, humble leader who let his game do the talking.
Yep, of course he's great but he had that something that makes a team good too besides just his great talent. You could really make an argument that he did more with less over a 10 year span than any other player in the league. They were winning 50 games a season every year with some good players, but not as good as other teams that weren't winning 50+ games every season. Even in 06, (I wanna puke) Jason Terry was playing PG, Josh Howard was their 2nd best player. Fans were expecting Van Horn and Adrian Griffin to come through. I mean there for a while people wanted to call Carmelo top 3 player in league every year but would he have done with the Mavs what dirk did? I just don't know many players that could of had as much team success as Dirk did with the MAVS given that same roster for that many consecutive years in a row.
Man, Dirk was unstoppable back then,,,,I remember when coaches went crazy because they don't know which player to assign to guard Dirk , special when Dirk is on fiiiiyaaah!!!
@@Johnkoth malone sucks no rings no finals mvp get over it lol mailman threw dirty elbows and dirk eliminated him in the playoffs and outscored em lol meh ...who cares if dirk never avg 30 lol ill take his 28ppg per year in his prime the finals mvp the mvp the chip and all that and be remembered as a champ rather then a JK malone
@@mattwuhu203 I love Dirk he was one of my favorite superstars unlike the LeBrons or kobe I actaully rooted for Dirk so im definitely a fan, with that said I'll still admit he was really bad on defense, the only superstar level player I could think of that was worse on defense was Steve Nash or James harden other than that idk.
Hooks Fohdayz The Lakers were organic, Kobe was a draft pick, he evolved to what he was. The team was built around Shaq. They had solid roll players like D-Fish, Rick Fox, Big Shot Horry etc, It wasn't always clear if they were top dog. The 08 C's only went to the finals once in that 2 year span. And people were upset about that one too. The things about the 80s were that stars did not jump ships. I don't want to talk about the 60s since I don't really know that much about that era, I don't want to look dumb lol
Yeah it's Rodman never joined the Bulls and Wilt never joined the Lakers, Shaq spent his whole career in Orlando. T-Mac didn't join Yao in Houston, Barkley didn't go to the Rockets. Stuff like that never happened until now!!!!!
Jrock, it was totally different, you really can't see it? Sure some great players moved around, but they weren't all recruiting each other and taking pay cuts to join the same team. And most of those situations were with players out of their prime, or at least aging. These days it's players in their Peak Prime joining up.
I was at this game with my dad. The only NBA game I've ever been to. It was crazy. Dirk just found another gear once OT started and put it away. Long stretches where it was just Dirk and Tracy hitting shot after shot. Great game.
Everytime TMac saw Jason Terry in front of him, he's letting that ball fly like nobody was guarding him. And Dirk of course, didn't matter who was picking him up. Lights out.
Damn, look at Mac's shots. Almost every single one was FLAWLESS. One tip at the back of the rim and in almost without touching the net! And imagine scoring 48 and 9 assists, but still losing...
Remember exactly how agile, quick, and sharp dirk on his prime. And watching him now playing the game with his current condition, makes me worry a lot about his knees... But, I enjoyed a lot and feel blessed watched those beast back in 2004..
Who cares what Lebron did the year after that? The fact is, he got lit up by fuckin' JJ Barea and The Jet while Dirk was hitting basically every shot he attempted.
marskeins wade was better then Dirk Nigga shut up lol. I love Dirk but he ain't even close to dwades level. Wade was the MVP of the finals bitch. wade started to feed the ball to LeBron after wade put the heat up 2-1 on the mavs. wade wanted LeBron to get in on the fun and he started to feed him the ball and that's when LeBron had the biggest choke ever.. I remember that series like it was yesterday. the heat were the better team only cuz they had wade and LeBron but lebrons ego couldn't take wade getting finals mvp cuz that would've tainted lebrons legacy and would've made it seem like LeBron jumped ship to be robin. FACTS.
we were spoiled a.f in the 2000s, not even realizing how much talent there was...best shooting guard and small forward era ever. almost every team had a player with crazy highlights and talent enough to win,,,back wen nba was like any given sunday.
Laker fan since I was 6 in 98 and Kobe was my favorite player ever but Dirk was my second favorite player ever and I’d often root for him as a kid and I was so happy to see him win in 2011 after he eliminated us
48 points against Josh Howard is more impressive considering J-Ho was arguably the best defender in the league at the time. I remember when he held Kobe to 6 points.
2004 man........ times when Kobe, A.I, T-mac, KG, Duncan, Nash, Pierce, Dirk, and vince were all in their primes. Good times
Shaq also
Shaq's prime lasted at most, until 2003.
I remember those times, man. I was in elementary school back then and we were always having debates as to who's the best.
shaqs prime was until 2002. after his finals mvps. after that it should've been kobe to take the load from Shaq but kobe wasn't good enough to do so. that's why the Pistons beat kobes superteam. wade took the remains of shaq and carried him to a ring tho. would've also won in 05 and 07 if not for wades injuries as well. that's impressive.
I agree. The NBA was so much fun to watch back then. I remember being in High School in 06 watching every game of the playoffs. Suns vs Lakers, Mavs vs Spurs etc. It was just so much fun to watch. I even enjoyed watching Lebron with the Cavs his first time around. I just personally dont enjoy the NBA anymore. I still watch Dallas as I am a Macs fan but I just get tired of always hearing about the Warriors and Cavs. I understand they are both at the top the league but it was nice when there was parity in the league. I feel like the super teams have ruined the league. Just my opinion. Others may disagree.
True basketball fans will never forget healthy T-Mac. Never.
Haagen unless the have alzheimers
healthy wade was better. since his rookie year.
sxt35cc hurtf Nah man
likemikegenerationx2 well the proof is in the games played. stop being butthurt that tmac was left to be forgotten. wade got out the first round his rookie year. tmac never got out the first round. enough said son.
action movies
The mid 2000s was a hell of a time to be from Texas. Dallas, Houston and San Antonio were all making some serious noise around the league
Chivo that was the most stacked division with dal/san/hous in my opinion. Hard fought play off years. Memorable
there was a term they used to call them. i forgot about it though.
emmanuel pastoral the millenials?
Dynasty west
Texas Triangle. During the Chris Paul era in New Orleans the SW division also had 4 teams in the playoffs 2 or 3 times.
One of the craziest things about Dirk's 30,000 points is while he was a great scorer, he didn't have a lot of nights like this with 40-50 points, he's just as consistent as they come.
so true
absolutely 100 both on the court and in life!
Most Loyal in s Team
he was always efficient and played to get his team involved
@@jimmy-rm3cl Exactly, he always played for the team, not himself. That's why he's my favorite player ever because he's an unselfish, humble leader who let his game do the talking.
For a 7 footer, Dirk's footwork and first step is incredible. Guard-like quickness and superb balance when launching those middy's
I miss this NBA so much...
Hey Rick
Grant _ stfu
GAWDlike wow fam you really got me with that one. Don't know how I'll recover
Me too I never watch more it's the worst change in my life
Watching Dirk in his prime was something amazing. He changed the game in ways most people will never know.
Yep, of course he's great but he had that something that makes a team good too besides just his great talent. You could really make an argument that he did more with less over a 10 year span than any other player in the league. They were winning 50 games a season every year with some good players, but not as good as other teams that weren't winning 50+ games every season. Even in 06, (I wanna puke) Jason Terry was playing PG, Josh Howard was their 2nd best player. Fans were expecting Van Horn and Adrian Griffin to come through. I mean there for a while people wanted to call Carmelo top 3 player in league every year but would he have done with the Mavs what dirk did? I just don't know many players that could of had as much team success as Dirk did with the MAVS given that same roster for that many consecutive years in a row.
Absolutely. The way he changed the PF position is similar to the way Steph has changed the backcourt.
What about Dirk vs Giannis Antetokounmpo?? Who is better??
Dirk@@coops1992
It was awesome. When league had talents everywhere, where competition was over the roof.
Goose bumps man...
Mehmet Can Gürel when it wasn't so obvious which two teams would go to the finals...
Mehmet Can Gürel People have always hated the present and missed the "good old times". Problem with that is that it won't help in anything
Another Useless Username i dont agree with you however i understand your point. Im not trying to prove anything here.
there's still talent, just no competition
Another Useless Username Well it is true
Dirk's GOLDEN HAIR is as iconic as Michael Jordan's tongue out...
XD
Gino P. No it isn't because I didn't even know his hair was golden
OKC Twolves yeah, but most of us do. Youre not special
OKC Twolves, you're a loser
OKC Twolves that's tuff
OKC Twolves your a casual
Damn, quality looks great for 04
McChicken yea It looked liked 08
It's cause it's uploaded by NBA so they have HD footage
straight from the NBA Archive!!!
Joel Villarreal get nba league pass, you can watch every single game ever broadcasted
Well this wasn't 1904.
Man, Dirk was unstoppable back then,,,,I remember when coaches went crazy because they don't know which player to assign to guard Dirk , special when Dirk is on fiiiiyaaah!!!
Literally watched coaches in disgust on the side lines when he would catch fiiiyahh lol throwing hands up like wtf
He did not even score 30 per game 1 season.
Karl Malone is better.
@@Johnkoth malone sucks no rings no finals mvp get over it lol mailman threw dirty elbows and dirk eliminated him in the playoffs and outscored em lol meh ...who cares if dirk never avg 30 lol ill take his 28ppg per year in his prime the finals mvp the mvp the chip and all that and be remembered as a champ rather then a JK malone
KD is the modern day Dirk with better handles
Jamal Burch Kd is a slimmer version of dirk
Dirk 53 points 16 rebounds 3 steals 4 blocks.
Who says Dirk didn't play defense?
smithfan22 The Bandwagons said it all
Dirt bags.
I do he still is really bad at defense
akeem Brown he was a good defender in his prime now he just old and slow
@@mattwuhu203 I love Dirk he was one of my favorite superstars unlike the LeBrons or kobe I actaully rooted for Dirk so im definitely a fan, with that said I'll still admit he was really bad on defense, the only superstar level player I could think of that was worse on defense was Steve Nash or James harden other than that idk.
Dirk had one of the most beautiful and clean jump shots ever...
The 00s were great in the NBA every team had a super star/all star.
Samuel Gonzalez Yeah it was nice, One team didn't have 4 *cough GS cough*
Yes superteams existed back then but they didn't do it like lebron and durant
Samuel Gonzalez My favorite season was 2008-2009. Every team had 1star player. Emphasis on ONE.
Hooks Fohdayz The Lakers were organic, Kobe was a draft pick, he evolved to what he was. The team was built around Shaq. They had solid roll players like D-Fish, Rick Fox, Big Shot Horry etc, It wasn't always clear if they were top dog. The 08 C's only went to the finals once in that 2 year span. And people were upset about that one too. The things about the 80s were that stars did not jump ships. I don't want to talk about the 60s since I don't really know that much about that era, I don't want to look dumb lol
Hooks Fohdayz 4 All star worthy yes, But we have a past MVP of
Dirk’s shot is so beautiful 😍
Back when the NBA was competitive and every star had their own team
Now stars team up to make a team
afrikan08 as in back then a good amount of teams had their all stars. Now they all cluster into certain teams.
You can thank Boston and Miami for that one.
Yeah it's Rodman never joined the Bulls and Wilt never joined the Lakers, Shaq spent his whole career in Orlando. T-Mac didn't join Yao in Houston, Barkley didn't go to the Rockets. Stuff like that never happened until now!!!!!
Jrock, it was totally different, you really can't see it? Sure some great players moved around, but they weren't all recruiting each other and taking pay cuts to join the same team. And most of those situations were with players out of their prime, or at least aging. These days it's players in their Peak Prime joining up.
The lost art of the mid range jump shot on display
Nerd Stat-heads convinced the NBA that midrange is inefficient 😂😂😂😂
I was at this game with my dad. The only NBA game I've ever been to. It was crazy. Dirk just found another gear once OT started and put it away. Long stretches where it was just Dirk and Tracy hitting shot after shot. Great game.
Everytime TMac saw Jason Terry in front of him, he's letting that ball fly like nobody was guarding him. And Dirk of course, didn't matter who was picking him up. Lights out.
in 2004 the commentator already saying Dirk is the all-time best shooting PF, lol
Lam ShekWai commentator is Steve Kerr lol
still true
Cause there wasn’t any competition for that title. Only Bob Mcadoo
@@gravitykat714 There isn't competition for that title now either.
@@s.s7337 and likely never will be. Only comp would've been if KD was an official PF his entire career. Dirk fadeaway top 5 unstoppable moves.
Dirk is the best stretch 4 of all time
Deem Heard
Anthony David's better than him
Can't Get Right Maybe he will be, but at this early point of AD's career it is impossible to say
Can't Get Right nah
MrBrenman21 AD aint at Dirk's level
MrBrenman21 My bad
Currently 2019, Dirk Nowitzki has in his career at NBA 6th place with 31,560 points. Congratulation Dirk!
Dirk's jump shot is really a bug, totally unstoppable.
Dirk was so versatile, fast and dynamic back then. People will remember him for this signature shot but he could do many more things on the court.
Tmac and dirk were bad boys
Dirk's my all-time favorite NBA player, especially when him and Nash were in the same team.
Good times back then
Nice to see the channel uploads some old school basketball highlights
I don't even look at this as old school
credit to ximo. nba chasing him over his number of views
T-Mac deserves to be in Hall of Fame
Nelipod97 he is gonna be inducted a year later or so
hello am fred now we need Ben Wallace to make it!!!
Well I'm from the future. Tmac made it don't worry! 😆
just need Big Ben to be in HOF now
@@winstonmosquechill He’s getting inducted too
2004 man, not a single phone out. The Game has the full attention from the crowd. Gotta love it
Good old Texas shootout.
Josiah Thibodeaux yeah
Josiah Thibodeaux ahhh, I see what you did there lol
Lmaoo talking about Texas shootouts RIP Santa Fe Highschool Students
El paso just happened, pretty ironic timing if you ask me
I was at this game. I'm a big time Mavs fan and Mcgrady was my favorite player. game I'll never forget
One of my favorite games ever. Watched this game like 1000 times during my lifetime.
JREEL hows the afterlife?
Nba trying to be Ximo Pierto so badly
W
Burberry Perry best comment ever
Burberry Perry wana be like freedawkins ximo is another style
vintage dawkins *
No way. Ximo has notthing on FreeDawkins
dirk's jumper is silky smooth
Thank you NBA for uploading old highlights! We can finally see players like T-Mac and Iverson in good quality.
young dirk is so fun to watch
m9ch15l just seeing how fast he was is amazing
Nihil Verum Omnia Licita , people forget how fast he was. He use to push the rock.
Fast for a PF.
But not as fast as Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlin.
lol
j k mate you are literally a dirk hater
Damn, look at Mac's shots. Almost every single one was FLAWLESS. One tip at the back of the rim and in almost without touching the net!
And imagine scoring 48 and 9 assists, but still losing...
Hits the back rim and go straight down it’s harder than swish. Literally need to elevate so much
one of my favourite duels. one side Dirk teaching some lessons and the other side Tracy hitting some incredible shots.
Dirk was a monster in his prime
Both are LEGENDS.
T-Mac vs Nowitzki would love to see it again .... Good old times 😞
Dirk was a beast. Everyone forgets so fast
McGrady was fire! Holy shit! And Dirk is just a legend
Warriors fans watching this like "that sounds like Steve Kerr"
Elvin P Bandwagons only watches Curry, KD, and Klay highlights
wasn't the commentator steve kerr? because he was part of the TNT after he retired in the NBA as a player.
It is Kerr, you stupid idiot.
vitkoms the joke went over your head
And my over yours)
This is almost 20 years ago 😱
This is real basketball the way it was meant to be played. Physical, intense, and exciting.
Both 9th overall picks on consecutive years (1997 and 1998)
thank you NBA for uploading T-mac videos. Absolutely love it!
Dirk's jumpshot is so beautiful to watch.
Dirk has the smoothest and nicest shooting form ever. :) (",)
Remember exactly how agile, quick, and sharp dirk on his prime. And watching him now playing the game with his current condition, makes me worry a lot about his knees... But, I enjoyed a lot and feel blessed watched those beast back in 2004..
Dirk probably have the nicest shot of all time
T-Mac's jumpshot is so smooth that the smoothness is transferred to the flight of the ball. At 2:40, the ball did not even wiggle the net.
nbobralla16 True 😂
DIrk's fadeaway, though.
blazon1982 just stop man, this comment is about Tmac not Dirk.
its called getting back rim
blazon1982 that last 3 dirk hit is one of the prettiest shots I’ve ever seen.
I'm just here after the ceremony..... Dirk the legend
Man i loved those Mavs unis. Wish they kept them longer.
two legendary HOF playing like gods
That should be 2005 .... prime Dirk was so amazing , pushing ability , jump shoot and lay up , no one could guard him at that time , MVP season .
I was there. Dirk is on fire 🔥
Dirk, Pierce, and Carter are the only ones left from this era.
Matin Mc Ginobli?
Rated Zigs True and I'm a Spurs fan lol.
Matin Mc And I'm a Mavs fan and still sad that Tim and Dirk can't go head to head anymore :'(
Lebron?Melo?CP3?
KevinDurant I was referring to late 90s early 2000 era I guess I should've made it clear since this was in 04.
T-Mac was some talent, potential goat.
So true
Kids in these days, "do they sell T-Mac in McDonalds?
***** Yeah I deserved it.
But I love 2000's era. They made me love this game.
Dirk was such a beast. His fade away was his defender's worst nightmare
Damn 2011 feels like not that long ago, Dirk finally got his damn ring that year and revenge on the Heat and Dwyane Wade.
Samuel Gonzalez eh he just got that ring cuz LeBron choked big time. wade was the mvp of that series.
sxt35cc hurtf no Dirk got his ring bcuz they shut LeBron down. Nobody was better than Dirk that whole playoffs. Don't be a hater all your life.
sxt35cc hurtf so what lebron beat better teams than the mavs 2 years in the row in the finals after that
Who cares what Lebron did the year after that? The fact is, he got lit up by fuckin' JJ Barea and The Jet while Dirk was hitting basically every shot he attempted.
marskeins wade was better then Dirk Nigga shut up lol. I love Dirk but he ain't even close to dwades level. Wade was the MVP of the finals bitch. wade started to feed the ball to LeBron after wade put the heat up 2-1 on the mavs. wade wanted LeBron to get in on the fun and he started to feed him the ball and that's when LeBron had the biggest choke ever.. I remember that series like it was yesterday. the heat were the better team only cuz they had wade and LeBron but lebrons ego couldn't take wade getting finals mvp cuz that would've tainted lebrons legacy and would've made it seem like LeBron jumped ship to be robin. FACTS.
GOAT!!! I had the privilege to watch this beast his entire career I am lucky to have had this guy on our team!!! Cant wait for him to come back
He aint comin back
my all time favorite nba player, dirk nowitzki
I remember this game...it had me on the edge of my seat watching these 2 go at it
Any of the Texas teams playing each other was must-watch TV in the mid-2000’s.
we were spoiled a.f in the 2000s, not even realizing how much talent there was...best shooting guard and small forward era ever. almost every team had a player with crazy highlights and talent enough to win,,,back wen nba was like any given sunday.
two great great scorers. tmac is one of the best to ever do it. he makes it look so easy and is fun to watch.
Nostalgia foreal im 26 now, i remember watching this game live like it was last week. Time flys
That Mav's jersey is cool!
Last basketball game I was at with my father, #rip tmac went off
good old times..
Dirk was a special player in his prime. To bad hus knee inuries took a toll on his performance today. He will always be my favorite player.
Tracy McGrady is so underrated , especially as a shooter from long range , he could turn it up when he wanted to
Two of the best scorers of all time.
Best era of basketball! The 2000’s
What if Tracy Mcgrady never got hurt
What if Smush Parker never went to china?
imaad uddin what if trees never grew
StreiterAdanos smsh parker went to china?
Josh trtrtr we would all be dead...
what if Aladdin never had a magic carpet?
Dirk is a goat and doesn’t get the credit he deserves often enough
Imagine someone named Karl-Anthony Towns thinks he is the best big man shooter in the NBA history.
man he is and was overpowered he can just shoot over everybody lol
Wow!! Tracy, Yao, Dirk, Duncan....Texas had some straight legends playing in the 2000's.
we need more tmac videos he's very underrated
Laker fan since I was 6 in 98 and Kobe was my favorite player ever but Dirk was my second favorite player ever and I’d often root for him as a kid and I was so happy to see him win in 2011 after he eliminated us
wow this is from 2004 and it has such great quality. thanks nba for uploading these old school clips
That high arch jumpshot from dirk is unique!
Finally we'll see more of this two players greatness.
Huge t Mac fan! But do we realize that dirk scored 30,000 plus points on mostly jump shots. Insane
The Lakers and Spurs came out the West every year from 1999 to 2014 except 2006 and 2011.
Dirk was for real fellas
The mid 2000's. Those the unforgettable nba times for our generation..
My favourite players were T-Mac and Dirk..
I was there that night. Greatest sporting event of my life.
I miss this era so much. Each team had 1 superstar guy and you always looked forward to them battling it out on the court.
the NBA just keeps so much HD footage of the 2000s era, please release all these HD clips so the kids know what basketball was about back then
48 points against Josh Howard is more impressive considering J-Ho was arguably the best defender in the league at the time. I remember when he held Kobe to 6 points.
he smoked weed that night that's why t mac went off
Josh Potts lmao Josh Howard was never the best defender in the league and I’m a Mavericks fan
@@harjit7777 Josh smoked weed every night
these are the highest quality highlights from 04 ive ever seen
Dallas dude here Dirk is my dad but T-Mac lawd i had his shoes too. icons🔥
2 of my fav players of all time!
Dirk best shooting big off all time 🔫
both these guys form and follow thru are perfect on every shot beautiful to watch
If McGrady's legs didn't deceive him, he would have been one of the greatest evers.
Yes imagine 2000s magic Tmac with LeBron longevity. Scary!!!
Really it was his back. He never did get it figured out.
@@sportsjefe I think it has a lot to do with his shooting form. You can see mcgrady uses a lot of his back for his jumpers
Unappreciated legends!