Dirk could of easily had more than 4 rings if management would have made smarter decisions. They should have never let go of Nash. Nash and Dirk could have dominated from 2005-10
Marcus Jackson Yep, you mush be under the influence of a really magical stuff if you don't think Nowitzki is among the greatest PFs of all time. Or if you think that Jewish/Israeli people are a part of ISIS. News flash, ISIS is a muslim organization, not Jewish. Go get some basic education before you attack people for no apparent reason.
Back in the day were Dirk moves like a real shooting guard, today he might not move as active like before but his shooting is still very deadly...damn I miss those days where NBA is ruled by great giants, Dirk, TD, KG, Shaq, Yao, Webber.... man post up plays are the best! Today NBA is full of overrated Guards like Harden, Curry, Thompson, Irving, Wall and more highlights shits that can't even last in the 2nd round of the playoffs
***** I agree that the post game is a lost art but Harden Curry Thompson Irving and Wall are not overrated. ESPN just rather show flash over substance.
Young Wall is most definitely overrated. He uses pick and rolls a lot but his production is unimpressive. He isos a lot and he is inefficient at it. He turns the ball over a lot in transition. He shoots a lot of pull up jumpers yet he only hits 35% of them.
PunkSkaful you might be half right the NBA still has bigs tho KAT AD demarcus cousins Blake Griffin KP joel embed jahlil oakafor H. whiteside deandre Jordan andre drummond and the guards aren't overrated kyrie steph james harden jimmy Butler demar derozen zack lavine john wall Russell westbrook the league is in good hands it always change you either except it or you don't bro
Dirk is the greatest power forward of all time! I categorize Tim Duncan as a Center because more than half his minutes as a Center.If you look at him as a PF, then Duncan>Dirk.
“Duncan is a center”, yet Duncan started at Power forward throughout the majority of his career and is regarded the GOAT PF by several sports analysts. He could play center from time to time and often played it late in his career when Popovich played small lineups and the Spurs brought in Lamarcus Aldridge his last season.
I love how a guy who has averaged over a block and over 10 rebounds in the playoffs to be a liability, not to mention make that comment in a game where dirk has 18 rebounds against tim duncan and david robinson. And if i may could you ask the guy playing center for dallas at any points in dirks career to do that? Seriously the man has to literally do everything? Malone and barkely werent known for there defense so what are you talking about?
LOL at Tims team this year, good lord he could have used Parker and Ginobili out there along with Bruce. I still do not know how he went this far with that team then! He was that good I guess. Dirk though on the other side, I saw this series and said to myself this guy is a star, he is amazing! My Pops watched a few games with me too, he loved Dirks game and said this guy is good. Great players in this game from Dirk to Tim, good up on this video.
So with this logic dirk is what a sg,sf or center(guarded by daniels,elliot and robinson) Tim is a pf and dirk is a pf, how do you know? They both played with centers there entire career. Robinson,rasho,nazi,oberto,splitter-bradley,dampier,haywood,chandler,kanman. The fact there not guarding each other is one to avoid pf and the other duncan cant guard dirk at all so why put you best offensive player at the time and best help defender in no mans land?
This is kind of sad. Close out game and Nowitzki plays his heart out but nobody else in his team shows up. His whole prime was wasted pairing him with crappy centers when the league was dominated by that position.
This is a complete myth. He was top 6 in defensive win shares for two season and his career defensive win shares ranks him at 30th overall in NBA history. He was one of the best post defenders in the league in his prime when he had built up mass. He had an offensive rating of 100 or less for 3 seasons. "Look at the 2011 NBA Playoff results again. It shouldn't be surprising to see Dirk excel on D. Aldridge saw his scoring and rebounding averages drop from 22 & 9 to 21 & 8 despite the fact he played three more minutes per game (43.0). His true shooting percentage also dropped from .549 to .498, while his plus-minus in the Mavs-Blazers series was -51. Dirk was a +50 in the series. Same held true in the Mavs-Lakers Series. Gasol saw his numbers drop--from 19 & 10 in 37 minutes per game to 13 & 9 in 36 mpg against the Mavs. His true shooting percentage dropped from .589 to .476 and his plus-minus was a -22. Odom dropped from 14 & 9 in 32 mpg in the season to 12 & 7 in 32 mpg in the series. His true shooting percentage dropped from .589 to .498 and his plus-minus was -24. Meanwhile, Dirk was a +67 in the Lakers series. And through 10 games of the 2011 NBA Playoffs, the Mavs are holding opponents to a West-best 88.2 points per game."
@@sohaminyoh Defense win shares don’t mean shit when determine how great a player was on defense. According to your logic, Steph Curry is the greatest scorer of all time because his True shooting percentage is higher than MJ’s, Kobe’s Bird’s, Malone’s, Wilt’s, Kareem’s etc even tho his fg% is usually trash in the finals and his high 3pt percentage and FR percentage offset his poor overall fg%. GTFO with ur advance stats, you stats nerd.
Dirk could of easily had more than 4 rings if management would have made smarter decisions. They should have never let go of Nash. Nash and Dirk could have dominated from 2005-10
lol dirk should be happy he has one
Dominic Decoco honestly of dirk didn't run into a tired lakers team he wouldn't have the 1 he has now and i love dirk
Landon chong that's a bunch of bullshit. How'd they beat the heat then? Heat were a better team than the lakers RTard
Domonic Decoco no they wouldn’t have beat the Celtics or lakers
@@Engage8 thats why they should have had a better management.
Dirk used to move like a shooting guard, in his prime from around 04-10 he was as good as anyone else in the league
My two favourite players of the last generation, each of them is such a perfect player in his way. Both are easily among 3 greatest PFs of all time.
you must be hi
Marcus Jackson I don't know if you're a hater of Duncan, Nowitzki or both, but either way, you don't know a shit about basketball.
Says the guy that part of ISIS. news flash, basketball didn't orginiate from Middle East. Go figure out who the best cricket player is.
Duncan is the best PF of all time, but dirk is not top 3, you must be hi
Marcus Jackson Yep, you mush be under the influence of a really magical stuff if you don't think Nowitzki is among the greatest PFs of all time. Or if you think that Jewish/Israeli people are a part of ISIS. News flash, ISIS is a muslim organization, not Jewish. Go get some basic education before you attack people for no apparent reason.
WTF? This video should be renamed into Dirk Nowitzki Vs San Antonio Spurs.
Back in the day were Dirk moves like a real shooting guard, today he might not move as active like before but his shooting is still very deadly...damn I miss those days where NBA is ruled by great giants, Dirk, TD, KG, Shaq, Yao, Webber.... man post up plays are the best! Today NBA is full of overrated Guards like Harden, Curry, Thompson, Irving, Wall and more highlights shits that can't even last in the 2nd round of the playoffs
***** I agree that the post game is a lost art but Harden Curry Thompson Irving and Wall are not overrated. ESPN just rather show flash over substance.
Young Wall is most definitely overrated. He uses pick and rolls a lot but his production is unimpressive. He isos a lot and he is inefficient at it. He turns the ball over a lot in transition. He shoots a lot of pull up jumpers yet he only hits 35% of them.
PunkSkaful you might be half right the NBA still has bigs tho KAT AD demarcus cousins Blake Griffin KP joel embed jahlil oakafor H. whiteside deandre Jordan andre drummond and the guards aren't overrated kyrie steph james harden jimmy Butler demar derozen zack lavine john wall Russell westbrook the league is in good hands it always change you either except it or you don't bro
dirk's dribbling is really good and duncan's athleticism is underrated
Duncan actually used a crossover and a step back when he was young
MAN THAT FREETHROW DUNK BY DIRK ♥
Dirk is still in his prime. He's a rare breed man...
When you realize Dirk dropped 42 in the playoffs in 01 when KGs career high for a playoff game is 35
Dirk's stats are wrong. 42 pts ,18 reb, 6 stl, 2 ast , 1 blk
Micheal Finley went 1-17 FG in this game smh
Dirk is wayyy better now then he was then!
Dirk is the greatest power forward of all time! I categorize Tim Duncan as a Center because more than half his minutes as a Center.If you look at him as a PF, then Duncan>Dirk.
Malone was better than Dirk.
Switch Dirk and Malone team and generations..Malone does not lead that 2011 team past the Heat.
“Duncan is a center”, yet Duncan started at Power forward throughout the majority of his career and is regarded the GOAT PF by several sports analysts. He could play center from time to time and often played it late in his career when Popovich played small lineups and the Spurs brought in Lamarcus Aldridge his last season.
Duncan such a beast
I love how a guy who has averaged over a block and over 10 rebounds in the playoffs to be a liability, not to mention make that comment in a game where dirk has 18 rebounds against tim duncan and david robinson. And if i may could you ask the guy playing center for dallas at any points in dirks career to do that? Seriously the man has to literally do everything? Malone and barkely werent known for there defense so what are you talking about?
The beginning of a great rivalry.
8:23 just sick how Nowitzki goes coast to coast nearly and just dribbles past two defenders as a 7 footer.
I would like to see LeBron now guarding Tim Duncan in his prime.
LOL at Tims team this year, good lord he could have used Parker and Ginobili out there along with Bruce. I still do not know how he went this far with that team then! He was that good I guess. Dirk though on the other side, I saw this series and said to myself this guy is a star, he is amazing! My Pops watched a few games with me too, he loved Dirks game and said this guy is good. Great players in this game from Dirk to Tim, good up on this video.
Damn that take a look around
So with this logic dirk is what a sg,sf or center(guarded by daniels,elliot and robinson) Tim is a pf and dirk is a pf, how do you know? They both played with centers there entire career. Robinson,rasho,nazi,oberto,splitter-bradley,dampier,haywood,chandler,kanman. The fact there not guarding each other is one to avoid pf and the other duncan cant guard dirk at all so why put you best offensive player at the time and best help defender in no mans land?
This is kind of sad. Close out game and Nowitzki plays his heart out but nobody else in his team shows up. His whole prime was wasted pairing him with crappy centers when the league was dominated by that position.
Sweet dime by Shawn Bradley 6:57
Dirk>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Duncan
No way
+Warren Jacobs yes way
Nope Duncan is a great scorer, great rebounder, one of the greatest rebounders of all time, he has 2 league MVPs and 3 Finals MVPs. Nice try though.
Duncan is just lucky to be in a good team and organization. I agree Dirk>Tim
Kurt Cometa Spurs were trash the season prior to Duncan arriving.
wow dirk really had THAT kind of a game only to be blown out damn
Fair enough.
No way; Manute Bol was much less effective. At least Bradley averaged about ten points a game, with eight or so rebounds.
I was talking about Shawn Bradley being a bad player last time I checked.
Does not change the fact that he was a piss poor defender and more a liability than anything under the basket.
That wasn't the intent that I replied to at all. You just totally tried justifying a principle that wasn't even correlated.
why does german commentator like SAS more than Mavs?
Shawn Bradley is the biggest waste of space the NBA has ever seen PERIOD!
If dirk could play an ounce of defense. Fun to watch on offense tho
This is a complete myth. He was top 6 in defensive win shares for two season and his career defensive win shares ranks him at 30th overall in NBA history. He was one of the best post defenders in the league in his prime when he had built up mass. He had an offensive rating of 100 or less for 3 seasons.
"Look at the 2011 NBA Playoff results again. It shouldn't be surprising to see Dirk excel on D.
Aldridge saw his scoring and rebounding averages drop from 22 & 9 to 21 & 8 despite the fact he played three more minutes per game (43.0). His true shooting percentage also dropped from .549 to .498, while his plus-minus in the Mavs-Blazers series was -51.
Dirk was a +50 in the series.
Same held true in the Mavs-Lakers Series. Gasol saw his numbers drop--from 19 & 10 in 37 minutes per game to 13 & 9 in 36 mpg against the Mavs. His true shooting percentage dropped from .589 to .476 and his plus-minus was a -22. Odom dropped from 14 & 9 in 32 mpg in the season to 12 & 7 in 32 mpg in the series. His true shooting percentage dropped from .589 to .498 and his plus-minus was -24.
Meanwhile, Dirk was a +67 in the Lakers series.
And through 10 games of the 2011 NBA Playoffs, the Mavs are holding opponents to a West-best 88.2 points per game."
Ernesto Hendrix dude he never guarded his position often he usually guarded the other teams worst player (center) just stop
@@sohaminyoh Defense win shares don’t mean shit when determine how great a player was on defense. According to your logic, Steph Curry is the greatest scorer of all time because his True shooting percentage is higher than MJ’s, Kobe’s Bird’s, Malone’s, Wilt’s, Kareem’s etc even tho his fg% is usually trash in the finals and his high 3pt percentage and FR percentage offset his poor overall fg%. GTFO with ur advance stats, you stats nerd.
God, Shawn Bradley was the worst.
Shawn Bradley was freakin worthless