How One Playoff Run Changed An Entire Legacy
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- Опубликовано: 13 окт 2024
- Dirk Nowitzki, now recognized as an all-time great, spent a large portion of his career as the one who couldn't finish the job-a soft, playoff choker turned playoff hero in the span of one season.
Dude has the most respected ring of all time in the NBA I don’t care what anyone says
Dirk Nowitzki well deserve title run in 2011
Facts. Goated title run along with the 2011 Giants
Definitely! 94 rockets didn't face the bulls. 95 rockets acquired another star in clyde Drexler. 04 Pistons acquired their best player in Rasheed Wallace. 11 mavs beat the best of the best in their prime.
Definitely, though maybe Giannis too. I love the fact that non-Americans stick with their team through thick and thin (typically). Good to see Jokic win with the team that drafted him too. Just need Luka to win one soon.
Nah, that would be the ‘04 Pistons. But the Mavs are up there. Don’t pretend that team didn’t have a bunch of great players though
his one ring means more than both of kd’s rings
Been saying that for years and I’m a spurs fan lmao
He brought the city of Dallas their first NBA title and it was with the team that drafted him and had been there for 13 years. He was truly loyal to the Mavericks and I don’t see any other Maverick player surpassing him not even Luka Doncic.💙🖤🤍
Fax no doubt I don't even see kd as a champ he still has that burden he can't win without the warriors, draymond said it best they don't need him they won before and after kd
KDs rings aren’t worth shit lol
@@jacksonconley5117 Mavs didnt draft Dirk
It’s sickening how dirk doesn’t get talked about when he literally went against all dem stacked ass teams
crazy underrated
It's hard for the NBA to admit they got ran through by some shaggy haired, lanky, German dude and his geriatric friends
He had Jason Kidd Jason Terry and the goat JJ Barrea on his team. Like he didn’t have a stacked mavs team
@@AlexStill-j8rjason kidd and jj berea weren’t as good as you are making them out to be. Jason terry was really good tho
@@AlexStill-j8r Would you take those guys over Bosh/Wade or Lebron?
Reason why people view dirk so highly is he went through the ups and downs with Dallas and never quit. Which is literally the opposite as to what Lebron, KD and all the modern stars do
This comment deserves to be pinned
The key word was WITH DALLAS, Cleveland was not to LeBron's interest. Dallas has an owner that cares about players not just profit.
@@rahmv4877 lol they traded and built teams around him. His second stint they had the largest cap in the league how they only care about profits?
Can’t really say that about Bron. He want back to Cleveland and win a chip. And don’t tell me Cleveland was good. They had the number 1 pick the year Bron came back. Cleveland is great with Bron last in the league without him. Also Bron won in LA pretty much by himself as well. Say what you want about Bron falling short against the Mavs but at the same time I think Bron needed to be Batman even then because Wade couldn’t be Batman even in 2011 anymore. Once Bron was Batman and Wade Robin they went back to back. Also the team Bron dragged to the finals at age 22 is the worst team to make the finals in NBA history. Well between the 07 Cavs and 01 Sixers.
@@rahmv4877And Cleveland doesn't?
The parts of Dirk's legacy you did not mention:
- 2002 World championship bronze medal
- 2005 Eurobasket silver medal
- inspiring multiple generations of germans to pick up the basketball, without that there would likely not be the Wagner brothers with the magic, no Dennis Schröder, among others.
- therefore no gold medal in the 2023 basketball world cup
- most likely no Nikola Jokic or Luka Doncic in the NBA (among others)
just think about that.
jokic and doncic not playing in the nba is hell of a stretch tbh
- Changing how the game is played forever (strech-4s, everyone can shoot, etc. etc.)
- Adding one more iconic move to the NBA, like Jordan's fadeaway, Kareem's Skyhook, or AI's crossover, that today's super stars all have in their repertoire (one-legged fadeaway)
arguably the most humble nba player ever honestly
Tim Duncan
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Dirk and Tim
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Russell too
There's a really good case for Gm7 in San Antonio being the 2nd most if not the most important game in Mavs history. Anyone who was around back then remembers just how much Timmy and the Spurs tormented the Mavs every year. And for Dirk to go in Tim's house, outplay him and take the win, it was a HUGE deal. Feels like it just gets overshadowed because of the finals collapse
Absolutely, Diop came up clutch on defense in that game 7. That was a huge hurdle the Mavs leaped. That series definitely got buried due to brutal 06 & 07 playoff series.
*Dirk completed the hardest championship run of ALL TIME!*
A young blazers full of talent
Alderidge B Roy Wes Matthews
Two time defending champions Lakers with Prime Kobe Prime Gasol Bynum Fisher and Odom
Stacked OKC with three future MVPs
Westbrook KD Harden
Then the Miami Heat tearing up the league
Prime Wade Bosh & LeBron
😱
I met dirk in Okinawa and me and my buddy were talking to him about this run and he seemed to light up when we brought it up. Super nice guy hope to talk to him again
easily one of the BEST well earned rings ever
'Nowitzki doesn't charge into battle - he fades away" is wonderful way to summarise hos playstyle around an incredibly aesthetic shot. It may even outline the stereotypical difference between how we look at American basketball and other regions
I really have to cut classes just to watch the 2011 finals. Dirk in that season was majestic.
Arguably the Toughest playoff run in NBA history all things considered. I remember watching this series starting from the last game of the trailblazer's series to the last game, I was 16 so in Dallas and wanted to go to the championship parade so bad but i had school the next day. Best believe Ima be there when Luka is there. Every one of Jason Terrys 3's were so electrifying that year.
Criticizing a person for not playing through an injury is INSANE! Like they're people too you know. What happens if the injury worsened because they played through injury?
The worst part is it might get so worse that it morfs into a career ending injury
Or life long pain.
Kudos to Dirk for prioritising his own health.
Actually Dirks body is still pretty damaged from playing 20 years. For example he told in an interview, that he can't play football with his kids due problems with his feet@@trustnugget280
As a lifelong Mavs fan, that run was everything to me growing up. Doubted in every round. He had to take on the pantheon, and he won. Around here we consider it the greatest playoff run of all time. 41-21-1, loyalty never fades.
Dirk is one of the most underrated players ever, imo. He's got a good case for Top 15 of all-time. A lot of his impact on the court is understated due to general poor understanding on how beneficial it is for a team to have a 7 footer than can dribble the ball, drive, score from any angle and shoot from deep... Especially 20 years ago this was even more instrumental because the lack of availability of these types of players in the NBA made his skillset even more valuable for the era he played in.
I genuinely believe Dirk is a lot closer to someone like Shaq as an offensive force than people want to admit. Shaq has the prettier numbers, sure, and in good matchups he would absolutely feast + he was a menace on the offensive glass. But Dirk caused so many defensive mismatches just by his presence and skillset and opened up the half court for his teammates in a way never before seen. It's not a coincidence that Dallas had #1 and the #2 offense in the league in 2006 and 2007 WHILE playing guys like Erick Dampier, DeSangana Diop at Center...
Im only ten minutes in, but as one of the biggest Dirk fans on the planet, this video doc is already better than 95% of Dirk content on RUclips. Everyone else does a great job of course, but it's too common to generalize Dirk's career by jumping from '98 to '06 then to '11 without. leaving room for what happened in between. I can bet that very few knew about how close Dallas was to winning in '03, and even fewer could tell you about the Mavs path in the playoffs in 05 and 06, so to get way more color into his career inside and out is really refreshing. Well done!
thank you!! had to look back over so many old articles to find all the overlooked details
6 count em 6 all stars total in 21 years played with him ... 1 being a replacement.
Only twice did he have an all NBA teammate in 21 years.
Yet still he won 50 games every year for 13 straight years.
He's undefeated against gasol, Kobe and Kg in the playoffs. Not one loss.
He beat the spurs and Duncan twice ... How many ppl and teams can say that during that time.
Dallas won more games than anyone not named the spurs.
He just so happened to play in the same era as Kobe/Shaq and Duncan
Coupled with LeBron/Wade coming in right behind him.
Yet still with such little all star or all NBA help he prevailed.
Despite the ,2006 rigging he was able to win a ring that holds so much weight none besides Hakeem 94 or pistons 04 can match it.
Dirk is a legend and an icon.
Career 25-10 playoff avgs better than Malone better than kg better than Duncan better than Webber...oh YOU didn't know ? Now you do !
As a person who’s a massive fan of Dirk and someone who remembers watching the second heat finals as a young six year old I really enjoyed this video great work
One of the best finals ever. A superhero against the juggernauts of the East. So much back and forth.
One of the best hard fought rings ever
Dirk is super slept on all tine for having the most incredible championship run and is also in the 30k club. Unreal
This is amazing. Sports are so powerful as a storytelling device.
powerful storytelling is always the goal!
As a Lakers fan we would dominate this man but what he did in 2011 was crazy gotta respect that hustle grind n not giving up or running away to join other star players. Salute to that man
I was so happy and still am today that i took days off work to watch the finals back then. I was shouting and celebrating hard into the night with open windows. Neighbors must have hated the guy screaming them out of sleep. But it was just pure joy to watch those finals.
Bro really fractured his finger and used that same hand to score a finger roll game-winning layup and also got the flu, but still won? Probably the most underrated top 10-20 player of all time.
Dirk probably the most underrated player ever imo
if dirk41 played with tyson chandler since day 1,he probably won 2 rings instead of 1 ..... go spurs !!!!!!!
dirk took it like a man...never made any excuses blamed anyone or jumpshipped to another team. He also improvef his game
Dirk and the 2011 Mavericks had the hardest and most respected playoff run EVER! This is why over 13 years later, non Maverick fans make videos about how we won. Dirk not only silenced his critics but kicked the door open for other Europeans to succeed like GIannis, Jokic and Luka. Dirk is my favorite NBA player of all time. Lets go Mavs #MFFL
Seeing his famous highlights over and over again, makes you somehow realize, how Dirk perfected the art of playstyle where he basically created a clear 1v1 situation, read the defender, chose one option out of his repertoire and sunk a beautiful little shot like it’s a game of pop a shot.
Dirk had to such a stacked west to got through year in and year out. Weber and the kings., kobe and Shaq, and the jailblazers early. Then the dynasty spurs and nash and the suns later on, All the while he was the sole superstar on the team. Heartbreaking loss in the finals to the heat with wade and shaq. Can't think of another more deserving ring in history than his win over the Heatles
Wow, I stumbled upon this video and didn’t plan to watch the whole thing but I watched it all the way through. Respect to Dirk
You love to see it. Dirk playing through that messed up finger and having his own flu game doesn’t get talked about enough. Hell of a run that year arguably the hardest earned championship in NBA history.
“If I was Serge ibaka I’d name my first son Dirk” 😂😂😂😂19:40
Ever since I seen Dirk pull up with a to-go plate he been a real one to me
19:20 "Nowitzki doesn't charge into battle, he fades away" this made me laugh so hard lmao
Playing with a fever is probably one of the most underrated things, that shit is tough. To even play on a normal level is extraordinary but this mf clapped a star team and won the greatest playoff run ever
LeBron was outplayed in the Finals by Jason Terry💀
i cried at the end, the storytelling was amazing. Dirk really accomplished what everyone thought was impossible at the time, cementing himself as one of the greatest to ever do it, to this day he's still one of mu favorite players ever. one of the all time GOATs
thank you, after going in depth on his story, I had some tears myself at the end ❤️
Most underrated Championship of all time. Basically worth 3 rings.
It's sad how this finals was overshadowed and talked more about LeBron choking than Dirk winning this ring and his performance.
I remembered rooting for Dirk that year because this was really his last chance at winning a ring, I don't think he was ever gonna get another chance after that.
That’s the Lebron effect.
When he wins, it’s ALL HIM
When they lose, his team let him down.
He ruins team’s future as well
@@rickDArulano one says this
@juanaxed4922 literally half the nba fan base says this. And it's quite evident the media is in his pocket. But sure believe what you want
@rickDArula what are you even talking about. The comment was about how the 2011 finals is talked about as LeBron choking instead of Dirk winning. And you're talking about how the LeBron effect is the losses being his teammates fault, when the majority of the time the 2011 finals discussion is about LeBron being the one who choked
@@rickDArula no one says he wins it all by himself everyone knows that without dwade Bosh and Allen he wouldn’t have won in Miami everyone knows that without Kyrie they wouldn’t have won game 5,6 and 7 everyone knows without Ad bron wasn’t winning the bubble ring idk what stupid narrative you think is being painted where Lebron just goes out there and beats everyone else by himself
Dirk nowitzki my number one idol!
This 2011 ring is the most meaningful ring for a single player of all time
I remember hating LeBron and Dirk at this time cause Kobe had just won it but everyone was talking about LeBron then Dirk comes out of no where and sweeps The Lakers like wtf who is this guy then proceeds to go on a legendary run but as young Laker fan at that time I was just fuck that guy Dirk but now looking back I'm glad Dirk Won he deserved and earned it and it was dope watching those games live I remember my cousin was a big LeBron fan so he was glazing him then was devastated when Dallas won🤣💀
Dirk came outta nowhere and u didnt know who he was?? Tf. MVPs don't come outta nowhere
@@bartholomew1608no one expected the mavs to win any series especially after the first round. He got lucky he didn't get the best version of playoff Kobe and Pau played like a buster he averaged like 12ppg. Then Kobe just came off 3 straight finals and was too old to carry the Lakers through the playoffs like he'd been doing. Thunder were still young and Tyson and Dampier werent letting LeBron and Wade run wild in the paint. Dirk snuck one in
@@gradyjackson8517bro as a Lakers fan I'm not using no injury excuses for Kobe (those who kno kno) but that Mavs really gave us issues and I respected em boys even more when they swept us n went on to win the title.
@@SilentMovements305 well you can refuse to make an "injury" excuse all you like it still doesn't negate the fact the supporting cast played like g league players he had absolutely no help that series. That's the thing about Kobe fans some of y'all are autistic and can't be objective. Kobes supposed to win with any bulbs while everyone else has top 75 players and hall of famers it's makes no sense. Thats why I respect Kobe he had to figure things out with the odds against him 🫡🐐🐍
that 2011 destruction is the reason I hate the Mavs almost as much as the Celtics and clippers. there's only a few teams I've ever hated as a Lakers fan, obviously Boston and the clippers are at the top but the Mavs and now nuggets are there too 😂
When I started training basketball I had the honor to watch the whole Mavs NBA 2010-2011 season, stayed up late at night with my dad because I was a PF myself he told me to watch Dirk... so glad I did.
Why is it so hard to say "German" instead of European. There is no "European" nationality, it is a continent. Imagine saying the "humble human" or the "humble earthling"
nothing personal, just probably used european once in the script and got used to writing it each time, my bad!
All of you are the same
It’s because to Americans a Californian to a Texan is as different as a German to a Serbian. A lot of Americans grew up with Germany divided, you grew up with a different Europe.
this playoff run changed how we view nba legacy. now joker is an all time great, because we don't judge him by how many rings he has, rather by how he led a losing franchise to a chip while changing the center position in basketball.
I thank the US to acknowledge Dirk's greatness! Our best player ever and a nice person as well.
That ending man, inspirational
had me almost tearing when putting it together
@@HAZZ44 keep up the good work earned sub
Iverson: “It’s impossible to win a ring with a sole superstar”
Dirk: “Hold my beer”
Arguably the best finals run🔥🔥
and put the biggest stain on LeBron's goat case
and on kobes as well! favoured to win after going back to back but got swept so badly. Game 4: Mavericks 122, Lakers 86
If we’re talking about the most impressive title runs Dirk is peak.
Dirk was the motivation of literally every german kid playing basketball
People forget how bad his teams were
This video is so well done man 🙌🏻
What a redemption story for Dirk. Great video 👍
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Dirk is my goat.
Loyalty never fades!
Imagine being the MVP-caliber superstar that singlehandedly carries your team to the finals with little to no help at all and everybody is like "yeah, they totally lost because of him." BECAUSE???
Whatsoever, being the humble guy he is, it's not surprising that he struggled '06 when everybody was expecting him to win and that he excelled '11 when he was the complete underdog
anyone who became a fan of the sport after 2011 only sees dirk as a winner it’s honestly wild just how stark the difference is
Skip looked like he was a young 74 skeletor
Kwame Brown calls him Dracula 😂
One really needs both the good and the bad to be one of the best: Dirk - 2007/2011; Kobe: 2008/2010; Bron - 2011/2016.
Top quality content Idol
Overcoming all the setbacks def adds to his legacy
The first part of his career reminds me of Embiid, dominant in the regular season, also winning an MVP, but no depth in the playoff, with bad games when it matters the most.
Tbf to Dirk in the 06 finals having 49 free throws against you in a single game is bare impossible, but he should have won the other games
Dirk is the man.
As a Warriors fan, the We Believe team was the greatest team run for us up to that point. It felt like a championship. ❤
Dirk's run was legendary.... Miami had no answer. Same with Giannis run.... He playing like man possessed.
That TEAM was one of the best TEAMS of all time. This wasn't a very top heavy squad, everybody had clearly defined complimentary roles that they played close to perfectly. The timing of all those guys to be together THAT PARTICULAR YEAR was amazing. Jet, J Kidd, Chandler, Marion, Peja, JJ Barea really wasn't playing games that year.
His one ring means more than any of Lebron's rings, except for the CLE w/Kyrie one.
Dirk was a bad mf so happy he took the heat down
Chandler was the key. Dont know why Dallas Didnt resign him. 😢
They blew up the team because Cuban wanted a chance at getting both Dwight Howard and Deron Williams.
Tyson didn't want to wait to see if dallas acquired Howard. Which was huge mistake on cubans part . He would win Defensive player of the year with knicks
Jj Barea was
@@gabrielfermaint7665 lmao definitely not jj. Tyson Chandler was
@@jjoworld he was the key to get to where Tyson Chandler was the key. He played like he had been 6th man of the year throughout his career. He decimated the lakers.
His 1 ring is more valuable than all of Steph’s
This is an awesome video about an underrated NBA story.
Good work man!
hard not to love dirk's story
one of the greatest playoff runs i ever witness took out some gods
Dirk beat a Super Team, And he beat the guy that fighting to be GOAT. That why his Chip means so much becuase it use ro hurt another player who people hate more then Dirk
As kid seeing this happen hurt alot but when you're young you forget and move on. Now as adult seeing luka go threw it i feel as it well be different this time around for Mavs.
This playoff run actually completely changed two legacies. Dirk's own and lebron's, who had he won, would have a 3peat under his belt, 5 rings overall and this very pathetic embarrassing performance that has forever marred his status today would never have existed.
love me some dirk 🤩
he is a true german... you stay with your team... till the end Dirk the best
wow i didn't even know uptil now that they've played the kd-russ-harden thunder in the 2011 playoffs. that makes the ring even more insane
You can say what you want but Dirk's Ring was probably the hardest out of any player.
Bro how you only got 2k subs you need more
thanks bro
I actually forgot about the playoffs he sat with an injury. 2011 literally changed his legacy. I remember that was always used against him and this is the first mention of it I’ve heard in years.
Great Vid thank you for letting me relive this story 👌
well said
My Lakers were gassed that year man, 3 straight finals in a tough western conference takes a toll on you..
Jason Kidd’s impact needs to be studied, what a goat! Dallas became a different team in 09 once he returned. His defense, timely playmaking, and improved spot up shooting at that age is crazy. This man was guarding Kobe, Lebron and WB and even Wade at times successfully at that age.. that team to me is like the 2013 Red Sox team, Dirk being comparable to Ortiz. Experiencing both years while it happened, just sticks with you forever as a sports fan. Dirk is a legend!
19:40 Jeff van gundy was my favorite commentator of all time 😂
You know what else changed Dirk's legacy? The 2006 finals being rigged.
"If I'm Serge Ibaka, I'm naming my first son Dirk." 🥶
Kobe was a Cake Walk. Truth
Nowitzki with the left hand
Count it!
Great storytelling!
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Learned a lot from this video, very well done!
I remember watching that game 6 against Miami. Dirk shot horrible in the first half, IIRC he was 3 of 12 at half time. Yet the score was 52-50 in favor of Miami. I remember thinking, "Dallas has this game won. Miami is barely winning, even with Dirk struggling. They can't stop him all game. It's over for Miami."
Heaviest Ring in NBA history. This is something KD could never do.
Very well done video man.
thanks ♥
This is a great video
Thanks bro