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Originally Posted by dude1394
I am not sure they are top 10 defensively without dirk, I really do not. He contributes so much more team defensively than imo folks realize. He is 7 foot out there, he does grab 8 rpg and even currently he's to 20 in bpg. Not to mention that without dirk jet/jjb will have to play even more minutes I expect.
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Quite quite true.
Dirk is THIRD in the NBA in defensive win shares.
The Mavs give up 16 more points per 100 possessions with Dirk on the bench.
The defense in fact suffers heavily from a lack of Dirk.