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Originally Posted by chumdawg
My concerns with the Mavs have to do with Phoenix and to a greater extent Detroit. Frankly, I'm not sure that Johnson can hold his own against D'Antoni. Probably he can, but I have a nagging doubt. About the Pistons, I keep remembering those last five minutes when we played them a couple weeks back. What a game that was! Best of the season, I'm sure. But Detroit looked pretty methodical in pulling away down the stretch.
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You worry too much. I agree that San Antonio is fading, but no friggin way does AJ/D'Antoni concern me even in the slightest. Even IF D'antoni outcoaches Avery (which I seriously doubt will happen), do you think that will be enough to give the Suns any kind of a chance to beat the Mavs in a seven game series? It sure wasn't enough for Van Gundy and the Rockets last year. Of course, this is just me, but the current Suns team doesn't pose nearly as much a threat to the Mavs as the Rox did last year IMO.
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And what worries me even less than that is how many shots Dirk takes inside versus outside. To be blunt, every three-point shot Dirk ever takes is a good value. He's not passing up better value by taking that shot. He's not taking the easy way out. When Dirk shoots threes, it's a terrific team for the team.
And I also don't know that there is a such thing as a Dirk Nowitzki "fadeaway." As tall as he is, he doesn't need to fade away. What that is is a turnaround jumper. And it's deadly. It's deadlier than Rasheed's. It's certainly deadlier than Dirk's drive to the basket, if we want to be honest about it. You talk about the rare times that Dirk's shot is "off." Well, it's rarer still for him to find the kind of groove that has him scoring inside at will or getting calls if he doesn't.
Simply put, Dirk's highest percentage stuff is the turnaround jumper and the three. Why should anyone worry that he goes to much to his bread and butter? They can't defend those shots, but they can certainly defend him closer to the basket.
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Couldn't agree more. I don't know what the hell all this crap is about Dirk taking too many jump shots. I mean, have these people never seen him play???