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Originally Posted by Murphy3
AJ wanted Dirk to be like Duncan... AJ tried to change the best player's game to fit a system.. Perhaps Dirk should have easily been able to adjust, but why neuter one of the best players in the league? Didn't Don Nelson already neuter Dirk once when he made him take a back seat to Antoine Walker? Isn't it time the Mavs had a head coach that stopped tinkering with something that doesn't need to be tinkered with?
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You guys act like using Dirk to his optimum is easy. He is a unique player with unique skills.
Dirk NEEDS to be playing next to a dominant low post player so he doesn't have to set up his offense in a area of the court where he isn't as effective. That guy also needs to be a good post defender so Dirk can defend the weaker front court player. But those guys are impossible to acquire.
Dirk is the best player on the team but due to cultural barriers is not the leader of the team. It is RARE to find a team where the best player is not one of the leaders of the team. Those players are also frequently called soft (a label that Dirk doesn't deserve but has been called that over and over). It is also hard to find a player who can be a second banana on a team yet still be an effective leader. You get weird situations where Stackhouse is the leader.
There isn't an effective way to build around Dirk - he's just too unusual.