I think you're pretty much wrong. Dirk posted repeatedly throughout the series and was doubled much of the time without the ball. When Dirk moved to the perimeter, don't you think that was probably an AJ decision? And as for going to the offensive boards, Dirk did that repeatedly throughout the series. He averaged over 4 a game.
As for superstars being doubled.. Yeah, some go through that quite a bit. But, most aren't doubled without the ball. And if you want to talk about superstars, well, most of them have a superstar-like compadre with them if they are to win titles. The Mavs have no one close. There's usually a reason why there's not alot of teams that win titles with only 1 superstar. Detroit is an exception, but they were loaded with All-Stars.
And as for Superstars and what they do when they're doubled..well, it has an effect on all 'superstars'. Just look at how bad Kobe's numbers have been in elimination games throughout the past 6 seasons. Dirk is God-like in comparison to Kobe in close-out games even when you include his stinker last night.
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