Wonderful homage by Mark Stein... Dirkster you are the best...
http://espn.go.com/blog/marc-stein/p...road-to-top-10
Nice turn of phrase by Avery as well.
"There's a reason why
Tim Duncan and Dirk have become pretty decent pals after all these years and all those battles. Rest assured that all of the longtime Spurs have the ultimate respect for the only dude who's ever gone into San Antonio's building and bossed a Game 7 on their floor.
Most of all Timmy.
"He's the German Tim Duncan," my ESPN colleague Avery Johnson likes to say, after playing with Duncan and coaching Nowitzki.
Which probably sums it up -- in terms of what Nowitzki means to the Mavs' franchise and the city of Dallas in general -- better than I ever have."