Official Dirk is Great Thread - Page 106 - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

sammy · 04-23-2015, 03:03 PM

Dirk has killed the Rockets over the year, but I have to say that I've always respected him. But Dirk isn't playing like Dirk anymore. He's so slow on defense that he's essentially worthless on that end, and his shot doesn't fall much anymore. I know he took a hometown discount, but he's no longer a starter quality player.

tcat075 · 05-13-2015, 05:22 PM

had to rescue this sucker from the second page

http://www.mavsmoneyball.com/2015/5/...a-playoff-game

Kante · 05-15-2015, 08:57 AM

30 minutes before a playoff game, just a great guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3IyfKCBD6o

Thespiralgoeson · 06-03-2015, 12:21 PM

Just gonna leave this here.

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http://www.mavs.com/dirk-nowitzkis-first-day-in-dallas/
October 30, 1998 posted by Danny Bollinger

The ‘German Wunderkind’ jetted to Dallas for a couple of days to play pickup ball with some fellow NBAers. In between games, he spoke to XXL as he tried to catch his breath …
dirk1

Credit: Scott Womack

A group of current, former and wannabe NBA players are sitting on the sideline of the basketball court at Baylor Health Center near downtown Dallas, Texas.

The health center is the practice facility for the Dallas Mavericks and other NBA types who played pickup ball for most of the summer and all of the fall, awaiting the outcome of lockout negotiations.

The group of men, sweaty and mad about losing a pickup game, fume as they watch another game now in progress. They watch as newcomer Dirk Nowitzki, seven feet tall and thin as a pipe cleaner, grabs a rebound on one end of the court, dribbles like a point guard to the other and pulls up for a 25-foot jumper that barely touches the net and gives his team another victory.

“How tall is he?” one guy asks.

“Seven-oh!” replies another.

“No way, he doesn’t look seven,” the first guy fires back.
“

I am going to play against players I’ve only seen on TV. You know my idol was Scottie Pippen for a long time. It will be great if I get to play against him

”

“He’s had bad posture and kinda slouches, that’s why he doesn’t look seven.”

“Seven feet or not, he is going to be a great player,” a third guy interjects.

The statement incites criticism from a fourth player. “You can’t say he’s going to be a great player by how he looks in a pickup game. It’s one thing to play in a pickup game and it’s another to bang in a real game. Let’s see what he can do with Scottie Pippen breathin’ down his back for 40 minutes. See what he can do with Charles Oakley bangin’ the s**t out of him.”

Oblivious to the debate going on nearby, Dirk Nowitzki, the Dallas Mavericks’ top pick in the 1998 NBA draft, sat down with XXL in between pickup games to answer a few questions about basketball and his future in the league …
dirk2

Credit: Scott Womack

Mavericks coach Don Nelson, his staff and the media made a big deal about how much convincing it took to get you to play basketball in the NBA. Did they really have to do much convincing?

I had many choices to make, but I decided to come to the NBA. It is the best league in the world. I think that it was a good decision, but we will have the see once the season starts.

Do you get excited about playing in pickup games with some NBA-style players?

Sure, it’s a big difference between playing in Germany and here. So you have to get used to it. It’s good to get used to the style of the play over here. That was one reason for coming over here for a couple of days.

Do you have a break in your league now?

No, we have no break, but it doesn’t matter. The half-season is over in Germany, so I missed a game last Sunday, but they won against the first-place team, Alba Berlin. They won without me, so that’s OK! Our next game is next Sunday and I fly out tomorrow morning, and I will be back on Friday morning so I can play on Sunday.

You say that there are differences between the game here and the game in Germany. What are some of the basic differences?

The most basic difference is that it’s much more athletic over here. Under the basket it’s much more physical and they are jumping much higher. Germany’s league is not bad, but it’s much more athletic over here.

Have you thought about the intensity and how it’s going to increase from this half-speed pickup game to when the NBA games start? Can you fathom how intense it is going to be?

No, no. I cannot fathom it, because I have never played in this league. I cannot imagine what’s going on. The first two years it’s just about learning everything and getting to know everything and hopefully it works out.
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The first two years it’s just about learning everything and getting to know everything and hopefully it works out

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Have you thought about the players you are going to play against once the league starts up?

Sure, I am going to play against players I’ve only seen on TV. It’s a big difference. You know my idol was Scottie Pippen for a long time. It will be great if I get to play against him.

What would you have done if the NBA had not started this season?

I would have stayed in Germany, or switched to Spain or Italy because those leagues are better. The competition is better in Greece, Spain or Italy.

FIBA just announced it is going to open up all the leagues in Europe. What do you think about this decision?

I think that it is good for basketball, but not for the kids in the country. Like me, I started playing when I was 16 in the second division. If it is open I would have no chance at that age to play for a pretty good team. So it is going to be bad for the kids in these countries.

Kante · 06-04-2015, 07:41 AM

Dirk will play for Germany this September at the European Championship, because a preliminary group is in Berlin and he wants to play at the Olympics once more, which can be done through this tournament.

BGMaverick9 · 06-04-2015, 12:13 PM

Dirk's documentary will be shown in select theaters in Dallas in July. It'll also be available on demand and on iTunes on July 10. It's well worth whatever it costs to see it. There's quite a bit of footage never seen before in it and there's great stories about Dirk and also about Holger.

markus1234 · 06-05-2015, 05:50 PM

Murphy3 · 06-08-2015, 01:25 PM

That's cool.. So basically Dirk was playing with one of the worst supporting casts when the Mavs won the title. Lebron was playing with one of the best supporting casts when they lost to the Mavs..

TNT · 06-09-2015, 07:59 AM

I have a question. Is there any english version of Nowitzki: Der perfekte Wurf?

Thukydides · 06-09-2015, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by TNT

I have a question. Is there any english version of Nowitzki: Der perfekte Wurf?

Í´ve seen the German version here in Germany. At least all parts, in which former teammates, journalists etc. talk about Dirk, are in English. (with German subtitle)

so I´d guess about 2/3 of the movie are English anyway

BGMaverick9 · 06-09-2015, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by TNT

I have a question. Is there any english version of Nowitzki: Der perfekte Wurf?

A majority of it is in English. And I'm sure they'll have the parts that are in German with subtitles when they are screened here in theaters or available for download.

Underdog · 07-01-2015, 11:32 PM

@swish41: Over/under of how many what the ... moments you had since free agency started! I say 10....

DevinHarriswillstart · 07-01-2015, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Underdog

@swish41: Over/under of how many what the ... moments you had since free agency started! I say 10....

Meanwhile, Dirk is looking at Cuban like...

DevinHarriswillstart · 07-09-2015, 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by DevinHarriswillstart

Meanwhile, Dirk is looking at Jordan like...

Fixed.

Melonhead · 07-03-2015, 04:01 PM

Brad Turner twitter:

Source: DJ impressed that Dirk come off family vacation for meeting in LA. None of the Clipper players were at meeting.

Dirk coming out of his comfort zone to help Parsons finish recruiting. Dirk is still the man

Melonhead · 07-03-2015, 04:01 PM

Brad Turner twitter:

Source: DJ impressed that Dirk come off family vacation for meeting in LA. None of the Clipper players were at meeting.

Dirk coming out of his comfort zone to help Parsons finish recruiting. Dirk is still the man

twelli · 07-09-2015, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Melonhead

Brad Turner twitter:

Source: DJ impressed that Dirk come off family vacation for meeting in LA. None of the Clipper players were at meeting.

He was thinking: "Why would anyone interrupt his vacation for a worthless piece of garbage like me?"

MFFL · 07-09-2015, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Melonhead

Brad Turner twitter:

Source: DJ impressed that Dirk come off family vacation for meeting in LA. None of the Clipper players were at meeting.

And Dirk showed the stupid Clippers what Jordan REALLY wants. To be shown that his teammates would interrupt their vacation to shower love upon him.

How sickening

bunkmoreland · 07-09-2015, 10:35 AM

I will be going to see "The Perfect Shot" in the theater tomorrow night.
The events of yesterday are going to make watching it a little bit of a different experience, I think, than it otherwise would have been.
But I am looking forward to it.

markus1234 · 07-10-2015, 10:50 AM

I hope Dirk won't play against LAC. They do not deserve to be in the same arena with Dirk.

Underdog · 07-10-2015, 03:09 PM

@dallasmavs: @swish41’s movie ‘The Perfect Shot’ has been released!

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/id1004168653
Theaters: http://www.magpictures.com/nowitzki/#theatres

MavzMan · 07-10-2015, 04:26 PM

Can someone tell me if this is in English or in German with subtitles?

Edit: IMDB shows "German | English" so it's still not really clear. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3626804/?ref_=nm_knf_t2

Underdog · 07-10-2015, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by MavzMan

Can someone tell me if this is in English or in German with subtitles?

iTunes says it's in English, but I'm sure it's a mix of mostly-English interviews and German interviews with subtitles.

bunkmoreland · 07-11-2015, 07:45 AM

Saw it last night at the Texas Theater. More than half in English. Subtitles when Dirk, Holger, and other Germans are speaking.
Good movie. Not the best made documentary, but great homage to Dirk and even the most avid fans can pick up something from it.
Their was a lot of cheering in the theater audience, and boos whenever the Miami Heat were mentioned and when David Stern came on the screen. Very entertaining.

changot08 · 07-14-2015, 05:14 AM

Can anyone tell me where can I watch dirk's perfect shot movie? I want to buy it in Itunes but Iam located in the Philippines.

I plan to buy the bluray once it comes out via amazon but a link to download or if someone who bought the movie from itunes and can rip it to .avi/.mp4 and share it would be nice.

I'm dying to watch the movie ever since last year.

Hope someone can help.

bobbyfg7 · 07-14-2015, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by changot08

Can anyone tell me where can I watch dirk's perfect shot movie? I want to buy it in Itunes but Iam located in the Philippines.

I plan to buy the bluray once it comes out via amazon but a link to download or if someone who bought the movie from itunes and can rip it to .avi/.mp4 and share it would be nice.

I'm dying to watch the movie ever since last year.

Hope someone can help.

You can go here to check out a list of viewing options:
http://www.magpictures.com/nowitzki/

Here it is on the Google Play store:
https://play.google.com/store/movies...aQVlLjW8&hl=en

Here it is on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huSaQVlLjW8

I hope one of those helps you out.

changot08 · 07-15-2015, 02:47 AM

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Originally Posted by bobbyfg7

You can go here to check out a list of viewing options:
http://www.magpictures.com/nowitzki/

Here it is on the Google Play store:
https://play.google.com/store/movies...aQVlLjW8&hl=en

Here it is on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huSaQVlLjW8

I hope one of those helps you out.

@bobbyfg7

Thanks for the links I'm willing to purchase but sad to say all of the links when directed states that "It is not available on your country."

so sad.

I hope someone can rip it and share it here.

Cerberus · 07-14-2015, 09:06 AM

Dirk Nowitzki All 106 Fadeaway Jumpers Full Highlights (2014-2015 )

dirt_dobber · 08-06-2015, 12:14 PM

Dirk is freakin' awesome - I've never seen such a self effacing athlete...

Dirk Nowitzki used to sing Counting Crows “Mr. Jones” at free throw line, sings few bars on podcast

http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...rs-on-podcast/

My first thought: Hey, DeAndre Jordan, do you know the lyrics to “Einstein on the Beach?”

Let’s go back to the beginning.

We know that Dirk Nowitzki has different musical tastes than the average NBA players. Most guys are listening to Drake or J. Cole, while thinking Jay-Z is a god, and Nowitzki is listening to David Hasselhoff. So why not some Counting Crows? Frontman Adam Duritz is an NBA fan (Warriors to be specific), and they are a little bit older now, just like Dirk.

When Nowitzki was a younger player who would get nervous when he had to sink pressure free throws, he used to sing a little Counting Crows Mr. Jones to relax, he told Adam McKay and Adam Davidson on the Awesome Boring podcast.

It works, Nowitzki shot 88.2 percent from the stripe last year, right at his career average.

Vinsanity · 08-14-2015, 02:05 PM

Dirk playing with the German national team here:
http://htv4.hrt.hr

j0Shi · 08-14-2015, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Vinsanity

Dirk playing with the German national team here:
http://htv4.hrt.hr

Thanks!

Underdog · 08-14-2015, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Vinsanity

Dirk playing with the German national team here:
http://htv4.hrt.hr

Still think we should've drafted Schroeder.

DevinHarriswillstart · 08-14-2015, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Underdog

Still think we should've drafted Schroeder.

Or Dieng, Gobert, Giannis, Plumlee, Olynyk...

Really sucks to have somehow bombed with Larkin right in between all of them.

GermanDunk · 08-19-2015, 07:27 PM

Dirk doing interviews in Hamburg, Germany

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Skywalker · 08-25-2015, 03:50 PM

http://www.mavs.com/dirk-nowitzki-fi...urobasket-2015

EricaLubarsky · 08-25-2015, 04:00 PM

NBA all-time scoring list

1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 38,387 (+10,268)
2 Karl Malone 36,928 (+8,809)
3 KOBE BRYANT 32,482 (+4,363)
4 Michael Jordan 32,292 (+4173)
5 Wilt Chamberlain 31,419 (+3,300)
6 Shaquille O'Neal 28,596 (+477)
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7 DIRK NOWITZKI 28,119

Dirk scored 1,333 points last season. It's highly likely that Dirk ends up surpassing Shaq to end his career in the top 6 scorers of all time. With 3,300 points to go until Wilt, I just don't see him cracking the top 5, but still-- one of the legends

Underdog · 08-25-2015, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by EricaLubarsky

NBA all-time scoring list

1 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 38,387 (+10,268)
2 Karl Malone 36,928 (+8,809)
3 KOBE BRYANT 32,482 (+4,363)
4 Michael Jordan 32,292 (+4173)
5 Wilt Chamberlain 31,419 (+3,300)
6 Shaquille O'Neal 28,596 (+477)
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7 DIRK NOWITZKI 28,119

Dirk scored 1,333 points last season. It's highly likely that Dirk ends up surpassing Shaq to end his career in the top 6 scorers of all time. With 3,300 points to go until Wilt, I just don't see him cracking the top 5, but still-- one of the legends

Catching Wilt isn't impossible, it's just a matter of how much longer he plays...

2 years: 20.1 PPG
3 years: 13.4 PPG
4 years: 10.1 PPG

MavzMan · 08-25-2015, 04:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Underdog

Catching Wilt isn't impossible, it's just a matter of how much longer he plays...

2 years: 20.1 PPG
3 years: 13.4 PPG
4 years: 10.1 PPG

Don't take this the wrong way, but as awesome as it would be for Dirk to pass Wilt, I really don't want him averaging 13.4 and specially 10.1 ppg. That means that he would be playing way past the time he should have retired.

Underdog · 08-25-2015, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by MavzMan

Don't take this the wrong way, but as awesome as it would be for Dirk to pass Wilt, I really don't want him averaging 13.4 and specially 10.1 ppg. That means that he would be playing way past the time he should have retired.

Those are just the minimum numbers he needs to average over that time period.

markus1234 · 09-01-2015, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by MavzMan

Don't take this the wrong way, but as awesome as it would be for Dirk to pass Wilt, I really don't want him averaging 13.4 and specially 10.1 ppg. That means that he would be playing way past the time he should have retired.

Passing 30.000 is more interesting than passing Wilt.

Soon guys like LBJ, Durant, Melo and co. will pass Dirk and move him out of the top.6. or top 10.

"30.000 club" will be forever.