Official Dirk is Great Thread

[Dirkgreatness]

Does anyone know many game winning shots Dirk has?

[Rick41]

You know what keeps Dirk Nowitzki as good as he is at 32? Precision.

Money.

[HiddenX]

I think Dirk doesn't have to worry about money anymore ... his incentive is to win it all.

[Rick41]

No No... you misread my post. I was pointing out that the quote was "money".

[Skywalker]

lorf

[HiddenX]

ok -> I'm not a native English-speaker.

[41N]

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/feature...s=iref:nbahpt1

finally...

[41mvp]

I agree with NBA experts.Now Dirk is the best player in the NBA!!!
I hope Dirk win his second MVP

[iella]

Originally Posted by 41mvp

I agree with NBA experts.Now Dirk is the best player in the NBA!!!
I hope Dirk win his first finals MVP

I fix the post for you!!! As other board member say, screw RS, only PO matter!

[41mvp]

Originally Posted by iella

I fix the post for you!!! As other board member say, screw RS, only PO matter!

yeah you have right FINALS MVP looking much better

[fluid.forty.one]

Originally Posted by 41N

http://www.nba.com/2010/news/feature...s=iref:nbahpt1

finally...

MVP! MVP!

[GermanDunk]

Originally Posted by 41mvp

yeah you have right FINALS MVP looking much better

or die

[DMOC]

Don't care about the reg season MVP. He's already got one, he needs the better mvp award.

[xrobx]

Originally Posted by DMOC

Don't care about the reg season MVP. He's already got one, he needs the better mvp award.

i'd be okay with both...

[dude1394]

Posted: Today 12:00 AM
Dime Magazine: Top 5 go to guys... Dirk is #4

1. Kobe
2. Paul Peirce
3, Lebron
4. His Dirkness
5. Carmelo

4. DIRK NOWITZKI, Mavericks
One of the biggest NBA misconceptions of the last decade is that Dirk isn’t clutch. In a League where coaches come and go, rosters turn over every summer, and the power balance shifts constantly, you can’t have a franchise win 50-plus games every single year for 10 straight years — and going on an 11th — unless its superstar is clutch.
Ask anybody who’s had to guard Dirk, and a few words become thematic: “Unblockable” and “tough shots.” It’s not just that Dirk can shoot, it’s that his size as a 7-footer and ability to keep his same form at different angles allows him to drill those jumpers over anybody. His pull-up jumper from the foul line area is as unstoppable as any go-to move by any player in the League, and he hits it regularly in clutch moments.
Last season, Dirk was third in the NBA in clutch time scoring, where he shot 98 percent from the line and 66 percent beyond the arc. His 5.3 assists per 48 minutes of clutch time also placed him higher than noted scorers like Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony, Joe Johnson, Monta Ellis and Kevin Durant.
This season, Dirk has already beaten the Celtics with a fallaway game-winner on Nov. 8, scored eight in the fourth quarter to lead Dallas to a win over the Hornets on Nov. 15, and his free throws down the stretched helped seal a win over the Hawks on Nov. 20. At 32 years old he’s putting together another MVP-caliber campaign, and maybe he’ll even dead the notion once and for all that he’s not clutch.

[41mvp]

Originally Posted by GermanDunk

or die

hahaha

[Budapest Maverick]

What a game again. .643 Season TS%. Never seen anything like that. His missed shots are thinking about going in for seconds, and his makes are rarely touching any metal. I really think he's the best all-around jumpshooter in NBA history. Just an absolute pleasure to watch him play.

[Underdog]

Fish and Dugat:

Nowitzki has shot above 80 percent from the floor (minimum 10 field-goal attempts) 10 times in his career.

Four of those games have come this season.

M.V.P.

[badfish22]

He is 18-22 for 52 points in the last two games.

[fluid.forty.one]

Originally Posted by badfish22

He is 18-22 for 52 points in the last two games.

lol that's just sick

[dalger]

I'm pretty sure we can congratulate the Dirkster tomorrow on his player of the week honors.

[Kante]

Originally Posted by dalger

I'm pretty sure we can congratulate the Dirkster tomorrow on his player of the week honors.

Him or D. Williams...

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by Kante

Him or D. Williams...

Deron Williams only scored 3 points in the 4th quarter and his team lost.

[Funkman]

A comment from a eastern conference scout from Marc Stein's weekend dime.

"As for Dirk, when I watched him, his shots hit nothing. He doesn't even hit the rim now. He's always been able to shoot, but he must get better with age. I don't think he's going to lose it any time soon. He's not like one of those athletes who has to kind of learn how to make shots as he gets older. I don't see why he'd have much of a dropoff over the next few years."

[Rick41]

Originally Posted by Underdog

Deron Williams only scored 3 points in the 4th quarter and his team lost.

Not clutch at all. Especially when Matt Harpring was saying Deron was "itching" to get back into the game while resting on the bench.

[BGMaverick9]

Originally Posted by Funkman

A comment from a eastern conference scout from Marc Stein's weekend dime.

"As for Dirk, when I watched him, his shots hit nothing. He doesn't even hit the rim now. He's always been able to shoot, but he must get better with age. I don't think he's going to lose it any time soon. He's not like one of those athletes who has to kind of learn how to make shots as he gets older. I don't see why he'd have much of a dropoff over the next few years."

If you give father time the benefit of the doubt, but still have Dirk putting up respectable numbers over the next 4 years: it's not unrealistic for him to be in the top ten all-time.

[xrobx]

Originally Posted by BGMaverick9

If you give father time the benefit of the doubt, but still have Dirk putting up respectable numbers over the next 4 years: it's not unrealistic for him to be in the top ten all-time.

i'm thinking he might have a legit chance at top 5 before it's all said and done

[BGMaverick9]

Originally Posted by xrobx

i'm thinking he might have a legit chance at top 5 before it's all said and done

that's the high end of the spectrum, but top 10 is definitely within reach...health permitting.

[Five-ofan]

Originally Posted by xrobx

i'm thinking he might have a legit chance at top 5 before it's all said and done

Ive been looking at this for a while. I think he ends up 6th behind kaj, malone, wilt, mj and kobe

[DMOC]

6th is probably the highest realistically possible position for him, unless we keep feeding to him at 42.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by DMOC

6th is probably the highest realistically possible position for him, unless we keep feeding to him at 42.

I could easily see Dirk being effective in this league until he's 40, a la Reggie Miller.

[sefant77]

i think catching Moses Malone is probably the optimum, this would be alltime #7 since Kobe will pass him Malone and Shaq.

[sike]

Originally Posted by Underdog

I could easily see Dirk being effective in this league until he's 40, a la Reggie Miller.

unless he is winning championships...Dirk is not playing that long.

Top 10 would be beautiful.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by sike

unless he is winning championships...Dirk is not playing that long.

So we agree - Dirk will play until he's 40.

[Five-ofan]

Originally Posted by Underdog

I could easily see Dirk being effective in this league until he's 40, a la Reggie Miller.

I actually think he could be matt bonner in his late 40s/early 50s. That wont happen obviously but he will always be tall and he will always be able to shoot.

The way i see his career going is him being a 2000 pts a year guy for this year and 3 more. then hopefully being a 1600 pts a year guy for 2 years after that and then likely retiring. That would put him around 32000 career pts and retiring at nearly 38.

[sefant77]

I would be also fine if he win the ring this year and then ask the Mavs to void his contract to make a lot of little swedish Dirks

[mavspwnage]

Dirk is awesome, but sorry...top 10 all-time is just not realistic. This debate can be analyzed to death, but I just don't believe Dirk will be on the same level as Larry Bird, despite the fact he will pass him on the scoring list in a couple weeks. I would take a prime Bird over prime Dirk eight days out of the week.

But anyway, enough of my jabbering. Dirk for MVP!

[sefant77]

Originally Posted by mavspwnage

Dirk is awesome, but sorry...top 10 all-time is just not realistic. This debate can be analyzed to death, but I just don't believe Dirk will be on the same level as Larry Bird, despite the fact he will pass him on the scoring list in a couple weeks. I would take a prime Bird over prime Dirk eight days out of the week.

If Dirk keep his 25PPG this season he has ~23160 after this season.

#10 will be Oscar Robertson with 26710, so 3550 points missing. That means he need an average of 14.4 PPG in his last three season of his actual contract

He is playing at MVP level this season, do you really think he will fall off a cliff within the next 3 years that he cant average 14.4PPG? Hell, he can average that with just standing at the threepoint line...

[Murphy3]

Originally Posted by mavspwnage

Dirk is awesome, but sorry...top 10 all-time is just not realistic. This debate can be analyzed to death, but I just don't believe Dirk will be on the same level as Larry Bird, despite the fact he will pass him on the scoring list in a couple weeks. I would take a prime Bird over prime Dirk eight days out of the week.

But anyway, enough of my jabbering. Dirk for MVP!

I would have loved to have seen Dirk playing in the 80's... His numbers would have been ridiculous.

[Murphy3]

I can remember saying something 5-10 years ago on this forum about thinking that Dirk would retire with closer to 35,000 points than 20,000 points. It's looking pretty good barring a major injury.