Official Dirk is Great Thread

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by dirt_dobber

Does anyone yet have the complete final career stats of Dirk.

I quoted a bit of this Twitter thread above, but here are some interesting Dirk stats/facts...

https://twitter.com/AndrewDBailey/st...77142277009415


@AndrewDBailey: Dirk Nowitzki finishes his career with 31,560 career points, sixth all time.


@AndrewDBailey: Dirk Nowitzki scored 3,663 career playoff points, 16th all time.


@AndrewDBailey: Dirk Nowitzki finished his career in 8th place in career Win Shares & 14th place in career playoff Win Shares.

Combine regular & postseason WS & Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wilt Chamberlain, LeBron James, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan & Tim Duncan are the only players ahead of Dirk.


@AndrewDBailey: Kareem Abdul-Jabber once called Dirk Nowitzki a “one-trick pony.” Here are Dirk’s playoff numbers compared to Kareem’s.




@AndrewDBailey: Players who won both NBA MVP and NBA Finals MVP:

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Michael Jordan
Wilt Chamberlain
LeBron James
Larry Bird
Magic Johnson
Moses Malone
Tim Duncan
Kobe Bryant
Kevin Durant
Shaquille O'Neal
Hakeem Olajuwon
Willis Reed
Wes Unseld
Bill Walton
DIRK NOWITZKI


@AndrewDBailey: Dirk Nowitzki avg'd 25.3 PTS & 10 REB in 145 playoff games.

The only players in NBA history with 500+ playoff minutes, 25+ PTS/gm & 10+ REB/gm: Dirk, Hakeem Olajuwon, Elgin Baylor, Bob Pettit & Anthony Davis.

Dirk leads that group in playoff Win Shares.


@AndrewDBailey: Top five seven-footers in career threes made:

5. Brook Lopez (436)
4. Kelly Olynyk (473)
3. Andrea Bargnani (627)
2. Channing Frye (1,049)
1. Dirk Nowitzki (1,980)

So, yeah. Combining 2nd and 3rd place is still 304 threes short of Dirk.


@AndrewDBailey: Dirk Nowitzki's career went from 1998-99 to 2018-19. Dallas Mavericks ranks over those 21 years...

Offensive Rating (PTS per 100 possessions): 1st
Defensive Rating (PTS allowed per 100 possessions): 12th
Net Rating (net PTS per 100 possessions): 2nd

SRS: 3rd
3P: 3rd
eFG%: 4th


@AndrewDBailey: The Spurs are the only team with a better record than the Mavericks over the course of Dirk Nowitzki's career.


@AndrewDBailey: Dirk Nowitzki made his NBA debut in 1998.

Before that, a total of 40 7-footers had hit a 3P. The combined total for 3P from those 40 players was 507.

Dirk Nowitzki made 1,982 3P in his career.

Since Dirk started, 81 other 7-footers have hit 7,253 3P.

Dirk changed the game.


@AndrewDBailey: Dirk Nowitzki

14x All-Star
12x All-NBA
2007 MVP
2011 NBA champion and Finals MVP

Career ranks

Wins Over Replacement Player: 19th
Win Shares: 8th
Points: 6th
Blocks: 52nd
Defensive Rebounds: 7th
Threes: 11th
Field goals: 9th
Free throws: 6th


@AndrewDBailey: Dirk Nowitzki in the 2011 playoffs: 27.7 PTS, 8.1 REB, 2.5 AST, 1.1 3P, 48.5 FG%, 46 3P%, 94.1 FT%, .609 TS%, 1 Finals MVP


@AndrewDBailey: It wasn't just 3P with Dirk Nowitzki. Here are his ranks in 2P from 10 feet and out over a 13-year stretch...

2004: 3rd
2005: 1st
2006: 2nd
2007: 1st
2008: 1st
2009: 1st
2010: 1st
2011: 1st
2012: 1st
2013: 9th
2014: 1st
2015: 2nd
2016: 1st


@AndrewDBailey: Sort every NBA player with 5K+ MIN since 1983-84 by the average of their ranks in available catch-all metrics and Dirk Nowitzki is No. 17.




@AndrewDBailey: Shout out to Holger Geschwindner too. His work with Dirk Nowitzki helped change basketball.

They showed the world that big guys can shoot. That opened the floodgates. Now, almost everyone is expected to have almost every skill.

The game's more fun than it was 21 years ago.


@AndrewDBailey: Dirk Nowitzki's...

10-yr peak: 25.9 PTS, 9.3 REB, 3 AST, 1 STL, 1.1 BLK & .186 Win Shares per 75 poss, +5.1 rTS%, +4.4 Box +/-, +11.2 NetRtg swing

5-yr peak: 25.8 PTS, 9.6 REB, 3.1 AST, 1.1 STL, 1.2 BLK & .204 Win Shares per 75 poss, +5.4 rTS%, +5.4 Box +/-, +12.5 NetRtg swing


@AndrewDBailey: Even if you go with a FIFTEEN-year peak for Dirk Nowitzki, it's not far off the 5- or 10-year peaks.

24.8 PTS, 8.9 REB, 2.9 AST, 0.9 STL, 1 BLK & .173 Win Shares per 75 poss, +5.2 rTS%, +4 Box +/-, +11.1 NetRtg swing

Incredible consistency and longevity.