Official Dirk is Great Thread

[FreshJive]

Originally Posted by fluid.forty.one

Oh, that's the one I thought you linked earlier haha. Didn't actually click on your link, just happened to have listened to it earlier in the day.

This is a really great podcast and it is a must listen for any Mavs fan.

A lot of the stats Bill listed off are things that I used to bring up all the time when I would defend Dirk to my friends in Portland before 2011. His resume was crazy, even then.

Also learned some new things, like how the hoop summit practices were in Dallas and Donnie didn't want him to play so he'd stay a secret. I also never thought about the Robert Traylor trade relying on picks 7 and 8 not taking Dirk.. what a crazy gamble. Imagine if he would have gone 8. The mavs would have been stuck with Traylor even though they had a chance to get Dirk at 6.

I didn’t listen to the podcast, but why would they be stuck with Traylor? They could have just traded for Pierce. I thought Nellie was high on him also. Did they say otherwise on the podcast?