Official Dirk is Great Thread

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by Scoobay

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb6crg2QBrU

Tony Parker's selections

1. Parker
2. Petrovic
3. Giannis
4. Dirk
5. Pau Gasol

Luka, Kukoc, Sabonis, Jokic, Stojakovic

Not a terrible list, but not a very good one either. Jokic >>>> Gasol. And Luka >>>>> Parker (although I guess I can't really blame the guy for being biased for himself.)

And that's only a fair judgment of Sabonis if we're going solely by his NBA career. There's a near universal consensus from everyone who ever saw him play that Sabonis in his prime was one of the greatest bigs of all-time and would have dominated the NBA if he had come over before his injuries piled up and he got old.

[Scoobay]

Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson

Not a terrible list, but not a very good one either. Jokic >>>> Gasol. And Luka >>>>> Parker (although I guess I can't really blame the guy for being biased for himself.)

And that's only a fair judgment of Sabonis if we're going solely by his NBA career. There's a near universal consensus from everyone who ever saw him play that Sabonis in his prime was one of the greatest bigs of all-time and would have dominated the NBA if he had come over before his injuries piled up and he got old.

Yeah crazy to think about prime Sabonis - maybe Jokic is the closest thing we've seen to how he may have been.

lots of bigs from Europe - didn't even list Marc Gasol, gobert, D Sabonis, vucevic, smits, and others

not so many wings of note

[Thespiralgoeson]

Originally Posted by Scoobay

Yeah crazy to think about prime Sabonis - maybe Jokic is the closest thing we've seen to how he may have been.

lots of bigs from Europe - didn't even list Marc Gasol, gobert, D Sabonis, vucevic, smits, and others

not so many wings of note

True. Kirilenko is the only one I can think of.

[saclare]

Originally Posted by Thespiralgoeson

True. Kirilenko is the only one I can think of.

Tough as hell to leave him off as he was a favorite of mine growing up. I also think it's tough to include Petrovic when Sabonis is relegated to the bench, seemingly due to not as many years in the NBA, but I guess Tony is going for positioning.

I'd have it as follows, don't care about how young some are:

Luka
Parker (as SG need, little stretch)
Giannis
Dirk
Jokic

Leaving Pau off is tough given the length of his career and accolades, though one could argue having Kobe help with championships can be moot here. Jokic is dominant for the position, not complimentary. No signs of slowing down and to me, a tougher era to win a championship.

[Scoobay]

Originally Posted by saclare

Tough as hell to leave him off as he was a favorite of mine growing up. I also think it's tough to include Petrovic when Sabonis is relegated to the bench, seemingly due to not as many years in the NBA, but I guess Tony is going for positioning.

I'd have it as follows, don't care about how young some are:

Luka
Parker (as SG need, little stretch)
Giannis
Dirk
Jokic

Leaving Pau off is tough given the length of his career and accolades, though one could argue having Kobe help with championships can be moot here. Jokic is dominant for the position, not complimentary. No signs of slowing down and to me, a tougher era to win a championship.

I like your starting lineup. that being said, i think petrovic was a great choice - not many wing players and he absolutely would help balance the lineup with his shooting.

Another guy i kinda forgot about is Turkoglu - although it got me thinking does Turkey count as Europe or Asia? had to look it up lol and i guess it's sort of in the middle so i'd count him.

AK47 would be nice to put on the bench too as a defensive specialist.

Very big team with lots of length, somewhat lacking in high end athleticism except maybe Giannis and young Dirk! But wow the shooting (Dirk, petrovic, peja) and waves of bigs, dominant rebounding.