Official Dirk is Great Thread - Page 35 - Dallas-Mavs.com Forums

GermanDunk · 02-25-2011, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Underdog

This video says everythink too!

I can´t understand what they say

btw. Sounds a little like Wolfsheim

GermanDunk · 02-25-2011, 03:32 PM

Bavaria Munich Basketball Team is interested in landing our beloved Dirk.

" I´d fly to Miami to pick him up ", Bayern-pres Uli Hoeneß said ( sportbild.de, 2/22/2011 )

dalger · 02-25-2011, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by GermanDunk

Bavaria Munich Basketball Team is interested in landing our beloved Dirk.

" I´d fly to Miami to pick him up ", Bayern-pres Uli Hoeneß said ( sportbild.de, 2/22/2011 )

Read that a couple of days ago and seriously wondered whether he thought that Dirk played for Miami. Hoeneß is obviously more connected with the club's soccer department.

Axilla · 02-25-2011, 12:43 PM

dirk is great

rabbitproof · 02-25-2011, 01:36 PM

lol @ Dirk talking street. He definitely has an interview voice and a locker room voice.

dalger · 02-25-2011, 01:59 PM

It's great to have such a likeable guy like Cardinal as your 12th man. If he doesn't help on the court, then he can at least contribute off the court and be a reason why our team chemistry seems to be so great.

JeffViggiano · 02-25-2011, 02:01 PM

we yet see that cardinal can't help us

jthig32 · 02-26-2011, 07:49 PM

I like this Dirk mix, mainly because it goes to 720p and looks good in full screen. That's pretty rare for an NBA mix on Youtube.

Bayliss · 02-26-2011, 08:12 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivDbnXGaLPw is still my alltime favorite. But I like how Jthih's has some new material.

twelli · 02-27-2011, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Bayliss

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivDbnXGaLPw is still my alltime favorite. But I like how Jthih's has some new material.

My number One play of this clips:
Dirk stealing the ball from Kobe, out-running him to the basket, dunking the ball with Kobe falling flat on his face.

Murphy3 · 02-28-2011, 10:16 AM

I had forgotten about the steal from Kobe...

Rick41 · 02-28-2011, 10:32 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzD-S2cWfgg

God.

41mvp · 02-28-2011, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Rick41

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzD-S2cWfgg

God.

Yeah Dirk hits three this is what I love!!!

Rick41 · 02-28-2011, 12:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 41mvp

Yeah Dirk hits three this is what I love!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN7y1...eature=related

There ya go.

41mvp · 02-28-2011, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick41

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN7y1...eature=related

There ya go.

He is amazing shooter

DirkFTW · 02-28-2011, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick41

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzD-S2cWfgg

God.

Those are some funky looking plays with Antoine the-point-center Walker.

GermanDunk · 03-02-2011, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Rick41

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzD-S2cWfgg

God.

Very nice. Vlad Rad sighting.

rabbitproof · 02-28-2011, 12:06 PM

When did Dirk stop sporting the goatee? I noticed it a while back but kept assuming he'd grow it back but it looks like he's going for the grown look.

dude1394 · 03-02-2011, 04:47 PM

From the Thaddeus Young postgame...a reporter asked...

"Talking about Dirk Nowitzki...not only does he hit tough shots but it looks like he just WEARS YOU OUT trying to guard him."
http://www.nba.com/sixers/video/2011...301mov-1576525
Heh...

dude1394 · 03-03-2011, 09:29 AM

I've also noticed that with a decent coach and a stellar point the Dirkster is taking up position in the post much more than before as well. Nice catch by mr. hoops addict...

http://www.opposingviews.com/i/nba-a...ues-to-improve

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NBA Analysis: Mavs Nowitzki Continues to Improve

Opinion by Hoops Addict
(21 Hours Ago) in Sports / Mavericks
Dirk Nowitzki has one of the best resumes in the entire NBA. He has led the Dallas Mavericks to ten consecutive NBA Playoffs, including a Conference Finals appearance in 2003 and an NBA Finals appearance in 2006. He is also a ten-time NBA All-Star and ten-time member of the All-NBA teams and is the first European-born player in NBA history to receive the NBA Most Valuable Player award.
While known as a perimeter scorer for most of his career, this season Nowitzki has started to expand his game and a large portion of his touches on offense (27%) came come out of the low post.

“I think that is part of what every player strives to do is get better at one of the things they haven’t done in the past,” Jay Triano told HOOPSADDICT.com. “He’s got a big body and he’s got a high release so if he can get the ball down close to the basket against smaller players it’s a great mismatch. I think that teams have tried to do is try to put smaller players on him when he’s on the perimeter and he’s found a way to exploit it when teams go smaller against him.”

Or, as his head coach Rich Carlisle pointed out, sometimes we just pigeonhole players and don’t realize the ways they have grown or evolved as players.
“Guys that are great shooters tend to get tagged as just shooters,” Carlistle explained to HOOPSADDICT.com. “Tim Duncan is a great post player but he’s also a terrific shooter but since he was such dominant post player for many years everybody refers to him as a post player but his outside shooting is one of the things that has really expanded his game.
“We look to get Dirk different places in the post, on the perimeter moving around doing some things or putting the ball on the floor and making some plays. Because of how defenses play him – they try to get physical, they try to get him out of rhythm – we’ve got to keep moving him around and keep changing the looks.”

When asked about getting more touches in the post Nowitzki told me it due to taking advantages of mismatches when smaller players are trying to guard him. In essence, he shrugged off my question and wouldn’t give me any insight.

Jason Kidd, however, couldn’t refrain from cracking a joke about the idea of a seven-footer finally working out of the post.
“I think we have to remind ourselves and him that he’s seven-feet,” Kidd told HOOPSADDICT.com while smirking. “Everybody talks about how well he shoots the ball but he’s seven-feet and the closer he is to the basket the easier it is for him.”
Nowitzki working out of the low post could be a combination of his growth as a player or maybe we’re just taking notice of an added dimension of his game.
Or, as Kidd simply put, maybe the big guy is finally starting to use mismatches against smaller players to his advantage.

Thank goodness for Carlisle here..

CadBane · 03-03-2011, 09:36 AM

RC is SPOT on. Dirk has been working in the low-post effectively for the past 4 years or so. Yet every year you'll see this same exact article.

dude1394 · 03-04-2011, 09:37 AM

Longshots to win the MVP..

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/6...nba-mvp#page/7

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Every year, there is a solid, defendable argument for a player like Dirk Nowitzki to win the MVP.
Dirk isn't having a spectacular statistical season. He's averaging 22.8 points per contest, his lowest scoring output since 2003-04. His rebounds—at 6.7—are the lowest they've been since his second season in the NBA in 1999-2000.
Dirk is on the court less than 35 minutes per game and he's only recorded 10 double-doubles on the year.
So how is Nowitzki a MVP candidate?
For one, he is shooting a career-high 52.5 percent from the field. More importantly, his Dallas Mavericks are 44-16 and riding a seven-game win streak.
Dirk missed nine games this season. That number is equivalent to the number of losses the Mavs have suffered with Dirk on the floor. In his absence, the Mavs are 2-7. With their star, they are 42-9.
If the MVP is given to the player who is most valuable to his team, Dirk Nowitzki will win.
He's well deserving of that distinction.

dude1394 · 03-04-2011, 11:30 AM

Oh no he didn't!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oc_bU52FQ0

dalger · 03-04-2011, 09:54 PM

Dirk's got Adonis DNA.

fluid.forty.one · 03-05-2011, 04:32 PM

ugh this "dirk's climb up the career point list" list is going to be a pain soon... Once Allen passes Drexler, there will be 3 active (which means always changing #s on my list).

tcat075 · 03-05-2011, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by fluid.forty.one

ugh this "dirk's climb up the career point list" list is going to be a pain soon... Once Allen passes Drexler, there will be 3 active (which means always changing #s on my list).

Just have Dirk go out and have a 739 point game and pass that bald mf'er above him, then it'd be back to two active.

Zaknaf3in · 03-05-2011, 10:39 PM

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Originally Posted by fluid.forty.one

ugh this "dirk's climb up the career point list" list is going to be a pain soon... Once Allen passes Drexler, there will be 3 active (which means always changing #s on my list).

I feel for you but still wouldn't accept any failure on your part.

MavsFTR · 03-05-2011, 08:33 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn8TD...eature=related

Doesn't exactly show his greatness, but why not?

Rick41 · 03-05-2011, 08:51 PM

Kobe: 27 points on 10/25 shooting.

Dirk: 29 points on 10/12 shooting.

Dirk defines efficiency, just saying.

tcat075 · 03-05-2011, 09:14 PM

Dirk is great, no doubt, but here's a quick Dirk question: Where has that spin move of a post up been? The very beginning of this video has it and reminded me, but its been bugging me for a while. I remember it being money last year, but I don't really remember seeing it at all this year. I haven't watched as many games because I've been busier this year, so maybe I've just missed it, but I don't think its just that.

41mvp · 03-09-2011, 02:59 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1C7b3...layer_embedded

Great hahaha!!!

mavs777 · 03-09-2011, 03:58 AM

I showed this list to a friend who is a rose honk and he basically shut his mouth

It is from a day or 2 ago
TS % from all players scoring 20 PPG+
1. Dirk 62.5 %

2. Dwight 61.8 %

3. Martin 60.8 %

4. Love 59.6 %

5. Durant 58.7 %

6. Gordon 58.4 %

7. Lebron 58.3 %

8. Deron 57.7 %

9. Dwayne Wade 57.4 %

10. Amare 57.4 %

11. Granger 55.8 %

12. Kobe 55.4 %

13. Griffen 55.2 %

14. Aldridge 54.9 %

15. Anthony 54.7 %

16. Westbrook 53.9 %

17. Randolph 53.9 %

18 Ellis 53.5 %

19 Rose 53.5 %

20. Bargani 53.4 %

Budapest Maverick · 03-09-2011, 08:30 AM

Don't want to defend Rose, and i think he became overrated, and at least one year away to join the true impact players in this league... But he had to carry a ridiculous scoring load for a long time, with Luol Deng as his best offensive weapon... He's not the most efficient scorer in the league, but he's improved a lot. I'm afraid he'll win the MVP, and it will be undeserving. I think Howard should win it, Dirk being close second, but "knowing" the american media, they won't be in the top 3.

sefant77 · 03-09-2011, 10:10 AM

Rose had bad shooting nights in like 7 of his last 9 games...

Dirk wont be MVP. Rose or Dwight are more sexy picks, way more marketable.

Underdog · 03-09-2011, 10:29 AM

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Originally Posted by sefant77

Dirk wont be MVP. Rose or Dwight are more sexy picks, way more marketable.

That makes sense, until you consider that Kobe was a MUCH sexier pick the year Dirk won MVP...

Sportstudi · 03-09-2011, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Underdog

That makes sense, until you consider that Kobe was a MUCH sexier pick the year Dirk won MVP...

True, but if you have a team with a superstar going 67-15 it is hard to neglect that.

Spurred1 · 03-10-2011, 05:14 AM

Does tp stand for toilet paper?

dude1394 · 03-12-2011, 12:25 AM

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=268&f=2144&t=7301561

ESPN's Weekend Dime displays clutch stats compiled by Elias Sports Bureau. These are whenever a player takes a shot in the last ten seconds of a game which is tied, or the shooting team is within three points.

In the past three seasons the top players in made shots respective to the above criteria are:

Most FGs Made In Clutch*, Past Three Seasons

Player FGs
Kobe Bryant 10-21
Dirk Nowitzk i8-13
Carmelo Anthony 8-16
Rudy Gay8-17

* Clutch defined as the last 10 seconds of a game tied or trailing by three or fewer
Obviously, Dirk has the best shooting percentage among the top producers with only Kobe making more of these shots.

Underdog · 03-12-2011, 12:28 AM

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Originally Posted by dude1394

http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=268&f=2144&t=7301561

ESPN's Weekend Dime displays clutch stats compiled by Elias Sports Bureau. These are whenever a player takes a shot in the last ten seconds of a game which is tied, or the shooting team is within three points.

In the past three seasons the top players in made shots respective to the above criteria are:

Most FGs Made In Clutch*, Past Three Seasons

Player FGs
Kobe Bryant 10-21
Dirk Nowitzk i8-13
Carmelo Anthony 8-16
Rudy Gay8-17

* Clutch defined as the last 10 seconds of a game tied or trailing by three or fewer
Obviously, Dirk has the best shooting percentage among the top producers with only Kobe making more of these shots.

Making AND taking...

chumdawg · 03-12-2011, 12:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Underdog

Making AND taking...

Isn't he supposed to take them?

I don't understand this meme going around recently that Kobe is killing his team by taking clutch shot opportunities. Think about it. You want Dirk deferring to Stackhouse or JJB?