Dirk

[Ghazi]

best PF in the fucking league

[redzero]

I'll give you that today.

[benefactor]

29 pts in the 4th quarter. Beastly.

[ElNono]

He had a phenomenal 4th quarter. He gets props for lifting an anemic team that was headed for a double digit loss. That said, you have to wonder what Sloan was thinking by not doubling him earlier.

[carrao45]

I Concur

[Chieflion]

He had 5 blocks? Holy shit.

[Riverwalkman]

He's in his prime!

[iggypop123]

my god the jazz should just give up. pathetic. just tank cause your pick will be good and the knicks are trash thier pick too

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

:lol

[DPG21920]

Dirk was amazing. Have not seen a performance like that, probably ever. Simply stunning. With their new team, and a guy that is capable (although I know it does not happen all of the time) of doing that, they are going to be a tough team to beat.

Just have to see how Howard fits when he gets back.

[badfish22]

40 points 10 boards 5 assist 5 blocks (hes improved on D this year) 29 points in 4th.
If lebron did this ESPN would jizz its pants
Dirk is the best pf in the god damn league and no one can tell me other wise.

[duncan228]

Incredible performance.

[Blake]

even though Dirk went crazy on the Jazz tonite...

DeJuan>Dirk

[Sportstudi]

29 pts in the 4th quarter. Beastly.

In 9 minutes

[mavs>spurs2]

Beasttttttly

[dallaskd]

40 points 10 boards 5 assist 5 blocks (hes improved on D this year) 29 points in 4th.
If lebron did this ESPN would jizz its pants
Dirk is the best pf in the god damn league and no one can tell me other wise.

actually it was 11 boards. and he also got 2 steals.

[Blue Jew]

As a long time Dallas Maverick fan I can say all this is bullshit if you don't play that way in the finals.

[Finperro]

even though Dirk went crazy on the Jazz tonite...

DeJuan>Dirk
It's not true until someday Dejuan manages to curbstomp the shit out of Dirk like how Diop tamed Duncan in 07, thus Diop>Duncan already.

[Finperro]

As a long time Dallas Maverick fan I can say all this is bullshit if you don't play that way in the finals.
Dirk never chokes in finals though. For the failure in 06, I'd rather blame Dirk's surroundings like JET, Stack, Josh etc... Actually you shouldn't have expected Dirk to do better than he did there with a sore ankle.

[Texas Chili Dog]

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[Basketballgirl25]

Well Dirk is good right now, but if he has to carry the team like that all season he might not be when at the time comes that he needs to.

[Manu20]

With the stat line he put on tonight my fantasy team is riding high!:toast

[Allanon]

I'd love to have Diggler on the Lakers.

[Finperro]

Well Dirk is good right now, but if he has to carry the team like that all season he might not be when at the time comes that he needs to.
Go back to the radio listening to the New New Jersey governor's speech, son. This night of NBA belongs to Dirk.

[DPG21920]

I'd love to have Diggler on the Lakers.

Where are all the Pau > Dirk people now?

[dallaskd]

Where are all the Pau > Dirk people now?

lol, pau's little brother is better than he is.

[Allanon]

Where are all the Pau > Dirk people now?

There are much more loyal Laker fans than me.

[badfish22]

I'd love to have Diggler on the Lakers.

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:lmao where is that Shake balla (cant remember his exact name) douche bag now? He said he would rather have Pau than Dirk because Dirk "doesnt draw double teams." :lmao:lmao:lmao

[Basketballgirl25]

Go back to the radio listening to the New New Jersey governor's speech, son. This night of NBA belongs to Dirk.

actually this night belongs to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7QYfGQTdD8

NBA is crappy and players are crappy till baseball is over World Series owns Dirk everyday it is played:toast

[Blake]

This night of NBA belongs to Dirk.

http://www.theunticket.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mavs-charter.jpg

[Sportstudi]

40 points 11 boards 5 assist 5 blocks (hes improved on D this year) 29 points in 4th.
If lebron did this ESPN would jizz its pants
Dirk is the best pf in the god damn league and no one can tell me other wise.

And ZERO turnovers!

[Finperro]

lol, pau's little brother is better than he is.
Pau's absence/injury hasn't devalued himself a little bit, but oppositely accentuated his value. Everyone knows how much Pau weighs in LA considering how bad Lakers suck without him and it's now safe to say without Gasol, the Lakers are just a scrub team like they used to be during the blank era between Shaq and Pau.

[milkshakeballa]

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:lmao where is that Shake balla (cant remember his exact name) douche bag now? He said he would rather have Pau than Dirk because Dirk "doesnt draw double teams." :lmao:lmao:lmao


I'm here! Dirk was un fukin real 2nite. He saved me. Miami absolutely KILLED me 2nite @ home against Phoenix. I saw Dallas down by double digits at the start of the 4rth and was thinking SHIT! But Dirk motherfukin beasted 2nite and won that shit. Proud of my fellow German!

Dirk is 1a to Pau ;)

[Allanon]

Lakers 3-1 good for .75 win record.

That's even better than last year with Pau.

Lakers will be fine, just waiting until Pau feels good and comes back to strengthen the team.

[Finperro]

Thus Pau is equally great a player as Dirk, or Pau's a hair lower than Dirk if you guys insist Dirk's better than Pau.

[KSeal]

lol, pau's little brother is better than he is.

So much for collusion.

[Allanon]

Thus Pau is equally great a player as Dirk, or Pau's a hair lower than Dirk if you guys insist Dirk's better than Pau.

Dirk to me is better than Pau; but that's just one Lakerfan opinion.

Other Laker fans may disagree and they have the full right to.

[DPG21920]

That is not an opinion :lol. This is a fact.

[badfish22]

And ZERO turnovers!

Thats the part that is just great about dirk. For a guy who had the ball in his hands every play, to not have a single turnover!
That is just legendary. And he does it very often.

[Finperro]

I'm here! Dirk was un fukin real 2nite. He saved me. Miami absolutely KILLED me 2nite @ home against Phoenix. I saw Dallas down by double digits at the start of the 4rth and was thinking SHIT! But Dirk motherfukin beasted 2nite and won that shit. Proud of my fellow German!

Dirk is 1a to Pau ;)
¿Estás tu desde Allemande en realidad? Hablas Inglés muy bueno. :toast

no puenso lo que escribías "Dirk is 1a to Pau" aunque.

[Basketballgirl25]

http://www.theunticket.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/mavs-charter.jpg

sweet picture:toast

[Sportstudi]

Thats the part that is just great about dirk. For a guy who had the ball in his hands every play, to not have a single turnover!
That is just legendary. And he does it very often.

Nuff' said (http://www.basketball-reference.com/leaders/tov_pct_career.html)

[dallaskd]

Dirk to me is better than Pau; but that's just one Lakerfan opinion.

Other Laker fans may disagree and they have the full right to.

Pau really doesnt have much on Dirk except for the title and the euro championships. Back to his Memphis days when they played in the same division, Dirk has a long history of owning Pau. Gasol is just fortunate enough to play for a better national team and to have been shipped to L.A. for free.

[Allanon]

to have been shipped to L.A. for free.

I disagree with this. The Lakers paid heavily for Marc's brother. :lol

[Blue Jew]

Nice picture Blake who knew Atheist's had a sense of humor?


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[dirk4mvp]

who is this basketballgirl25 heifer? kill yourself.

[milkshakeballa]

Thus Pau is equally great a player as Dirk, or Pau's a hair lower than Dirk if you guys insist Dirk's better than Pau.


Could def. roll with this.

[milkshakeballa]

Pau really doesnt have much on Dirk except for the title and the euro championships. Back to his Memphis days when they played in the same division, Dirk has a long history of owning Pau. Gasol is just fortunate enough to play for a better national team and to have been shipped to L.A. for free.


Pau has plenty on dirk!:toast

Dirk as well!:toast

[badfish22]

Could def. roll with this.

Funny that you are agreeing with a troll

Dirk >>> Pau

You cant honestly tell me that Pau could even come close to doing what Dirk did.

[dallaskd]

basketballgirl25 is a solid poster. as good as it gets.

[DPG21920]

Could def. roll with this.

I am sure you would. That is like accepting a plea bargain of community service when you have killed a man and they have the gun with your prints on it.

[milkshakeballa]

I'm not going to hijack this thread. Dirk was UNREAL. Doubt Pau could have done that. He was amazing. I agree!

[milkshakeballa]

I am sure you would. That is like accepting a plea bargain of community service when you have killed a man and they have the gun with your prints on it.

:lol:lol:lol

[badfish22]

I'm not going to hijack this thread. Dirk was UNREAL. Doubt Pau could have done that. He was amazing. I agree!

:toast

you finally come to your senses

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

I just watched it and, yeah, that was an awesome display by Dirk... Birdesque. :wow

Also, that there is the definition of the zone for anyone not yet acquainted with it.

[La Peace]

Dirk is ballin out of control.



Applaud dis man!

[mystargtr34]

When he's on, Dirk can be as unplayable as LeBron and Kobe... he really has no offensive weaknesses.

So i agree with Ghazi, he is the best offensive PF in the league, and number 2 overall :toast

[Danny.Zhu]

29 pts in the 4th quarter. Beastly.

Wow.

[endrity]

When he's on, Dirk can be as unplayable as LeBron and Kobe... he really has no offensive weaknesses.

So i agree with Ghazi, he is the best offensive PF in the league, and number 2 overall :toast

I'll agree to that. I respect the hell out of Mr. Duncan!

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

When he's on, Dirk can be as unplayable as LeBron and Kobe... he really has no offensive weaknesses.

So i agree with Ghazi, he is the best offensive PF in the league, and number 2 overall :toast

A few years ago Tim was one of the preier offensive players in the game (as is Dirk), but with Tim just starting to show his age, I think that's an apt assessment of the situation too. :tu

[NickiRasgo]

That was A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! Even I'm a Spurs fan, it's very amazing.

[urunobili]

I Love Dirk... always Have...

[sonic21]

It's a shame he has never played with another player who is/was top 5 at their position. Jason Terry? Josh Howard? An old Jason Kidd?

so unfair he doesn't have a ring yet.

[Muser]

damn.

[MI21]

I love watching Dirk play except when it is against San Antonio.

All the talk about multi-skilled 7fters and so on, none of them have the skills of Dirk. I also appreciate his ability to carry only decent supporting casts further than he shold of over the years.

Props :tu

[Brazil]

Lakers 3-1 good for .75 win record.

That's even better than last year with Pau.

Lakers will be fine, just waiting until Pau feels good and comes back to strengthen the team.

Calm down Allanon ! 75 wins ecstasy :smokin

Lakers will be fine, Bynum is doing great but Pau jury = heavy PT for Kobe which is good for my fantasy team but could be an issue later in the season.

[hater]

why couldn't Dirk do this vs. Warriors or vs. Hornets?

[Findog]

why couldn't Dirk do this vs. Warriors or vs. Hornets?

He was hurt against the Warriors. As for the Hornets, he averaged 27, 12 and 4 on 44% shooting, so what the fuck are you talking about?

[hater]

He was hurt against the Warriors. As for the Hornets, he averaged 27, 12 and 4 on 44% shooting, so what the fuck are you talking about?

just saying, his biggest 4th quarter in his career could prevented the worst upset in sporst history

[Agloco]

just saying, his biggest 4th quarter in his career could prevented the worst upset in sporst history

This. I wanna see him go for 29 in an elimination game before I start the coronation.

[Findog]

just saying, his biggest 4th quarter in his career could prevented the worst upset in sporst history

Well, he was hurt and hobbled and out there playing anyway. You guys bitched and whined about how Timmy was "banged up" when the Mavs sent them fishing both times, so it's a little hypocritical to hold Dirk to a different standard. Mavs fans don't make excuses like some whiny bitch Spurs fans. He was hurt, not his normal self, Mavs lost. End of Story. That's what happened, but we don't constantly harp on that fact like you guys do whenever the Spurs are eliminated.

[hater]

Well, he was hurt and hobbled and out there playing anyway. You guys bitched and whined about how Timmy was "banged up" when the Mavs sent them fishing both times, so it's a little hypocritical to hold Dirk to a different standard. Mavs fans don't make excuses like some whiny bitch Spurs fans. He was hurt, not his normal self, Mavs lost. End of Story. That's what happened, but we don't constantly harp on that fact like you guys do whenever the Spurs are eliminated.

what injury did Dirk have in that series?

[sonic21]

spurs fans need to STFU about Dirk, the guy is constantly owning the spurs.

[Findog]

what injury did Dirk have in that series?

He hurt himself in this game and was never the same after that:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=270328006

That's partly why they struggled down the stretch after clinching the #1 seed. He developed bone spurs and was only about 70% of himself the rest of the way. Avery was the coach then and didn't believe in making excuses, so not a lot was said about it at the time.

[Höfner]

Dirk pulling a Barkley.

[hater]

He hurt himself in this game and was never the same after that:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=270328006

That's partly why they struggled down the stretch after clinching the #1 seed. He developed bone spurs and was only about 70% of himself the rest of the way. Avery was the coach then and didn't believe in making excuses, so not a lot was said about it at the time.

BTW I never used the "hobbled" excuse. If he was out there and running, he has no excuse. Dirk or Duncan.

[IronMexican]

spurs fans need to STFU about Dirk, the guy is constantly owning the spurs.

Agloco sounds like the most butthurt guy ever. I want to know how many guys scored 29 in the final quarter of an elimination game.

[Findog]

Agloco sounds like the most butthurt guy ever. I want to know how many guys scored 29 in the final quarter of an elimination game.

:lol

"I only respect guys that drop 29 in an elimination game."

:lol

[hater]

those mav unis look damn good. must look bad ass live like a bunch of mexican luchadores out there

[in2deep]

Marion looks like the wicked witch of the West

[Brazil]

great achievement ! surely the best individual performance so far.

[LakeShow]

Awesome game by Dirkie :toast

[badfish22]

:lol

"I only respect guys that drop 29 in an elimination game."

:lol

:lmao


Everyone on the Mavs just looked like they were going to go through the motions all night, and be content with beating the Lakers.

Dirk said no.

[badfish22]

why couldn't Dirk do this vs. Warriors or vs. Hornets?

"It’s absolutely outrageous to have to endure the haters today reflecting on Dirk’s effort by saying, “Yeah, but he doesn’t do it in the playoffs!’’ Because, damnit, he DOES do it in the playoffs!
How do people forget this extremely impressive factoid: since 1952, there are only five men who have averaged 25/11 for their careers in the playoffs. Those five men are all single-named legends: Hakeem, Petit, Shaq, Elgin. ...
And Dirk."


Rape.

[jonnybravo]

It's not even on the headlines of the NBA section on Espn.com.

Man, if Lebron did that, they'd put it down as a top 5 fourth quarter performance in league history.

[TeyshaBlue]

"It’s absolutely outrageous to have to endure the haters today reflecting on Dirk’s effort by saying, “Yeah, but he doesn’t do it in the playoffs!’’ Because, damnit, he DOES do it in the playoffs!
How do people forget this extremely impressive factoid: since 1952, there are only five men who have averaged 25/11 for their careers in the playoffs. Those five men are all single-named legends: Hakeem, Petit, Shaq, Elgin. ...
And Dirk."


Rape.



ROFL...I was just about to post that! :toast

[dirk4mvp]

"It’s absolutely outrageous to have to endure the haters today reflecting on Dirk’s effort by saying, “Yeah, but he doesn’t do it in the playoffs!’’ Because, damnit, he DOES do it in the playoffs!
How do people forget this extremely impressive factoid: since 1952, there are only five men who have averaged 25/11 for their careers in the playoffs. Those five men are all single-named legends: Hakeem, Petit, Shaq, Elgin. ...
And Dirk."


Rape.




lol, nobody ever believes me when I tell people this.

[mavs>spurs2]

lol, nobody ever believes me when I tell people this.

the mavs have always been hated on and never given their due credit. dirk's epic 4th quarter barely made any headlines. if anyone gave a shit about the mavericks, then there would have been a huge outcry during the 2006 abomination of a finals. as mav fans we have to just suck it up and silently know the truth, no matter what anyone says

i mean, i can say dirk is the best pf in the league, and spur fan would never agree, but you and i both know the truth

[dirk4mvp]

Cowherd on sportsnation said even soft players can be non-soft sometimes :lol

[badfish22]

Cowherd on sportsnation said even soft players can be non-soft sometimes :lol
Of course the "uhhh that was a fluke" cop out . Mav fans have seen them all:rolleyes

[Sportstudi]

It's not even on the headlines of the NBA section on Espn.com.

Man, if Lebron did that, they'd put it down as a top 5 fourth quarter performance in league history.

Doesn't matter if you'd take LeBron, Kobe, Wade etc... In their case and if possible, they'd enshrine such a performance into the HoF.

Dirk has no support by the media, because he's not interesting for them. He will never get the same credits like KB, LBJ, Duncan, Garnett or anyone else of the star-players. Who is he? In their opinion, he's a a lanky, white, tall European-guy who is shooting the three and using the jumpshot. Dirk ain't a screamer. Dirk ain't tough. He has no street cred. He isn't a thug. He goes about his business the best way he can. Dirk would never say that he's the best player in the world -> http://www.hoopsvibe.com/nba-blog/wh...t-ar48724.html

Dirk doesn't get arrested and hasn't been accused of anything besides being in the gym too much. Dirk isn't going to give many hot-sports-opinions about other players or get in many fights. Who truly despises Dirk? Simply: That isn't sexy for the media and thus, they don't favour him and many fans have a bad impression of him.

[DPG21920]

Why the f has this not gotten more national attention? This ranks up there with T-Mac 13 in 30 and was one of the best things I have ever seen in basketball.

[lurker]

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[Sportstudi]

Why the f has this not gotten more national attention? This ranks up there with T-Mac 13 in 30 and was one of the best things I have ever seen in basketball.

Maybe due to the reasons I named. Who knows? But it's definitely a pity. It's up there with T-Mac's 13, that's for sure.

Btw, it was just 2 points shy of the NBA record for the 4th quarter. That one is still set by Wilt Chamberlain in his 100-point-game against the Knicks in 1962. If Kidd hadn't inbounced the ball to Terry but to Dirk (just before Dirk left the game with 30 seconds to go), Dirk would have gotten fouled instead of Terry and I honestely, I would not have been surprised if he had tied that record.

Edit: And he tied the NBA record for most FT's made in one quarter with 14. Some players have achieved that so far. Michael Jordan (twice), Adrian Dantley, Rick Barry, Pete Maravich and Johnny Newman.

[Xylus]

29 points in a half is impressive. 29 points in a quarter is just crazy. 29 points in the 4th quarter makes you a balls-out clutch-ass mother fucker. Dirk couldn't miss, and the rest of his team played stellar D.

[Spursmania]

:wow

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

Melo had 33 in a qtr and it didnt get much attention.

No Kobe, Lebron or Wade = no coverage. The jockriders are a joke

[Spursmania]

Why the f has this not gotten more national attention? This ranks up there with T-Mac 13 in 30 and was one of the best things I have ever seen in basketball.


If Kobe had done it, it would have been all over the place. That really was an incredible performance. Way to go Dirk:toast

I spent a few years living in a small town named Wuerzburg, Germany where Dirk is from, and they are crazy about him.

[Spursmania]

melo had 33 in a qtr and it didnt get much attention.

No kobe, lebron or wade = no coverage. The jockriders are a joke

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