Killakobe81
01-09-2010, 01:39 AM
I am NOT a huge stat guy as a coach I believe in my instincts, gut and the eye test. I can take someone who knows NOTHING about basketball, show them last years playoffs and I bet they would say the best players in the NBA are: Lebron, Wade, kobe, Melo Pierce, Ben gordon, Ray Allen, Tim Duncan Aaron Brooks, Pau Gasol, Dirk Howard and a few others ...you dont need PER or plus/minus to tell you who they are.
Take the Spurs Mavs game. I watched this game and I don't root for either. I dislike Dallas less but Tim is my favorite player in the game. Tim had an efficient dominant low post game no one coould stop him. Dirk took a lot of shots ...missed a lot but made all the key shots, blocks rebounds or tipped loose balls to other players. I am not a PER or plus/minus guy BUT I get the argument and many people are...
Tim is the greatest PF (if he is a PF) in NBA history...BUT down the stretch Dirk was the BEST player on the court and in that game. Sure his PER will probably suck but Mavs and Spur fans know (if they are honest) it was Dirk that killed them late.
Terry, Kidd, Damp all had plays to keep them in it ...But that was a Dirk Dagger Diggler game (vintage) from Nowitzki's MVP season ...
My point is you have to watch "the game" not the stat sheet or the summary to know Dirk was the best player on the court. Because if i just look at stats or who my favorite player (bias) is I would say "Tim". Dirk is clutch much like Kobe is clutch ...Kobe also had an even more shitty game and his team lost. Where I will give him credit (little) was when the game seemed over he brought the game back ...and if i could have a team with Tim or Roy (great PER) that is great but for tonight I take Dirk. Does it mean Dirk is a better player? no he just made shots late ... but MOST NBA games are won the last 2mins and that late it's easier for Dirk to get his shots than Tim because tim depends on his guards to get him the ball down low ...
PER can NOT tell you the story of who is clutch or the full story of any game ...Dirk wa sthe best player according to my eye test and the "scoreboard"
Take the Spurs Mavs game. I watched this game and I don't root for either. I dislike Dallas less but Tim is my favorite player in the game. Tim had an efficient dominant low post game no one coould stop him. Dirk took a lot of shots ...missed a lot but made all the key shots, blocks rebounds or tipped loose balls to other players. I am not a PER or plus/minus guy BUT I get the argument and many people are...
Tim is the greatest PF (if he is a PF) in NBA history...BUT down the stretch Dirk was the BEST player on the court and in that game. Sure his PER will probably suck but Mavs and Spur fans know (if they are honest) it was Dirk that killed them late.
Terry, Kidd, Damp all had plays to keep them in it ...But that was a Dirk Dagger Diggler game (vintage) from Nowitzki's MVP season ...
My point is you have to watch "the game" not the stat sheet or the summary to know Dirk was the best player on the court. Because if i just look at stats or who my favorite player (bias) is I would say "Tim". Dirk is clutch much like Kobe is clutch ...Kobe also had an even more shitty game and his team lost. Where I will give him credit (little) was when the game seemed over he brought the game back ...and if i could have a team with Tim or Roy (great PER) that is great but for tonight I take Dirk. Does it mean Dirk is a better player? no he just made shots late ... but MOST NBA games are won the last 2mins and that late it's easier for Dirk to get his shots than Tim because tim depends on his guards to get him the ball down low ...
PER can NOT tell you the story of who is clutch or the full story of any game ...Dirk wa sthe best player according to my eye test and the "scoreboard"