Dirks status for game 4

[Mavs_man_41]

We have a visual

Dirk Nowitzki was limping, but he said about the only way he won't play in Game 4 Monday is if his leg is missing.

No chance of that happening. Several Mavericks said they were certain Nowitzki avoided a serious ankle injury. And while he may not be his normal self on Monday, he'll still be on the court contributing.

and u guys say he is a pansy......

[Kori Ellis]

Thanks for the update.

I hope he's as close to full-strength as possible :tu

[J.T.]

Yeah Dirkless Mavs is no fun. Ankle roll can hurt but Mavs medical staff will get him game ready. Should be some good basketball.

[T Park]

Until he takes a guy 6 inches shorter than him int eh post and dominates him,

then yes hes a pansy.

He plays with an injury?

Big deal, Rasho Nesterovic in 04 rolled his ankle and came back in the game....

[Mavs_man_41]

Until he takes a guy 6 inches shorter than him int eh post and dominates him,

then yes hes a pansy.

He plays with an injury?

Big deal, Rasho Nesterovic in 04 rolled his ankle and came back in the game....

um....bruce bowen is 6ft 7 and dirk is 7ft. That's 5 inches do the math

[timvp]

Was Dirk's leg missing in '03?

[Mavs_man_41]

Was Dirk's leg missing in '03?

haha :lol

[1Parker1]

Was Dirk's leg missing in '03?

:lol In '03, Mavs weren't up 2-1 by Game 4.

[dieman8686]

Was Dirk's leg missing in '03?
Wow, comedy!

[ashbeeigh]

We have a visual

Dirk Nowitzki was limping, but he said about the only way he won't play in Game 4 Monday is if his leg is missing...


Someone get up there and take that sucker off!

[exstatic]

um....bruce bowen is 6ft 7 and dirk is 7ft. That's 5 inches do the math
Tony Parker is 6'2" and he won't take him into the post, either. Concede the point.

[timvp]

Usually I want teams to be at 100% but after that flopping show Dirk put on, I don't blame the basketball gods for setting the universe right.

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[ploto]

Dirk didn't look like he was limping when I saw him on the news today.

[DubMcDub]

Usually I want teams to be at 100% but after that flopping show Dirk put on, I don't blame the basketball gods for setting the universe right.

Seriously? A fan of the team that rosters Manu Ginobili complaining about flopping?

Surely, you jest?

[samikeyp]

Manu and Dirk are two of the biggest floppers in a league full of them. The only question is who is worse and I think that rotates regularly. :)

[DampierAmGod]

Dirk a flopper, that's hilarious :lol The guy doesn't even drive enough to BE a flopper.

And yea, in 03 he tore things up in his knee. Now it's just a sprain, even though according to him he "rolled it pretty nicely". Sounds the same to me :|

[DubMcDub]

Manu and Dirk are two of the biggest floppers in a league full of them. The only question is who is worse and I think that rotates regularly. :)

I'm gonna have to respectfully disagree here. :spin

I don't believe that you can make the claim that Dirk is as bad a flopper as Manu because Dirk isn't even the kind of player that takes it to the lane regularly, which is where 70-80% of flopping occurs.

Dirk was definitely the bigger flopper of the two last night, but in the long run it's really not even close. Manu is a penetration-saavy guard. Those kinds of players always flop more than forwards and centers.

[ducks]

dirk shot 24 free throws last game
he does not drive
he can still flop without driving

[samikeyp]

Then we will agree to disagree Dub. Personally I think it happens way too much in the NBA by quite a few players.

[DubMcDub]

dirk shot 24 free throws last game
he does not drive
he can still flop without driving

He drove last night almost exclusively.

90% of the time he doesn't play in the least like he did last night. He shoots the 20 foot jumper at the top of the key as much as possible. Not much room for flopping there.

15+ of Dirk's FT's last night came on plays in which he drove to the lane.

[picnroll]

Dirks primarily a flailer a la Reggie Miller. No contact but he's throwing arms and legs all over like he just got hit by a bus. Manu has a body full of bruises to show for his contact. Dirk has a torn hymen.

[DubMcDub]

Then we will agree to disagree Dub. Personally I think it happens way too much in the NBA by quite a few players.

No disagreement by me on that second point. I really don't like it, even when our players do it. I think they should just play.

[samikeyp]

Very true.

[DampierAmGod]

I actually wish Dirk was a flopper because that would mean he drives to the hole on more than a rare occasion.

[samikeyp]

Back on topic....

Injury or not....Dirk plays. A less than 100% Dirk is still pretty good.

[ducks]

spurs need to act like dirk will be 100%

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I've still got 6 hours until my flight to Belize leaves, I could find a chain saw and take care of that for Dirk :lol

[leemajors]

dirk has mastered the miller leg flail/kick. it's a good way to draw fouls.

[gameFACE]

I much prefer that Dirk play. I don't like the Spurs playing an undermanned team.

[SPARKY]

The 7 foot jumpshooting vagina.

[Shank]

http://www.screamstress.com/wp-content/cosvagina.jpeg

I know he's talking about my boy Dirk, but I just had to. It reminded me of that kid that went to school as a vagina for Halloween a few years back.

[picnroll]

http://www.screamstress.com/wp-content/cosvagina.jpeg

I know he's talking about my boy Dirk, but I just had to. It reminded me of that kid that went to school as a vagina for Halloween a few years back.
Any chance you could photshop Dirk's head in for us?

[Shank]

You know I can't do that.

But I'll bet anything that someone is already working on it.

[East Coast Babe]

http://www.screamstress.com/wp-content/cosvagina.jpeg

I know he's talking about my boy Dirk, but I just had to. It reminded me of that kid that went to school as a vagina for Halloween a few years back.

How much trouble did that kid get in? He would have been ushered out the doorway quickly around here.

[intlspurshk]

Don't trust what Mav released. There is no reason for them to release the truth. Dirk hurt or not, SPURS still need to play their A grade defense game to win.

[Solid D]

I wouldn't classify Dirk as a flopper as much as I would classify Dirk as a flailer.

Can you say, Dramaqueen?

[timvp]

I wouldn't classify Dirk as a flopper as much as I would classify Dirk as a flailer.

Can you say, Dramaqueen?

Good point, as always.

I can respect floppers. Flailers are trash. It's girly basketball.

[Solid D]

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[timvp]

Every time Dirk drives the lane, the moment he sets foot in the paint he acts as if Lee Harvey Oswald has made a return trip to Dallas.

[timvp]

Every time Dirk drives the lane, the moment he sets foot in the paint he acts as if Lee Harvey Oswald has made a return trip to Dallas.

:lol

[Trainwreck2100]

Every time Dirk drives the lane, the moment he sets foot in the paint he acts as if Lee Harvey Oswald has made a return trip to Dallas.


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[DubMcDub]

Good point, as always.

I can respect floppers. Flailers are trash. It's girly basketball.

Of course you respect floppers--the biggest one in the NBA is on your team.

And did you just quote your own post and laugh at it? :lol :lol

[Kori Ellis]

I think Manu is the biggest flopper in the NBA. But more often than not, he's exaggerating the contact to call the foul rather than just flopping without being touched.

Ben Wallace flops a lot too. Dirk flops too, but it's more of a flail like SolidD said. He flails into people hoping to get calls.

I honestly don't care when players do it most of the time. They are just being crafty and trying to get things to go their way. But sometimes, it gets crazy. Like the time when Manu accidentally got bumped by Nazr and he fell to the ground flopping like a fish before realize it was his own teammate who bumped him :lmao

[T Park]

He flails into people hoping to get calls.


Like on Duncan's 6th foul....................



Like the time when Manu accidentally got bumped by Nazr and he fell to the ground flopping like a fish before realize it was his own teammate who bumped him

:lol

when was that, that was hilarious!!

[mFFL03]

Dirks primarily a flailer a la Reggie Miller. No contact but he's throwing arms and legs all over like he just got hit by a bus. Manu has a body full of bruises to show for his contact. Dirk has a torn hymen.

now what exactly is the spurs medical staff doing on the spurstalk forum!!??
shouldn't you be with the team focusing and attending to your players???

or wait....maybe you aren't....so HOW THE HECK WOULD YOU KNOW THAT MANU'S BODY IS COVERED IN BRUISES?!?

[Kori Ellis]

or wait....maybe you aren't....so HOW THE HECK WOULD YOU KNOW THAT MANU'S BODY IS COVERED IN BRUISES?!?

I'm a reporter. I see Manu in the locker room bruised up all the time. He's always bruised up.

[J.T.]

On "The Intarweb", this is what we call "YOU GOT OWNED"

[Solid D]

Ha ha. Manu's nickname (coined by Brent Barry) is "El Contusion" because of all his bruises.