monosylab1k
06-21-2006, 12:22 AM
say whatever you want about dampier dropping a pass, about the refs calling every foul in miami's favor, and about terry and stackhouse missing wide open 3's....the reason we lost this series is because DIRK was TIMID yet again.
it's obvious - dirk is aggresive in the first quarter and the mavs are up by 14...dirk is timid for the final three quarters and the mavs lose.
let me ask you guys something....did Michael Jordan EVER pass out to will perdue in the final 2 minutes of a close game in the finals? did Larry Bird EVER pass out to robert parish in the final 2 minutes of a close game in the finals? did Shaq/Kobe EVER pass out to rick fox in the final 2 minutes of a close game in the finals? did Tim Duncan EVER pass out to rasho nesterovic in the final 2 minutes of a close game in the finals?
the answer to all of those is NO!!!!!!
then why in the HELL did dirk nowitzki pass out to dampier or ANYBODY ELSE in the final minutes of this game?????
if he's the superstar we all THOUGHT that he was, he would have taken it himself and put this game on HIS shoulders before he ever let dampier or terry or stackhouse decide the fate of this team.
this again proves that, while dirk has taken another step up the ladder, HE IS NOT A SUPERSTAR, HE IS NOT A TOP 5 PLAYER, AND HE IS NOT YET CAPABLE OF LEADING A TEAM TO A CHAMPIONSHIP!
maybe next year will be different....dirk has taken one step up the ladder every single year he's been in the league, so perhaps next year will be the year that he takes that final step to the top....but HIS GAME IS NOT AT THE TOP YET! and this series proved it beyond a shadow of a doubt.
here's looking to next year, when diop and harris will be much more mature, terry and howard will have another year of experience, and dirk will hopefully take that next step...
it's obvious - dirk is aggresive in the first quarter and the mavs are up by 14...dirk is timid for the final three quarters and the mavs lose.
let me ask you guys something....did Michael Jordan EVER pass out to will perdue in the final 2 minutes of a close game in the finals? did Larry Bird EVER pass out to robert parish in the final 2 minutes of a close game in the finals? did Shaq/Kobe EVER pass out to rick fox in the final 2 minutes of a close game in the finals? did Tim Duncan EVER pass out to rasho nesterovic in the final 2 minutes of a close game in the finals?
the answer to all of those is NO!!!!!!
then why in the HELL did dirk nowitzki pass out to dampier or ANYBODY ELSE in the final minutes of this game?????
if he's the superstar we all THOUGHT that he was, he would have taken it himself and put this game on HIS shoulders before he ever let dampier or terry or stackhouse decide the fate of this team.
this again proves that, while dirk has taken another step up the ladder, HE IS NOT A SUPERSTAR, HE IS NOT A TOP 5 PLAYER, AND HE IS NOT YET CAPABLE OF LEADING A TEAM TO A CHAMPIONSHIP!
maybe next year will be different....dirk has taken one step up the ladder every single year he's been in the league, so perhaps next year will be the year that he takes that final step to the top....but HIS GAME IS NOT AT THE TOP YET! and this series proved it beyond a shadow of a doubt.
here's looking to next year, when diop and harris will be much more mature, terry and howard will have another year of experience, and dirk will hopefully take that next step...