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Sound decision.
Sources: Karl to start Nowitzki
By Marc Stein
ESPN.com
DALLAS -- Denver Nuggets coach George Karl has informed league officials that he plans to start Dirk Nowitzki for the West in place of the injured Kobe Bryant in Sunday's All-Star Game, sources told ESPN.com.
Sources close to the situation confirmed that Karl -- who is not scheduled to arrive in Dallas until Friday with the Nuggets playing host Thursday night to the Spurs -- will move Nowitzki from the hometown Mavericks into the starting lineup even though he's obviously not a guard.
Nowitzki narrowly missed winning a starting spot in fan balloting for the first time when San Antonio's Tim Duncan made a late surge in the final round of ballot returns to pass the German.
Karl's decision will reunite Nowitzki and former Mavericks teammate Steve Nash as starters in Dallas along with Duncan, Denver's Carmelo Anthony and Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire.
After Bryant bowed out Thursday because of an ankle injury, NBA commissioner David Stern picked Dallas' Jason Kidd to replace him.
But choosing a starter to replace Bryant was Karl's call, just as East coach Stan Van Gundy will select the player -- likely Boston's Rajon Rondo or Atlanta's Joe Johnson -- to start in place of Philadelphia's Allen Iverson, who withdrew Thursday because one of his young children is ill.
Sound decision.
I can't BELIEVE that Kidd got robbed of a starting spot.
Well deserved.
Nash and Dirk are going to have a lot of "fun" out there starting together.
So this is the starting lineup for the West?
Nash
Melo
Nowitzki
Duncan
Amare
LOL, that's a sick-ass lineup.
I knew he was gonna take Kobe's spot, good for him he should start anyway considering Melo's time missed.
Awww, cute story, Dirk gets to start..
Who cares?
Is this the only kind of you post?Who cares?
How about you go look at my post history and see what kind of I post then...
Dirk finally in his natural position.
epic combeback son, how bout u check my post history too! we'll show eachother a couple things
combeback?
doesn't that make sense to you? or is your brain too dumb that you can't even get that?combeback?
lol pussyface
sons this script also reminds me of Wrestlemania 17 whenever they let Stone Cold win the le because the show was in his home state of Texas.
Good. Dirk deserves it.
...and I can't help but hope that w/ the lineup change, Duncan won't be AS ill-received as he might've been had Dirk remained a reserve.
Large ball, not like small ball.
son stone cold was a badass no matter where he went. god bless
Dirk play's like a guard anyway.
krofl and you post like a
Good for Karl. Nash should have no problem racking up assists with that lineup.
Dirk back at his natural position
with kidd in the game now and dirk starting who really wants my ticket now
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