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Dice will get the first shot at him.
Since we will probably face them in the first round...RJ? who???????
Dice will get the first shot at him.
Dice, Jefferson, Hill, Parker, Bogans
Hopefully Dice.
Dice, Bonner, RJ plus traps.
I just don't see anyone that can stop him unless we double but they have f*ckin terry to shoot threes.
George Hill.
This; but we're bound to see the point guards get their shot on the inevitable switch of the Nowitzki-Terry (1 or 2-4) pick and roll/pop.
George Hill will cover Terry and Dice on Dirk.
The RJ/Butler matchup should be interesting.
Spurs have held Dirk to two of his 8 worst shooting games this season, 9-27 in November and 10-28 in January.
Pop should let Mahinmi and Blair guard Dirk and foul him all night long just to piss him off
lol
That actually might just be crazy enough to workPop should let Mahinmi and Blair guard Dirk and foul him all night long just to piss him off
At least one of those had Bonner covering Dirk most of the time (and I believe he played somewhat physical with him as well), and all of us were marveling at what a great job Matt did. Question is whether it was a one-time thing and also whether the refs will allow physical play against Dirk in the playoffs. Hopefully his flailing arms routine is losing some of its magic, but who knows.
And yes, playing Mahinmi all year might have given us the option of playing a quick, young and athletic 6'11" guy against Dirk. I doubt that happens even once now.
Dirk is a really tough cover. I wouldn't be surprised to see Dice/Bonner on him most of the night. Those two will have to make Dirk work on the other side of the court too. Gotta kill the jump shooters legs by the end of the game.
not MICHAEL FINLEY for damn sure !!!
Jefferson did a good job on him when he guarded Dirk.
haha, if Ian even gets within 5 feet of Dirt all the refs will blow their whistles simultaneously.
i bet Dirt will average 15-20 FT a game despite being a 7 foot jumpshooter.
Manhimi would get murdered by Dirk. Young and athletic does not necessarily mean that he's a good basketball player or a good defender.
He looked good against New Jersey and Minnesota ... but we're talking about New Jersey and Minnesota. 'Nuff said.
Do other teams have cultlike obsessions with players that aren't even in the rotation. You'd think Manhimi was the next David Robinson or something.
Dirk has and will continue to be the biggest matchup problem for the spurs.
I know I'm gonna get laughed at for this. But I think I recall bonner actually doing a good job on him.
Am I crazy?
You'll notice I said 'might' have given us the option. We'll never know now because Ian wasn't given the playing time earlier in the year. Pop rarely even uses him in garbage time for some reason (often he's not even activated). You'll never know what he really is unless he gets some substantial playing time.
lol at anyone who says Bonner. You all realize leaving Bonner on Dirk by himself down the stretch when Dirk had 41 earlier this year wasn't a good idea right?
parker ?
I say let dirk get his and stop everyone else
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