David Robinson is what everyone thought Dirk was

[Findog's Ex Fiancee]

^ mono's reaction when the Mavs fail again due to Nowitzki not being elite anymore.

[Lincoln]

Well.. The fact that MK spends such an abundant amount of time on this forum, still speaks volumes about who they are and how they hold themselves up. They're not men, none of them are "hardass" no matter how much they puff themselves up, they still spend the majority of their time on a Spurs website, like dorks.

says the 5'11 250lb fat who thinks he is good at basketball

[Roger Freemason Jr.]

says the 5'11 250lb fat who thinks he is good at basketball

I'll ball up on your ass punk. Btw, 220. & most of it comes from my lap rocket. Your mother can vouch for me.

[Ignignokt]

Don't care. He got it done in 2011.

I wouldn't care either, that scenario would clearly make the German inferior to David Robinson.

[Rain318]

Im really having a hard time seeing how any of this matters or even makes sense. . . the moral of this story is who cares. Mavs finally win a championship and expect everyone who said something bad about them to bend over, grease their hole, and say Merry Christmas. Mavs welcome to the championship club u finally won a ring but dont let it get to ur head for Christ sake. Bottomline Dirk is not DRob and DRob is not Dirk, they are two completely different players with two completely different playing styles who gives a flying fuqq about if he was the #1 option or not they both have championships and that matters at the end of the day. Again Congrats on finally winning ring, enjoy it, but for the love of Buddha stfu with all of this Dirk is God ery

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

I'll ball up on your ass punk. Btw, 220. & most of it comes from my lap rocket. Your mother can vouch for me.

Yo' momma jokes.....how clever!

5'11" 230

[dude1394]

I'd only say Nowitzki has one bad game in 06. 07 was certainly a textbook choke though. As was Bird's in 83 and Magic's in 84.

Dirk had to hock up Avery johnsons idiocy and the ridiculousness that was jason Terry and devin Harris playing point.

It was way to much to swallow. Avery should have been fired the day after the Miami series, it took another blowout to clarify it. Worst move by cubes since letting nashie go was to hire an inexperienced community organizer to lead the team. Whoops, I interposed my clueless leaders there.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

Letting Nash leave helped the Mavs win a championship, idk how anyone says that was a dumb move.

[dude1394]

preventing points still isn't scoring points.

If you smell an apple, its because you are in the presence of an apple.

D-Rob was not in the presence of an NBA Finals, thus he did not sniff them.

Could it be that Dirk's stepping up and being dominant, made it easier for them to step up and be effective? Food for thought...

I said in the Finals, he had among the greatest 4th quarter scoring averages in NBA history. I think only Shaq and MJ has ever had a higher 4th quarter average through an NBA Finals. So I believe you simply misunderstood my statement, which isn't a suprise.

+/- defensively for dirk tells a different story.

[dude1394]

LOL at Mav fans completely ignoring Terry's( I hate the little , but he is clutch as at times and scares me) and Barea's offensive contributions in the 2011 playoffs( and also ignoring chandler's and Marion's defensive contributions). To me it looked like they were the 2nd and 3rd options throughout the playoffs after Dirk(just like how Tony, Manu, and Jack took turns being the 2nd option in 03), or was it Dirk doing everything to win?(scoring, rebounds, passing, defensive, etc) And they also ignore the fact that he had HOFamer Jason Kidd to help him out! Truth is, it takes a team to win a championship.

Truth is, replace a prime Robinson with Dirk 2011's supporting cast, and that team would beat the living outta of Robinson's 95 team.

Barea,Terry, Kidd>>>>>>>>>>>Vinny del Negro/Avery Johnson
Marion>>>Elliott
Chandler>>>Rodman

I don't know if they will beat Hakeem's Rockets, but they'll probably take them to 7 imho.

I doubt it. Who is drawing a double on that team?

[dude1394]

Just because Dirk won one ring doesn't erase the fact that he isn't better player than a prime Robinson, just like how one game winning shot by Avery Johnson doesn't erase all of his shortcoming as a player throughout Robinson's prime. I can't believe we had such a crappy PG throughout the Robinson years who couldn't even hit a three in practice.

Hear hear. Ill be interested to see how long he'll last in jersey. Three years is my guess. And he'll be lucky to sniff the playoffs.

[dude1394]

So tell me, what would be the series against olajuwon if you substuted Dirk in for Robinson on that spurs team?

Its hard to say, since they wouldn't have anyone who could guard dirk. Who would be the center, probably would need a defensive only dude to try and check Hakeem.

[dude1394]

Letting Nash leave helped the Mavs win a championship, idk how anyone says that was a dumb move.

It was idiocy, especially because he left for nothing. It took us 5 years to get a decent point guard in here.

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

The Mavs never become a half-decent defensive team, let alone the great defensive team they are now, if they have Steve Nash on the roster getting shat on by Mike Bibby and Tony Parker in the playoffs.

[Axe Murderer]

I'll ball up on your ass punk. Btw, 220. & most of it comes from my lap rocket. Your mother can vouch for me.

5'11, 220???

that's a solid bball weight bro. How come you didn't get any offers?

[dirk4mvp]

It's a wonder he didn't tbh, with the way he plays exactly like Manu and all.

[Lincoln]

what a ing fatass. He prob couldn't even play 3 possessions of full court basketball.
5'11 center

[Monostradamus]

The Mavs never become a half-decent defensive team, let alone the great defensive team they are now, if they have Steve Nash on the roster getting shat on by Mike Bibby and Tony Parker in the playoffs.

re-sign Nash and they don't go to the Finals in 06 and don't win a le in 11. His defense is so bad there's no masking it. Nash can't play championship level defense, unlike Dirk.

[GoodOdor]

re-sign Nash and they don't go to the Finals in 06 and don't win a le in 11. His defense is so bad there's no masking it. Nash can't play championship level defense, unlike Dirk.

Crolf, let's not get crazy here. Sure, Dirk isn't nearly as bad as he used to be, but at no point in the playoffs did he play "championship level defense".

[Monostradamus]

Crolf, let's not get crazy here. Sure, Dirk isn't nearly as bad as he used to be, but at no point in the playoffs did he play "championship level defense".

Did Dirk win a championship?

Did Dirk play on the defensive end while winning said championship?

Dirk Played Championship Level Defense.

[GoodOdor]

Did Dirk win a championship?

Did Dirk play on the defensive end while winning said championship?

Dirk Played Championship Level Defense.

Interesting logic tbh.

[Monostradamus]

just facts, tbh.

Dirk Played Championship Level Defense.

[Axe Murderer]

Interesting logic tbh.

Dirk played defense well enough to win a le, he played championship level defense

Bowen played championship level offense in 03, 05, 07

Shaq shot free throws at a championship level in 00-02 and 06

these are teengkz we know i sed

[DUNCANownsKOBE]

re-sign Nash and they don't go to the Finals in 06 and don't win a le in 11. His defense is so bad there's no masking it. Nash can't play championship level defense, unlike Dirk.

if Nash was still on the team when they traded for Chandler, there woulda been a locker room clash ultimately resulting in the Mavs getting blown up. Tyson woulda come in demanding Dallas become a defense first, half-court oriented team, and Nash woulda complained about how the Mavs' new style isn't fun (), about how he misses Don Nelson (), and about how he misses all of his fwiends who were traded away ().

Of course, it woulda never gotten to that point. Nash would have clashed with Avery Johnson, and if they decided to keep Nash and get rid of Avery, then he woulda clashed with Carlisle. The fact Phoenix fans still point and laugh at Cuban, " you let M-V-Stevie leave your team and got nothing in return ," in spite of a finals birth, 67 win season, and a in championship, just shows how re ed Phoenix's general population is.

[dirk4mvp]

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