Best Finals MVP since 2003

[Lincoln]

Duncan 03 is a close one too because he had a supporting cast as well. And as rigged as 06 was, Wade couldn't be stopped and was clutch as . Didn't he average like 35 ppg in the backdoor sweep wins? (although probably half of it coming from the line)

[Lincoln]

Tbh Im still butthurt about dismantling the championship team. Dem mavs destroyed the Thunder and beat the same Miami team in 2011

[irishock]

Mavs easily earn a rematch with Miami in 2012 if they kept Chandler. Rebounding cost the Mavs the series against OKC, and Dirk was still Dirk avging 26.8 when finally healthy

[Lincoln]

Chandler was a big part but JJB, Peja, and Lincoln were as well. JJ got in the lane at will vs Miami and OKC and Peja hit 3s vs OKC.

Would the Mavs have won still if Caron Butler was healthy?

[irishock]

Chandler was a big part but JJB, Peja, and Lincoln were as well. JJ got in the lane at will vs Miami and OKC and Peja hit 3s vs OKC.

Would the Mavs have won still if Caron Butler was healthy?

Tough call, Mavs played their best basketball of the season with Kidd-Terry-Butler-Dirk-Chandler and Marion off the bench. Butler would've taken away all of Peja's minutes, most of DeShawn's minutes and some of Marion's minutes. All 3 were huge for the team throughout the first 3 rounds.

[Ace]

2006 Wade imho

[Jodelo]

2006 refs imho

Ok...

[Ace]

I like taking it up the ass, especially from black men...

Ok...

[Jodelo]

Tbh, you are pretty unfunny.

[redzero]

Wade was better than Dirk last year, if we are strictly speaking about The Finals.

[z0sa]

Might as well just be Dirk 2011 vs Tim 2003 tbh

[DAF86]

I think people are taking Dirk's entire playoffs run when arguing about his finals' performance.

There's no way 26 pts on 41% shooting, 9.7 rebounds, 2 assists, 0.7 blks and 0.7 stls is better than:

28.6 pts on 47% shooting, 10.2 rebounds, 7.4 assists, 0.4 blks and 1.6 stls (Lebron) or
34.7 pts on 46% shooting, 7.8 rebounds, 3.8 assists, 1 blk and 2.7 stls (Wade) or
24.2 pts on 50% shooting, 17 rebounds (), 5.3 assists, 5.3 blks () and 1 steal. (GOAT PF)

[Proxy]

Mavs easily earn a rematch with Miami in 2012 if they kept Chandler. Rebounding cost the Mavs the series against OKC, and Dirk was still Dirk avging 26.8 when finally healthy

2011 Mavs get past 2012 Spurs easily?

[mavs>spurs]

Ok...

wouldn't that make blacks gay though?

[Latarian Milton]

Outside of Dirk, who else did the Mavs have besides a bunch of role players? Marion, DeShawn, TC, Peja, Kidd all couldn't create their own shot. They needed someone to set them up. Only Dirk, Terry (3rd option at best), and Barea (crofl) could create a shot and that team managed to take down a team with 2 superstars and an all star.

Yeah Dirk shot bad that percentage because he was constantly being double and even triple teamed. No one around him could make open shots for the first 3 games before those open shots started to fall. He had the game winner in Game 2 after scoring like the last 7 or so points. He was clutch as in Game 3 but fell short on the last possession.

11' championship was a fluke and u guys just got lucky to win it, get over it tbh. u got a gang of role players who all played like all-stars in the series hitting horse shots, but you still had no one you could trust besides the german allah come crunch time.

spurs 03' one ain't a fluke by any means. they got the fresh backcourt combo of manu and parker who would both become cornerstones of the team, and the admiral still was playing and contributing big, while the east was weak as at that time. tim's supporting casts in 03 ain't nearly as ty as those dirk got on the 11' team, 03' spurs got lucky that they didn't have to confront a stacked 04' pistons, but that was never a fluke because they just kicked those asses they were supposed to kick tbh

[irishock]

2011 Mavs get past 2012 Spurs easily?

Yes. You think Duncan/Blair/Diaw can compete with Dirk/Chandler?

[irishock]

11' championship was a fluke and u guys just got lucky to win it, get over it tbh. u got a gang of role players who all played like all-stars in the series hitting horse shots, but you still had no one you could trust besides the german allah come crunch time.

spurs 03' one ain't a fluke by any means. they got the fresh backcourt combo of manu and parker who would both become cornerstones of the team, and the admiral still was playing and contributing big, while the east was weak as at that time. tim's supporting casts in 03 ain't nearly as ty as those dirk got on the 11' team, 03' spurs got lucky that they didn't have to confront a stacked 04' pistons, but that was never a fluke because they just kicked those asses they were supposed to kick tbh

Spurs in 2003 lost game 1 to the Mavs who were good enough to beat them, Dirk goes down with the injury in game 3.


Spurs are the real fluke.

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Duncan 03 is a close one too because he had a supporting cast as well. And as rigged as 06 was, Wade couldn't be stopped and was clutch as . Didn't he average like 35 ppg in the backdoor sweep wins? (although probably half of it coming from the line)

The Spurs rode Duncan both offensively and defensively in 2003. It would be like if Dirk did his own job and Tyson Chandler's, too. Tim also came within an eyelash of a quadruple double in game 6 of the 2003 Finals.

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Spurs in 2003 lost game 1 to the Mavs who were good enough to beat them, Dirk goes down with the injury in game 3.


Spurs are the real fluke.

Spurs beat the defending champs in 03 AND 05. Some candy ass Mavs team that never did anything to that point doesn't even matter as much as a speed bump.

[irishock]

Spurs beat the defending champs in 03 AND 05. Some candy ass Mavs team that never did anything to that point doesn't even matter as much as a speed bump.

Mavs beat the defending champions in 2006, your point is?

[Clipper Nation]

True though.

2000- Portland game 7 officials rig
2002- Game 6 nuff said
2009- Kobe elbows Nelson, no call
2010- Game 7 FT differential

I'll give you 2001 though. Gotta be happy for Kobe's 1 legit le- wait that was Shaq's lol

Nah, 2001 was rigged too, tbh.... the Bucks (who swept the Lakers in the regular season that year) were ed over in the ECF so that the Lakers could face the ty-ass Sixers instead....

[Wild Cobra Kai]

Mavs beat the defending champions in 2006, your point is?

The point is that Dallas in 2003 didn't matter, they were inconsequential, so it didn't matter if they had Dirk or not. They hadn't done a thing. It's much more important that SA beat LA than that Dirk missed a few games for a team that hadn't arrived yet anyway.

[DeadlyDynasty]

Clipper Nation might be the worst poster on this board. He volume shoots like Kobe or Iverson, but hits at a 1% clip on actual basketball takes and puts up a donut when it comes to comedy. Just an absolute embarrassment to spur/clipper fans.

[lefty]

Clipper Nation might be the worst poster on this board. He volume shoots like Kobe or Iverson, but hits at a 1% clip on actual basketball takes and puts up a donut when it comes to comedy. Just an absolute embarrassment to spur/clipper fans.

[irishock]

lol arsenal fan