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All you have to do is agree that the Kidd trade was stupid.....come on, you can do it.
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da_rockets_fan is making me like DaC. Weird times on Spurstalk when DaC sticks up for the Mavs.
All you have to do is agree that the Kidd trade was stupid.....come on, you can do it.
DD
da_rockets fan FTW
My hatred for 99% of Rocket fans on this site far outweighs any ill will I have for the Mavs.
I don't mind being put in my place by fans of a team that have Kobe or Duncan, but I have to get from a Rockets fan? When we've owned the Rockets for the last 3 years?
Matchman, The Franchise, Hemotivo and Guerrilla Black are good Rox fans, and Roxfan is okay most of the time. Just about the rest of them are s.
This is just weird. I was at the gym when this post was made so it COULDN'T have been me.
Could it?
I said this EXACT SAME thing a couple of months ago.
I make jokes when Monos becomes my "tribute" poster (when he turns into da_suns_fan_) but this guy appears to be the real deal.
That is because we knocked the Lakers out back in '81 and '86....I know it hurts...you can admit it.
That era was traded away with Devin Harris......I hope you enjoyed it......because it is LONG GONE !!!
DD
Oh yeah, I'm sure that happened 20+ makes Lakerfans cringe before they go sleep every night.
I know that was why it was funny.
DD
It was funny?
Because it's the best talent you got. I just don't think it's a player you want to build around. Same applies to T-Mac, Vince Carter, AI... they're all super talented guys, but they fail to deliver.
Dirk would be an amazing complementary superstar player the way Pau Gasol is to Kobe. If the Mavs can find a low-post scoring option like Elton Brand, Dirk's game would really thrive.
He had a full series last year to show up and put away the GSW. He even had the incentive of being the MVP. He didn't get it done.
These last month or two your team had 10 or so important games against teams over .500, all close games, he couldn't deliver on any (except the GSW game).
How am I cherry picking? Who cares if he hits the winning shot against Milwaukee? Save that WCF game against the Spurs two years ago, you'll be hard pressed to find more Nowitzky big moments. Every other talented player had it. T-Mac burned us for 13 points in like 3 minutes a few years ago. Highlight of his career, no doubt. But when it matters, he can't get it done.
This I agree with. He would be an amazing complementary talent to a very good post guy. That's why I thought the trade for JKidd didn't solve that problem for them.
You mean when we traded away Oscar Robertson, our third-best player, and replaced him with somebody better?
You can't render a verdict on the Kidd trade for another two years, just like you can't render a verdict on the Shaq trade until the end of next year.
He got close in that one Sunday afternoon game against the Lakers. Made key threes to send it to overtime and keep the Mavericks in the game.
He was also hurt. Doesn't get any credit though for gutting it out since his team wasn't going anywhere without him.
They all went to the wire, and he sat out 3 of those games with injuries/suspensions.He even had the incentive of being the MVP. He didn't get it done.
These last month or two your team had 10 or so important games against teams over .500, all close games, he couldn't deliver on any (except the GSW game).
And who cares if he misses a shot against San Antonio in a regular season game, then? If you don't care about regular season shots, why reference one yourself?How am I cherry picking? Who cares if he hits the winning shot against Milwaukee?
Torched the Suns for 50+ in the pivotal G5 of that series. Took the game over when the Suns took a seven point lead and looked like they were going to steal one in Dallas and take a 3-2 lead home to Phoenix. Matched Wade shot for shot in G5 of the Finals, including a tough runner over Shaq with 8 seconds left until Salvatore bailed Wade out. Put up 29 points and 15 boards, well over his season averages, in the final game of the Finals. Isn't that called raising your game?Save that WCF game against the Spurs two years ago, you'll be hard pressed to find more Nowitzky big moments.
When it matters, he's come through for his team and he's come up short. When you are your team's best player, you are going to be counted on, and you're going to succeed and fail. Dirk is no different. You're just cherrypicking his failures. When he hit that tough runner over Shaq to put the Mavs up, was that an example of him failing to come through for his team when Wade hit two free throws on the other end? Would you like it if I said Duncan choked and didn't come through for his team in the infamous .04 game because the Lakers pulled it out? Because it's the exact same scenario, Dirk made a tough shot and then the opposition scored on the other end. You can't put that one on Dirk.But when it matters, he can't get it done.
You know who else won MVP and then got obliterated in the 2nd round of the WC playoffs a few years ago?
He doesn't get the credit because when he wanted to show up in those series, he did, like the game you won at home. But the Mavs needed Dirk to play like that every game, and he just flat out didn't do it. I mean, it's not like SJax is/was All NBA defensive 1st team or something.
1-8 the record without counting the games he missed. And yeah, the whole point is that they went to the wire. That's when the Mavs go to Dirk. The record speaks for itself.
I'm pointing out important games vs meaningless games. Any divisional/conference game the last 3 months or so have been huge, to the point that it carries serious consequences, like missing the playoffs entirely.
Now you're cherry picking. How about the FT he missed in game 3? Was that not pivotal? The Mavs had a sizeable lead in the Finals at that point.
The end result? 2nd place. He can't get it done. Maybe your team needed 35 and 20 boards from him to win the final game. Players like Kobe or Duncan are not shy of going well over their career averages in games like that. TD went for 21 points, 20 rebounds, 10 assists and 8 blocks in the closeout game against the Nets. Then again, 9 out 10 times you can count on TD to deliver.
I'm not putting plays like that on him. That's all on Wade. He had the game's decision in his hands after Dirk's shot and he took care of business. What I'm pointing out is Dirk delivering when *HE* had to decide an important game in the last play.
A guy that won an NBA championship by then and went to win 3 more?
I know you are trying to get on Findog's good side, but this seriously fails.
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