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i will ask him after carmelo's comeback
you think its easier?
i will ask him after carmelo's comeback
No.
Let me see Tim has 3 NBA Championships, 3 Finals MVP's, 2 regular Season MVP's and never lost an NBA Finals as oppossed to Dirk Nowitzki who has 0 championships, 0 MVP awards, 1 Finals appearance in which he choked bigtime...... You do the math..............
Dirk is probably right on par with Duncan in most categories right now. But, until Dirk leads his team to a couple of Championships, he will still be seen as not quite as great as Duncan.
The big difference I see is in big post season games, Duncan seems to be able to turn it up a notch or two, while Dirk seems to shrink away, like he is afraid to step up and lead the team.
That win, was more of a Spurs failure down the final couple of minutes, than Dirk leading the team. Didn't the Mavs have them down 3 - 1, and then manage to falter until it became a 7 game series...The last time they met, dirk is the one that stepped it up enough to go to the next round, and until that is reversed, dirk is on top of him.
Same thing with Miami.....Dirk disappeared when it counted the most.....Mavs should have cruised to the le....Instead, they handed it to Miami. And since Dirk is supposed to be the leader of that team, a lot of that falls on his shoulders.
He is going to have to do more than "just beat the Spurs", to become greater than Duncan. That's a start. But until Dirk leads the team to Championships, he will always be known as less of a player and leader than Tim.
all dirk has on duncan is shooting, thats it (by a significant margin, and yet duncan has the better FG%- try and figure this one out mav fans).
anyways if you want to answer yes to the question, you need to remove the word "power" from it, because dirk will never overpower duncan, or any other player over 200lbs for that matter. but he is an amazing shooter, with decent ability everywhere else. duncan isnt amazing at anything, but he is great at just about everything, at least everything important. although going by this season we will now have to qualify that statement with the dreaded "when he wants to" BS.
Do ya think lay-ups go have a higher percentage of going in than 15 ft. fade-aways? Try and figure that one out Spur fan.
I say - if Tim won't pick it up this season he will be overtaken forever.
Dirk
KG
Howard
Oden
Amare
NO
Just a question, are you just talking about from here on out? Or are you basing this on what it stands as of now? Because a Duncan lead Spurs team did knock off a Dirk lead Mavs team during the WCF in 03'. So then it would be Duncan=1, Dirk=1.
the guys have different styles of play, i don't they should be compared to each other but rather admired for their separate unique abilities
as for the silly generic ring comment, lots of great ballers don't have rings...dominique wilkins, charles barkley, elgin baylor, karl malone...who knows if guys like AI/KG/LBJ will win rings but they are still some of the best in the league right now and will no doubt be hall of famers regardless of their ring totals at the end of the day
anyway, i just think it's stupid to compare duncan to dirk when the two have very different games despite the fact that they play the same position...rings aside, because obviously bird has them and dirk doesn't, i think dirk has a closer game to bird than duncan
btw, i'm not being a mavs homer, i think duncan is one of the great ballers in the league but i also think dirk is too...i do however think duncan hasn't played quite the same since the semis when he scared the out of me with his domination, he seems just a tad bit complacent with the rebounding and blocks this season but maybe he's just a bit bored or saving it for the playoffs, who knows
Except that Bird could and would pass the ball upon occasion; Bird was willing to play defense and did; and Bird stepped up to take on challenges---didn't always win, but he did accept the challange, instead of crumpling like a used Kleenex
And I don't recall Bird ever attacking a stationary bike
If Dirk played less like a pussy I would respect him more.
Actually some of Duncans shots are very tough shots. But yeah you are right most of his work is in the paint, his jumper needs a ton of work.
It's hard to say. Apples and oranges.
how about boozer for this year?
PPG 22.0
RPG 11.80
APG 3.1
EFF + 26.66
.546 FG
And a winning team
not bad?
I think Dirk, after coming back so quickly from this ankle sprain, is now more durable than Tim. And it's probably because he's younger, plain and simple.
Except that Bird could and would pass the ball upon occasion; Bird was willing to play defense and did; and Bird stepped up to take on challenges---didn't always win, but he did accept the challange, instead of crumpling like a used Kleenex
And I don't recall Bird ever attacking a stationary bike
haha crumpling like a kleenex, that's cute...dirk rolls his ankle badly and comes back the next game, what a wuss...only a pu$$y would come back against the suns in a 2-2 series when the suns were up in game five in phoenix...nah, dirk didn't score 50 to get his team a much needed win that the suns were getting ready to take away...dirk doesn't pass the ball? guess you haven't been following the mavs much this season. you can accuse him of being a not so great defender and i'll give you that, but a ballhog? hahahahahahaha, put the pipe down...stationary bike? i guess jordan's a pu$$y too for breaking in the lockerroom when he was frustrated after losses
i imagine jordan actually broke what he was trying to break. dirk looked like he was throwing a hissy fit.haha crumpling like a kleenex, that's cute...dirk rolls his ankle badly and comes back the next game, what a wuss...only a pu$$y would come back against the suns in a 2-2 series when the suns were up in game five in phoenix...nah, dirk didn't score 50 to get his team a much needed win that the suns were getting ready to take away...dirk doesn't pass the ball? guess you haven't been following the mavs much this season. you can accuse him of being a not so great defender and i'll give you that, but a ballhog? hahahahahahaha, put the pipe down...stationary bike? i guess jordan's a pu$$y too for breaking in the lockerroom when he was frustrated after losses
Or Amare...a 4 playing the 5.
Pipe??? No, I prefer cigars, usually Dominican in origin...hahahahahahaha, put the pipe down....
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