Yao or Dirk?

[Leetonidas]

Okay, um, Dirk is a great player, but really, at this point, I would not build a team around him if I'm starting from scratch. LeBron, Wade, Howard...these guys are the future. I'd take Dirk on a good team right now, but building for the future, I would take 3 or 4 guys ahead of him.

[nsrammstein]

This is not catholic school, keep the religion out of here plz.

[Trainwreck2100]

This is not catholic school, keep the religion out of here plz.

Amen

[Amarelooms]

Not even close...Dirk. Yao gets winded after 1 min up and down the court

[Amare'sLoom]

Dirk make yao look like great wall of crap

[Horry For 3!]

Even though I hate Dirk. I would have to choose him. Yao isn't that great and doesn't hit game winning shots. Also, he misses a bunch of games every year. Dirk doesn't miss very many.

[Amarelooms]

Lol at 14 Mavs haters who voted for Yao...we know deep down no way you take Yao. Dude is big but he's often a non factor and gets worn down. Not to mention he misses lots of games...stop being homers

[angel_luv]

I would take Dirk. I only dislike him because he is a Maverick.

Dirk could be Timmy's back up. Bwhahahahaha!

[loveThe23]

I mean Yao, he's way taller, but for his height he should be able to do much more damage, but he can't.

Dirk anyday.

[jacobdrj]

This is a tougher question than it looks at first glance. Is this for right now, for the future, or both?

Dirk right now, just an offensive machine. He still needs a Mario Ellie or Robert Horry, but shouldn't be that hard to come by.

But Yao is quite possibly the best 5 in the NBA right now. His only problem are the before mentioned stamina and possibly injury problem (That knee thing may be just the beginning).

Yao plays more D, and is the better overall player. He is a center who plays on both sides of the floor (when he can get down there). Yao for a building project.

Short: Dirk
Long: Yao
Both: Tossup.

[DarrinS]

[ALVAREZ6]

Dirk because he is clearly a million times better than Yao

[pussyface]

I would take these 5 players in order if I started a team TODAY

LeBron
Howard
Wade
Dirk
Duncan

Yao would be like, tenth on that list.

this guy is not overly smart when it comes to basketball.

anyone who is taking Howard over for instance Chris Bosh is blind to fundamental excellence in favor of and1 tour jumping/dunking.

[dickface]

this guy is not overly smart when it comes to basketball.

anyone who is taking Howard over for instance Chris Bosh is blind to fundamental excellence in favor of and1 tour jumping/dunking.

you're not seriously reducing Dwight Howard's considerable amount of game to a bunch of "and1 tour jumping/dunking" are you? if so, then you're the one that's not overly smart when it comes to basketball. Chris Bosh is so skinny that Dwight Howard could snap him in half down low.

[Kobulingam]

I would take these 5 players in order if I started a team TODAY

LeBron
Howard
Wade
Dirk
Duncan

Yao would be like, tenth on that list.

Bosh over D.Howard.

[Kobulingam]

you're not seriously reducing Dwight Howard's considerable amount of game to a bunch of "and1 tour jumping/dunking" are you? if so, then you're the one that's not overly smart when it comes to basketball. Chris Bosh is so skinny that Dwight Howard could snap him in half down low.

Chris Bosh isn't that skinny. I don't get these people who think Bosh is a toothpick.

Dwight could snap anyone not named Shaq in half, not just Bosh.

[Findog]

Even though I hate Dirk. I would have to choose him. Yao isn't that great and doesn't hit game winning shots. Also, he misses a bunch of games every year. Dirk doesn't miss very many.

Wait a second! According to the national media, Dirk has never come through in the clutch before. A regular season game in March against Phoenix is more indicative of the stones Dirk has (or doesn't have) than a Game 7 on the road against San Antonio.

[mardigan]

Lol at 14 Mavs haters who voted for Yao...we know deep down no way you take Yao. Dude is big but he's often a non factor and gets worn down. Not to mention he misses lots of games...stop being homers

I voted for Yao, so what? Im not a Mav hater, I just think that Yao will be much more of a game changer for years to come. You can do things to slow Dirk down, but if Yao is on, no one in the league can stop him. The guy is averaging 25, 10 and 2 blocks this year. He is 2 years younger than Dirk, and shoots 50 percent from the field, and 86% on his fts, a big that you cant foul. I would say that all the people on this poll that voted Dirk without even thinking about Yao are more homers than I.

[Findog]

He is 2 years younger than Dirk

so you're answering this ? from a GM's perspective, not a coach, correct?

[mardigan]

so you're answering this ? from a GM's perspective, not a coach, correct?

What, so that is the only thing your going to jump on out of all the things I said? And either way, you wouldnt agree that being two years younger is not a benifit?

[Findog]

What, so that is the only thing your going to jump on out of all the things I said? And either way, you wouldnt agree that being two years younger is not a benifit?

I didn't say being younger wasn't a benefit. I was just illustrating how absurd it is to say "Who would you rather have, Player A or Player B?" Well, that depends. If I need to win a game tomorrow, age is not a factor. If I'm building a team, obviously it is.

[mardigan]

I didn't say being younger wasn't a benefit. I was just illustrating how absurd it is to say "Who would you rather have, Player A or Player B?" Well, that depends. If I need to win a game tomorrow, age is not a factor. If I'm building a team, obviously it is.

Well if this thread had been Duncan or Yao, I would have said Yao because of the age difference as well, not only because of that, but it helps. Yao hasnt gotten as good as he will get yet, and because of that potential, I would take Yao. And nice little spell check you did there, pretty good how you owned me right there

[monosylab1k]

Wait a second! According to the national media, Dirk has never come through in the clutch before. A regular season game in March against Phoenix is more indicative of the stones Dirk has (or doesn't have) than a Game 7 on the road against San Antonio.

What about games 3,4,5,6 of the NBA Finals last year? They were more indicative than any other game.

Dirk is still not good enough to be called clutch, but he definitely doesn't quite deserve the "choker" label either.

[nsrammstein]

What about games 3,4,5,6 of the NBA Finals last year? They were more indicative than any other game.

Im not saying that dirk is super clutch but, did you happen to watch game 5? in the last minute dirk hit a couple of tough ass shots and a pass to dampier, the 1st shot was to put up the mavs by one with 50 seconds left and then came the pass with like 30 seconds left to dampier for an open dunk, then the mavs were down again and he made a shot over haslem and shaq to give the mavs a one point lead with 10 seconds left.

[Findog]

Im not saying that dirk is super clutch but, did you happen to watch game 5? in the last minute dirk hit a couple of tough ass shots and a pass to dampier, the 1st shot was to put up the mavs by one with 50 seconds left and then came the pass with like 30 seconds left to dampier for an open dunk, then the mavs were down again and he made a shot over haslem and shaq to give the mavs a one point lead with 10 seconds left.

Yeah, Dirk came up big there, but who was even more clutch in that game? Who answered Dirk and led his team to victory?.....


Bennett Salvatore, that's who!