Name 10 players better than Dirk

[TDMVPDPOY]

no way vince carter is better than dirk

a player i think should be recognize or listed.....carmelo anthony is pretty good when he has no offcourt/on court issues....his game is like kobes, less agility and more power....

[Dalhoop]

Some of these are very funny (The exercise bike wins IMO)

But then we have the homer answers, like those listing the Spurs players (Other then Duncan, who is better by the way)

I hate to remind the Spurs fans of this, but were it not for Dirk they would be enjoying a threepeat right now and be seriously talking about making the case for the third best team OF ALL TIME (Boston way back when, and the Bulls of the nineties)

Dirk is the only one to send the Spurs home early over the last three years, surely the guy can get some man love for that (Carter and T-mac ... were's the love?)

[ShoogarBear]

I think it's easy to argue that Wade > Dirk.

But no, there aren't 10.

[Pride]

^^so only four or five players better than Dirk. Thanks everyone for posting.

[monosylab1k]

The Dirk-stopper

Ryan Bowen

I believe he likes to be referred to as "The Germanator"

[dallasmavsnfuego214]

Dirk singlehandedly ousted the Spurs from the playoffs.

Duncan (certain)
Wade (certain when healthy)
Kobe (certain)
Nash(certain)
Lebron (certain)
Garnett i think is equal because his defense is better

[Roxsfan]

I don't know if you're being sarcastic or not, but of those guys, only TD is better than Dirk.

keep dreaming

[Roxsfan]

Some of these are very funny (The exercise bike wins IMO)

But then we have the homer answers, like those listing the Spurs players (Other then Duncan, who is better by the way)

I hate to remind the Spurs fans of this, but were it not for Dirk they would be enjoying a threepeat right now and be seriously talking about making the case for the third best team OF ALL TIME (Boston way back when, and the Bulls of the nineties)

Dirk is the only one to send the Spurs home early over the last three years, surely the guy can get some man love for that (Carter and T-mac ... were's the love?)

you make a very good point here with this. Along with Kobe and shaq, Dirk has combined to rob SA from several more rings.

[mardigan]

Tim
Yao
LeBron
Wade
Nash
Kobe
KG
Mello/Dirk (tied)

[Findog]

keep dreaming

You could make an argument for McGrady, but considering Dirk has been to a Finals and Tracy is a second-round virgin, I'll take Dirk. Yao is an even bigger defensive liability than Dirk and has injury and stamina issues. Shaq is in the Fat Elvis stage of his career and is good for 18 and 9 in about 50 games a year.

But, seriously, Gasol? WTF? Perhaps you missed Dirk kicking his teeth in last year in the first round?

[Findog]

Tim
Yao
LeBron
Wade
Nash
Kobe
KG
Mello/Dirk (tied)

everyone is en led to their opinion, here's mine: Dirk > Yao, Nash, KG and Melo

[mardigan]

everyone is en led to their opinion, here's mine: Dirk > Yao, Nash, KG and Melo

I would say Nash and Dirk are probably comparable, and even KG and melo are for sure debatable, but come on Yao? Really? Hes the best center in basketball, you really wouldnt take a younger Yao over Dirk?

[z0sa]

There aren't. I'm sorry but all those claiming TMac and Vince Carter are better than Dirk are so full of its not even funny. Dirk is not only top 10, he's top 5 period. Only players I'd put above him right now are Tim, Kobe, Garnett, and LeBron.

top5 maybe in the regular season. post season you might wanna put vc and tmac ahead ...

[TheNextGen]

Duncan
Kobe
Lebron
Garnett

[Findog]

I would say Nash and Dirk are probably comparable, and even KG and melo are for sure debatable, but come on Yao? Really? Hes the best center in basketball, you really wouldnt take a younger Yao over Dirk?

As a GM, of course I would take Yao. He's 4 years younger. For the 06-07 season, if I'm a coach, I take Dirk.

Yao is absolutely dominant on one end of the floor and a total matador on the other. At the 4, Dirk is a fair good help defender and mediocre on the ball defender, as long as we're not talking Duncan or Garnett. His atrocious defense against GSW was due to being slid over to C because of Damp's injury. He's not good enough defensively to anchor a frontline, but then again, as of right now, neither is Yao.

[Findog]

top5 maybe in the regular season. post season you might wanna put vc and tmac ahead ...

LMFAO. T-Mac who's never gotten out of the first round and Vince who's never made it past the second round? The same VC that tips off opposing benches as to what play is coming, and not in a "This is what I'm gonna do and you can't stop me" way, but "this is what we're running because I want us to lose" way?

[stretch]

top5 maybe in the regular season. post season you might wanna put vc and tmac ahead ...

Are you re ed?

[icem]

i think carmelo anthony is better than dirk

[Findog]

i think carmelo anthony is better than dirk

Right, and Melo has gotten his team out of the first round how many times?

[dallaskd]

Aside from the 2007 playoffs this year, Is Dirk Nowitski a top ten player in the NBA?

Nowitzki

dumb

[dallaskd]

i think carmelo anthony is better than dirk

no ing way

[Findog]

no ing way

As a GM with an eye to the long-term future, I'd rather have Carmelo. But 30 out of 30 coaches and GMs would rather have Dirk today.

[dallaskd]

Duncan
Garnett
Kobe
LeBron
McGrady
Arenas
Shaq
Wade
Nash
Parker
Pierce
Ray Allen
Michael Redd

Dirk is by far the greatest Euro Player of all time and a top 5 player right now in the NBA. You said shaq, tmac, vince, garnett, pierce, ray allen, arenas, MICHAEL REDD...?
kill yourself.

[Pride]

Nowitzki

dumb
^^lol. How about No-win-skum? Is that better?

[confined]

^ never start a topic again, especially when it's something as stupid as this...there are 4 players better than dirk in the nba....TD, lebron, kobe, and wade ( nash is a big maybe ) ...you obviously only started this topic to start more senseless arguements on this board