NBA: Kevin Love is a top 10 player in the NBA,,,,

[Kawhitstorm]

Dirk never had a 20/10 season.

Here are Nique's career stats…

Regular season[edit]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1982–83 Atlanta 82 82 32.9 .493 .182 .682 5.8 1.6 1.0 .8 17.5
1983–84 Atlanta 81 81 36.6 .479 .000 .770 7.2 1.6 1.4 1.1 21.6
1984–85 Atlanta 81 81 37.3 .451 .309 .806 6.9 2.5 1.7 .7 27.4
1985–86 Atlanta 78 78 39.1 .468 .186 .818 7.8 2.6 1.8 .6 30.3
1986–87 Atlanta 79 79 37.6 .463 .292 .818 6.3 3.3 1.5 .6 29.0
1987–88 Atlanta 78 76 37.8 .464 .295 .826 6.4 2.9 1.3 .6 30.7
1988–89 Atlanta 80 80 37.5 .464 .276 .844 6.9 2.6 1.5 .7 26.2
1989–90 Atlanta 80 79 36.1 .484 .322 .807 6.5 2.5 1.6 .6 26.7
1990–91 Atlanta 81 81 38.0 .470 .341 .829 9.0 3.3 1.5 .8 25.9
1991–92 Atlanta 42 42 38.1 .464 .289 .835 7.0 3.8 1.2 .6 28.1
1992–93 Atlanta 71 70 37.3 .468 .380 .828 6.8 3.2 1.0 .4 29.9
1993–94 Atlanta 49 49 34.4 .432 .308 .854 6.2 2.3 1.3 .4 24.4
1993–94 Los Angeles 25 25 37.9 .453 .247 .835 7.0 2.2 1.2 .3 29.1
1994–95 Boston 77 64 31.5 .424 .388 .782 5.2 2.2 .8 .2 17.8
1996–97 San Antonio 63 26 30.9 .417 .293 .803 6.4 1.9 .6 .5 18.2
1998–99 Orlando 27 2 9.3 .379 .263 .690 2.6 .6 .1 .0 5.1
Career 1074 995 35.5 .461 .319 .811 6.7 2.5 1.3 .6 24.8


Here are Dirk's

Regular season[edit]
Year Team GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
1998–99 Dallas 47 24 20.4 .405 .206 .773 3.4 1.0 .6 .6 8.2
1999–00 Dallas 82 81 35.8 .461 .379 .830 6.5 2.5 .8 .8 17.5
2000–01 Dallas 82 82 38.1 .474 .387 .838 9.2 2.1 1.0 1.2 21.8
2001–02 Dallas 76 76 38.0 .477 .397 .853 9.9 2.4 1.1 1.0 23.4
2002–03 Dallas 80 80 39.0 .463 .379 .881 9.9 3.0 1.4 1.0 25.1
2003–04 Dallas 77 77 37.9 .462 .341 .877 8.7 2.7 1.2 1.4 21.8
2004–05 Dallas 78 78 38.7 .459 .399 .869 9.7 3.1 1.2 1.5 26.1
2005–06 Dallas 81 81 38.1 .480 .406 .901 9.0 2.8 .7 1.0 26.6
2006–07 Dallas 78 78 36.2 .502 .416 .904 8.9 3.4 .7 .8 24.6
2007–08 Dallas 77 77 36.0 .479 .359 .879 8.6 3.5 .7 .9 23.6
2008–09 Dallas 81 81 37.7 .479 .359 .890 8.4 2.4 .8 .8 25.9
2009–10 Dallas 81 80 37.5 .481 .421 .915 7.7 2.7 .9 1.0 25.0
2010–11† Dallas 73 73 34.3 .517 .393 .892 7.0 2.6 .5 .6 23.0
2011–12 Dallas 62 62 33.5 .457 .368 .896 6.8 2.2 .7 .5 21.6
2012–13 Dallas 53 47 31.3 .471 .414 .860 6.8 2.5 .7 .7 17.3
2013–14 Dallas 80 80 32.9 .497 .398 .899 6.2 2.7 .9 .6 21.7
Career 1188 1157 35.9 .476 .383 .879 8.1 2.6 .9 .9 22.5

Prime bolded.

It's not a lock… but it's arguable. I'd certainly rather watch prime Nique than prime Dirk. But… I just laughed at Dirk being top 20… Nique is like 25…

Bernard King was also definitely better than Dirk… but he got injured too early in his career.

Grant Hill is in the same boat.

I've always maintained that Dirk is Nique w/ one of the most fortuitous chips. If Lebron didn't get outscored by Barea in the 4th quarter, Dirk's career wouldn't be as glorified & would be ranked below Barkley/KG.

[spursistan]

[ambchang]

Nique never won MVP.

Dirk is one of the four players to be the second best PF ever. The delegation after Duncan is really razor thin. There aren't any other top 15 players who is a PG and Duncan is arguable top 5.

[UZER]

He ain't got no heart. Rj and love make great teammates.