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If you could have either player on your team, and have them be healthy, whom would you rather have?
Tmac, or Dirk?
And why?
For me it is Tmac he makes his teamates better. He is not a leader, but he can do anything on the court....
He just needs a good supporting cast to advance in the playoffs, but I would rather have him than Dirk.
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The Mavs fans come out and vote quickly......
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Last edited by DaDakota; 04-11-2008 at 01:03 PM.
a healthy Tmac
"And why?"
needs no answer if you seen him play
Vote: Dirk
Why: He can look straight ahead with both eyes forward.
I take Dirk.
Simply because even though he may be a choker under pressure, he isn't near the choker that T-Mac has shown himself to be.
Gotta go with Dirk.
I'd take the 7 foot wingman
Uhh, Dirk, and it isn't even a debate.
One of the clutchest players in the game, the residing MVP, a guy who absolutely makes him teammates better, a winner who has led his team to the Finals.
No disrespect to TMac, but he's injury-prone, has never won a playoff series despite being on a team equipped to do so, and isn't as clutch as Dirk.
if he hadn't dealt with all the injuries, I MAY say t-mac. i think T-Mac is honestly an even more gifted and skilled player than Kobe, but the constant barrage of injuries have held him back quite a bit. but the fact is, he is not playing at a level that Dirk is playing at.
A healthy, inspired Tmac can be absolutely dominant but that's a rare sight.
Give me Dirk, who is much more consistent and efficient.
T-Mac hasn't popped his second round cherry yet.
Dirk popped his the first time he was in the playoffs.
End thread.
WINNER!!! LOL
Dude are you kidding me? I think T-Mac is a great player, but he's not near Kobe's level. A motivated & healthy Vince Carter is better than T-Mac (although we haven't seen a whole lot of VC motivated & healthy).
I disagree. I even know Laker/Kobe fans that think T-Mac is more gifted than Kobe. He has a much smoother game, is a better rebounder, better passer, is bigger and stronger with just as much speed and agility which helps him both on offense and defense, has better shooting range and ability... and when he wants to, he can play just as good of defense as Kobe. T-Mac likewise deals with lack of motivation, although not quite as bad as VC. If he stayed healthy, and played hard on a nightly basis the way Kobe does, I think he would be a better basketball player. When they are both at their very best and healthiest, I think T-Mac is just as hard, if not harder to stop than Kobe (due to his superior size and athleticism).
But that is just my opinion.
I agree with this 100%, the problem with Tmac is that he doesn't come to play every night.......he rests on defense and plays uninspired ball too often.
You also have to surround Tmac with Bulldog personality types..Battier, Scola, Sura etc....to inspire him......
Clearly this poll is showing how fall he has fallen in other fan's eyes though...
DD
I just don't see it. I think T-Mac is great and definitely a top 10 player in the league, but I don't see him anywhere near Kobe's level, skill-wise or any other way. Especially mentally.
And as far as just pure physical ability & talent, I'd definitely take Vince Carter over T-Mac. Obviously other intangibles make T-Mac a much better player now though.
Dirk anyday. He's the perfect combination of player. Can score from anywhere, is a nightmare to guard, and can bounce back from injures like they are nothing. He just needs to not be so scared to take over. Oh, and learn how to defend.
But Tmac can do all those things on offense and defend as well....
DD
I'd take Dirk for a number of reasons, but maybe as much as anything because of T-Mac's weak, injury riddled back. Plus, despite both struggling in different ways in the playoffs, I think T-Mac can be defeated mentally more easily.
Wow, we we actually agree.
I've always felt that T-Mac was a ing monster. Just lazy and injury prone. And people bag on him too much for not getting past the first round... those were really not his fault. He played his butt off (he almost singlehandedly beat the Mavs in 2005, only to have his team choke the series away), and his team let him down when he needed them most, much like I always say that Dirk's team what who really let him down in the GS series last year, game 6 of the finals, and the series against Sacramento in 2004, as opposed to Dirk choking/not showing up, or whatever you wish to call it. And injuries have held T-Mac back quite a bit, however, sometimes I do wonder about his injuries, and whether he has just had really back fortune to get all these injuries, or if he could really be playing through them and his lazy at ude is taking over him and keeping him out of games, I dunno. I'm not going to accuse him of anything, because I know that he has heart too. I just know that Dirk does all he can to not miss a game due to injury/sickness, and plays hurt quite often.
atx er voted T-Mac
T-Mac used to be better. Especially in his days in Orlando and his first year in Houston. Now I would say Dirk.
Is this thread a joke? Is it even a given that if you choose T-Mac he will even be healthy enough to play?
Once again DaDakota starts another thread to annoy mavs fans and as usual it results in this:
What?
I am not trying to annoy anyone just get a bball discussion going and too see how other fans think about different things.
If you are annoyed, you need to get thicker skin.
DD
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