T/F: Dirk's reputation will never recover unless he wins a title

[picc84]

In the next few years.

True or false.

[The Hurricane]

False

[Chrono90]

i dont know about title, but i say great performances durin playoffs will help

[jackjohnson]

True, but reputation is perception and perception does not equal the truth

[dudeguykid]

false he will just need to keep leading the team de....nevermind true. Even if he keeps getting to the 2nd round or wcf, if he doesnt win people will still point at those 2 seasons where he had arguably the best team in the leauge and failed to get it done.

[chains5000]

False.
What if he gets another MVP while leading his team deep in the playoffs only to lose to a better team while playing well?

[wally_world]

true!

same case for everyone... no matter how good you are... you've NEVER won a ring blah blah blah... you'll never be in the top caliber unless you have a ring... same case for Karl Malone and John Stockton...

[EricForman]

true, because people are unfairly harsh to him.

Dirk has had more playoff success than Iverson, KG, tmac, Vince, Lebron and 95% of other "#1 options" out there.

This year is actually the only year he lost to a team he "should have beaten". Even the Heat last year... people forget that team WAS STACKED. Just because they underacheived in the regular seeason and got a poor record doesn't mean nothing... people were picking them to come out of the East before the season.

The years before, Dirk's team either lost to a team with more talent (suns) or a team with a superior superstar (spurs). He's always torched the inferior teams he should be torching-- Portland, Utah, Minnesota (torched KG in 03), he has had two WCF runs and been the #1 guy on multiple 60 win teams. But now people wanna take all that away because of this year. While guys like Iverson never seem to get any flack because he's a popular dude. (cue the guys saying "but he led his team to the finals!"....)

[snipes12]

dont worry he'l get the chip next season

[FabCasablancas]

Cuban is the one who should have the horrible repuation.. he's the one hindering Dirk.. the guys a nutcase.. how many hall of famers can you kick off your team?

[Silent Mav]

After the playoffs it was obvious Dirk and the Mavs were going to catch a lot of grief this off season. And probably all of the coming season until they get the chance to change it in the playoffs. With another bad postseason, it could be true. But for now I'll say false because things settle down with time.

[TMacsOneGoodEye]

True.

He can have a million 67 win seasons, but they mean absolutely nothing if he doesn't win a title.

Right now what is Dirk remembered for? His choke against Miami and GS.

[Fluffy Bird]

So his great clutch play in game seven against a 'dynastic' team (San Antonio) last year goes out the window and has no bearing on how we judge him, nor does being the MVP leader of a sixty-seven win team.

Really effin fair adjudicators we have around here. Does GP's first round loss to the Nuggets ever get mentioned when his career is assessed? Rarely. Why the grease job on the German?

The Mavericks ran into a buzzsaw on a roll this playoffs, if people around here are di(kish enough to let that be the barometer of Dirk's entire career then they are just bitter ******.

Quit hating, you got what you wanted (an early exit on a poor performance) but that doesn't represent the man's entire career.

[Fluffy Bird]

this site has h-ater as a bad word???

what kind of ****in garbage is that?

[Rockets(T-mac)]

No he will get it back when he plays great through out the playoffs and doesn't choke just gets beat by a better team. If he can lose without choking then I can see people being less harsh on him. If he wins a ring then people forget most of his mistakes from the past.