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Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
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NBA rookie of the year
Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
He's not a lockdown defender, that's for sure. However, he is a solid team defender and opposing teams don't say "Dirk is on you, ISO, ISO". Because of that, he is a solid defender.
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#Dre Day in Sac Town
Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
High IQ player, good size and wants to compete so yeah he will play good D no surprise.
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Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
Yep, well said. Just always though that his reputation for being a liability was unfair.
He had his trouble while playing Nellie ball, but that was over 8 years ago
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Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
Shutting down Gasol doesn't qualify as good D anymore. Yes, dating back to 11'.
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you can't stop me
Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
thread is huge pile of bull shit
Dirk is 7 feet tall with EXCELLENT footwork....and about average nba wingspan for his height
with those , he has the tools to be a good defender for his position
he just never had the desire to be a good defender
miss me with the racist code words
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Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
Originally Posted by get these NETS
thread is huge pile of bull shit
Dirk is 7 feet tall with EXCELLENT footwork....and about average nba wingspan for his height
with those , he has the tools to be a good defender for his position
he just never had the desire to be a good defender
miss me with the racist code words
Uhh.. this thread is not only about Dirk being unathletic. So your post doesnt make that much sense.
It's about how in the last few years, he has actually been a solid defender.
Read the article. Dirk himself said it best... so him never having the desire to be a good defender is bull shit
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you can't stop me
Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
Originally Posted by DirkNowitzki41
For someone who has his athletic limitations, he holds his own pretty nicely.
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Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
Originally Posted by get these NETS
Okay well, how is that wrong? Would you really consider Dirk to be athletic?
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you can't stop me
Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
article is garbage
lack of defensive effort/understanding of defensive principles was the knock against euro-players for years
so i'm not gonna single dirk out
but article is garbage because i don't think it mentions any change in dirk's defensive stats and how they relate to nba rule changes involving zones which surely have helped weak center and power forward defenders
i skimmed article so if it mentions that i apologize
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Maeru Perinawa Achali
Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
There are many stereotypes, if you're a big and white you must be soft, unathletic and good shooter. That's what I've heard
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you can't stop me
Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
Originally Posted by DirkNowitzki41
Okay well, how is that wrong? Would you really consider Dirk to be athletic?
dirk is a great scorer
post MJ...standards have been higher and people expect superstars to be great two way players or at least great offensive and good defensive player
dirk is great scorer and average to bad defender for his position
i blame it on lack of effort...not lack of athleticism
dirk is better athlete than kevin mchale by leaps and bounds but mchale was a better defender at the four spot
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you can't stop me
Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
yeah, I read the article and although they use Dirk's last 5 years....NO mention that those five years coincide with zones being legal.
just like I thought....it's a puff piece..
objective fan can see it...
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Local High School Star
Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
I don't think any one ever called him a liability, it's just that when you do the whole Dirk to KG comparison it's like night and day.
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Re: Believe it or not, Dirk Nowitzki plays good D
Originally Posted by get these NETS
yeah, I read the article and although they use Dirk's last 5 years....NO mention that those five years coincide with zones being legal.
just like I thought....it's a puff piece..
objective fan can see it...
They do say that he is guarding the lesser of the big positions which is kind of like a disclaimer. The guy who guards the better of the bigs isn't getting the attention and I think that's unethical. Since when does the healthy guy operating out of the handicap get credit, and the real muscle gets ignored?
Its like an artist who can't draw but is given co-artist that makes his work great and then acting like the co-artist doesn't exist, while saying this genius work is that of Dirk's.
Its incredibly misleading because his era had the two best defensive Power Forwards ever and Dirk is getting credit despite never guarding superstar PF like other good/decent defenders do. And guys who are obviously better like Ibaka aren't getting their just due.
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