MVP Dirk losing to an 8th seed in '07

[longhornfan1234]

The worst choke job by a top 25 player in history?

[SexSymbol]

LeBron 11
Wilt's numerous ones

[longhornfan1234]

LeBron 11
Wilt's numerous ones

Nah... How's there ever been a MVP of the league who got bounced by an 8th seed ?

[Beastmode88]

Kobe in 2006 vs the suns is up there as well. But bran takes the cake in 2011.

[Eric Cartman]

To be fair, that Golden State team sweept them in the rs.

[Shih508]

Kobe in 2006 vs the suns is up there as well. But bran takes the cake in 2011.

Kobe was never a true mvp in the league so he wouldn't have this sort of choke jobs.

[Shep]

Not even the worst of THAT Postseason which was Dwyane Wade's choke job getting swept out of the first round.

[SamuraiSWISH]

LeBron's 2011 / Dirk's 2007 indistinguishably, both indiscriminately embarrassing.

[TheMarkMadsen]

Dirks choke in game 3 of the finals the year before was pretty bad too.

[SexSymbol]

Also, remember the spurs losing to the grizz in the first round as a first seed.
One of the most underrated choke jobs ever

[SamuraiSWISH]

Kobe's 2004 deserves mention

[SexSymbol]

Kobe's 2004 deserves mention

I think we should seperate playing like shit and not trying at all (choking)
at least kobe tried, he just played like shit

[TheMarkMadsen]

Getting ripped by Nick Anderson is up there

[Rose'sACL]

I think we should seperate playing like shit and not trying at all (choking)
at least kobe tried, he just played like shit

wow.....ISH keeps surprising me. kobe's 2004 is up there with lebron's 2011 finals as one of the worst by a great player.
Dirk's 2007 was way worse though. he had close to lebron's 2011 numbers while shooting 38.3% and this was in the first round unlike kobe and lebron's performance which were in the finals.

[SCdac]

man, "top-25 players" encompasses so many years of ball, it's tough to narrow it down. I'll say that it was definitely one of the worst playoff collapses I've seen live from a player in an MVP season. Dirk had to take some time to himself in the Outback after that, can't really blame him. For such a prolific 3-point shooter to go so cold from beyond the arch (.21%) and in general (.38%) was definitely surprising. And his lack of post game at the time got exposed (he got better though). Josh Howard, who had questionable bball IQ but was an All-Star that season, managed to have a good series but GSW had Dirk locked down