Kareem on Dirk: "One trick pony"

[SexSymbol]

How come noone created a thread on this?
Kareem just flat out disrespected a fellow ATG player

[StephHamann]

[D. Toretto]

Come on, let them old dudes have their fun. No one believes Dirk is a one trick pony lol

[SexSymbol]

Come on, let them old dudes have their fun. No one believes Dirk is a one trick pony lol

apparently kareem does

[D. Toretto]

Do you believe he is?

[JohnMax]

Video of Kareem calling Dirk "One trick pony"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIRr6C62Hzk&t=74m22s

[stalkerforlife]

Dirk never played with the talent Kareem played with.

Cool yourself, old ass racist.

[Asukal]

Coming from a guy who needed 2 ATGs to get it done, real classy.....

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Took that way out of context. He went into far more explanation than what you're posting here. He said Dirk wasn't as dominant as he could of been if he were able to rebound, defend and block shots at an all time great level as well. It was not a knock on Dirk, he was just stating how he wasn't as complete a player as someone like Duncan for instance. Provide the whole source and post the whole quote next time instead of trying to smear top 5 players of all time with deceptive citations.

[keep-itreal]

Yeah it was uncalled for, but he's right.

He's only good at shooting

[SAKOTXA]

Yeah it was uncalled for, but he's right.

He's only good at shooting

You don't dominate teams like OKC, Portland, Lakers, Miami in a single playoff run by just being good at shooting. He's always been an above average rebounder in the playoffs and his quickness was extremely underrated in his younger years.

[brain drain]

Took that way out of context. He went into far more explanation than what you're posting here. He said Dirk wasn't as dominant as he could of been if he were able to rebound, defend and block shots at an all time great level as well. It was not a knock on Dirk, he was just stating how he wasn't as complete a player as someone like Duncan for instance. Provide the whole source and post the whole quote next time instead of trying to smear top 5 players of all time with deceptive citations.

At least the rebound stuff is complete nonsense - Dirk used to be a pretty damn good defensive rebounder, epsecially in the playoffs. He didn't get many offensive rebounds, but that is a result of where he was positioned on offense, so you can't really hold that against him.

Also, Dirk never padded numbers - which is a reason why his playoff numbers didn't drop off in the playoffs and instead increased vs the regular season in quite a few years.

Now, to see if Dirk was a decent rebounder, let's compare Dirk's defensive rebounding against some all time great centers:

Dirk had 6 playoff runs with a DRB% of >= 26.
Duncan had 7.
Shaq had 3.
Hakeem had 5.
David Robinson had 3.

And Kareem?

Kareem had 1 - plus 4 years where (70-73) where DRB% wasn't tracked, so 5 at most.

So Kareem's obviously talking utter, complete nonsense, at least as far as rebounding is concerned. I don't see how anyone can knock Dirk's rebounding considering the role he's played.

[SAKOTXA]

At least the rebound stuff is complete nonsense - Dirk used to be a pretty damn good defensive rebounder, epsecially in the playoffs. He didn't get many offensive rebounds, but that is a result of where he was positioned on offense, so you can't really hold that against him.

Also, Dirk never padded numbers - which is a reason why his playoff numbers didn't drop off in the playoffs and instead increased vs the regular season in quite a few years.

Now, to see if Dirk was a decent rebounder, let's compare Dirk's defensive rebounding against some all time great centers:

Dirk had 6 playoff runs with a DRB% of >= 26.
Duncan had 7.
Shaq had 3.
Hakeem had 5.
David Robinson had 3.

And Kareem?

Kareem had 1 - plus 4 years where (70-73) where DRB% wasn't tracked, so 5 at most.

So Kareem's obviously talking utter, complete nonsense, at least as far as rebounding is concerned. I don't see how anyone can knock Dirk's rebounding considering the role he's played.

Preach

[stalkerforlife]

Yeah it was uncalled for, but he's right.

He's only good at shooting

You're right...he's only good at shooting from the post, from deep, from mid-range, from both elbows, with a hand in his face, double teamed, at the rim...

Other than that, he sucks.

[DMV2]

Coming from a guy who needed 2 ATGs to get it done, real classy.....

True.

Dirk's 2011 title run > any of Kareem's title run

Dirk had midget Barea and near-retirement home Kidd.