Which playoff run is more impressive?(Hakeem/Duncan/Dirk)

[DirkNowitzki41]

I don't care about the numbers....

Dirk sweept the 2 time Champions and the lakers had the Homecourt.

Dirk vs Durant + Westbrock

Dirk vs Lebron Wade And Miami had Homecourt .

Dirk's run is almost as impressive as Shaq's 01 demolition (15-1)

Damn right

[Jacks3]

Seriously. It's an insult to Hakeem/Duncan to include Dirk.

Those guys were posting monster numbers on offense and playing DPOY level defense on the other end.

Do people realize how extraordinarily that is?

Dirk pales in comparison.

[kentatm]

Mavs (Dirk).. He f.cked Phil Jackson's,Kobe's,Lebron's,Stern's best selling stories in one playoff.

If Lakers were champion...
Phil Jackson's epic ending for his career. Probably it will be all day and night at sport news..as a great goodbye. And he would continue all those stupid comments about other teams & stars. Dirk saved us all.

Kobe's second threepeat.Just like Jordan.He would have 6 rings.Just like Jordan.All that Jordan vs Kobe debate would rise again and it would take months probably on news. Dirk saved us all.

If Heat were champion...
Lebron's tweets...Lebron's and Wade's comments about haters..Lebron is better than Kobe..Lebron is better than Jordan..Lebron is the KING..his narcisstic comments, parties every day and night..for months.. Dirk once again saved us all.

Mavs championship story is most impressive one after first Rocky movie.

[crosso√er]

Dirk had one of the toughest runs to the championship.
Beating a hot Portland team; sweeping the two-time defending champions; beating a very good Thunder team and then overcoming the duo of James & Wade.

Simply incredible but I pick Duncan of 03'; I never seen a guy carry a team to a title the way Timmy did in 03 to be honest.

EVER.

[Smoke117]

As players?

1. Hakeem
2. Duncan
3. Dirk

Overall run considering circumstances?

1. Hakeem
2. Dirk
3. Duncan

This is just like the KG and Dirk debate all over...you completely dismissing Duncan's defense this time instead though during this playoff run. Only problem is Duncan was a stud offensively too in this instance. There is no way Dirk had a better run. Tim Duncan's two way super star effort trumps Dirks one way super star effort pretty handily.

[nbacardDOTnet]

1994


1995 (WCF)

[DMAVS41]

This is just like the KG and Dirk debate all over...you completely dismissing Duncan's defense this time instead though during this playoff run. Only problem is Duncan was a stud offensively too in this instance. There is no way Dirk had a better run. Tim Duncan's two way super star effort trumps Dirks one way super star effort pretty handily.

Which is why I rank Duncan over Dirk in terms of individual play.

As for the run though? I give the edge to Dirk for a lot of different reasons...some of them out of the control of the players.

That is what a playoff run is. It matters who you beat and how you beat them. It matters winning the title as a 20 to 1 underdog while nobody was surprised at all the Spurs won in 03.

It matters going 16-5 vs much better competition vs 16-8.

It matters that Dirk had the most clutch playoff run since MJ.

It matters that the Mavs beat a team in the finals without home court that so many people on this board deemed "competitively unfair".....

That is what a playoff run is to me. I can't explain it any clearer.

[Smoke117]

Which is why I rank Duncan over Dirk in terms of individual play.

As for the run though? I give the edge to Dirk for a lot of different reasons...some of them out of the control of the players.

That is what a playoff run is. It matters who you beat and how you beat them. It matters winning the title as a 20 to 1 underdog while nobody was surprised at all the Spurs won in 03.

It matters going 16-5 vs much better competition vs 16-8.

It matters that Dirk had the most clutch playoff run since MJ.

It matters that the Mavs beat a team in the finals without home court that so many people on this board deemed "competitively unfair".....

That is what a playoff run is to me. I can't explain it any clearer.

You are overrating the teams The Mavs beat and underrating the teams the Spurs beat. That 2003 lakers team was better then this 2011 team and your own Mavs team was better then the Thunder team this 2011 Mavs beat. And If that Blazers team was better then that Suns team it wasn't by much. You got the Heat over Nets handily enough, but I'm not sure one clear series makes the 2011 Mavs competition so much better.

[SCdac]

Duncan comes up big in the 4th

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/bas...ncan_sider_ap/

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Expectations for Tim Duncan are so high that when he averaged 21 points in Games 2, 3 and 4 of the NBA Finals, there were actually whispers that he wasn't doing enough for the San Antonio Spurs.

He left no room for doubt in Game 5.

Duncan had 29 points and 17 rebounds and was a steady presence during a tight stretch early in the fourth quarter as the Spurs beat the New Jersey Nets 93-83 Friday night to get within a victory of their second NBA championship.

Duncan made 10-of-18 shots and, most impressively, was 9-of-10 from the foul line. He also had four assists and four blocks, helping overcome his six turnovers.

"Tim was great tonight from the get-go," center David Robinson said. "That was one of the keys. When he gets started early, our confidence level is just higher. Guys just feel better and play better."

People are acting like Duncan was a ghost in the 4th quarter or what? it's not like he pales in comparison to Dirk

and Duncan makes his teammates play just as well if not better.

dude had 100+ assists in that playoff run

and Duncan was on the floor for nearly entire games.....

think about having the defense of prime Duncan on the floor for nearly entire games.

it's closer to Dirk Nowitzki and Tyson Chandler combined than it is just Duncan vs Dirk...

Finals Duncans minutes 2003:

Game 1: 44 min
Game 2: 43 min
Game 3: 45 min
Game 4: 39 min
Game 5: 46 min
Game 6: 46 min

Dirk Finals minutes 2011:

Game 1: 40 min
Game 2: 42 min
Game 3: 42 min
Game 4: 39 min
Game 5: 40 min
Game 6: 39 min

Don't take for granted what having Duncan control your team on both ends does..... when he's almost never on the bench.

He MADE teams look weak.

[Big#50]

Tim went crazy in 03. No playoff run will ever beat it. Dude averaged 24/17/5/5 in the finals. DUNCAN?Hakeem BTW. And I do not even like the guy.

[brownmamba00]

Hakeem


Duncan







Dirk

[brownmamba00]

1994

1995 (WCF)

[Big#50]

Tim would have blocked that ***** shot. And I do not even like him.

[Stuckey]

tough call

Dirk faced some tough competition

but Hakeem and Duncan looked like gods out there

[DMAVS41]

You are overrating the teams The Mavs beat and underrating the teams the Spurs beat. That 2003 lakers team was better then this 2011 team and your own Mavs team was better then the Thunder team this 2011 Mavs beat. And If that Blazers team was better then that Suns team it wasn't by much. You got the Heat over Nets handily enough, but I'm not sure one clear series makes the 2011 Mavs competition so much better.

No, I'm not.

The Mavs without Dirk are not better than the Thunder this year. Its actually not even remotely close.

The Heat are probably 3 times as good as the Nets were.

Both Lakers teams were stacked and flawed.

The Blazers were better than the Suns.....


If you can't admit that this Mavs team played better competition then you should just stop posting because its just a pointless discussion. That should be conceded from the get go.

Just like I conceded that Duncan was a better overall player in 03.

Both are just facts.