Dirk is officially GOAT material

[CanYouDigIt]

http://youtu.be/6YECQLJV2fY

[SCdac]

Dirk was definitely the man in 2011, but the GOAT in basketball doesn't get owned by Stephen Jackson & Crew in the first round of his MVP season.

[shady6121]

http://youtu.be/6YECQLJV2fY

[tikay0]

Dirk was definitely the man in 2011, but the GOAT in basketball doesn't get owned by Stephen Jackson & Crew in the first round of his MVP season.

Not calling Dirk the GOAT, but there is such things as "styles make fights."

Explain to me how Ken Norton always gave Ali trouble, but Foreman could knock him out like nothing.

[DMAVS41]

Dirk was definitely the man in 2011, but the GOAT in basketball doesn't get owned by Stephen Jackson & Crew in the first round of his MVP season.

You say that as if Stephen Jackson & crew was an easy matchup for Dirk and the Mavs.

It was in fact the worst matchup possible from players to style to coach.

But yes, coming up that small in a series in which a team should have won is not GOAT material generally.

But this notion that the Warriors weren't a nightmare matchup for Dirk and the Mavs needs to stop.

[chosen_wun]

There is no excuse for your 60+ win and MVP lead team going down in the first round. You just gotta take that one on the chin and move on.

He redeemed himself anyways by beating Kobe, KD, Lebron.

[Doranku]

You say that as if Stephen Jackson & crew was an easy matchup for Dirk and the Mavs.

It was in fact the worst matchup possible from players to style to coach.

But yes, coming up that small in a series in which a team should have won is not GOAT material generally.

But this notion that the Warriors weren't a nightmare matchup for Dirk and the Mavs needs to stop.

You'd think that a Spurs fan would be able to sympathize over losing in the first round to an 8th seed.

[SCdac]

Not calling Dirk the GOAT, but there is such things as "styles make fights."

Explain to me how Ken Norton always gave Ali trouble, but Foreman could knock him out like nothing.

I like boxing, but I don't know enough about it to talk match ups.

The point is, I'm not necessarily talking about "Warriors owning the Mavs", which may have been a bad matchup...

I'm talking about 7-foot, jump shooting, Dirk getting owned by Stephen Jackson and Al Harington, not exactly HOF defenders on a GOAT defensive team

[SCdac]

You'd think that a Spurs fan would be able to sympathize over losing in the first round to an 8th seed.

LOL Tim Duncan was like 3483928 years old when the Spurs lost

Dirk was in the prime of his career, playing like an MVP for 67-win team.

After getting owned in the first round, dude spent weeks in remote parts of Australia finding himself. It was probably much harder for him than it was for any Spurs players.

I'm sure it (defeat) all added up to what we saw in 2011, but still, that's 13 years after he began his career and he watched guys like Shaq, Duncan, and Garnett solidify their careers before he could.

Definitely not GOAT.... Maybe the GOAT 7-foot jump shooter, though.

[b0bab0i]

LOL Tim Duncan was like 3483928 years old when the Spurs lost

Dirk was in the prime of his career, playing like an MVP for 67-win team.

After getting owned in the first round, dude spent weeks in remote parts of Australia finding himself. It was probably much harder for him than it was for any Spurs players.

I'm sure it (defeat) all added up to what we saw in 2011, but still, that's 13 years after he began his career and he watched guys like Shaq, Duncan, and Garnett solidify their careers before he could.

Definitely not GOAT.... Maybe the GOAT 7-foot jump shooter, though.

Don't matter, still lost in the first round to an 8th seed.

You guys had Tony Parker in his prime at the time.

[DirkNowitzki41]

Don't matter, still lost in the first round to an 8th seed.

You guys had Tony Parker in his prime at the time.

[Scholar]

Dirk was definitely the man in 2011, but the GOAT in basketball doesn't get owned by Stephen Jackson & Crew in the first round of his MVP season.

Yeah, I suppose it's better to be eliminated by Gay & the gang.

[Unbiased_one]

I love dirk...him and duncan are criminally under-rated

[SCdac]

Don't matter, still lost in the first round to an 8th seed.

You guys had Tony Parker in his prime at the time.

Tony Parker in his prime lol.... Is Tony Parker in his prime even that much better than prime Kevin Johnson or Tim Hardaway?

These were the Spurs leading scorers going into 2011 playoffs:

Parker - 17.5 ppg
Manu - 17.3 ppg
Duncan - 13.4 ppg

Parker was beasting right

Mavs went into the playoffs with Dirk putting up 25 ppg and Howard scoring 19 ppg (both made the AS game)

[LJJ]

Oh man that ISH server.....

Threads from 2011 are still coming through to this day.