i was 15 when i watched this series. dirk was on a MISSION and that dallas team was MEAN. barea, stojakovic, marion, chandler, kidd, terry. all of those guys stepped up when they needed to. truly deserved championship.
LIfelong Mavs fan here. I watched Dirk's whole career, from start to finish. This video makes me so happy. It was evident to anyone who watched him, Dirk was not just a phenomenal basketball player, but he always was and still is just a great guy. If there was ever more loveable athlete in the history of sports, I've certainly never seen them.
It's wild to think that the blazers had the best chance of beating them aside from Miami, that blazers team could've gone far had they not met the champs 1st round
To be fair, Dirk had way better role players with him in 2011 from starters to the bench, and they had good defense too. Although Luka had Kyrie he still had to do more to win games than Dirk ever be, he needs to control the game, he needs to make his teammates play better, and he needs to create shots for himself. Dirk only had to do is receive the ball from Terry and Kidd, play his game and shoot, which he has done almost effortlessly that year. Not taking anything from Dirk, he is the best Maverick at the moment, but that would be only until Luka get his own chip. Luka just had more roles, that is why I'm picking him over Dirk, but only if he wins this year Chip. Otherwise sadly, no.
