6 Dirk Nowitzki Facts That Will Leave You SPEECHLESS! 

1legit the last of a dying breed

The man who won without a superteam and who beat a a superteam while doing it lol.

Even though no one talks about jason terry carrying them that series while dirk was struggling lmaoo

Luis Soto Frfr terry was balling out on the heat he was cooking Lebron

How about Rasheed Wallace

Ayush Karthick He didnt though. He had a good team. Not all-star heavy, but played a grear system and played great defense.

True, but in this age of superteams, that's as close as we can get

Ayush Karthick uh, no. That would be Hakeem.

Arthur Glover can people please stop talking about 1994 Hakeem. This was a Jordan-less year and years. If Jordan was playing they woulda swept their asses easily. I know that they were very impressive in the west in 1994 and that is impressive but they should’ve never won those two NBA championships. Did I mention that they played a Magic team that had chemistry issues and are cursed, had an amazing year the other year and played a Knicks team that was not that good and still almost lost. The mavs clearly had a better conpetition than the lowly 1994 bulls. Try beating LaMarcus Aldridge, Gerald Wallace and a still amazing Brandon Roy who was heroic in this series in the first round when you have been struggling to get past it, a Kobe, Lamar O, Pau, good Bynum and good Artest that won the championship the other year and SWEEP them, beat a younger, hungrier and more athletic team in the Thunder with Harden, KD, a monstrous Serge Ibaka and Westbrook. And lastly go to the Finals and play against LeBron James in his PRIME, Dwyane Wade in his late PRIME, Chris Bosh who was a very helpful player who was technically a star player. Not only do u win but you shut down the King who was desperate for a championship since moving to Miami. The point I am trying to make here is that, well, sure the Mavs had a great system and players in it and probably even better than the Rockets had, but you see the difference is that the Mavs had to face the King and KOBE when they were out of their minds. Rockets, I’ll give it to ya that you played against Mailman and John Stockton, but those were the kind of getting ready seasons for the Jazz, the Suns who are the suns of course find a way to lose but probably the best team they faced, and the spurs who were an interesting team but they were disadvantaged because of the three point shooting the Rockets brought to the table and then they play against a trash eastern team the Knicks instead of the Bulls. The Mavs run was better than the 1994 rockets or whatever year it was when they were a 6 seed period.

Sorry for that long reply but I can’t stand Rockets fans man. So delusional that they spread it to others.

that's one of my dreams, to see him play before he retires......i pray i can go next season and hopefully he play one more year. I named my son Dirk.

theras18 did you use seat geek?

Yeah And I met Donald Trump,. Kiss my ass 😂💀🤣

@@JM-il4fm lol who cares about trump

@@JM-il4fm and i know its Ironic but trump? Really

He`s not underrated mate

Underrated is one of the most overrated words.

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I don't really get the joke. Can someone explain it?

Eric Thomas He means that the defender will sooner or later end up playing in China, a much inferior league, since Dirk is making a fool of him by scoring in any way he wants

Georgios Daskayiannis Ohhh. That's actually pretty fire🔥

Starbury

tits mcgee FACTS

tits mcgee Not ever. I'd give that title to Moses Malone but he's definitely top 5 underrated.

How is he underrated

True

tits mcgee calling dirk underrated is calling Tim Duncan underrated 2 years ago

DJ Skandalous They didn't waste many of his years, they just couldn't find success until 2011.

76ers draft BS? UUUUMM they look like serious threats rn and that's with Fultz hurt and they have a bunch of young talent to terrorize the league for years to come. That "BS" worked out beautifully, and it makes sense for Dallas to do the same since they were losing a bunch anyways to start the season

Pety sixers are good now because they tanked for five straight years man. Would you want to waste five years on a tanking team? I don't blame the sixers, you weren't getting anywhere in the East without a superstar because of LeBron. But Dallas always had Dirk as their star. They just couldn't land anyone else since 2011. Barnes or Parsons? Lol no thanks

DJ Skandalous they weren't good earlier because of injuries. Both Embiid and Simmons, the 2 leaders of the team, dealt with major injuries that held the team back. By next year Dallas'll have veteran guidance in Barnes, Dirk, Matthews, etc, and young rising talent in DSJ, Powell, and whoever they grab HIGH in next year's draft. They're in good shape to give Dirk a good final season

Pety true but sixers dragged injured players most likely just to tank again. That was probably the case with Noel and Embiid. Sure Embiid was the best available at the time of the selection though. But twice in a row they draft injured people that missed the first whole year can't be a coincidence lol. Paid off WITH embiid though. Happy for the dude. Glad he isn't another Greg Oden.

You should be he's a fucking beast and in America we claim Dirk haha

@@clipsedrag13 lol

Im German too and i have watched only few games of Dirk. What I can say is, that he's the "Humbelest" don't know if this word exist celebrety in the world by far. Cheers :)

NIc K you also claimed Einstein still Both Are Germans

YeeSoest “BronBron” *-LOL-*

You're lying he shot 41% FG and 36% 3pt in 2011 Finals.

Dirk averaged 26 points on 42% shooting and 37% from deep. Whered you get these numbers?

H2Mass R/punpatrol

H2Mass hahahahaha me too

Underrated comment here. Bravo. I can really see Dirk being the last one maybe kawhi and that's it they'll never be some loyalty in this business.

Don't know maybe we can count harden? Blake was probably committed to retire with the clippers. Marc gasol or Mike? But no one close to dirk loyalty.

+ThanongritSuriyarungka We shouldn't count Harden or Griffin's cases for 'loyalty.' It doesn't matter if they are loyal to their team now - the fact that they have been traded to their respective teams more than proves how loyalty is out and forgotten in the NBA. As for Kawhi? I don't know... we have to wait and see. Who knows, maybe he'll leave, too. After all, crazier things have happened before.

Blackwatch DeRozan’s a great example of loyalty

+SeanS For now? Sure...

Dirk was better than Duncan offensively, but the gap in defense is pretty big

true

Also, 5 rings to 1 is hard to ignore, and Duncan was the best player on his championship team 4 times (I know Tony Parker won the MVP in 2007, but he wasn't a better player than Duncan).

Andy Hoops u not lying

the gap in offense is pretty big too

Dirk Nowitzki about damn time 😅

Please take 10 years of my life and add it to your prime.

The German GOAT

take ten years of my life as well

Way to go Dirk!

Uber Outside not just defending but Back to Back defending champs lol

wheeeeeeeew. they lit they asses up. I'll never forget that series. Legend has it, Mavs are still draining 3s in Kobes face to this very day.

Correction...they were back to back defending champions :)

Be quiet

Kairong Li bandwagon lakers fan.

TheInfernalwing Nope that’s Giannis

@@QuranicRemembrance enter, Luka Doncic

QURAN ʜᴅ no dumbass look at dirks stats

If Drazen Petrovic was still alive, that could have changed. RIP

@Tiuz Kanggz bruh Giannis if from Greece xD

I kinda wish Steve Nash and Devin Harris stayed in Dallas, they could win multiple championships

@@jimmywu1011 Jason Terry added to that list too.

Cuban tried every year but people don't want to play for a team that's not on a coast or bug market teams. Especially considering they would have to play second fiddle to the Diggler.

All Cuban can do is offer a max contract to other players he can't force them to sign.

JustCallMeRock L

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@@kobeisthegoat5767 low effort and ignorant comment. Keep trying though

D Wade mustve been tight with them refs! I havent such bad bs calls since Kings played Lakers!!

@@JCmaverick dont be pretentious, you're not some authority on whats a good comment or not.

Warriors Fan Since July 2, 2018 shut it, you burger! :)

Eeveelover 08 He did have a star........ Himself

Jason kidd

@@chrisw5078 lol from what the world remeber Kidd was an allstar replacement in 09-10 not on 10-11 so Kidd wasnt an allstar when Dirk won the championship

@@belfastbelchan4039 okay hall of famer whatever

@@waynetay6846 he had like 4 former all stars . Smart veterans who could still play

Dirk was never soft... Avery Johnson had no clue how to use Dirk.. he just tried to use him like Duncan. The Mavs tanked his MVP season because he had no decent help. Even Bill Russell said this when he saw the Warriors beat them.

Soft? Really? Haahahah hes been posterizing people in his early years and no soft player can do that

@ScepticalCynic yeah Imagine calling a perimeter shooting bigman soft while going toe to toe against strong PFs

And as a Mavs fan I respect the hell out of Timmy even though he broke my heart multiple times lolc

yeah but I think LeBron will pass him shortly after, so Dirk will probably return back to #6

Andy Hoops Yeah but if he doesn’t then he would be seventh

He's already confirmed that he's coming back for season 21. So he's gonna get it for sure.

Most impressive stat to me, among all of Dirk's impressive stats, is next year he'll pass John Stockton for most games played for his entire career with one franchise. That's mind-blogging when you think about the level of loyalty & durability & ability you have to possess over two decades to achieve that. It's one record that'll never be broken.

But if dirk averages about 15 points a game In his last season. He will pass jordan in alltime points so that would put him at #5. Farfetched but I think it could happen. Not to mention if they make it to the first round of the play offs. Dirk will pass jordan but lebron will pass dirk.

Jayde Jay lmao they weren't saying that shit when they beat the bulls in the ECF. Just a bunch of lame excuses.

Edelrey Paraon I got him #3 on my list

Yeah I'd put him on top3 after Duncan and Malone but it's a close one.

Nah the list goes 1. Duncan 2. Malone 3. KG 4. Dirk 5. Mchale

Mason Hamilton KG literally had no help though, at least until he got Cassell which isn't even star level. You say Kg is overrated but did you even watch the Nba in the early 2000's? KG was a beast, one of the best defenders and toughest player. He would challenge anybody to a 1on1 and beat them. He was the defensive anchor in Boston and without him they wouldn't get past the first round honestly. That's how much value his defense alone brings to the team. Without a doubt he was the Celtics' enforcer, leader, and best defender. Youre trippin od, KG is one of the players to set the athletic freak big men who play inside out trend. Players like AD, Towns and Boogie learned from KG.

no way man KG had no help Dirk had some

J.J. Barea is better, Dirk is a close 2nd

stop trolling, lmao.

Yep, not even close whoever is 2nd.

Uli went out on a limb by calling Dirk the best of all time in a Mav's uniform. Is Mark Agguire in second place? Being serious in asking this.

possible

Him and wade

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Jim Brodie *wrestbrook

Manu?

@@projectawesome5675 your joking right

thanks haha

GLEH no dirk was great, but he isn't even an average defender

Dirk was very underrated as a defender

Ahrnaf dirk always had good timing when he would swat the ball whenever they when up for a layup.

I love dirk My favorite basketball player But he is top 2 for me Duncan is just sooo hard to overthrow

EzLo 25 Duncan wasn’t a PF he was a center

I think you meant the best

kanishk Shah the top 4 could go in any order

Aaron Anders no Kevin Garnett Tim duncun and more

hahah

Tomn8er what do you think about dirks physique?

I didn't know you were a basketball man. Maybe make a video along the lines of which players could of been a body builder. Like how Phil heath went from hoops to sandows.

A bit laugh haha.

David Iron Necklace *have

Really hope he did, he deserves it so much

I don't think he needs it. He earns enough money to have a good life and he lacks the ego to feel devalued when paid less

yea, you can tell he is happy with what he has, if he wasn't he wouldn't have took pay cuts or he would have left a long time ago. i guess he figured he was blessed as soon as he was drafted

He doesn't need to. Dirk owns Dallas. I bet he never pays for anything anywhere he goes & that'll last for 40 years after he's retired. He'll probably get some sort of lifetime personal services contract with the Mavs once he retires, anyways. And he deserves it.

Joshua Frick He's gonna live like a fucking King for the rest of his life.

KG was missing a bit of killer instinct, though, as a closer. When you look at the 2008 Finals run, when the pressure was at its highest, KG was looking to pass to Pierce and Allen. Duncan was the man in his second season, and led his team to the title. But as far as all-around stats go, KG was better at filling the box score. But as you say, if he played in a better culture, maybe he would've developed that killer instinct.

Ish Will The difference in teams between Duncan versus KG and Dirk was that they were rarely given any help.

I know

I think dirk would've been better than Duncan individually but Duncan's defense can't be overlooked

Andre Gutierrez Dirk cooked KG

That is not entirely accurate, the Mavs had one big expert supporter by the name of Chuck aka Charles Barkley. I recall he picked them in all these rounds, and in particular versus the Lakers he made it clear that the Lakers wouldn't stand a chance against the more balanced and versatile Mavs. Turned out he was the only real expert with this picks among the NBA TV panel of experts that year...

Galatin yah but the thing is most if not all, "analysts" didn't believe that Mavs will win the series.

@@Galatin true, Charles chosed mavs on all rounds but its like 95% of the population never believed in Charles' decisions.

Damn, this reminds me of this year Raptor's playoff run xDDD each round almost every analyst thought they lose and ended up winning xD

If anyone has a similar skillset, it’s Kevin Durant, and even he is a freak of nature and a once in a generation type baller. There won’t ever be another Dirk Nowitzki.

@Jim Brodie absolutely. Hell, Dirk even knocked KD out of the playoffs that year.

Salty heat fanboys thinking the finals were rigged that year lmao

I am not really surprised by his loyalty. He is german. We are that way.

He didn't take a pay cut because Cuban needed the money. He took it because of the salary cap aka wanting a better chance of winning. Do you think Steph Curry took a paycut because the owner wanted money or because Steph wanted KD on his team?

Hes still set for life and the mayor of both wurzburg and dallas.. he could have made more and still been a legend in Dallas and ________ but what's worth more money or immortality??

Salary cap. Man... People really be too ready to thrash other people

Nifty Noldog Mike is fucking corny. His whole content consists of an overly exaggerated yelling and making unnecessary “what if” videos. Nobody cares what would’ve happened because we’ll never know.

Whoa there buddy obviously people care, he gets millions of views bud

Mike is good

Babyface Tommy I mean, yeah. Idiots gotta watch something, right?

Jaden Foster If by good you mean "make wild claims like a child that try to garner buzz and make every what if scenario so unrealistic and stupid that it proves he knows nothing about real basketball and should just stick to playing 2k", Then yeah. Korzemba is really good. He's good at making clickbait and appealing to the lowest common denominator.

Charles Barkley was my favorite player of the 1990's. Barkley would have been the best power forward of all time if he took his conditioning seriously. Its why he never won a title. Dirk beat all the other top competitors in the playoffs like Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Kobe, Lebron, Durant, Harden....etc. Barkley never beat Olajuwon or Jordan in the playoffs. Dirk was better than Barkley.

Maybe...just maybe....if Barkley took his conditioning more seriously he wouldn't have had all of those back injuries and would have been able to beat Olajuwon or Jordan in the playoffs. Dirk has had a more accomplished career than Charles Barkley

That is a classic straw-man argument. Dirk passed Barkley a long time ago. Barkley was only able to lead his team to one NBA Finals...which they lost....and FTR Dirk is better than Malone, Stockton, Payton or Drexler. Magic is the only player you listed that will end up higher on the all time list than Dirk.

You sleeping on KG.

Dub Dueces your listing in gsme abilities, not career accolades. Dirk has has a better career than Barkley.

the mavs suck

What does MFFL mean? Is it "Mavs For Fuckin' Life"?

Kevin Murtagh Mavs Fan For Life

Khalid Ahmed Ah, cool. I shoulda thought of that haha. I don't know though..... Mavs For Fucking Life is dope haha!

Say "XD" one more time, and I'll bring out the *SCOOTER*.