Dirk Nowitzki: When Kobe asked me to join the Lakers 

And the best thing was he beat LeBitch and his superteam.

@@VicInNocal cringe

@@VicInNocal he beat Brandon Roy Aldridge(all star) Portland Blazers Swept Kobe (all NBA first, all star) pau (all star) Artest Odum( former sixth man) and Bynum with working knees Demolished kd (scoring champ, all NBA 1st team, all star) Westbrook (all NBA 2nd team, all star), harden (6th man) Then came back from being down ,2-1 and sick with the flu To beat LeBron (all NBA first, all star, 2nd in mvp voting, second ranked defence in NBA) Wade ( all NBA second, all star, former champion) bosh (all NBA third, all star). Dirk (all NBA third, all star) Team : old, old vets, Butler second leading scorer injured since Feb of 2011, Terry second leading scorer of the bench in playoffs at 18ppg. Tyson Chandler ( all NBA second defensive team) 38 year old kidd 8-8 superb defence but no longer the Kidd we knew as a net. Marion solid 3 n D guy at that point not the Suns Marion unfortunately. Oh and a little midget of the dribble named JJ bareraaaaaaa

@@jasonsandhu3760 Yeah man, and that foul Bynum put on Barea was the dirtiest foul I've ever seen and should've gotten Bynum suspended for a year at least. That Game 4 was yet another elimination game in which the Lakers fell apart and got completely destroyed, which is one reason why I'll never put Kobe on Jordan's level, because MJ would have never allowed his teams to get blown out like that

Miami lost that more than anything. Wade was averaging 27PPG as Miami’s best player, had LeBron even played decent at best, Miami wins.

The mythology around Kobe is craaaaazy

Thats hilarious he didnt ask because he thought Dirk would say no🤣

@@hardwoodthought1213 lol iono man Kobe was basketball crazy

😂

@@Balmighty7 sounds about right

Bob Kendall.

dallas sucks

Hope giannnis does it like dirk too

Him and Ray Lewis. The two GOATs when it comes to that

And took less money

Tim Duncan has entered the chat

@@kirbycastillo2846 good point. Both these dudes. Notably very laid back and humble.

Dirk's loyalty was even more beautiful. Everything worked out for the best.

Easily 2-3 rings. Dirk would be ranked higher all time with more rings.

People talk shit about LeBron but Kobe was trying to recruit Stars too like Carmelo and Dirk. Lol the difference is that people actually wanted to play with LeBron

A better tandem than Kobe and Dirk would be Wade and Duncan

@@Ballout60s Kobe better then Wade. Duncan better then dirk....it's a wash

That would of been a crazy duo how many rings you think they would of got

Dirk, Kobe, Kidd, Terry, Tyson Chandler, Marion, Stevenson and Barea would have been better!!!

If it was Bron everyone would hate crazy 😂😂

Like Seb Vettel

@@prime8plays870 i don't think the NBA F1 crossover is too big ngl

Wonderful well written post sir.

@@renderuntocaesarwhatiscaes2300 Happy to hear what he means to so many people at the other side of the ocean. Greetings from Germany.

I am a fan of Joe Dirt too

Lebron could kick your a$$

Letrash has to always leave and stack his team. He’s garbage!!! So many finals loses!

Well that was Mark Cuban not bringing anybody back. It was stupid tbh.

Well, it's when Dirk was a free agent. Not when he was still under contract.

Also this happened after 2011. When Miami did all that, so...

Big difference between wanted to and did. He stayed and won a championship…against the “super team”.

Big difference between wanted to and did. He stayed and won a championship…against the “super team”.

He didn’t go to LA though

Man, any of those combos are devastating

@@oriondragos5876 What would your order be …this should be interesting …

@@Ballout60s I would probably go Jordan/Duncan Kobe/Garnett Wade/Dirk But for your current tandems, I’d keep it the way you have it ranked

@@oriondragos5876 It looks like you’re ranking them while simultaneously pairing the best at their position on down. If this is the case wade would be moved up to #2 because he’s a better all around player and athlete than Kobe was so he’d be at #3 with Dirk at #3 and Duncan would be at #2 with Garnett at #1 with Jordan at #1 This would be the best positions pairing on down.. with Jordan + Garnett being a nightmare duo

Agree. Three basketballs looks ridiculous, only one is necessary.

1989, 1998, 2004,2016

@@kingleo8048 nope!!!

@@SinaSoh then you’re slow

@@SinaSoh 1994 Hakeem, 2003 Duncan, 91 MJ, 13 Bron Can’t be the best title run when you’re your own teams worst or second worst defender and passer

@@hardwoodthought1213 stupid ass take. None of those guys (except 91 MJ) could lead the 2011 Mavs to the title. Sit this one out and focus on Cocomelon and Blippi!!!

By that logic Jordan isn't one of the best players because he played two seasons with the Wizards.

While I still disagree with the league doing that to CP3, the New Orleans hornets(pelicans now) owner either sold the team or was looking for a buyer, and NBA actually owned the team at the time. That’s why they had the ability to do it and why it will probably never happen again

A still capable? No hate but kobe was coming off 3 straight trips to the finals and won 2 of them… if that trade happened they would’ve won at LEAST 1 championship.. with prime cp3 setting up kobe they damn near could’ve won 3 together… such a devastating thing David stern did that slimey man

one ball...CP3 and KOBE couldnt play together...HARDEN, MELO and CP3 prove that.

@@mikeyrayejr WRONG...they played in the TRIANGLE SYSTEM so CP3 was going to make them worse...one ball CP3 needs the ball to be effective....

@@onlyfacts3178 u clearly didn’t read what I said or know basketball 🤣

Dirk took out kobe, lebron, wade, bosh, Durant, Gasol, Westbrook, harden, Brandon Roy, Lamarcus Aldridge....all in the same postseason. What an absolute gauntlet. What a legend.

When the finals were first set, I thought, OMG, not the Heat again, but as it turned out, they perfectly avenged the travesty that was the 2006 finals.

Lol there's a difference between recruiting to your own team rather than joining up with others on another team ala Lebron and KD. 😂

Kobe and Dirk played for only 1 team in their whole career. “Period”

Lol

dirk had one of the best peaks of all time

Wonder if he can fit into those fast super cars.

Yeah, it is. This is after '11 so Bron already have superteam at that moment.

Looks like a Rolex Yachtmaster

Rolex Batman

WRONG...GASOL was playing as a CENTER and DIRK as a PF...

Nope. More like Dirk and Kobe would have been Dirk and Jason Terry on steroids!!!

Why did he allow Nash and Howard to join him?

@@hardwoodthought1213 because Steve Nash was past his prime the man was 38!!when he got to Lakers and Dwight Howard was fresh off surgery Chris Paul was in the Prime of his career best point guard n the game at that point!!

@@randyholliday5626 Dwight Howard made All-NBA in 2013 with LA, I love dudes who act like he was a scrub. He played injured, isn’t that what Kobe fan boys love? Dwight in 2012 was a far, FAR bigger commodity than Chris Paul. Howard had made 5 straight All-NBA 1st teams and 3 straight DPOYs by the time he joined Kobe….

@@hardwoodthought1213 Dwight Howard made 3rd team all NBA in 2013 averaging 17ppg and 12rebs His highest scoring season was 22.9 ppg He only had 4 years where he averaged 20ppg all in Orlando. He never made All NBA first team ever again outside of Orlando. He never made an All defensive team outside of Orlando. He never even averaged 23ppg for any season his last year in Orlando he averaged 20.6 ppg . After Orlando he was washed

Only one ring. 🤦🏿‍♂️

@@txmade4371 so he won it playing team basketball not chasing and recruiting players like Ledrama Queen. He humble guy and real man not like Ledrama Queen. He beat Ledrama Queen and Princess Wade and bosh with no all stars.

@@txmade4371 you can have your opinion and your own top 5. But for me he in mine

@@juviegill2080 Slow down bro, I wasn’t hating on Dirk. I simply stated he only got one. Don’t care for Laflop either. The worst part was that Cuban wasted him away with trash teams around him. That 2011 playoff run could be the greatest playoff performance ever. But I’m not sure if that makes him Top 5 tho.

@@juviegill2080 he’s not close to top 5, top 5 PF? Sure, he’a MAYBE the 5th best player of his own era

I love how the Nets attempt to do this has turned into a colossal clusterfuck.

@@deadordreadfist343 same here dude none of these stars in the nba today have any heart like dirk kobe duncan garnett etc

​@@PoKeDoN1992 same garnett that went to the celtics with pierce.

@@maelguiraud3568 same celtics kobe slayed

Yet none of those players joined Kobe All wanted to compete against Kobe instead of joining up n underachieve

@@SilentMovements305 More like they didn’t want to play with Kobe. Howard was the only dude who willingly went to Kobe and was forced out quickly. He shouldn’t get praise for that