Kevin Garnett Vs Dirk Nowitzki: Who’s the GREATER Power Forward? (Versus Series #4) 

Kg or ad

Tim Duncan

And the big fundamental also works

Garnett

tim or dirk

Thanks man. You have a happy new year as well :)

@@jonnyarnett two questions, what is ur intro song and what advice can u give to grow a channel. Alonzo mourning vs mutombo

@@jonnyarnettSalute to you man. Sports content without narratives is all but extinct at this point, you're one of the few who deals strictly on stats and proper context

@@JerikoThomas A link for the intro music is in all of my videos descriptions 👍 Advice with a new channel is to be consistent (RU-vid algorithm likes that), do what you love, and keep your expectations in check. It’s easy to get discouraged as a new RU-vidr when your content isn’t getting much exposure, and I see a lot of good creators quit to early because of that. Just gotta trust the process. Haha.

@@jonnyarnett Jonny, firstly, Happy New Year! 2020 is finally over and thank you so much for helping me get through this horrible year, secondly, I disagree heavily, you didn't even touch the most important aspect of Dirk's legendary career which was the 2011 playoff run, According to SRS, that playoff run is the the 6th toughest playoff run ever. What is even more impressive is the fact that dirk beat lebron and his big three and kobe and the lakers (Although kobe was hurt and pau played questionably). That 2011 run is what people will remember in the future. You're the underdog, competing in the tough western conference against the reigning champions, you sweep them, and then you beat an upcoming squad of 3 mvps. With no other all star, Dirk Stepped up on the biggest stage of basketball, beating the big three, with wade bosh and bron. In my humble opinion dirk is better than kevin garnett Dirk played with almost no help his entire career, and yet never complained whereas KG won a title with 3 other hall of famers. I agree that the gap in defense is extraordinarily large, but you cant ignore the fact that Dirk BEAT Lebron and Kobe in the same playoff run. That to me, singlehandedly, makes him better than KG.

Was quite the run. Totally redefined his legacy. I still wish Kobe would have made that buzzer beater in Game 1 of the West Semis... that sweep still haunts me.

Greater than Lebrons 2016 ring?? 🤔

@@ReZolute_ no help from ref and no opponents injured. Also the pistons and the hawks are both without all nba players

@@joshuachang5210 i see what you’re saying. Dirks 2011 overall playoff run was greater than lebrons 2016 run. But which finals series was greater?

@@ReZolute_ I said arguably

He was and still is my favorite player ever too!

Kg’s 2nd best player in Minesotta was Sam Cassell .......

kg better,dirk greatest

​@@Thanosdidtherighthingbillups in 2000 playoffs, when Dirk just killed KG!

As usual, people forget that Dirk was part of the 2 historic chokes in back to back seasons. 2005-06: Led Dallas to a 60 win record and made it to the Finals vs the 52 win Heat. Led 2-0 vs Heat then lost the next 4 when Wade took over. 2006-07: Led Dallas to a 67 win record. Lost to the 8th seed Warriors in the 1st round. KG's Minnesota teams were shit and were underdogs, but for 1 season, which was KG's MVP season, he led the T-Wolves to the #1 seed with 58 wins and led them to the Conference Finals only to lose in 6 games to #2 seed Lakers with 57 win that had Shaq and Kobe. KG never choked, but when he had the #1 seed, he lost admirably to the better team. A 1 win difference is basically equal.

@@rob19ny casual spotted. To say that he never choked is ridiculous. From 1996 - 2004; during his prime, he only made it out in the 1st round once. Guess what? Cause he simply can't carry s team when he is needed the most. He is better as a 2nd or 3rd option in scoring while being the beat defender. Dirk on the other hand lead the team to 2 NBA Finals as the #1 option with no other allstar. In short, KG never choked because he is already choking in the 1st round. For someone who is the best all around defender at his position, he could never lead a team to 3 60+ wins. You can't say that about Dirk

Only thing missing would be passing but I still gave it a like

@@bobbypayne9843 kg is one of the best passing bigs of all time.

Mix in the strength and back to the basket game of Duncan and that’s just pure perfection.

@@bobbypayne9843 kg is the best passing pf of all time...

@@jalenbrunsonfan 2nd after Chuck.

The Mavericks had a very good team through the early 2000s till like 2013. Dirk played with Michael Finley, Nash and Van Exel for years. He played with Jason Terry, Josh Howard (who was amazing in the 06/07 season and was an all-star that year), Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion etc. Some of these players when they were older, but still very effective.

@@nostalgicbliss5547 none of them compared to having prime Pierce and Allen lol

@@isaact.rmz.2539 Allen and Pierce were past their prime when KG joined the Celtics. KG, Allen, and Pierce prime were in the early 2000s as they all joined the NBA in the mid-2000s. When they joined the Celtics all of them were less athletic and physically gifted.

@@chiefs816kc Dirk had less help when he won, KG had less help when he didn’t. How you gonna say Jason Kidd at 39 is help, but Pierce and Allen at 30 were past it 😂

Dirk beat a legit superteam in their primes with less help. KG beat Kobe with Pau as his best help ONCE with Pierce, Allen and Rondo

I'd say they're both top 5 PF of all time. TD is number one, but KG, Dirk, Barkley and Malone are 2-5, although there is debate as to order. McHale and AD are both honourable mentions. Just imo of course.

Both takes are excellent.

@@starwarsnewsandmemes8289 Giannis as an honourable mention to

@@TheFastBreakNBA2 I agree, but I feel like Giannis might have to get deeper into the playoffs to really be considered as a top 2-5 power forward of all time.

@@gni389 yeah, and he still is 26

Thanks friend, and happy new year!

Also, in his best season Dirk averaged 3 assists. KG averaged 6 in his best season.

@Tong Zou how was dirks cast good in 2011? 33 year Marion and 38 year old Jason Kidd? Deshawn Stevenson played good defense but he wasn’t an all star. Brendan Haywood was 7 feet tall and that’s pretty much it. Dirk owned Garnett during their head to head playoff matchup in 2002. Garnett’s a great defender but during that series Dirk scored on KG as if nobody was there. It was painful for me to watch since I was rooting for Garnett over a still unknown European player at the time.

​@Tong Zou I disagree heavily, you didn't even touch the most important aspect of Dirk's legendary career which was the 2011 playoff run, According to SRS, that playoff run is the the 6th toughest playoff run ever. What is even more impressive is the fact that dirk beat lebron and his big three and kobe and the lakers (Although kobe was hurt and pau played questionably). That 2011 run is what people will remember in the future. You're the underdog, competing in the tough western conference against the reigning champions, you sweep them, and then you beat an upcoming squad of 3 mvps. With no other all star, Dirk Stepped up on the biggest stage of basketball, beating the big three, with wade bosh and bron. In my humble opinion dirk is better than kevin garnett Dirk played with almost no help his entire career, and yet never complained whereas KG won a title with 3 other hall of famers. I agree that the gap in defense is extraordinarily large, but you cant ignore the fact that Dirk BEAT Lebron and Kobe in the same playoff run. That to me, singlehandedly, makes him better than KG.

@Tong Zou I have seen you on quora making questionable takes in favour of lebron. Keep doing that buddy.

@Tong Zou both dallas and miami's role players and bench are on par if you base it on stats during that finals(go check it out in BBallreference), it's just that miami didnt live up to expectations and dallas defense stepped up big time that series.

@@von1626 you're making her point

and playing in WEST

As usual, people forget that Dirk was part of the 2 historic chokes in back to back seasons. 2005-06: Led Dallas to a 60 win record and made it to the Finals vs the 52 win Heat. Led 2-0 vs Heat then lost the next 4 when Wade took over. 2006-07: Led Dallas to a 67 win record. Lost to the 8th seed Warriors in the 1st round. KG's Minnesota teams were shit and were underdogs, but for 1 season, which was KG's MVP season, he led the T-Wolves to the #1 seed with 58 wins and led them to the Conference Finals only to lose in 6 games to #2 seed Lakers with 57 win that had Shaq and Kobe. KG never choked, but when he had the #1 seed, he lost admirably to the better team. A 1 win difference is basically equal.

@@rob19ny KG played with Sam Casell and Latrell sprewell in his only Minesotta playoff run lets not act like he only played with Scrubs.

​@@emilfrederiksen.1622 JESUS! In no way Sprewell and Cassel compare to Shaq and that underage dater Kobe's impact.

Lmaoo kg was definitely 7 feet dude kept saying 6”12 lmaoo

@True Teller Josh Howard was in DC when the Mavs won the chip. Terry was a good shooter but that's about it. Kidd was 38 years old. Chandler hadn't hit his prime and although his defense was very good his offensive capabilities were limited to the paint. Plus Dallas lost their 2nd leading scorer in January (Caron Butler)

@True Teller I mean that's true for any team. I don't think a single team in history would have won it without their starting point guard and their 6th man so I don't really know what your point is

@True Teller Josh Howard wasn't a part of the 2011 championship team

Let's go mavs

@True Teller Marion was not an All Star anymore. Haywood was young and athletic but that's about it. Stojakovich was a shooter and that's it. KG is like the 4th best PF all time. It goes Duncan, Dirk, Malone, KG, Barkley. Webb could never carry a team like those other guys could. Oh and the Mavs weren't a bad team, but LeBron, Wade and Bosh were all all Stars in their primes. KG's legacy wouldn't be remembered if Paul Pierce wasn't there to bail him out. Oh and after 2009 he was a completely different player. His decline was very quick and evident. I mean the man went from averaging 14.5 ppg in 2013 to 6.5 ppg in 2014. 🤦‍♂️ quit clownin or u gon end up in a circus

@TheCubanMissile its the best since Hakeem 95 run

@TheCubanMissile by dallas. If it's individual player it's dwade in 2006 by far

It doesn’t for me. If LeBron didn’t choke dirk doesn’t win that chip

KG is wayyy better than NO DEFENSE dirk smh, we talking bout the player not narratives smh

@@S4L665-OnelessthantheDevil nah Lebron was the only one who choked that series D wade actually outplayed Lebron and dirk he was the best player that series

I would say Hakeem's championship run was better, but Dirk's run still so great and not any other player in the modern NBA can accomplish that

@@bosyogurtlight I think dirks run was better, he beat some of the greatest players of all time with a lackluster cast, 1994 was a weak season as the best player in the world was playing baseball, in 1995 he played with clyde drexler who averaged 20 ppg in the playoffs

@@bosyogurtlight I have to disagree. Dirk went against the best talent there was at the time, Hakeem did not. Don't get me wrong what Hakeem did that year was absolutely absurd but let's be honest MJ doesn't retire Hakeem either isn't getting that chip or isn't getting it in the convincing fashion he actually did. That has to be taken into consideration.

@@jaredabrahamcidfda4840 yeah I agree. Hakeem is up there but Dirk's run is slightly better. He beat Kobe, Lebron, Wade etc without second star

@@jaredabrahamcidfda4840 Fuck I didn't see your comment before I basically said the same thing lol.

*phenomenal

@@ganeshs8522 that's right! Haha. It auto corrected to portuguese there.

And don't forget before the dirty ass spurs landed on his leg Dirk Had Some Burst To Him

I personally love Dirk. Because I'm a Lakers fan and I didn't want to root for KG at that time.....

KGs leadership is a fake tough guy act. Needed to be carried by a super team.

his leadership and all around game was great.

Leadership was so good he lost to dirk 3-0 in the playoffs

You lost me when you were talking up Garnet's leadership. The guy was all fake hustle and nonsense yelling. That isn't leadership.

Aaron Hensley Dirk didnt win anything on his own . Jason Terry was the real MVP of the series not Dirk plus Lebron choked

@@christiansoldier77 Or Chandler and Kidd/Barea, mostly Chandler though.

@@christiansoldier77 Terry? Lol did you even watch the series? Gtfo. There is a reason why Dirk won finals MVP.

@@dusk6159 you want to compare, Rando, Pierce and Allen with Chandler, Kidd and Barea? Boy you’re an idiot. Dirk had no one on his team. Only person of note was Terry.

@@rollastoney Obviously you didnt watch the series . Go take a look at Terry's numbers and when and how the turning point of the series took place

Kg delayed Lebron too wym🤣🤣

@@skywalker2676 Thank You Lebron delayed himself from winning

@@skywalker2676 but kg delayed a lebron alone Cavs team Dirk beat lebron wade and Bosh by himself kg had pierce allen and rondo vs lebron by himself pretty obvious dirks own should of been next to impossible and he did it

@@skywalker2676 But that was when Lebron was in Cleveland. KG never beat Lebron on the Heat

@@bobbypayne9843 Nah he didn't beat Lebron because that wasn't Lebron playing at the greatness as he does.

U mean top 2😭

@@WadeWalker22 "4"

@@WadeWalker22 better than malone??

According to rankings KG is #4 among PFs: 1) Tim Duncan 2) Dirk Nowitzki 3) Karl Malone 4) Kevin Garnett 5) Kevin McHale 6) Charles Barkley But I’d take prime Barkley over KG. And McHale was an excellent PF; Barkley said McHale was the most difficult to play against. I think KG is bit overrated. A great defender and rebounder, but not much more. He wasn’t clutch and he needed prime all-star teammates to carry.

@@timmyg831 nah KG is underrated. Even thinking basketball said himself KG is very underrated. He carried scrubs and his second option averaging 12ppg to the playoffs for 8 straight seasons aside from 2004.

Also one of only 2 players to have more then 25k points, 10k rebounds, 5k assist and 2k blocks the other player being Kareem so ya to me it's not even an argument whether or not KG is better then Dirk cause Dirk ain't even in KGs league smh

True, and great point.

What ? You do realize the 90s had Barkley , Malone and Kemp ? With the 2000s bringing in Webber, Duncan, brand , Wallace , dirk , kg , jermaine O’Neal . Literally the 2000s were full of great pf who styled there games off of the guys in the 80s and 90s . I feel like this comment section is full of 15 year olds

@@kevinkohoutek995 Their play style is more of back to basket, rebounding, interior defense, mid range shooting, yes all of them are quick and atheletic but they don't have good perimeter defense, 3pt shooting and play making abilities that 2000's PFs had, these are the skills that modern bigs should have.

@@vincentsalvadorlatosa5077 Yup. Dirk paved the way for stretch bigs and Kg paved the way for all around versatile bigs like AD

@@vincentsalvadorlatosa5077 except barkely and kemp shot the 3 pointer . Heck bill lambieer and jack sickma were shooting the 3 before them . How about Sam Perkins , 6”9 pf / center who shot the 3 Also Tim Duncan and kg game was mid post game . Dirks game was the only unique one where he could take you off the dribble , shoot the 3 and post up . Your acting so delusional to hype these guys up

You’re stupid

Nah, I'll go with the guy who led his team to a championship. Dirk also destroyed KG in the playoffs back in 2002.

Dirk beat Kobe/gasol/Bynum, then harden/westbrook/Durant, then bosh/Wade/lebron...... with ZERO all stars on his team!!!!! Even lebron can't win a title with zero all stars on his team. Dirks scoring efficiency is unmatched by KG or almost anyone for that matter. Garnett doesn't have a finals mvp for a reason - he needed Pierce and Ray Allen to carry him. I'll give KG defense but just look at the numbers when it matters - 25.5 ppg in the playoffs for dirk..... 18 ppg in the playoffs for KG! KG didn't have the skill set to lead a team deep into the playoffs by himself. Dirk did it multiple times. If the refs don't hand the title to Wade in 2006 over dirk this isn't even a conversation. Wade shot more free throws than the entire Dallas team.

@@bitcoinisfreedom5265 ill take garnett since he was more athletic and hes better at defense

These guys just base their abilities base on number. So what even if garnett a average 5 blocks per game in his career, dirk is still the greater player. It's all about winning and how you won it

Prime Dirk, I know he played recently.

Still KG would be more valuable. Look at Bam amd his versatility even wothout a jump shot. KG would break todays NBA

😂😂😂 so he’s better at rebounding

Yes, exactly. I don't understand it, but for some reason Dirk had the bigger impact on the court.

@@williamkoscielniak7871 what do you mean you don’t understand it? Dirk was much much better offensively

U clown mark cuban kept dirk with stacked teams. Kg had bums. If you put kg on half those stacked mavs teams dirk had he would have 4 rings for sure dude

And dirk basically always had a big 3 though the 2000s

@@lovinv08 U sound dumb af, dirk's teammates made a combined total of only 2 all star appearances in a 13 year span. He never had a big 3 you don't know what you're talkin about bro, he had good role players around him for the most part but that's it

Is it like Curry vs Chris Paul?

Very close, but The Admiral has those 2 rings...... (it´s a shame Pat never got his).

@@RoChede it would still be a dope video tho!

Robinson is considered the better player.

@@RoChede not close... MVP, dpoy, champion against Ewing....

For sure! At their absolute peaks, KG was just as good an Duncan imo.

Yeah that explains why dirk 3-0 kg in the playoffs and why kg could never lead a team as the number 1 guy

@Caruso Highlight Reel Peak KG is better than peak Tim

@@kevinkohoutek995 KG was the best player on the ‘08 Celtics wdym? He never had any kind of contending team in Minnesota, how is that his fault? And it’s not like it was because his portability or anything. KG COULD definitely lead a team to a championship.

@@jshonsmith3399 Honestly I could see it. I probably wouldn’t disagree with you there.

ALL Ws

Kevin Garnett WAY better

Only Dirk Nowitzki and Hakeem Olajuwon won championships as the lone superstars on their teams. That’s why I respect them and their championships the most. But they get little respect though. LeBron have to create super teams to win his. Durant had to join super team GS Warrior to win his. KG left MN to join Pierce’s Celtics to form a super team to win his.

AI was one of the biggest star of the 00's and his style fits less systems than all of the players you mentioned.

@@benjaminan1183 ye I was going say that's the only one and maybe carmelo

Tim is the best, so it would be beneath him if he were compared to Dirk and KG. The latter PFs were not scrubs though, Tim is just the GOAT.

Top 40 all time

@@kevinkohoutek995 idiot top 17

@@eliekazmouz4450 he’s not even a top 8 pf 1- Duncan 2- dirk 3- Pettit 4- Barkley 5- Webber 6- Malone 7- mchale 8- pau gasol 9- kg Literally barely makes top 10 pf all time and you say top 17 , shows how casual you are

@@kevinkohoutek995 I'm allowed to have an opinion, as are you.

@@noahfisher7343 yes of course but there is a difference between him being one of your favorite players and being a top 20 player . Your being disrespectful toward the dr J , Rick Barry’s Wes unselds who get forgotten because people say ohhh my favorite player is top 10. Like in 10 years people are gonna say jokic is better then x . You can have your opinion, but I just want to point out there’s a difference between being your favorite player and a top 20 player

I join u because i think kg is underrated

And probably got 3 to 5 rings..

@@rolandorevidizo1757 for sure 3 and damn 5 isn't really out of reach either since in 2012 they went to game 7 and even lead the series 3-2 that's with KG being 36

@@kg21bestpf94 i believe they could.. If rondo didnt hurt in 2011 playoffs. And in 2012 they almost won that series.. They just lack of contribution off the bench (without jeff green and avery bradly)

@@kg21bestpf94 how ever 3 peat is enough for me if kg didnt hurt in 2009..

@@rolandorevidizo1757 Yeah in 09 they were on pace for 70 wins KG got injured in February and they still managed to get 65 wins so imagine him there those extra 2 months...It's sad how KGs career went down since he was the most talented player in his era even more than Duncan and Kobe it's just he never had a super star teammate in Minnesota and barely had anything decent there as well.

He was , people act like rasho couldn’t play though he won a ring with spurs . They act like Chauncey couldn’t play until he won with the pistons . Kg had teams but he’s overhyped

@@kevinkohoutek995 no tf they didnt.. Rasho was a decent at best center that flourished under pop.. Billups WAS an underachieving before going to the Wolves.. Anyone who saw him and Boston and his other stops before the wolves can see that

@@grammysworld5449 flourished because of pop ? It’s funny because when pop has demar and Aldridge they don’t do anything . I think it has to do with that Tim Duncan guy and manu ginobli. Also people were expecting things out of billups , billups was traded from Boston because of his rape allegation. Nice try though

@@kevinkohoutek995 has nothing nothing to do with "trying " go on and tell me all the great things Chauncey did before Minnesota? I'll wait

@@kevinkohoutek995 what did nesterovic do outside of San Antonio? Pop and the front office absolutely brought the best out of him.. LA played great in San Antonio idk wtf you're talking about he just came late.. Derozan can't lead a team and San Antonio brought him in as a #1 when it was already established that he was a #2 on his best day hence why Chicago is playing so well.. lmaooooo next you'll tell me the Candy man was a superstar on the clippers lmaooo

KG wayy better Dirk had NO defense

KG and it's not even close Even jonny said it

@@II55555 True, Dirk had no defense, but KG didn’t have the offense. It was also mentioned in the video. KG couldn’t carry his Timberwolves, Dirk carried the Mavs for over a decade and won a Chip on his own without stars, the Celtics Chip on the other hand... had Paul Pierce, KG, Ray Allen, and a breakout Rondo.

@@SweetChariotOfFire who choked in 2007 though in the first round😭😭😭

@@SweetChariotOfFire what you mean? Choking sprewell average 12ppg on 49%TS as the third option and kg carried them to the first seed. Name one time Dirk lead his team to the first seed with a guy shooting 49%Ts as his third option? Even bench terry was averaging 15ppg and he’s their 6th man💀. Dirk always on stacked teams

sadly for you garnet is better, d matters

@@IronheartvsMiles Depends on your team. Dirk offers way more for an offense, being a big that can score efficiently from anywhere, but KG is a more reliable interior defender. Defense is important for sure, but having the ability to space out on the offensive end is just as valuable. I'd take KG on teams like Miami or Boston, but Dirk slots in better for teams like Dallas or Memphis.

Deffo agree with you that he tried to be too complete, and the fact it dind't work should go against him, nonetheless I see no scenario in which he'd have ever averaged 30+ points. He settled for too many 20 foot fadeaways, instead of planting his ass in the post and taking easy shots. He was an unreal passer tho

Debatable. Dirks prime was pretty ridiculous but Garnett definitely had the raw emotion every night that Dirk just wasn't capable of making Garnett's prime more memorable to most.

@@alexhennigh5242 Production wise, it's not debatable.

He’s not a better leader than Dirk...Dirk been in the west and never won less than 50 games...and he’s better than kg

He much better than Dirk

Duncan still had a very well coaches team and had great defenders around him. KG never had that luxury in Minnesota

@@MrSayWhatIThink23 He did Marbury played with him. Before his attitude problems began to show he was a really good player.

@@MrSayWhatIThink23 Go look at the 04 Wolves son, Spree averaged 20 in the playoffs and Casell averaged 17, KG put up 24. Duncan in 03 was 25 a night, the next best was Parker at 14 PPG shooting 39%. His best defensive help was Robinson at 38 years old and Bruce Bowen, playing perimeter defense which is the least important of any defense played. Duncan on the 04 Wolves wins with ease, KG on the 03 Spurs loses in the first round. Dude has like 4 30 point playoff games, quite frankly could never be the best offensive player on a true contender, and his defense was more like Scottie Pippen, Duncan is next to Hakeem and Russell as the greatest interior defender ever, which is the most important defense played.

@@hardwoodthought1213 stop the nonsense, he had Bowen & Stephen Jackson. 2 of the best perimeter defenders in the league at the time and who ever said perimeter defense wasn’t that important? Also, the 03 Spurs outside of Duncan averaged 70.1 points. Minnesota outside of KG in 04 averaged 67.6. They were more top heavy but not deeper and not better coached

@@exiledknight3961 Marbury was a solid player but you’re not winning with his play style. Also, he played his worse ball in Minnesota

Yeah. And while Garnett was a perennial loser in Minnesota even though he didnt have much help...Dirk was leading a team with also not much help to 50 wins a season...

@@ganeshs8522 Garnett was not nearly enough of a scorer to carry a team by himself. Dirk would have been an even better with some help. I HATE the way that Carlisle took the 3 pt shot away from him and had him take ALL his shots in isolation, just inside the 3 pt line. Forced that one legged fade-away on him. With the best shooting 7 footer in NBA history, he should have been stretching the floor.

@@ganeshs8522 dirk had nash/finley/van-exel/j.howard/a.jamison/kidd/t.chandler/marion/peja/josh h. Dirk was always surrounded by shooters and underrated defenders. Terry /finley/ nash shot better than dirk from 3 on more volume numerous of seasons.

@Darryl Davis The only other all-star level talent Dallas had during Dirk's tenure was Nash. I don't think that any of those other guys were even borderline. Certainly not with Dallas. Terry was the closest to a number 2 scoring option. And he might be the worst 2nd option ever on a championship team.

@@Kermit_T_Frog u real disrespectful to Mike Finley considering he was the all star first before Nas and Dirk

Dirk had so many allstars and fringe allstar caliber teammates throughout the late 90s/early 2000s: Steve Nash, Michael Finley, Josh Howard, Nick Van Exel, etc. Compared to KGs best Twolves teammates: Wally Szczerbiak, an old Sam Cassell, and a twilight years post-choking of PJ Carlisimo Latrell Sprewell. I love Dirk, but KG is the better overall player imo.

@@TheriotProductions KG unlike Dirk had a future Finals mvp alongside him.. Part of Minnesota not being able to bring in talent had to do with KG eating up much of the salary cap when he signed to be the highest player in the nba. Dirk took a pay cut to help bring in veteran guys which culminated in the 2011 title.

yeah he was very disrespectful to himself should have put the pizzas and doughnuts down l damn thats too funny lol

If we are talking one one one, prime Barkley would savage these other players, he was to quick, had good handles and even tho being much shorter he could elevate, had a better shooting percentage and was a better career rebounder than all of those guys.. He killed young Garnett and Duncan when he was in his mid 30s, a Philly version of Barkley would too much.

It helps that you can't hate these two.

what?

Damn I mean both are good as hell but KG did play both ends

KG carried Minnesota for years. He never had as much talent in Minnesota as Dirk had. Dirk also had a famous choke job when he flamed out vs the 8th seed Warriors after winning MVP.

@@chiefs816kc KG carried Minnesota for years into the 1st round and not much else.

@@chiefs816kc KG carried those Minnesota teams all the way into the 1st rd of the playoffs and got swept by Dirk and the Mavs. Dirk washed KG in the 1 on 1 matchup for the series. Dirk averaged more points, rebounds, and assist than KG. This is Dirk all the way. He didn't have to run to two hall of fame players in their prime to get his chip. He stayed put even after getting fucked over in the 2006 free throw competition to win a ring for the team that drafted him.

@@Damianoutlaw They went to the conference finals fool vs Kobe and shaq in a 6 game series Dirk was a choker in 2004 vs the Heat and got beat in the first round with the best record in the league Dirk is overrated

@@christiansoldier77 oooh....one year! Wow!!! What about the other 12 years???? From 1995 until 2007 Kevin Garnett was only able to lead his team out of the first round one time...which was in 2004. Dirk has never lost a playoff game to Kevin Garnett.