Tribute Timeout: Dirk Nowitzki called the greatest of all time by Doc Rivers 

Indeed!

Yeah, me too. A very humble man who is the very soul of the team. His statue is there to prove it. His contribution to the big men in NBA changed the NBA forever and his representation as a european player is another testament of his greatness.

I was still in the Philippines when I chose Mavs as my fave team, Steve nash, Michael finley, Dirk Nowitzki, Don nelson and mark cuban all started the franchise we knew and love. Now I am in Italy they don't understand why Dirk is special like LBJ, Dwayne wade etc. I always start and end my discussions with them that Dirk has a statue in front of his homecourt like kobe and jordan has. I'm a Filipino and somehow I connected with Dirk, twas taboo in my time to shoot the ball from the arc and be a stretch forward coz I am considered a "big" in my country, yet I am underweight but just a regular 6, which is considered tall in the Philippines. And Now all those bigs needs to have atleast a mid range and be stretch forwards before they can move up the ladder in drafts. Dirk revolutionized and contributed to the game in different ways and will always be remembered all around the world.

@@TheOFWProjectWorld Big men like Kevin Durant modeled their playstyle to that of Dirk. He revolutionized the position.

Dirk took us through 20 years of an awesome ride. Can' t watch the 2011 Finals vids without tearing up. He and Jet Terry stood in there and took all the shots from fans and naysayers from 2007 -2010. Some dark moments. But he kept at it. We pulled so hard for him and it paid off.

@@noeltaylor3594 Yes man, we're always in the playoffs since the 2000s. Dirk being consistent on the team, losing nash and the almoat 2006. Dirk has one of the hardest runs ever, it didn't started at 2011 though, it started since 2006 when we lost to miami. Started when we lost don nelson and lose to the no. 8 seed with coach nelson coaching the warriors, started when Dirk doesnt have a good center or a good wingman until the retirees came into 2011 and made one of the hardest most underdog runs ever. When they won the 15 point-deficit in Miami, I told myself this is it for Miami, you woke up Dirk! That's the halftime where Leb and Wade were clowning and saying a lot of things to Dirk. And they became footnote of that season for that.

indeed!

One of the best runs ever man!

That's the key of what he said...one of the greatest of all time.nice touch doc

I'm not going to say the best. I'm not qualified to do so. But I think that the whole 2011 playoffs for the Mavs was one of the greatest runs of all time.

I appreciate it man! He didn't only changed how the big men are drafted today but he is one of those who proved that Europeans can make a difference in the NBA as well.

@@TheOFWProjectWorld Amen!

Yeah but perhaps at the moment he is still at his moment so yeah. but yeah, he should have.