Right now he's just waiting to see how the roster shapes up and he will then "sign my contract". He's excited about Bogut and Barnes and has high expectations for Barnes and is looking forward to having a massive guy at the 5.
Hadley wrote:So Dirk confirmed Warriors will be Champs in 2017! ;D
The google translation seems fairly accurate, but if you can do a proper translation, please do.
Just put it through google translate myself. Comes out pretty reasonable. Obviously grammar is way off as always but the content is pretty much there. Ws are the big favourites for 2017, not sure where Hadley got his line from but definitely not from here.
BTW I just realised I will probably spend a day crying the day he retires both out of happiness and gratitude and sadness. He's been a personal idol, the guy who got me into playing basketball (being German and all...) and one of the greatest players to have ever walked on an NBA hardwood floor.
I wonder if we're interested in another documentary with Dirk. We can interview all the familiar faces who works closely with Dirk these 20 years. For a franchise that won't take their franchise player for granted, that's a historical moments we should retain. What a love story! Compared with what happened in OKC, that's a totally different love story. I think the Ibaka trade played a huge part of KD's decision. At the prime, he should want to win badly. But they traded a core and effective piece against the team to beat for unproven rookies. KD should feel upset the team management is not on the same page with him. He wants to win but the teams want to rebuild.
20 million going forward is deserving considering he gave Cuban so many options to improve the Dallas brand over the years. Dirk could be looking at 4 more years of play.
The title seems a bit misleading, because it makes it sound as if he's openly criticizing Cuban/Carlisle, when in fact he is just being realistic and asking rhetorical questions about why free agents haven't come to Dallas.
Munich - Unfamiliar clearly not exercise Dirk Nowitzki criticism of Mark Cuban, spared Coach Carlisle and himself. He explains why a change but was not an option.
Dirk Nowitzki has voiced unusually strong criticism of billionaire team owner Mark Cuban after the recent transfer fiasco of the Dallas Mavericks.
The Mavs it was not succeeded, even one of the three of them courted Topstars Hassan Whiteside, Mike Conley and Nicolas Batum to Texas to lure .
"You have to question everything," Nowitzki answered the Bild am Sonntag, the question about the reasons. "I am with the people do not want it, together play it? Is the coach wants to play for no one? Or is it Mark, who has the champion team torn apart by 2011, and the advisor and players are therefore evil?"
"Only helped to increase their market value"
He pours oil on the fire, that many fans had sparked after unnecessary in their eyes break 2011th The former Departures Tyson Chandler and JJ Barea had nachgetreten because Cuban had not sought sufficiently to continue their commitment. Even star director Jason Kidd, who departed in 2012, they agreed.
Last summer Dallas had the promise of DeAndre Jordan, who was recently elected to the All-NBA First Team, so the best five in the league. but then the Center remained at improved conditions at the LA Clippers.
"We were in the last five years always on the big fish off, but have only helped them in the end, to increase their market value," complained Nowitzki.
Exchange for Nowitzki never an issue
He himself had created repeated through deferred compensation space for the obligation of co-stars. His salary was him "not super important," the 38-year-old re-emphasized. "It is more important to me, are in a team that wins."
In the spring, the coached by Rick Carlisle Mavs saved with a show of strength in the playoffs, but to as in the first round with 1: 4 to fail to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Currently likely prospects not be better. But even though he himself had said, not wanting to join a radical change, and the end of June had the exit option pulled out of his contract, is a change was "not an option". Family comes to the fore
"I have not even thought to go anywhere else," the 13-time All-Star made clear now. "At my age it is not easy to leave the family home or to move with all. Therefore, this was not an option."
Earlier this month, Nowitzki had agreed with the Mavericks to a new two-year contract on rumored 40 million.
His plans for the time after the career have not yet concretized: he would ask the family to the fore and be national coach in no case, he betrayed only.
So... my best interpretation:
- Mavs need to question everything if they haven't managed to sign their targets. Do players not want to play with Dirk? For Carlisle? Are agents/players weary of Cuban after breaking up the Championship team?
- the pursuit of free agents the last 5 years only served to boost their market value
Mavs have to first realize that stars want to play with stars. The Mavs have to already have a young stud in order to attract a premier FA. They are better off drafting and then grooming a young star and then using him to attract other young stars.
Then there are the reasons that the Mavs can do nothing about. Dallas is a beautiful city but it's not LA, NY, Miami or any city with great nightlife. Even Houston has the type of nightlife that attracts NBA players. Cleveland is the exception because Labron was born there and originally drafted there.
Mr B wrote:Mavs have to first realize that stars want to play with stars. The Mavs have to already have a young stud in order to attract a premier FA. They are better off drafting and then grooming a young star and then using him to attract other young stars.
Then there are the reasons that the Mavs can do nothing about. Dallas is a beautiful city but it's not LA, NY, Miami or any city with great nightlife. Even Houston has the type of nightlife that attracts NBA players. Cleveland is the exception because Labron was born there and originally drafted there.
In my opinion, the Mavs could have landed a star if they had retained Tyson Chandler and Jason Kidd at a bargained price in 2011. That's perhaps our best opportunbity to attract one key player at SG. We all know Dirk can only play with good complement at 5 and 3. And he's much more effective playing with a true PG.
Another situation was the roster before the Rondo trade. If we wait until several guys expire, we could have attracted a good PG in that offseason.
I could understand Dirk's frustration. Great complement to Dirk is tough found. The management should have valued those key components a lot better. Prime years of a star are not that long. When you look back, you'll regret.
The breaking up of the team after 2011 was a business decision. Cuban didn’t want to pay the stiff “luxury tax” of the new CBA and he didn't want to pay big money to Chandler after having just one good, injury-free season. Kidd left because the team didn't resign the core players. I think he also overestimated the marketability of Carlisle + Dirk + a championship ring. The “Big Fish” didn’t see themselves as the final piece to another championship run in Dallas.
Sometimes Cuban isn’t as smart as he thinks he is. He refused to resign Steve Nash in the prime of Nash’s career to play in a system that was perfect for Nash’s abilities and Nellie groomed Nash to play in the system. Cuban was worried that Nash was getting too old to play an effective PG. Well, he had a Hall of Fame career in Phoenix after he left Dallas. Whether that decision actually worked out is up to debate. We brought in JET who became a key piece to Dallas as the Sixth Man. Also, Nash is a huge defensive liability. Basically, he went to Phoenix and their game plan was to outscore their opponents. We also loss Nellie because Nash left. Of course we may have never won a championship with Nash, but we might have won two or three. No one knows. Obviously, he turned Phoenix into a top 4 team in the West, but they never made it to finals.
The one issue I have with the Mavs seem to want to play fantasy basketball sometimes. Trade for someone with big stats but might not be a chemistry fit (Rondo, Antoine Walker, and Stackhouse).
fuller4379 wrote:The one issue I have with the Mavs seem to want to play fantasy basketball sometimes. Trade for someone with big stats but might not be a chemistry fit (Rondo, Antoine Walker, and Stackhouse).
Dallas actually went the opposite direction from that after the failed 04 season. Dallas moved towards finding pieces that fit perfectly next to Dirk rather than collecting "names". Nothing reflects that more than the fact that Dirk didn't play with a single all-star from 05 on (JHo and Kidd each were injury replacements--JHo on the 67 win team where the league was almost forced to include a 2nd Mav and Kidd made it when the game was in Dallas).
You can fault Cuban/Donnie for some things, but they learned that lesson very painfully in that miserable 04 campaign and went 180 degrees the other direction.
Rondo was just a mistake, but even that would have been okay had he came in here and played hard. But it was clear he didn't want to be here and wouldn't work with Rick.
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fuller4379 wrote:The one issue I have with the Mavs seem to want to play fantasy basketball sometimes. Trade for someone with big stats but might not be a chemistry fit (Rondo, Antoine Walker, and Stackhouse).
Stack was great for Dallas. Initially did not look like he would stay but he served the team very well and was a pro in Dallas.
Glad the deal is officially done. I'm with Carlisle on not taking Dirk for granted. Don't mind the extra money for this year, but paying Dirk ~$25M next year is going to make it hard for the team to piece a roster together knowing they will need a center and PG again. Maybe Dirk opts out and takes less if they can land a big free agent?
Meh I don't really care. We aren't contenders regardless so good for Dirk getting one more big payday. I'll never begrudge him his money.
Edit: Year 2 has $5M gtd with a team option.
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Glad the deal is officially done. I'm with Carlisle on not taking Dirk for granted. Don't mind the extra money for this year, but paying Dirk ~$25M next year is going to make it hard for the team to piece a roster together knowing they will need a center and PG again. Maybe Dirk opts out and takes less if they can land a big free agent?
Meh I don't really care. We aren't contenders regardless so good for Dirk getting one more big payday. I'll never begrudge him his money.
Edit: Year 2 has $5M gtd with a team option.
I'm wondering if this is a way to keep Dirk happy while we start the rebuild process this season. Even Dirk has to realize that creating a championship caliber team for the rest of his career is virtually impossible at this point so I see this as possibly being another Kobe situation. The only difference is that Cuban will probably rebuild the core with players in their mid-20s instead of starting completely from scratch like the Lakers did. I could easily see DWill, Bogut, and Harris all being dealt before the deadline this season with young players coming back. I think it will be virtually impossible to acquire or develop a superstar with that strategy but think Cuban will go that route hoping to create a roster that will attract star FAs going forward ....just a hunch.
