Dallas Mavericks in the Playoffs this season

JordansBulls · Post #21 » by **JordansBulls** » Thu May 1, 2008 2:59 pm

CBS7 wrote:I've seen a few people on this board blame Dirk or at least posts like "LOL DIRK IS SOFT" or "DIRK IS A LOSER WHO'LL NEVER WIN ANYTHING" after the playoff loss.

Yep, many were blaming him.

gold_leader64 · Post #22 » by **gold_leader64** » Thu May 1, 2008 5:19 pm

From a purely production standpoint, he had a great series. But from a franchise player, team leading standpoint, I put some blame on him. He showed no heart in this series IMO, and didn't try to energize the team or demand the ball and make plays.

For example, in game 2, with his team down and facing a possible 2-0 situation, he took just 11 shots. What made it worse is that he made 7 of them. Why would the team's best player who is shooting 64% not take more shots with the team losing? I can't understand that. I thought Bass was the only player in the series who looked like a leader. He was high-fiving teammates, brought a no-nonsense attitude, energetic play, thunderous dunks, and he did the things a good teammate does. He tried to resuscitate the team, and I didn't see that from Dirk.

Dirk also flopped like I've never seen a 7 footer flop before. On at least 3 different occasions, he fell back on his ass a few feet on a jumpshot after contact with the top of his forearm. Let me state that again, because it bears repeating: after some contact with his wrist, he immediately fell backwards on his ass.

There were other times where Dirk got tangled a bit with guys going after the ball, and he just falls back on the floor. He did this constantly and it pissed me off. That's not something a team leader does, and it doesn't send the right message.

A team leader can't play like that. A team leader needs to show toughness, energy, enthusiasm, and encourage his team.

Copperhead · Post #23 » by **Copperhead** » Thu May 1, 2008 5:41 pm

gold_leader64 wrote:

Dirk also flopped like I've never seen a 7 footer flop before. On at least 3 different occasions, he fell back on his ass a few feet on a jumpshot after contact with the top of his forearm. Let me state that again, because it bears repeating: after some contact with his wrist, he immediately fell backwards on his ass.

There were other times where Dirk got tangled a bit with guys going after the ball, and he just falls back on the floor. He did this constantly and it pissed me off. That's not something a team leader does, and it doesn't send the right message.

A team leader can't play like that. A team leader needs to show toughness, energy, enthusiasm, and encourage his team.

I kept thinking to myself that the floor cleaners for the Arena would not have to do anything to the floors because Dirk was keeping them clean for them. Dude stayed on the floor. He's either a flopper or has a tough time keeping his balance. He did have a better series than all of his teammates though.

Last Guardian · Post #24 » by **Last Guardian** » Thu May 1, 2008 5:50 pm

I was impressed how hard he plays. Dirk gives it his all out there.

Post #25 » by **studcrackers** » Thu May 1, 2008 6:17 pm

gold_leader64 wrote:From a purely production standpoint, he had a great series. But from a franchise player, team leading standpoint, I put some blame on him. He showed no heart in this series IMO, and didn't try to energize the team or demand the ball and make plays.

For example, in game 2, with his team down and facing a possible 2-0 situation, he took just 11 shots. What made it worse is that he made 7 of them. Why would the team's best player who is shooting 64% not take more shots with the team losing? I can't understand that. I thought Bass was the only player in the series who looked like a leader. He was high-fiving teammates, brought a no-nonsense attitude, energetic play, thunderous dunks, and he did the things a good teammate does. He tried to resuscitate the team, and I didn't see that from Dirk.

Dirk also flopped like I've never seen a 7 footer flop before. On at least 3 different occasions, he fell back on his ass a few feet on a jumpshot after contact with the top of his forearm. Let me state that again, because it bears repeating: after some contact with his wrist, he immediately fell backwards on his ass.

There were other times where Dirk got tangled a bit with guys going after the ball, and he just falls back on the floor. He did this constantly and it pissed me off. That's not something a team leader does, and it doesn't send the right message.

A team leader can't play like that. A team leader needs to show toughness, energy, enthusiasm, and encourage his team.

dirk had 15 ft's in game 2, thats part of why he only had 11 shots

and i hate the flopping argument, he didnt fall down that much, only time he flopped was when tyson got that T and dirk fell to the ground in game 1.

why is dirk the only one who gets blame for this, if paul shot a fadeaway he'd fall down and got the call a couple times b/c of it. hell tyson chandler tried to flop on jet terry, now that is embarrassing.

Copperhead · Post #26 » by **Copperhead** » Thu May 1, 2008 7:28 pm

studcrackers wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

dirk had 15 ft's in game 2, thats part of why he only had 11 shots

and i hate the flopping argument, he didnt fall down that much, only time he flopped was when tyson got that T and dirk fell to the ground in game 1.

why is dirk the only one who gets blame for this, if paul shot a fadeaway he'd fall down and got the call a couple times b/c of it. hell tyson chandler tried to flop on jet terry, now that is embarrassing.

So you're saying Dirk only flopped once in the entire 5 game series?