Was Dirk ever the best PF in the leauge?

Taiwan Killa · Post #1 » by **Taiwan Killa** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:30 pm

I'm pretty sure alot of people last year were claiming this when the Mavs had 67 wins and Dirk won MVP.

Was Dirk ever the best PF in the leauge?

Basileus777 · Post #2 » by **Basileus777** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 8:33 pm

On offense yes, but he was never a better all-around player than Duncan or Garnett.

NetsForce · Post #3 » by **NetsForce** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:23 pm

Last year he was easily the second best PF in the league behind Duncan.

Hunter · Post #4 » by **Hunter** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:28 pm

Last year I said he was the league MVP, but that Duncan was still the best player.

There has never been any point in which I wouldn't have rather had either KG or Duncan than Dirk for that matter. And I'd probably still rather have Amare if we can call him a PF. Hell, Dwight too. Oh, and health Brand is a baaaaad man. Yeah um....I've never been a huge Dirk fan. Dude is soft.

ppp000 · Post #5 » by **ppp000** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:39 pm

As a mavs fan I never at any point thought Dirk was better than Duncan. The top 3 PFs for the past few seasons have been Duncan, KG, Dirk. They can create for themselves, are the #1 options on their teams and dont need an elite PG to spoon feed them unlike other great PFs.

Colombiano972 · Post #6 » by **Colombiano972** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:18 pm

Well also as a Mav fan I have considered him one of the best one way PFs, but I have never ranked above KG and TD overall. If you ask me, I would have taken the 05-06 Elton Brand, since I tend to favor traditional big men that actually play solid defense. But I got nothing against Dirk, since he is still one of my favorite players regardless of his flaws.

Post #7 » by **wetsthebed** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:25 pm

Dirk has never been better than Duncan or Garnett.

bballcool34 · Post #8 » by **bballcool34** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:43 pm

westthebest wrote:Dirk has never been better than Duncan or Garnett.

jeremy1215 · Post #9 » by **jeremy1215** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:47 pm

westthebest wrote:Dirk has never been better than Duncan or Garnett.

QfT

bballcool34 · Post #10 » by **bballcool34** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 10:51 pm

NetsForce wrote:Last year he was easily the second best PF in the league behind Duncan.

Easily? How so?

Dirk was a better scorer than Garnett last year- that's it. Defense, rebounding, passing goes to Garnett.

I can understand picking Dirk because of his team success during the regular season (though he still wasn't the better overall player than Garnett) but easily?

dunkonu21 · Post #11 » by **dunkonu21** » Sun Jan 20, 2008 11:56 pm

Just because Garnett was on a bad team, doesn't mean he wasn't dominating ball games.

WadeKnicks2010 · Post #12 » by **WadeKnicks2010** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:02 am

RJM · Post #13 » by **RJM** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:28 am

Never. Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Elton Brand, Rasheed Wallace, and Jermaine O'Neal have all been playing in the NBA since 2000.

hermes · Post #14 » by **hermes** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:46 am

not all around player

L&H_05 · Post #15 » by **L&H_05** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:45 am

Of course not..He played in the Duncan era....

The_Believer · Post #16 » by **The_Believer** » Mon Jan 21, 2008 4:50 am

Nope. TD, KG, and Elton Brand are all better for sure, since they are elite 2-way players, something Dirk will never be.

TheMartian · Post #17 » by **TheMartian** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:35 am

bballcool34 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Easily? How so?

Dirk was a better scorer than Garnett last year- that's it. Defense, rebounding, passing goes to Garnett.

I can understand picking Dirk because of his team success during the regular season (though he still wasn't the better overall player than Garnett) but easily?

I'm not surprised since it was NetsForce who posted. Any PF has it easily over KG when it comes to NetsForce.

raleigh · Post #18 » by **raleigh** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:35 am

Nope.

I like easy questions.

etopn23 · Post #19 » by **etopn23** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:43 am

I can see KG + TD declining before Dirk.

IMO he will eventually be the premiere PF in the league... The dude's vastly underrated by most people.

Teddy KGB · Post #20 » by **Teddy KGB** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 1:35 pm

Iceburg Slim wrote:Never. Kevin Garnett, Tim Duncan, Elton Brand, Rasheed Wallace, and Jermaine O'Neal have all been playing in the NBA since 2000.

Duncan I willingly accept, and you can easily argue Garnett too. But Brand? WTF? Sure, the guy can play defense but he can't score at will like Dirk, can't spread the floor like Dirk and most of all didn't lead his team anywhere really.

Not even going to respond to Sheed and JO, that's plain disrespecting Dirk. Might as well put Zach Randolph there too.