Tuesday, May 24, 2011
NBA Getting White Boy Dirk Nowitzki To The Finals!!!!!!!!
This is pathetic on all levels, the NBA is trying to get Dirk Nowitzki to the NBA Finals. It's pathetic defenders can't breathe on him and it's a foul. Kevin Durrant the league's leading scorer can't buy a foul in this series. Yes Dirk is a great shooter, yes he's a great free throw shooter, but he's also a big time flopper and can't play defense. Dirk couldn't guard a telephone poll. Jeff Van Gumby calling Dirk "legendary" is sickening. He's a great offensive player, that is it and that is all. He's also helped that defenders aren't allowed to touch him which gives him clear spaces to shoot the ball. Anybody that has played basketball on a high level knows it's easier when you have a lot of space to shoot the ball. Before they change the way a guy could play defense where you can't extend your arm Dirk Nowitzki was just an above average player. I contend he could not have played in the 80's and early 90's with the physical defenders back then. Also zone defenses have conspired to hide terrible defensive players like Dirk in the zone defenses. I for one hope the Mavericks do not win the title. But it's going to be tough with David Stern behind the Mavericks making it to the Finals. They are one game from the Finals and we will see more of the same. Breathe on Dirk and it's a foul. My only thing is treat all the players the same, if it's a foul, it's a foul, when Dirk pushes off it's an offensive foul(which he does alot). Yes in the 80's Larry Bird got alot of the same treatment but at least he hit the boards( over 10 rebound average for his career). Also Bird played team defense and did get some steals. To be a great player you have to be able to play both ends of the court, not just offense. And while Dirk is a Top 10 player in the league right now, HE IS NOT A TOP 10 OR TOP 30 PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF THE NBA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THAT IS AN INSULT TO THE GREATS OF THE PAST!!!!!!!!!!! And also if you can play it shouldn't matter what your race is, treat all the players the same. NBA needs to not treat Dirk as a great white hope. This is my rant for today. God Bless everyone. Peace to the creatures.
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ABSOLUTELY on POINT, sir. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteBasketball is fundamentally a game which requires a great amount of skill to master. If we take your ideal to its conclusion, the game would devolve into a pushing and shoving contest, with no real skill involved.
ReplyDeleteA 'foul' is a violation of the rules of the game. Everyone plays by the same rules. A defender has to try his best to stop his opponent without violating the rules of the game. This is how basketball must be played if we can call it a game at all. The pushing and shoving, this is amateur playground stuff.