Comments on: Dirk Nowitzki is being shut down by … Matt Bonner?

By: doc

doc — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:34:33 +0000

Give me Dirk anyday of the week and Im ready for war.

By: Dr.Mavs

Dr.Mavs — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:33:01 +0000

You know what is hilarious..if guys like Matter Bonner and Ryan Bowen can shut Dirk down then what does that say about KG who Dirk owns? Or Duncan who couldn’t guard Dirk to save his life.. take their DPOY awards away! LOL

KG blew his knee out trying to guard Dirk this season.

Matt Bonner, Ryan Bowen, Stephen Jackson >>>>>>>>>>>>>> KG, Kobe and Ron Artest.

All smoked by Dirk.

By: Dr.Mavs

Dr.Mavs — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:29:21 +0000

“”"Doesn’t even take Bruce Bowen to slow Dirk. Remember 3 years ago in Round 1 of the playoffs when *Ryan* Bowen (Houston) put the handcuffs on him? Dirk ain’t all that….”"”

Someone showing their ignorance. Of course a small player can stop Dirk on the perimeter.. and when Dirk posted up they swarmed him and dared his perimeter players to beat them.. the Mavs have terrible 3 point shooters. This is why dirk can’t dominate on the post with smaller players guarding him.

Teams have learned how to beat the Mavs.. you put ANY player on them and let them bear hug him and double and triple him when he tries to drive around him. Teams are basically daring Dirk’s teammates to beat them. With terrible Avery it was a piece of cake.. Carlisle is starting to fix that though.. but the Mavs supporting cast still stinks.. so it doesn’t look good.

By: Dr.Mavs

Dr.Mavs — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:23:54 +0000

Why are people always trashing Dirk? Kobe couldn’t even make the playoffs without Phil Jackson and Shaq.. he couldn’t win a championship with Lamar Odom and Pau Gasol.. and with Shaq and Karl Malone.. Dirk doesn’t even have a Lamar Odom. That he carries his team as much s he does is incredible. KG couldn’t even make the playoffs in Minnesota.

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 03:58:29 +0000

rangerjohn, sorry. By ‘relatively well’ I mean they looked good, but rather they took game 1 in a comeback victory to nullify home court advantage from the Spurs with an essentially “shut down” best player on the team.

There’s a slight difference. But as you propose, we’ll see in game 3. Rose-tinted, that is.

By: rock from hyde park

rock from hyde park — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:46:54 +0000

as of right now (7:46 PM in chicago)

dirk is averaging 19 and 8 in THIS YEARS PLAYOFFS

WELCOME TO REALITY

By: ash

ash — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:35:04 +0000

just so you dirk haters know,
only 5 people in nba history average 25pts a game and 10 rebounds a game in the playoffs.

dirk is one of them.

By: Patrick Corcoran

Patrick Corcoran — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:28:46 +0000

Doesn’t even take Bruce Bowen to slow Dirk. Remember 3 years ago in Round 1 of the playoffs when *Ryan* Bowen (Houston) put the handcuffs on him? Dirk ain’t all that….

By: Dagomar

Dagomar — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:09:44 +0000

Uh, the Mavs took homecourt from the Spurs. I think they’re in pretty good shape, rangerjohn.

By: JC

JC — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:54:05 +0000

hahahaha GO GATORS!! WOOOOOO!!!

Great article, AB. Matt has displayed a level of humility uncharacteristic of Florida basketball, and while I’m shocked that he and David Lee are the two players from that generation of UF hoops (1999-2003) that get regular playing time in the NBA, I’m happy he’s getting his shine.

Pop really knows how to max out his players. It really seems like he can nearly double their productivity. Did anyone think that at some point in his career Tony Parker would drop 40 on a good night? Maybe 23… Ginobili is good for 45 when he’s on. Without Pop, I might expect about 25 on his best night.