Legions of evil white people-hating Dirk Nowitzki aliens have not
invaded the boards.


A handful of people skeptical of the results of a ridiculously
timed poll, with ridiculous results(of course, you won't admit it,
even though you too find the results strange) have expressed
that in fact, there are several players in the league, several,
who might be better candidates to build a team around.

Really only a handful, and the hate hasn't been that venemous.


Nothing compared to the Kobe hatred we've seen around here.

EDIT: Even funnier, the strongest Dirk critique in this entire thread is
arguably from Frank Longo, also one of the whitest people in the universe.
That hasn't stopped the white people who like Dirk in this
thread from pulling the reverse racism card on ME.

Priceless.


>>I could be a jerk and mention the 11 points he hit for the
>>other night while launching bricks and doing nothing else
>for
>>his team to win.
>
>... so yes, you certainly were.

Right. I said "I could be a jerk." I specifcially said that to counter the
selective memory of Dirk's new fans. If you are going to argue that
a single game determines how great he is, you have to be fair and
consistent.

I am comprehensive in my summary.

Single games aren't doing it for me either way.


>how about the game against San Antonio where Dirk was 3 for 9
>from the field but went to the free-throw line 24 times,
>making 21 for a team-high 27 points and leading his team to a
>win?


Right, he shot well.

From the free throw line, but he still shot well.



>but dudes are up in here talking about he's not among the top
>14-15 players they'd choose to start a franchise with today,
>which is just hate, plain and simple.

Perhaps, but what about those of us who simply require
players that are good on both ends of the court, or are more
versatilie ?


Can you really call someone a "hater" solely because they like
guys who play both ends of the court well, or players who effect
the game in multiple ways?


No, you can't.


I am no Dirk hater.


I also think that in terms of building a franchise, I wouldn't, for a
second, even consider him ahead of Elton Brand. Its not even
close in my opinion.

Interestingly enough, ConcreteCharlie said that earlier, and no
one replied.

Probably because its me advancing my points, and you guys don't
like to see me make good points, hence everyone ganging up(as usual)
to no end.

I'm fair and balanced.



Keep it moving.




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