>Would be top 10 if not for 2006 Finals

Lemme just list indisputable "All-Time Greats" off the top of my head:

Cheese
Kareem
Wilt
Russell
Big O
Magic
Bird
Dream
Timmay
Zeke
Moses Malone
Barkley
Dr J
Bron
Bean
Wade
Rick Barry
Baylor
Mail Man
Bob Petit
Admiral
Ewing
Gervin
Frazier
Havlicek
McHale
Drexler
Pippen
KG
Cheif
Cousy

so, that's 32.......Dirk isn't better than 22 players on the list. Dude actually might be the worst defender out of all the cats I listed.