NBA Legends Explain Why Dirk Nowitzki Is The Greatest Foreign NBA Player
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
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In this Video NBA Legends Explain Why Dirk Nowitzki is the goat.
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For me, as a German basketball player playing for almost 20 years now, Dirk did so much for basketball over here. Kobe was my childhood hero but dirk always got a special place in my heart!
So you always wanted to be black?
@@GORILLA_PIMPshut up
I'm curious. How about Dennis Schröder? Is he highly regarded in Germany as well?
@@adingdingdiiing6740at the beginning of his career in the NBA he sort of had a bad reputation although he was not that well known to the broad public in Germany. Dennis was and still is pretty cocky, blunt and also likes to show off. It was something you don‘t see that often from sport stars over here, especially, if you compare him to Dirk who won most German hearts not only due to his great basketball achievements but his incredibly humbleness and down to earth spirit. Dirk is regarded as one of the best ambassadors of our country. However, Schröder matured a lot over the last decade and people in Germany really credit him for his undeniably strong commitment to the German national team which resulted in a surprising 3rd place finish in the European basketball championship on home soil last year. There are still some people on the fence about him but now I would say most are happy for him and love that he brings a different style to German basketball. Plus he does a lot for the community in his hometown. He also bought the majority of the shares of his hometown basketball club which plays in Germany‘s first division.
On the pro level basketball teams in Germany are more than not dependent on single wealthy basketball enthusiasts or companies basically willing to finance the whole club. That’s why you see many teams just come and go within a short period. In soccer things are definitely way more stable.
@@adingdingdiiing6740 feck what ever i wrote lol @davinnicode well answered
That 2011 Mavericks run might be the best NBA playoff run of all time.
Thank you my hometown I call that championship before that season start.
It is my number two behind the 2016 cavs. But it was insane, as a german I need to say, that was the only time I wasn't rooting for Lebron in a final.
@@joshuadavidhillmann3 Definitely a respectable answer. That 3-1 comeback was insane.
I like that true that Nuggets Jocic was one of the best Team today with good leadership and teamwork who swept the Lebron Lakers, but man Dirk was a Monster back then playing against the heavily favorite MIA with superteam WADE BOSH AND Prime LBJ, the Mavs Choked them too hard they lose all motivation and hunger in the game leaving a Prime LBJ heart crushed and dying from meltdown... never forget a heavy underdog win the 2011 finals one of the best NBA run in history much much better than Lebron 2016 comeback win! Dirk Nowitzki is the beast! best Foreign Player outside the U.S
1986 Boston Celtics
His 2011 playoff performance was hands down one of the best ever. He carried the Mavs to the title, which makes him a legend alone.
As a german, that LB clip got me goose bumps. Dirk is a perfect role model for a player that is highly competitive but also a great sportsman and still so down to earth.
For me as a sports fan from Germany Dirk was the only reason to start watching the NBA. Dirk will always be the best known basketball player in Germany. He had an amazing carreer and the germans love Dirk for his behaviour outside the court, always respectful and down to earth. This guy is a Legend for eyery german sports fan!
Stimme Dir voll zu. Bin aber der Meinung, dass 99,99% der Deutschen nicht verstehen, was Dirk in der NBA gerissen hat! Und was sein Entdecker schon für ein Coachingtalent hatte. Was da alles zusammenkommen musste , für SO eine Karriere. Wahnsinn.
Dirk is a true Gentlemen. I have never met or heard about anyone that doesnt like this fella.
Thats what you get when you stay humble, honest and keep working on yourself !
A true rolemodel.
Dirk's 2011 championship run was one of the most impressive things I've seen any NBA player do. My brother and I called him "NoQuitSki" during that finals series after he carried his team while being sick.
And ..... never, ever a controversy with Dirk. Great image for the NBA. ❤🏀🏆💯
I’m a Mavs fan and been one since I could walk. Obviously Dirk is my favorite Mavs player, Dallas athlete etc because not only of his accomplishments on the court but who he is as a person, the dude is just a special person.
Thanks a lot of people who weren't fans of Dallas will forget about just how good Dirk was.
All true basketball fans know how good he was and all Lebron fan boys should definitely know who he is.
Before the Joker came around. I didn't think there would be another Superstar as Humble as Dirk. Very rare indeed.
Giannis is just as humble as both, also Duncan
Giannis Nash Duncan Olajuwon . Not foreign, but Dr. J
Tim Duncan
Stockton. That man is the poster child for humility.
@@mj23goat3 I certainly can't argue with that.
Dwade was speaking facts. Dirks 1 ring is enough to cement him as a all time great. The way he played the entire playoffs and the competition he faced was insane. Won a ring being the only all star on his team. And he beat Roy & Portland, the 2x repeat champ Lakers with kobe, gassol, odum, okc with Durant, Westbrook and harden. Then went and beat LBJ, wade and bosh. Absolutely one of the greatest post season runs in NBA history.
Dirk was a great player but also great ambassador for NBA and European basketball
Dirk and Wade will somehow always be connected. Those two finals match ups which they split, the time when they were both named honorary all-stars, how they both dropped 30 points in their respective final home games, and how they retired at the same time. I would be surprised if they're not inducted into the Hall of Fame at the same time.
Edit: I just remembered that they were selected to be in the basketball HoF earlier this year, along with Pop.
was so weird and surreal.... my wife was getting cancer treatment in a small town in the German Alps in 2011 and eventually passed away....we watched the games from over there as mavs and dirk fans in middle of the night, will never forget it...
I remember when I was a spaniard teen at 2001 and I was so hyped with Pau Gasol and our national team. They were playing the 2001 Eurobasket and they had to match against Germany for the bronze medal. As a NBA fan I already knew Dirk, but that was the day when I really thought "man, this guy is on another level". The spanish team won, but his performance was... wow. 43 points from every damn angle of the court. Absolutely unstoppable.
Many great memories. And what a career.
These international games were crazy. It was basically Nowitzki against everybody. It was a miracle that he even got the German national team into so many decisive games and that they could hold these games tight to the last whistle. Without Nowitzki no one in Germany would even talk about the basketball national team.
Dude Dirk was a beast. His jump shot was money his one legged wrong leg jump shot impacted so many players. Like MJ's and Kobe's fadeaway influenced players so did Dirk's jumper
@bob88667 What I'm saying is Dirk's one-legged fadeaway influenced the younger generation. I'm not in any way comparing Dirk to Larry. Dirk's shooting coach taught him to shoot unorthodox in certain situations.
MJs fadeaway probably influenced Dirk, Dirk increased its curvature and brought it to another level with the help of his coach. a level you could not defend 1v1, with MJs fadeaways you had a little chance if you were a tall player and your timing was on point. to defend dirks fadeaway you probably have to be 10 foot 5 or something XD
Dirk was the best player in the world for 2 months that 2011 run untouched in history
it was a great run but not nearly untouched; jordan 93>lebron 16>jordan 91>hakeem 94>magic 80>shaq 01>duncan 03........dirk 11
Dirk was so clutch that playoff run. They need a basket Dirk was getting it. They need a rebound Dirk was getting it. They need a stop Dirk was stopping that person. That run change the narrative on Dirk.
@@TheSportsCore the combination of the team Dallas was facing , while also considering the cast Dirk had was what set Dirk’s apart from all of those you mentioned
Jokic's playoff run was more impressive - even stats show that
@@heartmind4267
2011 Mavericks playoff run - mind you his entire roster was role players :
* Swept 2-time defending NBA champion Lakers
* Beat OKC 4:1 - (Durant/Westbrook/Harden)
* Beat big 3 of Miami in Finals (LBJ/Bosh/Wade)
Mavs playoff run is untouched imo
This goat debate about Jordan and LeBron has taken so much of our attention off of the really great great players that have played this game, and Dirk is one of them.
Agreed. There are a lot that get minimized when we focus only on the goat stuff.
It's mostly the position. KG is the only one that's really recognized in a way that befit his actual impact on the league. Even Timmy and Dirk, some of the best to ever do it are overshadowed by flashy dunkers and 3-point machines.
absolute legend, you CAN'T not love this guy!
Dirk was(and still is) European Michael Jordan when we talk about his quality,he changed the game forever.Nobody from Europe is not close to him,I am from Serbia but our Jokic is just pale shadow in comparison to Dirk which career and leadeship is still on another level.Dirk,thank you for everything!
Dirk was not only German, he was also Serb because he is European. greetings from Germany
@@bjorndebar8361 Really nice words, Marko!
Nowitzki was a player with his own style and he is the best European player ever, that played in the NBA. You talk about Nikola Jokic... what a great player! 5 times NBA All-Star, 2 times MVP. Denver can be proud of him, and he is just 28 y old. He can win the championship, too. I wish him all the best.
@@FCBayernMuenchen1900 Yeah, i am pretty sure he can win a championship 😁😁
Dirk paved the way for all Euro players in the NBA to be taken seriously and considered as First Team players.
@@bjorndebar8361 No. Dirk is not serbian. Dirk is German bruh…
back in high school when i started playing basketball you can hear kids talkin about jordan, kobe, ai and tmac. but nothing compares to my childhood hero Dirk Nowitzki. even today i still use #41 on my jerseys on my basketball tournaments. i can still remember the joy when they won the championship back in 2011 i was ju,ping up and down in our living room. thank you Dirk.
man as an athlete it must be so awesome to hear everyone talking so nicely about you. dirk was special!
I am so proud to be able to say that dirk was born in the same city i was born in. His school was just 10 minutes away from mine and he is without a doubt the biggest icon here 👑 #legend
Before Dirk, guys pushing 7 feet hardly ever attempted mid range jump shots, let alone being a proficient 3 point shooter and career .890 from the line. He changed the game. He is rightfully taking his place amongst the game's all-time greats.
yeah bill laimbeer never existed...
its a blatant lie that dirk is that "revolutionary".
guys did it before. but not as a primary option.
i am german but i think nowitzki is getting overrated at this point
@@hoebertrabeck1621Bill Laimbeer?? Bill? Get outta here...
@@hoebertrabeck1621Schande über dein Haupt für diesen Vergleich...lmao
@@frizzyrascal1493 ja peja gabs auch nicht.
oscar schmidt hat federball gespielt.
recency bias hat noch nie jemandem geholfen.
Hakeem has entered the chat
Wade is right that he only needed that one Championship. he beat a stacked Miami team lead by the best player in the league and arguably ever in his prime along with Wade and Bosh. Dirk had a bunch of role players and has beens and took the trophy home! They really need to make a movie about that run!
Also beating the defending champions (lakers) the up and coming OKC with Durant, Westbrook and Harden and the physical/ defensive Portland
They did. But maybe u dont count that documentary style movie as a real movie
LeBron ain't best ever. Keep dreamin'.
Did you know the 2011 Mavericks are the only championship team in NBA history to have 5 past-present-or-future All NBA Players on their roster? Dirk, Kidd, Marion, Chandler, Peja... Not to mention Jet was a 6th Man award winner in 2009.
Only two other championship teams have ever even had 4 past-present-or-future All NBA players on their team.
1. The Celtics of the 80s with Bird, McHale, Parish and Johnson. 15 total combined All NBA selections.
2. The 2011-12 Miami Heat with James, Bosh, Wade, and Allen. 30 total combined All NBA selections (19 are LeBron's)
3. The 2010-11 Dallas Mavericks with Dirk, Kidd, Marion, Chandler, and Peja. 22 total combined All NBA selections.
@@mj23goat3 He's definitely in the conversation.
Prime Dirk was a Monster!!!
Not mentioned here was MJ praising Dirk as well. He was asked about which current players cmhe thought could play during MJ's time, Dirk was one of the players he named.
Dirk Nowitzky is the Michael Jordan of all European Players ❤
He turned „Eurotrash“ into Champion
i am a european and in fact a german.
you couldnt be more wrong
Ita Jokic ;)
Sabonis petrovic and pau are better
THAT WAS PETROVIC(R.I.P.) NOW ITZ LUKA DONCIC!!!
@@THEREALLORDJ now its Jokic, lol.
dwade saying what he did about dirk was probably one of the best things. the 2 were long time competitors and had some beef in the past but to see dwade say what he did is truly the mark of respect on it all.
I remember in 2003 a co worker said " If Dirk keeps playing like this, he could be the next Larry Bird." We flamed him so bad for talking crazy. Turns out he was right
There's still a large gap between Bird and Dirk though.
My dallas cowboys always made me cry of sadness and i played basketball and football during high school and that 2011 we lost in regional finals in my senior year and than thr mavs won that year and i sobbed like a baby😅😭😭😭😭😭😭
And i think Dirk has still so much influence for Basketball in Germany today, even he's not playing anymore, because he certainly has been a role model for a lot of the players, who won the World Cup yesterday!!!!
My man DIRK! Is my favorite and irreplacable #1 favorite NBA player of all time! Remembering getting his revenge against the heat in '11 is definitely is one happiest moment of my life. #DIRKFANSINCE2002
Best Title ever. For me as a Franconian as Dirk he will be my number one 4ever.
❤❤ Dirk a baller straight up 💯💯💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
We have too remember that episode of “Punked” with Dirk, a fan walks over to sign a Lebron jersey, while Dirks teammates are like wtf, Dirk Still signs it, Dirk knew he will 1-up Lebron in the future.
Man Dirk the greatest to ever do it
DALLAS LEGEND !!!🐐🐐🐐🐐
It's too bad Dirk and Kidd didn't play together more in their primes, I think they would've won more chips together.
The route he took to get there .... I like that
Ty my bro for the video 💪🏻
With his height and skill he was unguardable
2011 i went on vacation to the Dominican Republic and when we arrived in our room i switched on the TV and the game was on, the last quarter had like 8-10min left. I was and still am really happy for Dirk. i mean if on Player deserved it, its Dirkules.
Believe it or not, I got to see Dirk Nowitzki play in person and for free! It was in Athens, Greece in the 2005 Acropolis Tournament, just before Greece won that year's European championship! And it was a helluva an experience seeing Dirk Nowitzki and other great players, coaches, and such, from Greece, Italy, Serbia and Germany! It was an awesome experience and the tickets were for free!
TK is that you???
@@GORILLA_PIMP Ι don't understand you and I don't know who TK is.
I don’t believe it. Prove it with ticket stub from the game or you’re lying.
I saw Dirk and Steve Nash at the Galleria in Dallas a few times.
Why would I be lying? How would that benefit me? I'm a born-again Christian, and the Bible says "thou shall not lie!" And even if I had the stub, how am I supposed to show it to you on UA-cam? It did happen man! Basketball had very popular and then it dipped in popularity and that was probably why the games were for free! But then Greece won the 2005 European championship, we made it to the finals in the 06 Mundobasket, and Giannis Antetokounmpo became one of the GOATS so basketball became relevant again!
...and Dirk is such a polite guy, too!
0:02 Holy moly, I was asking myself why the hell was wade guarding Dirk... Sheesh that was actually Bosh
Dirk brought NBA Basketball to the German speaking countries here in Europe!
Legende! Danke Dirk!
nur wenn man hinterm mond gelebt hat
Eher der Detlef😉
@@darolhitman3154 aber so richtig groß erst durch Dirk
Moin erstmal!!!
Kobe and Dirk is nightmare fuel
I Agree 100%, but it's going to be challenged, if Jokic keeps doing what he is doing.
Luka is on a path to maybe be the best player of all time, you can look on him vs MJ stats, Jokic also, they are projecting past MJ, that is insane to think, MJ is the best i have ever seen, i mean Wilt also, but Jokic and Doncic, we are lucky to be seeing this.
The Los Angeles Clippers had the chance to pick Dirk Nowitzki, Paul Pierce, Antawn Jamison, Rashard Lewis, Mike Bibby, and Jason Williams with the first pick in the 1998 NBA Draft. But picking Michael Olowokandi was the Clippers' biggest mistake.
Personally, the Clippers should have picked Pierce or Carter.
Damn Solid draft right there
I know lots of the legend players from the US inspired many kids to play basketball, but I think noone else than Dirk inspired so many kids from outside the US to join the sport. He had a mission and he stuck to it and worked his ass off to make it happen. This not only counts for basketball, not even only for sports. if you want to achieve anything major in life, this is the way you do it.
Great video. More Dirk vids please! Maybe a what could’ve been video about him and Steve Nash in Dallas.
when scouts say that this or that player could be next Dirk - it says everything how special he was
Michael Jordan is the Greatest Player of All Time, no question but mahn.. Dirk is My Favorite Player of All Time! That day he finally hoisted the Larry O'Brien trophy? One of the greatest moments of my LIFE!
I love drik he did so much for the game ❤
Its Good Night in Nepal though..Love your videos...Dirk is one of the GOAT ...LEGEND
Handsdown, Dallas in 2000s were only about him
As a mavs fan I’m glad he never left. As a basketball fan i wish I could’ve seen dirk and Kobe play together
great video as always, we're blessed to have these , tx bruh :)
Love this channel man! Amazing Idea! Thank you thank you thank you!
2011 was the goat run. swept prime kobe defending champions. man handled durant and company. then outclassed the flash and the king in the finals. i wish he could have played his prime years w luka. but at least we have a new legend in the making.
Cant forget beating Brandon Roy and Lamarcus Aldridge led Portland team in 6.
Olajuwon 95 run is in that conversation as well
Beat almost 3 60 plus win teams
Beat the #1, #2, and #3 seed in the West
And then Beat the #1 seed in the East...swept them after they beat Jordan and the Bulls
Olajuwon destroyed the direct MVP in David Robinson
Beat Shaq head to head, Penny, Barkley (previous MVP),Kevin Johnson, Rodman, Karl Malone (Future MVP and was in the conversation before that), and John Stockton.
The yr previously Hakeem had already beaten Barkley, Ewing and Drexler
carried the mavs to deep playoff runs and 50 wins + seasons for over a decade against lakers kobe shaq, sacramento prime, duncan spurs, kg wolves, wallace randolph blazers, suns etc. did it the right way and no one else comes close
The way he was at my school and taught me how to shoot properly will forever be my biggest flex hahahah
I've been a long time fan and subscriber. You have great topics, exciting topics, but it seems like over 90% of the content is just textbook praise from fellow superstars. For example I might hear "Tough to guard", "had a great fade", "moved amazingly for a big guy" for him or another great. I'm watching the screen as I hear that, but don't see good footage so that I understand it. After watching this, I "hear" the praise but I don't come off with any kind of grasp of his fade or accuracy or other skills. Ideally I'd like a detailed visual demonstration of exactly HOW Wilt was unstoppable. When you cover Byrd, and what he did amazingly, sure, it's nice to hear Magic's praise; but I want more real visual demonstrations of how he could take an inbound with 0.6 left on the clock and drain it. See some steals. Lots of them. Not just hear Barkley say it. Maybe it's a copyright thing but without stronger supporting footage I'm losing enthusiasm. Not hating, just giving feedback, and being specific for your benefit - not to cast stones.
Just an example, intended to help convey the point and increase the power of the channel: Dirk supposedly was this great accurate shooter. I read that. I hear that. And, yeah, cool to hear some of the greatest of the game strongly making that point. But I watched this, and from the watching, I just don't see it. When I finished this video could I say, "indeed, he was a great shooter" ? Well, no.
Maybe you'll do Calvin Murphy sometime. I've seen pieces on him that I watched and went, "WOW!!". You know what I mean?
I remember, back in the Days, when in the German Television there was that News "German Basketball Wonderkid from Würtzburg moves to the NBA" and i was like - WHO - i was never into Basketball back then, but i knew the NBA and some German Teams. Then i watched him grow, that "Teenager" into the Big Boots he filled pretty quickly. He is a NBA Legend, but he is 100000% a Legend in Sports generally in Germany. You don't need to know Basketball, but you'll know Dirk Mfking Nowitzki!
Respect to Giannis, Luka, Hakeem, JOKER, and so on and so forth. As basketball fans, we want to see players be better every year
Dirk is the GOAT! 🐐
Dirk is one of the all time best players. Such an amazing talent. Maybe he will be lost to time as far as one of the international all time greats because of guys like Jokic, Giannis, and Embiid. But that championship run was absolutely special and a great moment for the NBA.
Embiid LMFAOOOO
don't put embid in a same game with Dirk!!!! EVER
@@stankopesa226 The reason I mentioned Embiid because all of these guys are foreign players that won MVP
@@shareofmoney all good just mine opinion
@@stankopesa226 I definitely understand. It's all respect
keep up with the drill! I had seen like 30 of your vids and I didnt even realize I wasnt subbed lol, much love
ah european ok. first i thought you mean best foreign player, cause this one belongs to "Dream"
Incorrect. Foreigner is a person without US citizenship. And this is not Hakeem Bro
4th best int player at most;
1. hakeem
2. giannis
3. jokic
4. dirk
5. parker
6. ginobili
7. gasol
8. nash
9. mutombo
10. embiid
No Kukoc, no Dino Radja!? Intresting, both HOF's!
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They are not HOFs lmfao
@@GORILLA_PIMP sure, I guess you know
Dirk's ring is worth more than this dynastie's rings combined man I'm growing watching heat and die hard dwade fan but I love dirk and still how funny shawn Marion's shot form was🤣🤣🤣🤣 respect for the champs
Wade with the most honest words
Thanks for this one
MFFL 💙
Dirk cooking the "Not one, not two, not three" Heat was one of my favorite nba finals. Manu cooking my Pistons in the nba finals was one of my least 😂😂.
9:30 That 2011 was the only year I think I've ever seen a single player drag a team to a championship. Lebron James had more help on his final's teams than Dirk had that year, and James lost most of his matches. The thing that cemented James as overrated was that finals performance. Dirk and bunch of scrubs beat that super-team. Come on man! JJ Barea and a 37 yr old Jason Kidd? That was the most ridiculous championship I'd ever seen.
I'm not convinced that Dirk is still ahead of Jokic. Jokic literally notched the #1 PER ranking of all-time, and occupies 3 of the top 14 PER seasons all-time. Almost 3 MVP's, a finals MVP, a ring.
I respect Wade for saying that... Dirk deserved his one and everyone knew it. It was the perfect team in 2011 and everyone deserved that title... its like Romo with the Cowboys, he deserved a ring... sometimes they dont happen... that final game we watched at work, closed the shop until the game was over cuz none of us could stop watching it... dallas needed it that year too... omg and the Rangers won the world series this year... Texas teams are doing well... not the state but the teams 😂😂
That Mavs vs Miami finals after "The Decision" and the Wade, Labron, Chris Bosh Miami introduction in Miami was glorious. I Loved Petrovic, I have his card on my altar next to a photo of my mom. I would have liked to have seen Prime Arvydas Sabonis. For the longest time I thought Akeem Olajuwon was the best foreign player I had seen but he won his championships while Michael was playing baseball. Dirk won his against Prime Labron and Prime Wade.
6:52
Shaq: Does he hurt rn?
VC: That's Dirk walk.
lmao
Look at how one leg face-away jumper has done to this man over the years.
Dirk ❤
The Dream was better than Dirk. I think even Dirk would agree. Hakeem was born in Nigeria, went to high school there before leaving to the States.
The title of the video reads “foreign” player. It does not read “born outside the US”. Hakeem had the US citizenship and played for the national team in 1996.
Plus, if being born in the US is enough, then you must pick Tim Duncan over Hakeem
@@lakritz1987 he didn't move to the States until College. Until then he was born and raised in Nigeria! Olajuwon became a naturalized American citizen on April 2, 1993. So at 30 years old!
@@lakritz1987there is a difference between greater and better player
Tim Duncan won more rings so some people place Duncan over Hakeem as Greater.
If you going off of strictly skillset, Hakeem is the better player and won with less
Everyone needs to check out “The Perfect Shot” a doc on UA-cam about Dirk and his mentor who got him to the NBA, Holger! The most awesome mad genius German coach/trainer. And Dirk is truly one of the nicest, coolest, most down to earth stone cold killers to ever grace the basketball court
I love the Mavs and Dirk. By the time Luka, Giannis, and Jokic finish their careers, Dirk may no longer hold the title of greatest foreign player ever. But his impact is undeniable and paved the way for so many foreign players and stretch 4 and 5’s. Dirk will always be my 🐐
I think Dirk will still be the greatest foreign player ever. Dirk run is so consistent. Twelve years of doing the same thing at a high level. They got to do it at a high level to be consider the best. I remember when everyone want to found their Dirk and couldn’t found him. They still look for him to this day.
@@DatBoyBlue91 I understand what you are saying here, longevity is important. But Jokic and Giannis have already had better single seasons than Dirk and both have a lot of years left. Both already have 2 MVP awards, titles and Finals MVP. To think that both will just fall off the planet is highly unlikely. Throw in the fact Giannis also has a DPOY and Jokic already has more assists right now than Dirk had in his career?
Not bashing Dirk here. He is one of my favorite players of all time. And he was abig part of changing narratives. But I think Giannis or Jokic will eclipse him for that title by the time it is over. And you know what? Thats ok.
@@DatBoyBlue91No Dirk is the greatest European player Ever
Hakeem Olajuwon is the Greatest Foreign player Ever
@@peterguidry6084 Dirk and Hakeem is 1a and 1b when you talk about greatest foreign player . But we was talking about Jokic and Giannis passing Dirk.
@DatBoyBlue91 your comments lend me to believe that you think Dirk and Hakeem are close.
There is a gap in talent and skillset between the two.
Even Dirk knows he wasn't as good as Olajuwon.
Olajuwon is in conversation as one of the most complete and greatest 2 way players ever.
Hakeem controlled the game on both sides of the ball
Dirk was really good on the offensive side of the ball. The only thing Dirk did better was shooting 3s
It's more like Hakeem is number 1
Then a gap.
Then Dirk Nowitzki
After that is the question about Giannis and Joker
Here in germany you normally only have football (or soccer for you americans). Every other sport is secondary.
Its really REALLY rare to have normal people here name any athlete from any sport thats not soccer.
The only real exceptions are Michael Schumacher and Dirk Nowitzki...
Hes on THAT level
Boris Becker, Michael Gross, Timo Boll, Jens Weissflog ..... not saying that football isn't way ahead of any other sport here in Germany, but I think we aren't that one-sided as you make it sound. And with Steffi Graf, we also have one of the greatest sports persons of all time in any sport everyone knows and loves, and she certainly didn't play football.
Dirk ist der King 👑
What many don't know is that he played every tournament with his national team. At the times where European stars would regularly cancel their national calls despite having good chances for winning titles. Germany was absolute bottom, they were happy to qualify the tournament. But he was there, he played. He had zero chance for a title, yet he played. Regularly he was applauded by fans all over the continent. He would get standing ovations for participating. People recognised his greatnest. Today 20 years later, Germany is a world champion...
Imagine if Dirk actually had good teammates 😂😂😂😎
But this makes it so special. Winning Titles in Ultra Teams ...
Better carry a middle class Team to the Title on your Shoulders.
Dirkules !
That 1 Championship is enough. Sums it all up about the legend Dirk
I have him #3 greatest PF
Behind only Duncan and Malone
What about Barkley?
@@bluegregory6239 Barkley at 4 or 5
Duncan
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Think about Dirk is he was LOYAL. He could’ve easily won 5 more rings if he’d signed to LA or some other teams.
1. The Dream
2. Dirk
3. Bird
4. Jordan
5. Stockton
Dirk and Melo are my favorite basketball players of all time, Luka getting up there but those two are my top 2 with Wilt being 3
I can't stand Wade, but he was right on everything he said in this video. The route he took to win the chip, that one chip means so much more than most players multiple chips.
Something you will never here gonna be recognized in the states is what a player like Dirk gets out of his team. To be a leader when one is needed, an upkeeper of Teamspirit, to be a mentor for the young and new players and so on. Those are things which gonna win you championchips. Not just the pure skill on your position.
as a Dallas native and mavs fan i wished he did go play with Kobe in LA. would had been so cool to see.
Steph, T-Mac, Lebron, Olajuwon, Shaq. Dynasty Graded
Dirk and KD are flex 4's
Dirk is up there, but I might have to put Hakeem ahead of him.
Hakeem? The same Hakeem that played for team USA 🤔
@@4dthinking432 Yeah...he wasn't born here in the US. Therefor he is clearly the greatest foreign player. You may not like his game or the team he played for but if you know basketball then you know at least as of right now no one has his skills or resume!
Hakeem is the top foreign born player, Jokic is making a case tho
@@4dthinking432 He was born in Nigeria.
@@kingjames3949I'd also put Giannis in the conversation
When I came to the US in 2000's and played ball, people called me 'Dirk' because I was white guy from Europe. Of course was always an honor to be called after the greatest! Anyway, I also wonder why, whenever there's best foreign player people always talk about white guys, like Dirk, Manu, Kukoc, etc. Where's Hakeem Olajuwon in all of this GOAT talk?