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Will be named MVP Tuesday>> Congrats.... Dallas Fans!!
Ice the turnip juice.
congrats and enjoy it Dirk. You will probably never see another one.
Its official....I am laughing my ass off.
Maaan Dallas fans are going to be celebrating HARD tonight! I'm happy for the city of Dallas tonight.
The ceremony will make a great Southwest Airlines commercial.
"Wanna Get Away"
It's ironic that he is now out but the MVP has always been based on the regular season and Dirk was pretty awesome in the regular season. *shrug*
Seriously Mav Fan congrats. This tops the three-point shootout trophy for the highest honor in franchise history.
This was a season no one will ever forget
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Seriously Mav Fan congrats. This tops the three-point shootout trophy for the highest honor in franchise history.
This was a season no one will ever forget
Classy post dude....Classy post...
LOL will he even show up to get his trophy or request that they Fed-EX it to him?
The great thing is that Dirk always plays better in the playoffs. I am looking forward to how much he steps up this year.
NBA's worst kept secret will be out next week.
Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, whose coronation as the first European-born Most Valuable Player in NBA history has been expected for weeks, is scheduled to officially receive the MVP trophy at a Tuesday news conference in Dallas, ESPN.com has learned.
The NBA has handed out its past three MVPs -- two straight to Phoenix's Steve Nash after Minnesota's Kevin Garnett won in 2004 -- at the start of the second round. But it's believed the league opted to put some distance between Nowitzki's ceremony and the Mavericks' stunning first-round exit against Golden State.
By the time Nowitzki collects his award, nearly two weeks will have elapsed since the 67-win Mavs became the just the third No. 1 seed in NBA history to lose to a No. 8 seed. The previous two No. 1 seeds to lose so quickly, however, suffered five-game exits as opposed to losing a seven-game series: Seattle in 1994 to Denver and Miami in 1999 to New York.
Said Nowitzki, reached by phone Thursday night: "Nobody's told me anything. You [media] guys have been talking about it for a while, so let's see what happens.
"[But] it's hard to even think about that stuff right now. Everything [from the Golden State series] is still pretty fresh. It's been some tough days since we lost.
"I thought this was such an incredible year. We won 67 games and then to lose in the first round, it just feels so empty right now."
Asked to imagine what an MVP ceremony would be like after such a disappointment, Nowitzki said: "If I do get it, it's an incredible honor. I'm sure 20 years from now or whatever, to see that in the [record] books, it's an amazing achievement. But right now, it's hard. Obviously, you can't feel good about the way our season ended."
Nowitzki averaged 24.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and a career-best 3.4 assists during the regular season and was the only player in the league to shoot at least 50 percent from the field (.502), 40 percent from 3-point range (.416) and 90 percent from the free-throw line (.904). His percentages in each of those categories were career highs, helping Nowitzki secure his third successive berth on the All-NBA first team, which was announced earlier Thursday.
But it all changed in the playoffs against longtime mentor Don Nelson, who crafted a defensive strategy -- which included constant double-teaming, largely by fronting Nowitzki and then sending over help defenders on his catches -- that the 7-footer and Mavs coach Avery Johnson never solved. Nowitzki scored just eight points on 2-for-13 shooting in Dallas' Game 6 elimination and wound up averaging a mere 19.7 points for the series on 38.3-percent shooting and just 21.1 percent on 3s.
Dirk deserves the MVP. Hopefully Stern will do the right thing and will retroactively overturn the results of the Golden State series since we would've won without the refs screwing us. 67-15 speaks for itself. We also have the best fans, including David Hasselhoff of Baywatch and KnightRider fame. Look at him attack that burger the way we attacked the league this year. David Hasselhoff 67, Burger 15:
Aguirre, Wrath of God:
I feel sorry for the guy.
He deserves it. Props to Dirk.
Hopefully this will give him motivation and use it in next year's playoffs.
yeah he has all that money to get surgery to get some balls
You know, Dirk is not what bothers me about the Mavericks. What bothers me about the Mavericks are their owner, their coach and "JET." I actually feel bad for Dirk because I think he has a coach who doesn't know how to get the best out of him--Avery only knows one speed and one intensity and if, as a player, you don't fit into that rubric, your performance is going to suffer eventually.
Wow what a terrible choice. The NBA looks bad now because of this. The MVP award has been disgraced to all the former winners. People say Nash was the worst MVP winner which I think is bull because he plays like an MVP. He isnt afraid to hit big shots and is a proven leader on that team. he doesnt call out his teamates unless it is really for a reason (Game 1 against the spurs this year). To anyone who claimed Nash was the worst mvp choice ever, Dirk easily took that label away from him today. I cant even remember the last time the winner of the MVP lost in round 1. This is sad.
Moses Malone. Look it up. He was a fluke. Dirk is the real deal.
best player on the best team.....props for all the hard work!
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcont....128518df.html
Let me add some extra flava' to this thread.
I think Dirk is all right.
I wish they had given him this award in the regular season when he could feel like he earned it.
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