behlat

254 | 10 hours ago

SGA has the least freethrows among those 3? He’s trash

Simple-Dingo6721 | Thunder

130 | 10 hours ago

“It’s not the amount of fouls he gets, it’s the way he does it”

Aggravating_Low3019 | Thunder

49 | 10 hours ago

“It’s not the amount of points he gets, it’s the way he gets them”

jataba115 | OKC

3 | 4 hours ago

“He doesn’t play for my team and I wish he did”

metaslaves | Toronto Huskies

45 | 9 hours ago

I can’t believe he would pump fake

pikajewijewsyou | Thunder

7 | 8 hours ago

The defenders can’t either

SlimmySlinky | Thunder

2 | 6 hours ago

“And conveniently there are absolutely no facts, stats or objective evidence that can back up by view”

Ok-Mountain9862

-98 | 10 hours ago

Does it ever occur to you that maybe the reason his FT numbers aren’t as high as they have been in the past is because players would rather barely guard him at this point than have him automatically go to the line for pretending he just got assaulted? Surely teams haven’t started doing that, right?

TheBigBomma | Thunder

79 | 10 hours ago

Hahahaha someone didn’t watch the game. Phoenix were manhandling him.

Mo-Flava

56 | 9 hours ago

This fucking dumbass thinks opposing teams are choosing to not guard the league MVP in the playoffs

Do you hear yourself?

smoovelball | Thunder

49 | 10 hours ago

you literally didn’t watch the game

Simple-Dingo6721 | Thunder

36 | 10 hours ago

Watch games, casual.

Original_Seat_6211 | Thunder

27 | 10 hours ago

Post some clips of teams doing that dumbass

bluggabugbug | Thunder

22 | 9 hours ago

This is a new spin! Good job creating a new place for the goal posts! We were running out of spots before this!

doctorontheleft | Thunder

12 | 8 hours ago

Dumbest take I’ve ever had the misfortune to read while in the crapper.

New_Essay_4869 | Thunder

184 | 10 hours ago

Yeah Dirk was different man. Ibaka tried

mangabalanga | Thunder

57 | 10 hours ago

And Collison, and Perk. And KD a couple times. Nobody could do anything with him.

No_Recover8842

19 | 8 hours ago

Was that the series where I specifically remember Dirk’s shot hitting the rim and instead of it missing, it goes straight up and in? The basketball gods toyed with us that year

darnclem | OKC

9 | 7 hours ago

God, he dad-dicked us so hard that series. It was absolutely disgusting watching him just walk someone to his spot, then hit the one-legged fade-away. Hand in the face, punch to the stomach; it literally didn’t matter, it was going in.

Slendyla_IV | Thunder

2 | 3 hours ago

Funny enough SGA gives me the same vibes. Just like Dirk, dread it, run from it, but it all arrives just the same.

That 2011 run was the most insane run I’ve seen from a basketball player though. Literally would hit fuck you fade aways smothered.

Parallel-Quality

159 | 10 hours ago

²⁴⁄₂₄ FT is crazy. Wasn’t Dirk on like a 40 straight FT made streak?

Master-Wonton | Celtics

63 | 10 hours ago

That boy could shoot lol

Parallel-Quality

69 | 10 hours ago

KD really made people forget about how good Dirk was.

He was the standard for elite shooting tall guys.

Daniiiiii | Rockets

27 | 9 hours ago

Weird but I don’t really see KD as a “big” guy whereas Dirk was definitely a big guy. It is positional as well. I just see KD as a lanky small forward while Dirk was a power forward and/or center in my mind. That’s why Dirk is still the best shooting big dude and should be heralded as such. Dirk is also lovely by all accounts and his legend should be given more love imo.

BasketballNutrition | SAS

11 | 8 hours ago

It’s because KD has always been a small forward, and even SG with the Sonics. Yes he mostly has played PF the last 6+ years, but despite his secondary rim protection value, he doesnt grab boards and he doesnt impose his will on the game like you expect from a “big.”

They both play a finesse game but Dirk was always a PF, occasional C. He also got a lot of rebounds considering how far outside he was asked to play offensively.

rendingale | Rockets

7 | 8 hours ago

Went until the finals finally missing

marginallymediocre | Mavericks

110 | 10 hours ago

I’ll never forget Jeff Van Gundy saying, “If I’m Serge Ibaka, I’m naming my first-born son Dirk.”

Rook2Rook

49 | 10 hours ago

“If I’m Dianna Russini, I’m naming my first-born son Mike.”

Evancolt | Lakers Bandwagon

10 | 8 hours ago

Hey wait a second

Environmental_News93 | Thunder

75 | 10 hours ago

That dirk game on OKC was unreal btw. Insane game to watch

BMarksEspn1 | Thunder

20 | 9 hours ago

Felt helpless watching that game lol

OffMyEricDickerson | Lakers

26 | 10 hours ago

Terry Porter is underrated

RFFF1996 | Thunder

7 | 10 hours ago

Didnt he always take stockton lunch money in their matchups?

OffMyEricDickerson | Lakers

6 | 10 hours ago

Yeah the Blazers played the Jazz back to back years in 91 and 92 and Terry Porter outplayed Stockton both years.

isospeedcream

3 | 10 hours ago

Very true. For a hot minute he was in conversations about being the best pg in the league

Teleute7

2 | 3 hours ago

Pippen, one of the greatest defenders in the game, hated playing him. Said he was a nightmare to guard.

josephandre

27 | 10 hours ago

spurs fan, wemby lover, thunder hater, he’s the mvp. this is special

Duster_beattle | Timberwolves

14 | 9 hours ago

Hate him but I respect it more every season.

NateBroadusMang405 | Thunder

12 | 9 hours ago

Thanks for saying it. Sort of the same boat. Not a Spurs lover, but Wemby is all-time good.

GooseGang412 | Thunder

23 | 10 hours ago

TS% merchant

Master-Wonton | Celtics

20 | 10 hours ago

He is insane.

justFramy | Thunder

14 | 10 hours ago

putting the whole round 1 sga talks to bed

dawgmentality_r

14 | 10 hours ago

SGA man

CoolAsTheUnthawed | OKC

9 | 8 hours ago

Imagine that Dirk game happened today. ²⁴⁄₂₄ fts 😭

That game was so frustrating. Nothing we could do to stop him.

Josiah-32 | Thunder

1 | 7 hours ago

Dirk is almost always the example I refer too when the free throw narrative gets discussed. This dude was getting praised for all those free throws.

WhoopingKing | MIA

5 | 5 hours ago

wade the greatest slasher ever gets 20 FTs : rigged foul baiter

dirk greatest pf shooter ever getting 20 FTs : legendary unstoppable

CoolAsTheUnthawed | OKC

1 | 4 hours ago

Hmmm 🤔

hellogoodbye_91 | Warriors

4 | 8 hours ago

bro for a sec i thought that said Terry Rozier

SportsTalker98712039

6 | 10 hours ago

The Trailblazers have put together some really entertaining teams who’ve got close to titles teams: Drexler/Porter, Sabonis/Wallace, etc.

One of these days they’ll get it right.

Leather_War6079

3 | 10 hours ago

Not anytime soon with El Cheapo as an owner.

Zack_of_Steel | Thunder

1 | 9 hours ago

Nah, they’re cursed after what they did to Walton.

Dymatizeee | Knicks

1 | 9 hours ago

Dirk’s run in 2011 is legendary. One of the best rings of all time by a bus driver

Dhr7468 | Thunder

3 | 10 hours ago

My goat Terry Porter

Broken_Lute

2 | 10 hours ago

Incredible shit

Erosun

2 | 9 hours ago

It’s crazy to think Dirk ushered in the shooting big man era, we really didn’t know what we were getting after him.

yashu81

1 | 8 hours ago

who the fuck is terry porter (i don’t know ball)

muchbro

1 | 5 hours ago

Basketball merchant.

MrFudgeKiller | Timberwolves

1 | an hour ago

Ayo missed 4

tree_bard420 | Mavericks

1 | an hour ago

For anyone curious coming back to this post now that Ayo Dosunmu has scored 40 while missing only 4 shots, Ayo joins Anthony Davis and Elton Brand in that expanded category (40 points in a playoff game on 4 or fewer missed shots).

BloodLongjumping5227

-18 | 10 hours ago

If he has the efficient playoff run and wins a ring I can’t deny him as the best player in the world any more. Last year he was fine so my thinking was he’s bum hunting efficiency in the regular season but if he’s like this and Jokic looks like he looks there is no more question

Hogs_of_war232 | Thunder

27 | 10 hours ago

“Hunting efficiency” might be the most insane charge I have ever heard made against a player.

BloodLongjumping5227

-12 | 10 hours ago

Why is it crazy when Durant basically admitted he he does it?

small-with-benefits | Thunder

9 | 9 hours ago

Probably because Shai will have a bad game and try to shoot himself out of it. What happens is he usually does and shoots 90% the second half.

BloodLongjumping5227

-2 | 9 hours ago

You watch him more than I do so I won’t argue. I watch Jokic a lot and there’s games against bum teams he’s just shooting the easiest looks and then the playoffs start and you can’t do it and efficiency drops. I assumed Shai is similar based on last year

SGA joins Terry Porter and Dirk Nowitzki as the only players to miss 3 or fewer shots while scoring 40+ points in a playoff game