Dirk out at least 2 weeks.

by bigbenny11 on Mar 23, 2008 3:23 PM PDT

Two weeks at the least is the current estimate:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3308109

Tragic if you're a dallas fan, if the mavericks respond badly this could be the warriors chances of staying in the playoffs. 1.5 games ahead of denver, with 2 games against the lakers coming up, plus denver has the grizzles tomorrow, they might have a better record than us once tuesday rolls along.

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Whatever

weren't the Rockets supposed to fade away when Yao got injured? Come on, the Mavericks still have some really good players, Howard, Terry, Kidd, we have to worry about us.

by belilaugh on Mar 23, 2008 3:51 PM PDT reply actions

good point

Kidd may grab the reins and get them going ...

or the two week prediction could just be some of Cuban's histrionics & make Dirk look like a savior when he comes back "early"

by hardcore on Mar 23, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions

agreed...

we are already in cruise mode most of the time.. i am worried this team can't find the intensity.

by saintdee on Mar 23, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions

weird as it sounds

I'm sorta glad the last dozen or so are mostly against top tier teams - we play up and/or down to the competition so much it just may end up helping us

by hardcore on Mar 23, 2008 4:02 PM PDT up reply actions

Rockets are actually hot

The difference is that the Rockets were actually hot before Yao was injured. The Mavs are not hot as they have not beaten a single team with a winning record since Kidd showed up. Let's leave them to battle with the Nuggets for 8th seed.

by biggiep on Mar 23, 2008 10:40 PM PDT up reply actions

Wonder how this affects their gameplan

Do they start going uptempo and try to utilize Jet, Howard, Kidd, and Stack on the fly.

They could be really fun to watch if they did that. No more passing to Dirk .. waiting .. waiting .. waiting .. fadeaway jumper and IN!

by pree on Mar 23, 2008 4:09 PM PDT reply actions

all i can say about this is...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH and good cuz i dont wanna face the fakers in round 1 of the playoffs

by 3Kings650 on Mar 23, 2008 4:17 PM PDT reply actions

This could go one of two ways...

Either they falter without Dirk or J-Kidd somehow puts the team on his shoulders and they do a Rockets impersonation. I'm hoping for option A.

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by JonDoe on Mar 23, 2008 4:43 PM PDT reply actions

nah

I think it will hurt them, dallas doesn't have the depth to make up for a dirk nowitzki size hole on that team. The situation is also different because they haven't been playing great as of late, the rockets had a 13 game winning streak to protect when yao went down, a lot of pride to keep that streak alive. I think nowitzki is more valuable to the mavs than yao is to the rockets, wait and see.
with the rockets it was, "oh so now we're out of the playoffs? watch and see how good the rest of us are"
with the mavs I think it will be, "just our luck we've fallen to the 7th seed and now our best player has gone down"

by bigbenny11 on Mar 23, 2008 4:48 PM PDT reply actions

I

also think this will hurt them.

They were already fading as it was, now with out drik their chances are fading even more.

I think we will end up with the 7th spot avioding LA, Denver will get hot and finish 8th... with Dallas coming in 9th..

by aqs1980 on Mar 23, 2008 5:06 PM PDT up reply actions

People REALLY underestimate Dirk...

did you guys see the Mavs get trounced by the Rockets without Dirk??
I agree with whoever said Dirk is more important to the Mavs than Yao is to the Rox, look how we completely killed them last playoffs by shutting down Dirk.

I think if Dirk is out 2 weeks, the Mavs will be out of the POs. At least for them, their first round pick is lottery protected this year.

Nonetheless, I feel really bad for Dirk b/c he seems like a decent guy and you don't like to see injury to important players, but if this helps our playoff chances, too bad!

by blahblah on Mar 23, 2008 5:36 PM PDT reply actions

Great guy huh?

Thats why he did this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysAH1c8nMrA

and this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZgcpidv-54

by Delinquentsoul on Mar 24, 2008 2:27 AM PDT up reply actions

LOL

that was pretty funny and lame, but please, it's called emotion after choking and hardly anything that disqualifies Dirk from having a widely known reputation of being nice (and soft).

by blahblah on Mar 24, 2008 4:36 AM PDT up reply actions

and Dirk

isn't the first player to have a flagrant foul.

Regardless of Dirk, any true basketball fan doesn't like seeing players go down, just like when Yao went down for the Rockets. It's bad for competition, it's bad for the game. That was my main point.

by blahblah on Mar 24, 2008 4:38 AM PDT up reply actions

If you don't know how Dirk felt after those finals

then you've never played competitive sports.

and that flagrant on AK was awkward, unintentional...and totally awesome. I wish that crybaby would get destroyed like that every game.

then we will fight in the shade.

by Swamp Thing on Mar 24, 2008 10:00 AM PDT up reply actions

2 youtube videos

is hardly conclusive evidence that dirk is classless

TGIB

by RC650 on Mar 24, 2008 11:17 PM PDT up reply actions

F....g

lakers anouncers "I really hate those players flopping all the time"(Harrington "flops")."On the other side Derek was standing at time and monta didn't slow down"(Fisher FLOPS).BASTARDS

by buky on Mar 23, 2008 7:02 PM PDT reply actions

Mavs

As much as i hate the Mavs and Cuban especially, Dirk is a helluva player. A freak of nature in the basketball world. 7ft 3pt shooter? I mean, c'mon.

As far as that team goes, Dirk is their reigning MVP and more important to that team than Howard and JKidd for sure.

That will will flounder (even more) without him.

I pray i never have to use a gun again.

by ssmokinjoe on Mar 24, 2008 9:01 AM PDT reply actions

I don't see

how they can win without Dirk.

Not much of a test when they play the Clippers tomorrow but they got Denver on Thursday. We'll find out then.

Am I Michael Scott? I don't know. I might just be a basketball machine.

by disguy on Mar 24, 2008 9:05 AM PDT reply actions

Leg got kinda twisted under him...

With the ankle twisted pretty far the opposite way... reminds me of the TO "Horse-collar" injury, but then again, Dirk didn't have somebody simultaneously falling on his leg. In any case, I doubt he gets back before the playoffs. Sad for Dirk, sad for the Mavs. Can I be happy that the folks in Dallas probably won't see playoffs without traveling to Houston or San Antonio? As much as I don't want to see anybody get injured, I really want to enjoy Dallas missing the playoffs... I just wish they could do it without the "We lost Dirk!!!" excuses.

by Dubs fan in Boston on Mar 24, 2008 10:07 AM PDT reply actions

mavs

Heres why the mavs will struggle without dirk:
JKiddd aint the player he used to be, he has no shot left whatsoever so he is not a scoring threat. The mavs dont run too much so he wont be creating that much on the break, which leaves the halfcourt, and dirk is by far the best halfcourt offensive player on the team. Terry has always been overrated and seems to miss his shots in the clutch. So that leaves Josh Howard, who is a great player and will probably pick up his numbers significantly...But when you add it all up, the mavs are losing THE most important player on their team and it will show...oh an i think 2 weeks is an understatement, that injury looked pretty bad, could be done for the season

by BaronDippedInButta on Mar 24, 2008 12:19 PM PDT reply actions