GAME 13 DIRKIE: Winner KP (67%) | Runner-up THJ (24%)

[ItsGoTime]

I just think we have two, drastically different levels of appreciation for DFS. I'm not trying to convince you mine is correct and yours is false. BUT, to this point, I think there's reason to believe the Mavericks are closer to where I am with it (though things change).

EDIT: if it's not clear above, I DON'T think DFS's leadership qualities are THE reason he's so important for this team. I think he's a vastly underrated PLAYER. That's my point.

I entered the conversation making a point about the leadership qualities you wrote about with DFS on this team. You seemed to talk past that and turned it into a DFS the player conversation to which I obliged.


As far as the italicized and bolded sentence in the quote? I think you are off on the word drastically. Sure i think there are a lot of players out there that can do what he does and I think there are some that can do it better. That's because his position and size has some of the most skilled players in the game. Guys that can create, can drive, can shoot, can defend multiple positions and well, guys that are defensive stoppers, guys that are hustlers. I don't mean to say this as if DFS is a dime-a-dozen, because he is not, it's just a very elite and coveted size and position.