(12-02-2019, 11:27 PM)balldontliez Wrote: the fact that the lakers played a video tribute for dirk AFTER he retired and being responsible for killing a potential lakers threepeat by sweeping LA in their last playoffs appearance as a contender and sending phil jackson into retirement says a lot about the respect people have for him.That's exactly what I came into this thread to mention. The man meant so much to the game that he is STILL getting video tribute's even AFTER his retirement. Dirk will always be synonymous with the Mavs. I love this team and I was on board with Luka before the draft but it's weird seeing the Mavs without the big German out there.
I also loved hearing Luka mention Dirk the other night in a joke saying that the defense was bad last year with Dirk out there. He's carrying on Dirk's sense of humor. That was one of the things I loved the most about Dirk. Dude is funny.