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eklip
11-12-2014, 09:38 AM
Dallas has a slow pace (8th slowest) and Dirk only plays around 30 minutes, but when he is on the floor he scored as good as anybody in the league this season. Out of the top 25 he is also the most efficient scorer with .634 TS%. Kobe is first with .484 TS%.

Dirk is tied for third in PER with Curry and Bosh (26.8), being only behind Cousins (27.1) and Davis (35.7).

Impressive for a 36 year old player. He is again a big part of why Dallas has the best offense in the league like last year after the All-Star break.

Here is the list (http://www.basketball-reference.com/play-index/psl_finder.cgi?request=1&match=single&per_minute_base=36&type=per_poss&per_poss_base=100&lg_id=NBA&is_playoffs=N&year_min=2015&year_max=2015&franch_id=&season_start=1&season_end=-1&age_min=0&age_max=99&height_min=0&height_max=99&shoot_hand=&birth_country_is=Y&birth_country=&is_active=&is_hof=&is_as=&as_comp=gt&as_val=&pos_is_g=Y&pos_is_gf=Y&pos_is_f=Y&pos_is_fg=Y&pos_is_fc=Y&pos_is_c=Y&pos_is_cf=Y&qual=&c1stat=mp_per_g&c1comp=gt&c1val=25&c2stat=ts_pct&c2comp=gt&c2val=&c3stat=per&c3comp=gt&c3val=&c4stat=&c4comp=gt&c4val=&c5stat=&c5comp=gt&c6mult=1.0&c6stat=&order_by=pts_per_poss)

navy
11-12-2014, 09:45 AM
Impressive, but stamina is also an important thing to consider when assessing players .

Blue&Orange
11-12-2014, 09:45 AM
i lol when i hear people say Dirk is playing like he is 22 years old, well when he was 22 he was playing like a 36 year old... athleticism was never his greeting card.

Hamtaro CP3KDKG
11-12-2014, 09:53 AM
Dirk gasses alot now. He slowed down alot in 4th quarter last season and the playoff and even some games now.
hes not in his prime anymore but hes still a top10 player

Fazotronic
11-12-2014, 06:46 PM
i lol when i hear people say Dirk is playing like he is 22 years old, well when he was 22 he was playing like a 36 year old... athleticism was never his greeting card.

clearly you never watch him. dirk was considered very athletic for a guy his size. not in terms of jumping and strength but he could move very fast.
he was noway near as slow as he is now or even 2 years ago.

RicksPlace
11-12-2014, 07:18 PM
Here is Dirk showing his speed back in his early 20s:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqHqQ6I0KPU

He was very quick, specially on offense. Nightmare to guard. I just wish he was as crafty and smart on offense as he is now.