Dirk Nowitzki will Reportedly be Named as the MVP.
May 12th 2007 06:32
Dirk Nowitzki will reportedly receive the MVP award this season after leading the Dallas Mavericks to a wonderful 67 win regular season. But let’s be quiet about the postseason shall we, shhhhh.
The formal naming of Nowitzki should happen on Tuesday American time but the announcement is still pending. However, this choice should be a mere formality, making Dirk Diggler the first European born player to win the accolade, while also making history by not attending either a US high school or college in receiving his basketball education – something no other prior MVP has ever done.
MVP candidates are usually announced around the beginning of the second round of the playoffs but the league apparently has given more time in naming Dirk as the big cheese for this season to give some space between the announcement, and the shock defeat his team suffered in the first round. But shhhhh.
Nowitzki also joins Moses Malone and Wes Unseld to win the MVP and not win a playoff series in the season they gained the award. However, if history is any indication when Malone achieved that ‘feat’ he eventually got his championship ring and being a MVP, playoff loser was erased from the memory banks of the naysayers. Wes on the other hand was just
a rookie when he won his MVP award.
Although, the disappointment of losing (shhhhh!) in the opening round of the postseason after a brilliant individual and team orientated season let’s not lose perspective on how great the Big Sauerkraut was for Dallas averaging 24.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists. His impressive numbers don’t end here though, on the contrary, because he was the only player to average at least 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from beyond the arc, and 90 percent from the free throw line. Those are mightily impressive numbers in anyone’s language.
When contacted by ESPN.com about the possibility he had snared the MVP Dirk’s hurt was still palpable in his response: “Nobody's told me anything. You [media] guys have been talking about it for a while, so let's see what happens… [But] it's hard to even think about that stuff right now. Everything [from the Golden State series] is still pretty fresh. It's been some tough days since we lost…I thought this was such an incredible year,” Nowitzki said. “We won 67 games and then to lose in the first round, it just feels so empty right now.” (Stein, ESPN.com, 2007)
Critics have been scathing towards the big man from Germania stating he choked big time during the Warriors (shh…ah forget about it!) series and stating that he isn’t a primetime player when it counts the most. Ah, hate to burst the bubbles of the haters but it was only a season ago when he led his Mavs to the Finals, during that time he dominated the Spurs in a vital game 7 on the road and dropped 50 points in a contest defining performance. So, let’s not give him the label of ‘Deep Throat’ just yet.
Congrats Dirk, NBALOUD still loves you.
Today’s video is of course of Dirk Nowitzki showing how much he desires the NBA Championship trophy. Don’t understand what NBALOUD is getting at? Check the clip out because it is actually quite funny and strangely tragically sad.
The formal naming of Nowitzki should happen on Tuesday American time but the announcement is still pending. However, this choice should be a mere formality, making Dirk Diggler the first European born player to win the accolade, while also making history by not attending either a US high school or college in receiving his basketball education – something no other prior MVP has ever done.
MVP candidates are usually announced around the beginning of the second round of the playoffs but the league apparently has given more time in naming Dirk as the big cheese for this season to give some space between the announcement, and the shock defeat his team suffered in the first round. But shhhhh.
Nowitzki also joins Moses Malone and Wes Unseld to win the MVP and not win a playoff series in the season they gained the award. However, if history is any indication when Malone achieved that ‘feat’ he eventually got his championship ring and being a MVP, playoff loser was erased from the memory banks of the naysayers. Wes on the other hand was just
Dirk Nowitzki flying high for German skies. Whatever that means. (Photo by Terrence Vaccaro/NBAE via Getty Images)
Although, the disappointment of losing (shhhhh!) in the opening round of the postseason after a brilliant individual and team orientated season let’s not lose perspective on how great the Big Sauerkraut was for Dallas averaging 24.6 points, 8.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists. His impressive numbers don’t end here though, on the contrary, because he was the only player to average at least 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from beyond the arc, and 90 percent from the free throw line. Those are mightily impressive numbers in anyone’s language.
When contacted by ESPN.com about the possibility he had snared the MVP Dirk’s hurt was still palpable in his response: “Nobody's told me anything. You [media] guys have been talking about it for a while, so let's see what happens… [But] it's hard to even think about that stuff right now. Everything [from the Golden State series] is still pretty fresh. It's been some tough days since we lost…I thought this was such an incredible year,” Nowitzki said. “We won 67 games and then to lose in the first round, it just feels so empty right now.” (Stein, ESPN.com, 2007)
Critics have been scathing towards the big man from Germania stating he choked big time during the Warriors (shh…ah forget about it!) series and stating that he isn’t a primetime player when it counts the most. Ah, hate to burst the bubbles of the haters but it was only a season ago when he led his Mavs to the Finals, during that time he dominated the Spurs in a vital game 7 on the road and dropped 50 points in a contest defining performance. So, let’s not give him the label of ‘Deep Throat’ just yet.
Congrats Dirk, NBALOUD still loves you.
Today’s video is of course of Dirk Nowitzki showing how much he desires the NBA Championship trophy. Don’t understand what NBALOUD is getting at? Check the clip out because it is actually quite funny and strangely tragically sad.
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