I Told You So

Is this the line of an MVP in a do-or-die first round playoff game?

2-13 FG

0-6 3FG

4-4 FT

10 Rebounds

2 Assists

3 Turnovers

8 Points

How many times did I say during the regular season that Dirk Nowitzki is no MVP? A hundred? A million? A hundred million?

Yet "professional" writers and basketball "experts" stuck with their horse, even as it hobbled to the finish line on a broken ankle. One of these guys (Kelly Dwyer, if that is your real name!) actually came on my humble blog to defend himself, although it had less to do with his choice than his insecurities about his basketball knowledge. (For the record, I was slamming ALL media in that entry. He just happened to take my sweeping generalization quite personally.)

Well, look at your Thoroughbred now. On his way home after a very un-MVP performance in a game that could have been (and ultimately was) the Mavericks' last of the season. A 67 win season. A year after choking away a title after being up 2-0.

Weren't these guys on a mission? Weren't they more focused than ever, hungrier than any other team in the league after tasting a championship, only to have the waiter yank the plate away before the fork sank deeply into the meat?

Don't get me wrong. I'm not blaming Dirk for losing that series. He had a lot of help from his teammates and coach in that matter. But the big German shooting guard was supposed to have learned, he was supposed to have toughened up, he was supposed to have become a leader.

Anyway. Congratulations go out to the Golden State Warriors for becoming the first 8 seed to knock off a number 1 seed in a best of seven first round series. And thank you for helping to prove what I've been saying since March 14 - the day I realized that Dirk was not even close to Steve Nash in terms of MVP status.

And one more thing...


I TOLD YOU SO!
(Glad I could finally get that off my chest.)