Here’s to some 2006 redemption…
Both David Roth and I have written about Dirk exactly once each, but other than that, I don’t think the Mavs have been discussed much on our GQ blog. That ends today, by excusing itself:
Two reboots, and three epochs later, the Mavericks are the sole squad left standing with a mean age above 26 (estimated). They are all names you thought expired. The Mavs shuffle them around and manufacture wins. Oh, and Chandler is tough. They survived the mass extinction, hid in the hills, and now find themselves clumped in with the NBA’s three biggest buzz-teams. Are they undead? A fluke? One thing’s for sure: a healthy Tyson Chandler and Caron Butler’s injury are not the stuff of commemorative DVDs.
The lone exception, of course, is Dirk Nowitzki. The Big German, as usual, earned some early MVP consideration, but even as the Mavs seemed bound for postseason relevance, Dirk was taken for granted.
And yes, more Dirk.
