Dirk's move was simple, we've seen him make it a million times. He catches the ball just under the left elbow, dribbles once toward the basket, pump fakes Luis Scola up into the air, then smoothly fades away as the ball, even more smoothly, fades through the net.
So, after moving from #19 to #18, he starts to make you wonder just how high he will climb. To give you a glance at who is still ahead of him, I took a screenshot of the top 30 NBA All Time Scoring Leaders (from NBA.com) after they updated Dirk's total.
As you can see, he is surrounded by great company, and he certainly isn't done climbing toward the top of this list. In fact, I can almost guarantee that he'll pass up Patrick Ewing by the end of this season for #17. Dirk usually scores around 2,000 points in a full, healthy season. However, since he missed most of the first half of this 2012-2013 season, I wouldn't expect him to tally much more than 1,000 by the time this season comes to a close.
Numbers aren't always important, and this one may not mean much to him now, but as a Dallas fan and a Dirk fan, it sure is fun to watch him align himself with many of the all-time greats.
I'll close with a bold prediction...by the time Dirk Nowitzki calls it quits, he will have surpassed the man with too many nicknames, Shaquille O'Neal, to be in 6th place on the all time NBA scoring list.
I told you it was gonna be bold, but I'll stand by it.
No comments:
Post a Comment