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The San Antonio Spurs can beat the Dallas Mavericks in this series if Gregg Popovich allows it. Dirk Nowitzki was unstoppable Sunday night because he matched 12 of 14 shooting from the floor with 12 of 12 from the free throw line. Gregg Popovich employed a strategy he learned from his good friend, Don Nelson, who drafted Dirk. He sent Erik Dampier to the line instead.

The hack-a-whoever strategy has worked before. The Spurs used it on Shaquille O'Neal in 2007 and Nellie's Mavs used it on Bruce Bowen in 2003, but sending Dampier to the line is the biggest mistake of Gregg Popovich's career for several reasons. Pop needs to use a different strategy that he can learn from Nelson also. The person San Antonio should intentionally foul is DIRK NOWITZKI. They should hack the shit out of him. Pop needs to put him on a chopping block and send him to the line 20 times in The San Antonio Spurs can beat the Dallas Mavericks in this series if Gregg Popovich allows it. Dirk Nowitzki was unstoppable Sunday night because he matched 12 of 14 shooting from the floor with 12 of 12 from the free throw line. Gregg Popovich employed a strategy he learned from his good friend, Don Nelson, who drafted Dirk. He sent Erik Dampier to the line instead.

The hack-a-whoever strategy has worked before. The Spurs used it on Shaquille O'Neal in 2007 and Nellie's Mavs used it on Bruce Bowen in 2003, but sending Dampier to the line is the biggest mistake of Gregg Popovich's career for several reasons. Pop needs to use a different strategy that he can learn from Nelson also. The person San Antonio should intentionally foul is DIRK NOWITZKI. They should hack the shit out of him. Pop needs to put him on a chopping block and send him to the line 20 times in The San Antonio Spurs can beat the Dallas Mavericks in this series if Gregg Popovich allows it. Dirk Nowitzki was unstoppable Sunday night because he matched 12 of 14 shooting from the floor with 12 of 12 from the free throw line. Gregg Popovich employed a strategy he learned from his good friend, Don Nelson, who drafted Dirk. He sent Erik Dampier to the line instead.

The hack-a-whoever strategy has worked before. The Spurs used it on Shaquille O'Neal in 2007 and Nellie's Mavs used it on Bruce Bowen in 2003, but sending Dampier to the line is the biggest mistake of Gregg Popovich's career for several reasons. Pop needs to use a different strategy that he can learn from Nelson also. The person San Antonio should intentionally foul is DIRK NOWITZKI. They should hack the shit out of him. Pop needs to put him on a chopping block and send him to the line 20 times in The San Antonio Spurs can beat the Dallas Mavericks in this series if Gregg Popovich allows it. Dirk Nowitzki was unstoppable Sunday night because he matched 12 of 14 shooting from the floor with 12 of 12 from the free throw line. Gregg Popovich employed a strategy he learned from his good friend, Don Nelson, who drafted Dirk. He sent Erik Dampier to the line instead.

The hack-a-whoever strategy has worked before. The Spurs used it on Shaquille O'Neal in 2007 and Nellie's Mavs used it on Bruce Bowen in 2003, but sending Dampier to the line is the biggest mistake of Gregg Popovich's career for several reasons. Pop needs to use a different strategy that he can learn from Nelson also. The person San Antonio should intentionally foul is DIRK NOWITZKI. They should hack the shit out of him. Pop needs to put him on a chopping block and send him to the line 20 times in Game 2.

Why? Dirk can't handle it, and the 2007 Golden State Warriors can tell you better than anyone.
Pop needs to face a fact: Dirk will go to the line. The fouls that send him there need to be physically and psychologically draining. In 2007, the first round was so punishing for No-Nutzki that he was afraid to take a shot by the end of a must-win game 6 in Oakland. In that game, the final game played in Dirk's MVP season, he was 2-13 from the floor, 0-6 from 3, 4-4 from the line, and finished with 8 points. Andris Biedrins, whose range is about 5 inches, finished with 12.

This isn't the first time in history that a German offense has looked unbreakable. Dirk has spent the past four years making the Spurs his Anne Frank. Even with Bowen, this team's only answer is to hide and hope someone else (like Golden State) offs the Mavs first.

Gregg Popovich knows his military history, and for the first time in his coaching career I think he knows it better than he knows basketball. Just as it did 60 years ago, the offensive has to start in France.

This decade, the Spurs drafted a teenager from France with more raw defensive potential than anyone else in his class. It's not future Laker's guard Tony Parker, kids - it's Ian Mahinmi. Early scouting reports highlighted Dennis Rodman defensive potential from the 17 year-old. Potential that could turn away Amare Stoudamire like the 20-20 line on an eye chart, and wrap up Dirk like an illegitimate child in a prostitute's womb.

I wish I knew why Pop doesn't trust Mahinmi, or why he thinks Ian's ankle injuries were his fault. It's not like he broke his elbow skiing with Vladimir Radmanovic. He was in the D-League trying to show Pop what he can do.

Pop needs to spend less time in the wine cellar and more in the library so he can see that Ian is the new Normandy. It's got to start with him. In fact, Popovich's most startling lineup change needs to use a different strategy that he can learn from Nelson also. The person San Antonio should intentionally foul is DIRK NOWITZKI. They should hack the shit out of him. Pop needs to put him on a chopping block and send him to the line 20 times in Game 2.

Why? Dirk can't handle it, and the 2007 Golden State Warriors can tell you better than anyone.
Pop needs to face a fact: Dirk will go to the line. The fouls that send him there need to be physically and psychologically draining. In 2007, the first round was so punishing for No-Nutzki that he was afraid to take a shot by the end of a must-win game 6 in Oakland. In that game, the final game played in Dirk's MVP season, he was 2-13 from the floor, 0-6 from 3, 4-4 from the line, and finished with 8 points. Andris Biedrins, whose range is about 5 inches, finished with 12.

This isn't the first time in history that a German offense has looked unbreakable. Dirk has spent the past four years making the Spurs his Anne Frank. Even with Bowen, this team's only answer is to hide and hope someone else (like Golden State) offs the Mavs first.

Gregg Popovich knows his military history, and for the first time in his coaching career I think he knows it better than he knows basketball. Just as it did 60 years ago, the offensive has to start in France.

This decade, the Spurs drafted a teenager from France with more raw defensive potential than anyone else in his class. It's not future Laker's guard Tony Parker, kids - it's Ian Mahinmi. Early scouting reports highlighted Dennis Rodman defensive potential from the 17 year-old. Potential that could turn away Amare Stoudamire like the 20-20 line on an eye chart, and wrap up Dirk like an illegitimate child in a prostitute's womb.

I wish I knew why Pop doesn't trust Mahinmi, or why he thinks Ian's ankle injuries were his fault. It's not like he broke his elbow skiing with Vladimir Radmanovic. He was in the D-League trying to show Pop what he can do.

Pop needs to spend less time in the wine cellar and more in the library so he can see that Ian is the new Normandy. It's got to start with him. In fact, Popovich's most startling lineup change needs to use a different strategy that he can learn from Nelson also. The person San Antonio should intentionally foul is DIRK NOWITZKI. They should hack the shit out of him. Pop needs to put him on a chopping block and send him to the line 20 times in The San Antonio Spurs can beat the Dallas Mavericks in this series if Gregg Popovich allows it. Dirk Nowitzki was unstoppable Sunday night because he matched 12 of 14 shooting from the floor with 12 of 12 from the free throw line. Gregg Popovich employed a strategy he learned from his good friend, Don Nelson, who drafted Dirk. He sent Erik Dampier to the line instead.

The hack-a-whoever strategy has worked before. The Spurs used it on Shaquille O'Neal in 2007 and Nellie's Mavs used it on Bruce Bowen in 2003, but sending Dampier to the line is the biggest mistake of Gregg Popovich's career for several reasons. Pop needs to use a different strategy that he can learn from Nelson also. The person San Antonio should intentionally foul is DIRK NOWITZKI. They should hack the shit out of him. Pop needs to put him on a chopping block and send him to the line 20 times in Game 2.

Why? Dirk can't handle it, and the 2007 Golden State Warriors can tell you better than anyone.
Pop needs to face a fact: Dirk will go to the line. The fouls that send him there need to be physically and psychologically draining. In 2007, the first round was so punishing for No-Nutzki that he was afraid to take a shot by the end of a must-win game 6 in Oakland. In that game, the final game played in Dirk's MVP season, he was 2-13 from the floor, 0-6 from 3, 4-4 from the line, and finished with 8 points. Andris Biedrins, whose range is about 5 inches, finished with 12.

This isn't the first time in history that a German offense has looked unbreakable. Dirk has spent the past four years making the Spurs his Anne Frank. Even with Bowen, this team's only answer is to hide and hope someone else (like Golden State) offs the Mavs first.

Gregg Popovich knows his military history, and for the first time in his coaching career I think he knows it better than he knows basketball. Just as it did 60 years ago, the offensive has to start in France.

This decade, the Spurs drafted a teenager from France with more raw defensive potential than anyone else in his class. It's not future Laker's guard Tony Parker, kids - it's Ian Mahinmi. Early scouting reports highlighted Dennis Rodman defensive potential from the 17 year-old. Potential that could turn away Amare Stoudamire like the 20-20 line on an eye chart, and wrap up Dirk like an illegitimate child in a prostitute's womb.

I wish I knew why Pop doesn't trust Mahinmi, or why he thinks Ian's ankle injuries were his fault. It's not like he broke his elbow skiing with Vladimir Radmanovic. He was in the D-League trying to show Pop what he can do.

Pop needs to spend less time in the wine cellar and more in the library so he can see that Ian is the new Normandy. It's got to start with him. In fact, Popovich's most startling lineup change needs to use a different strategy that he can learn from Nelson also. The person San Antonio should intentionally foul is DIRK NOWITZKI. They should hack the shit out of him. Pop needs to put him on a chopping block and send him to the line 20 times in Game 2.

Why? Dirk can't handle it, and the 2007 Golden State Warriors can tell you better than anyone.
Pop needs to face a fact: Dirk will go to the line. The fouls that send him there need to be physically and psychologically draining. In 2007, the first round was so punishing for No-Nutzki that he was afraid to take a shot by the end of a must-win game 6 in Oakland. In that game, the final game played in Dirk's MVP season, he was 2-13 from the floor, 0-6 from 3, 4-4 from the line, and finished with 8 points. Andris Biedrins, whose range is about 5 inches, finished with 12.

This isn't the first time in history that a German offense has looked unbreakable. Dirk has spent the past four years making the Spurs his Anne Frank. Even with Bowen, this team's only answer is to hide and hope someone else (like Golden State) offs the Mavs first.

Gregg Popovich knows his military history, and for the first time in his coaching career I think he knows it better than he knows basketball. Just as it did 60 years ago, the offensive has to start in France.

This decade, the Spurs drafted a teenager from France with more raw defensive potential than anyone else in his class. It's not future Laker's guard Tony Parker, kids - it's Ian Mahinmi. Early scouting reports highlighted Dennis Rodman defensive potential from the 17 year-old. Potential that could turn away Amare Stoudamire like the 20-20 line on an eye chart, and wrap up Dirk like an illegitimate child in a prostitute's womb.

I wish I knew why Pop doesn't trust Mahinmi, or why he thinks Ian's ankle injuries were his fault. It's not like he broke his elbow skiing with Vladimir Radmanovic. He was in the D-League trying to show Pop what he can do.

Pop needs to spend less time in the wine cellar and more in the library so he can see that Ian is the new Normandy. It's got to start with him. In fact, Popovich's most startling lineup change ever would be starting Ian at center next to Duncan tonight. Tell him to go out and play Dirk as aggressively as possible until he has three fouls. After three fouls, take him out and go with Antonio McDyess. McDyess can guard Dirk, and we ahve seen him do it this year. He even played exceptional defense in Game 1... Dirk just happened to have almost every shot go in. As Duncan said, "I'll go ahead and bet" that won't happen again. Then do the same thing to start the second half. Let Ian foul out, but use his fouls as a weapon.

Erik Dampier already knows he can't handle pressure, but Dirk won't know that until we give him the physical ass kicking for which he is long over due. How unstoppable would Dirk look against Charles Barkley, Bill Laimbeer, or Dennis Rodman? After the first ticky-tack foul, Dirk would be in a breathless pile under the basket. If this Mavs team could play the Bad Boy Pistons, Laimbeer, Rodman, Salley, and Dumars would fight it out just to see who got to lay out Dirk first.

Dirk may even lash out and earn a suspension. Unfortunately, we'll never know because Ian won't see the floor. Our only hope now is that Keith Bogans does, and that Malik Hairston has a speedy recovery. As for Popovich, take a grenade to gunfight like the Warriors did. If Matt Barnes, Pietrus, and Baron Davis' right hamstring could stop Dirk then the Spurs can, too.