Over his career, he's way better than Pau. Pau can't make 3's like Dirk can/could. I also don't think he's nearly as good of a free throw shooter.

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Originally posted by OrangestO This isn't about physics, this is about waves.

Pau dominates in the low/high post much better than Dirk, I think. Kobe and Pau seriously took care of business in 09/10. Kobe had the perimeter and mid-range on lockdown and Pau controlled the paint. Also, look at the Olympics (gold medal match). Pau was constantly double-teamed by the best players in the world and he was still owning them. It took heroics from LBJ/KD to close it out.

I gotta say, though, the Mavericks run in 2011 through the Lakers (swept), the Thunder, and the Heat was probably one of the most epic playoff runs in history. Dirk went absolutely apeshit.

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He's gone apeshit for most of his career, but most people never noticed because he played on teams that weren't great and never really did anything in the playoffs (some of which can be attributed to him). He's also a lot more of a team player than Pau imo. I can't see Pau playing through the flu and things like that.

In terms of his shot though, I doubt there will ever be another 7 footer who can match Dirk's stroke.

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Originally posted by OrangestO This isn't about physics, this is about waves.

Heh... 7 footer...

Yeah, his stats are remarkably consistent. Dirk is the real deal.

http://www.basketball-reference.com.../nowitdi01.html

PAU GASOFT

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Originally posted by srussell0018 He's no Dirk.

Racist



But yea, I agree, Dirk is the best international player to have played in the NBA. It's tough, though, cause I also like Hakeem Olajuwon.

Pau Gasol is definitely not number three in the pecking order, IMO.

I think Steve Nash has had a better overall career, minus not winning a ring.

What about Detlef Schrempf?

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I always forget that Steve Nash is Canadian

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Originally posted by srussell0018 What about Detlef Schrempf?

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Great documentary.

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Drazen Petrovic and Vlade Divac were two friends who grew up together sharing the common bond of basketball. Together, they lifted the Yugoslavian National team to unimaginable heights. After conquering Europe, they both went to America where they became the first two foreign players to attain NBA stardom. But with the fall of the Soviet Union on Christmas Day 1991, Yugoslavia split up. A war broke out between Petrovic's Croatia and Divac's Serbia. Long buried ethnic tensions surfaced. And these two men, once brothers, were now on opposite sides of a deadly civil war. As Petrovic and Divac continued to face each other on the basketball courts of the NBA, no words passed between the two. Then, on the fateful night of June 7, 1993, Drazen Petrovic was killed in an auto accident. "Once Brothers" will tell the gripping tale of these two men, how circumstances beyond their control tore apart their friendship, and whether Divac has ever come to terms with the death of a friend before they had a chance to reconcile.

Tony Kukoc was pretty good too.

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Just watched that documentary again. Makes me want to call a few old friends