Originally Posted by King Glorious

I've been very disappointed in Dirk's play in this series. A superstar player of his caliber should never look as passive as he has. Up until the last three minutes of this game tonight, Austin Croshere had taken more second half shots than Dirk had. Devin Harris had put the team on his back and was carrying them. I said about Kobe recently that if the Lakers are going to go down, it has to be with him firing, not playing all that team ball stuff. Dirk doesn't have to take on the same offensive role that Kobe does but he does need to step up his game. The season was on the line and he was doing nothing. Now, a couple of big three's later, some of his disappearing act will be forgotten. Not by me though. Dirk is a great player. He's still one of the best players in the league. But he's not at the level of guys like MJ, Bird, Magic, Reggie Miller, even Kobe and Wade. He's more like the Garnett, Webber, LeBron type. Immensely talented. Great regular season and first three quarters of a game type. But when it comes time to take it to that next level, they don't have that inner fortitude that's necessary. Don't let the shots at the end of tonight's game fool u. Dirk has disappeared in these playoffs. Baron Davis is the one playing like an MVP in this series.