guarding dirk?!?

[OGKing]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chairman7w

Yep, welcome to the real world. Nobody can guard Dirk in real life, either.

If Dennis Rodman played in this day and age, he could.

[Sheik]

Quote: Originally Posted by danny__boy

Ok, i just played my friend in 2k12 at his house, we have our own league, he uses dirk and fadaways with him and its money, he went 14-18 for 28 points and i end up losing by like 17, i had gasol on him the whole time and i usaully have good defense but i need advice on how to guard dirk especially in the post... should i switch noah on him next time cuz he has bynum as his center.

stop thinking about guarding Dirk and work on frustrating him.
Gasol should technically be able to guard him in the post, but what happens if he's out on the perimeter?
You should have had Noah on him from the jump. Switch up your double team calls and make him have to pass out. Don't do it every time, but do it enough so that if he doesn't see it coming, he starts to rush with his offense hoping he can get a shot off before you bring it.


The goal with Dirk isn't to block his shots. You just need to bump and push him.

You gave up 28 points off of 14-18 shooting, which probably opened up the door for his teammates.

shoot for jumping, josteling, pinching, pushing...that nets you 21 points and 7-25 shooting. Send him to the line, try and punish him...and if you can..throw a little psychology in there because when superstars are having bad nights, it's really easy for users to get hard headed and keep shooting with them only to make it worse.

[MNPhatz]

Quote: Originally Posted by OGKing

If Dennis Rodman played in this day and age, he could.

Ummmmm . . . no. Rodman wasn't made of magic. In 94-95 the Spurs tried to guard Olajuwon with him (Hakeem is shorter than Dirk BTW) and The Dream dropped 39 on 64% shooting and also grabbed 17 boards to close out the series.

http://www.basketball-reference.com/...506010HOU.html

Dirk was on a roll that would be hard for any one man to stop.

[Vni]

Only the lockout can stop Dirk Nowitzki.

[KGDunks]

Quote: Originally Posted by MNPhatz

Ummmmm . . . no. Rodman wasn't made of magic. In 94-95 the Spurs tried to guard Olajuwon with him (Hakeem is shorter than Dirk BTW) and The Dream dropped 39 on 64% shooting and also grabbed 17 boards to close out the series. http://www.basketball-reference.com/...506010HOU.html Dirk was on a roll that would be hard for any one man to stop.

Dirk and Hakeem are basically the same height. And Hakeem is a totally different player to Dirk.

[suh90beast]

If 2k could somehow implement bad games. You can stop him if he has a bad game. Maybe like madden. DPP

[youALREADYknow]

Two pages of posts and nobody has mentioned off-ball defense. Enough said...

[mjbird123]

Quote: Originally Posted by Vni

Only the lockout can stop Dirk Nowitzki.

I bet Dirk is out somewhere playing basketball during the lockout, so the lockout really can't stop Dirk