his name is always mentioned with the likes of duncan and garnett yet he plays mostly outside and not a good post defender.
2007-07-09 17:58:57 · 24 answers · asked by schnooks17 3 in Sports ➔ Basketball
he's not a good post player/defender. his points are mostly outside shots. why power forward?
2007-07-09 18:03:47 · update #1
Simply put, Dirk Nowitzki has the size of a center, listed as a 4 or power forward, but plays small forward. On offense, he has no inside moves to speak of. He plays face-up to the basket and shoot outside jumpers from the wings. On defense, he does nothing. Thus, he's just a shooting forward.
2007-07-09 21:19:44 · answer #1 · answered by bundini 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Dirk Nowitzki is definitely a power forward. he was named one of the 3 best power forwards in the NBA. along side Tim Duncan and Keven Garnet.
2007-07-09 19:48:29 · answer #2 · answered by Matt 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Power Forward, but sometimes Center.
First of all, he's PF because he's tall. Why would you put a guy that is 7ft tallin a guard position?
Second, one of the forward's function is to rebound, and I think in that matter we could all agree that he's good as he's averaging about 9 boards per game.
2007-07-10 02:45:58 · answer #3 · answered by Marie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He plays power forward, but he used to play small. The reason? Avery Johnson is a bad, stupid coach, who sees a tall player, even one who can't defend other big guys and takes mostly outside shots, and puts him in the power forward hole.
2007-07-09 20:32:27 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Small forward. He can play the 4 but he is a big time liability inside and his post game offensively is not to good. Awesome SF though.
2007-07-09 18:20:46 · answer #5 · answered by dager35 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Dirk is a power forward
2007-07-09 20:44:47 · answer #6 · answered by RV 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd say he plays both positions. He is a natural small forward but because of his ceiling (7 ft. +) is forced to play against strong power forwards.
2007-07-09 19:58:58 · answer #7 · answered by Darth Revan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dirk is considered just a Forward he hardly ever guards guys 6'8, 6'9 so i would consider dirk a power forward if i had to chose but i prefer to call dirk a forward.
2007-07-09 18:19:09 · answer #8 · answered by silver_black_17 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
He's playing like SF but he actually is PF. But u have to remember that Avery Johnson sometime use small line up whenever the other teams using small lineup.
2007-07-09 20:17:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He is more of a small forward, however, they put him at power forward at times.
2007-07-09 18:01:58 · answer #10 · answered by pn1125 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋