Should not have beenReggie Miller
5x All Star
3x All NBA
And currently is top 75
Should not have beenReggie Miller
5x All Star
3x All NBA
And currently is top 75
Beating the Bucks without Giannis most the series and the Knicks isn’t some epic playoff run. Beating the Celtics would be the first legit series this run. And that depends on who you talk to about the Celtics being legit. I think they are, but many people don’t consider them real contenders and it’s very arguable.He is and the playoff run would be easy Top ten if he makes the finals and at least top three if he wins it.
You a casual….Off one title
Y’all bias is showing
Ain’t that right @CHICAGO
Sneak dapping this goofy shyt
No doubt Tomball Jimmy doing his thing
But this right here
Idk where he was generally placed before, but Dirk is pretty close.
Reggie Miller
5x All Star
3x All NBA
And currently is top 75
Better...06 Miami was a championship contender and were a contender as soon as they got Shaq and were favorites...people thought Mia would lose to Chicago in the play in...Miami was on nobody's radar...we're up 2-0 and we still only have a 37% chance to win this series according to "experts"How would this run compare to Wade 2006 run?
He was ahead of Jimmy but I'm saying he essentially leaped over the same volume of players. I agree Jimmy is not Top 15/20 with a single run/title.Dirk was already way higher in the career rankings when 2011 came.
Dirk before 2011 postseason
Won MVP
3 top-3 MVP finishes, 7 finishes better than 10th
11-time All-NBA
4-time 1st-team All-NBA
5-time 25+ppg scorer
20,000+ career points
Butler before 2023 postseason
no MVPs
never finished better than 10th in MVP race
5-time All-NBA
never 1st-team All-NBA
never averaged even 24ppg in a season
13,688 career points
In terms of overall accolades, Dirk was way, way ahead of Jimmy at this stage of his career. Being the #1 in a completely unexpected Finals run boosted Dirk a lot, but he was already in that rare group of MVP winners and consistently top-of-the-top players.
Jimmy wasn't even a top-75 player in the October 2021 list, and between then and April 2023 he hadn't done a huge amount to raise his stock. You don't go from borderline top-75 to top-15 based off a single playoff run.