I should've emphasized the *deutch* in "deutchman", but I was saving it for when I absolutely nailed "Holger Geschwindner"

@quandariusquanglebangle9634

4 күн бұрын

hi clayton crowley

@taihenta1780

Күн бұрын

; ) nice one - by the way, nobody is laughing at the Knicks anymore - do you like the All-In Move ?

@gintuner4371

6 сағат бұрын

Its spelled „deutsch“ btw :)

As a native Spurs fan, we have immense respect for Dirk especially after his chip against Lebron. Man, basketball was so intense in the 2000s

@easyveazeyng

5 күн бұрын

The same goes for us Mavericks fans and Duncan. Two of the greatest to do it and we saw them in the same division for almost two decades straight playing one another. We were truly spoiled and it took this long to realize it

@youtuber3328

4 күн бұрын

to be TOTALLY honest i still DON'T like a.c green david robinson and mark cuban AT ALL i still SOMEWHAT like the mavs spurs university of houston and rockets and i still LOVE a player who in my OPINION was a star being moses malone ALMOST as much as a player who in my OPINION was a legend being hakeem olajuwon

@seniorlady5998

3 күн бұрын

Me too, as a diehard Spurs fan. I remember the tribute the Spurs gave Dirk in his final season with the Mavs and how moved Dirk was. Great rivalry always with the Spurs. So glad the Mavs beat the Heat!!

I absolutely love the contrast of “Dwayne Wade was the imminent future, Shaq was the near past, this was Dirk’s time to be the present” and “A Blastoise of a Dirk” Nothing but poetry. Thank you for always delivering such high quality videos, filled with so much emotion and information! My KZread goat, the greatest NBA KZreadr there is 🙌🏽

@albert_chen

6 күн бұрын

Blastoise got me rolling

@enrique-lopez

6 күн бұрын

Best content on here

just when the world needed him most, the legend returns

@fortynights1513

6 күн бұрын

He never went away, he just uploads videos less often than a lot of people, but his videos are excellent at what they do. In particular the writing.

If Clayton posts a video, I drop everything to watch it

@donaldf9055

6 күн бұрын

Favts

@sgrey9181

6 күн бұрын

Yep. Clayton and EthosLab are the only two KZreadrs I do that for

@someguycp

6 күн бұрын

me when i’m holding a 100lb weight but the clayton noti goes off

@timhall5382

6 күн бұрын

That's sad. Hopefully you don't have a baby.

@troliskimosko

5 күн бұрын

@@timhall5382😂

Imagine how much, pain, regret, and misery Dirk must have been feeling as he walked up to the podium to receive his 2007 MVP. A 2-0 Finals lead blown and a 67 win season gone to waste. Then, imagine how he must have felt walking up to the podium to receive the 2011 championship, after defeating the Lamarcus and Brandon Roy led Blazers, the Lakers, the OKC Thunder, and the Super-team Miami Heat! A career redemption doesn’t get much better than that. 🥶🏆

Walton in '77. Hakeem in '94. Dirk in '11. The most legendary championship runs by single superstar teams.

@youtuber3328

4 күн бұрын

no disrespect but in my OPINION those elite players are ranked #1 legend hakeem olajuwon a DISTANT #2 star bill walton and a DISTANT #3 star dirk nowitzki

@fortynights1513

4 күн бұрын

What’s your opinion of Duncan ‘03?

@Amick44

3 күн бұрын

Rick Barry in 74-75. Even though it's been awhile.

@paysonfox88

3 күн бұрын

Walton in 77 was especially dangerous. That guy made the HOF with sub-par stats overall due to the fact of "when he was healthy, he was a beast" factor. The greatest compliment I ever heard given a basketball player was : "of all the players I've ever coached, or seen play...I'd take Bill Walton healthy above the rest" -- John Wooden

Unsigned hype right here. Netflix , Hulu, someONE! Sign this man to a fair contract I can’t believe this is still free

@user-fb4ev2ir9p

6 күн бұрын

he acc does some vids for bleacher report!

@TheGoodShepard31

6 күн бұрын

@@user-fb4ev2ir9p thanks for letting me know

@jaysontolera238

5 күн бұрын

hey wait a minute man! not all of us can pay, some are stil students and are broke, so please stop suggesting that

@parikshitrao4208

4 күн бұрын

@@jaysontolera238 nah stop this fam, if you genuinely love his content you'd want him to go ahead and do better things.

He is my favorite NBA player. I'm aware he's not the greatest, but his personality, humbleness, loyalty to his team through 21 years and his 2011. run make him the greatest in my eyes. He's my idol.

Maaan I love Dirk, he is the true example of earned not given. He had one of the best playoff run ever, the best example why we love this sport, a true magical story.

this might be ur funniest video yet, banger after banger

Dirk is my favorite player of all time. And you my favorite basketball youtuber clayton as soon I saw notification I skipped my dinner to watch it. This is just amazing.

@Buttington_Headerson

6 күн бұрын

This is how I feel when people rave about Timmy so I’m glad you got to enjoy this excellent tribute to Dirk

@IcedCoffeeCrazy

5 күн бұрын

Same !!!

@ryankayombya7576

5 күн бұрын

Watch it with dinner lol!

Your past 4 videos have been legitimately my favorite story’s in all of basketball. 04 pistons, Manu, Dirk. You love ball the same way I do and i appreciate you for it.

Been a watching bball on a pretty constant basis for 22 years now and this vid is spot on. 2011 cemented Dirk more than any other single title for a player. Before 2011, he was the guy who won the MVP after losing to a 8 seed...and he legacy was in question And after 2011 Dallas didn't win a single playoff series with him again (though not his fault)

@fortynights1513

4 күн бұрын

He still could’ve made the Hall of Fame without 2011, but he’d certainly not be considered a consensus top 25 or so player ever without that title.

The drake, the HADES REFERENCE, BROTHER. Literally the best sports YTer ever and it might not even need the word "sports" there.

Clayton's rambling, watching the games go bad for the Mavs is the standard Dallas sports fan experience

Dirk is the reason I got into and love basketball. I remember it was 2002 and I was in 4th grade. My friend had a poster of Dirk in his room and I remember thinking "he's kind of goofy looking for basketball player". Cut to a few months later and I ended up accidentally catching a Mavs game where Dirk just went off. Became a Mavs fan that day. It's nice to finally see Dirk getting his flowers.

I love Dirk. This is just brilliant. Thank you.

That game 1 against the Thunder in 2011 was the game you gotta watch to see how insanely good this guy was.

Dirk’s 2011 playoff run got me back into basketball after having been soured by a decade plus of Lakers/Spurs reruns in June.

@fortynights1513

6 күн бұрын

What’d you think of the Pistons, Heat, and Celtics teams that won?

@lorddj9910

2 күн бұрын

That’s a refreshing take lol

Loving the extra personality in this vid

made me cry fr

The goat dropped

I've watched Dirk Nowitzki since the beginning of the 1998-1999. He's the reason I watched every Dallas Mavericks game until the 2011 NBA Finals game 6 was over. I have Dallas Mavericks jerseys and t-shirts of Dirk Nowitzki with the basketball shorts in my closet.

The quality of videos is getting better and better each time! I love how you’re implementing humor more and more

I wish Steve Nash never left Dallas. Dirk and Nash were actual best friends and it's a shame we only got a couple seasons with them playing together before Nash was MVP Nash.

This is not an exaggeration.. Dirk is Hall of fame player but an even better human being. Will forever be my Mavs 🐐 for that reason.

Amazing! I remember those playoffs and hearing you tell that story is just amazing. I'm a Celtics fan, but man, I loved watching Dirk play. And having him and the Mavs put down Lebron and the Heat was just an incredible feeling. Like you said, everyone was rooting for the Mavs on that one.

Another classic Clayton video 🔥

I’m a simple man, Clayton posts, I watch immediately.

I love Clayton, but this new style of humour is something I didn't expect, I love it! Good! Bad... I mean good!

I definitely cried ! wat a man - what a role model !

sisyphus to aioli comparison within 20 seconds is dastardly work clayton. i salute you

As a Mavs fan, I really needed this after the finals this year.

Best NBA documentarian around

You are absolutely correct. Dirk rehabbed his image big time with that win.

I was definitely a Dirk doubter especially after that loss to the 8 seeded Warriors. But after the 2011 chip, I became a Dirk fan for life! What a great story about overcoming failures and building a legacy with a franchise! I wish we had more stories like his. Despite the playoff losses year after year, I believe Dirk led the Mavs to 50+ wins for 11 straight seasons, which is impressive given the depth of the West during that time. That didn’t get talked about enough so thank you for highlighting his journey!!

The thing about Dirk and those Mavs is that they were known for giving up leads and crumbling under pressure (even if that isn't entirely precise). In 2011 they were just indestructible. Always coming from behind, never giving up and with Dirk being Mr Clutch himself.

THANK YOU, CLAYTON 🥹 Dirk is my favorite player of all-time, and I’m so happy to see you finally cover him. I remember this all of this all too well, and seeing it recapped with your editing, humor, and usual fantastic writing brought a tear to my eye at the end. Love your work, keep it up.

As a Blastoise enjoyer this was a great watch.

Dude, you are so good at this. Thank you for doing it. It's inspiring!

I live in Dallas and have always been indifferent towards the Mavs. But watching Dirk during that championship run impressed me. Must be one of the most clutch performances in NBA history.

Can’t forget when Caron Butler got hurt for the Mavs they went under the radar even more because of how significant people thought that would be on their playoff chances! Great video!

Danke, Clayton, wieder mal überragend!

Just want you to know, I don’t even watch basketball but your videos bring me such joy dude

I NEED THE HAKEEM VIDEO NEXT!!!!! THE DREAMMMM

Only 7 minutes and 30 seconds in and this is already one of my favorite yt vids of all time

Awesome vid as always, man.

The aioli line was perfect. My god

the first clayton video i saw was the manu one soon after it was posted, i watched a lot of his videos and have been eagerly waiting for a new video to drop. absolute banger video, i love dirk. i wish i really could’ve seen him for the majority of his career but i only really started paying attention to basketball around 2010, i at least got to watch him dismantle the heat and it was one of the greatest performances i’ve ever seen

amazing storytelling, great video! my favorite player of all time by far

Blastoise Dirk absolutely ascended on the 2011 playoffs man. Being a die hard Lakers fan at the time, it was tough seeing the three peat dream die. Looking back at it, couldn’t be happier for Dirk and that Mavs squad pulling off such a Cinderella run

The goat is back 🙌

Clayton, I love a lot of your videos, but I think this is the best one yet! Keep it up!

And yet, another masterpiece... Then and forever

Ah shiiiit, here we fucking go baby!

Nowitzki made 24 consecutive free throws without missing in game 1 against the Thunder setting a world record for a playoff game. He also made 74 consecutive free throws without missing during the playoffs which was crazy.

Another great job. By the way, your biography about Bill Walton is the best I've ever seen.

If Clayton posts a video, i pull over on the interstate to watch.

That Pokemon reference earned you an instant sub. Thank you for the chuckle

Einfach eine Legende! Great Video

One of the best championship runs. NBA movie from these finals is a classic.

Right on time for my break

My favorite playoff run. Dirk is a legend

I’m enjoying these videos claytos

Another video, another masterpiece from my favorite NBA youtuber. I mean, what's new for him at this point? Shoutout from the 🇵🇭

beautiful video

Great video as usual Clayton, hope we can get a Steve Nash one eventually 🤞

coming back from a 2-0 finals collapse and a 67 win choke is so hard psychologically. if that happened to some young stars of today, i doubt if they can mentally overcome that. that's why 2011 was so sweet and crazy.

Hey clayton! Just wanted to say I've been a big fan for a couple of years and love rewatching your videos every few times. And for a player I'd love to see a video on is Hakeem. A lot of people respect his legacy and have him easily top 15, but I really havent seen any videos that actually dive into his career or his two championships. Regardless of if you do, keep up the great work!

Did the GOAT just uploaded or am I dreaming??

12:21 "Free Coffee, Free Donuts" (because that's the only ring you're gonna get)

Dirk single-handedly kept the second greatest player all time one more year longer to win his first chip and beat Dwyane Wade and Bosch insane

Great video as always. I do think that one thing that was worth mentioning about the We Believe Warriors was that Don Nelson was the coach and he was a former coach of Dirks. So that knowledge about Dirk was a key element in harassing Dirk into a bad series.

Amazing video W Dirk

My man is back to speak his wisdom

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR A DIRK VIEDO LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOO

Clayton I got nothing but respect for your documentation of the sport I love so much. If u are questioning what should be your next video like many KZreadrs do after finishing one might I suggest a player who u showed briefly in your preview video for the legends of the game who weren't good enough for "Making the Case" and that player is Derrick "Pooh" Rose. Even if fans don't give him the respect he deserves everyone here in Chicago looks at him like a true hero. I would love to see u give him his flowers for his "what if" career. I know u said Walton is the biggest What-if and R.I.P to Bill but in all due respect I say it's D. Rose. Just a thought and thanks for the vids

07 broke Dirk man. It was the most brutal playoff loss ever. I'm so happy he won the title in 11. Love Dirk, he's the reason i picked up a basketball. We believed in him here in Dallas. It was tough, but he's such a great human being, we all just wanted him to succeed. Lotta people have up on him, but lots die hard fans knew it was a matter of time.

my favorite basketball youtuber make a video about my favorite basketball player--i think i'm in heaven

Dirk will forever be the greatest Mav ever. It will take ALOT for someone to dethrone him in Dallas. We love Dirk, 2011 was a magical year.

if the man makes a video, i'm GONNA watch it!

Not going to lie, I needed this after watching the Mavs blow it in the Finals recently.

I was just thinking last week "hey it's been a while since the last Clayton video." What an era of basketball that was, 06-14. I did like the Heatles, but it was even better when they lost.

In Dirk's last season which was Luka's first, Doncic made a point to not pass Nowitzki the ball, even when he was wide-open for three. It was and still is underappreciated just how much Luka tried to sabotage Dirk's legacy. Luka had a total of 429 assists that season, only 23 of those were Dirk baskets. For comparison, Devin Harris had a total of 122, while 21 were for Nowitzki.

This guy!!

If you become more consistent I'll subscribe bro this channel looks good

8:00 thank you I been saying this I miss when player hit their awards in front of the fans

For the first time in the history a Geeman could outperform and outshine Americans in the NBA Finals. Dirk is a holistic 7 footer that can shoot like a guard especially with the iconic mid-range jumper. His legacy in Dallas would never be tarnished!

Will forever use that "lied about" line in reference to MJ after the Yahoo article As a big Bron guy, 2011 was a wildly disappointing finals series but man Dirk was just on another level you HAVE to respect it. Honestly one of, if not the greatest, playoff runs of all time. Still remember playing those early 2010's 2K's against my friends and since I was so much better, I'd make it a challenge to beat them with only one person scoring, and Dirk made that so easy with his post fade. Honestly was kind of unfair to my friends, Dirk was just that guy. If they ever redo the logo, I'm still on board with making it Dirk's fade. It's just picture perfect

Anytime clayton dropping i know its gonna be a good lunch break

Well played well made

Not even 2 minutes in and you're already giving me an existential crisis

w video! ich liebe dirk!!!

I continue to love your vids Clayton but I miss the stats you used to put up on screen like with the Making the Case series! They were such a staple of your videos haha, could you bring them back please!!

Dirk is a legend. Always will be.

GDm Clayton it's been too long. You have reached your fully evolved form.

Rewatched the manu and Knick’s video yesterday and thought it was almost upload time

Slayer of Kobe, the Thunder Big Three, and the Heatles. Might as well call him “The Headhunter”.

Absolutely superb and hilarious. 😂 I feel like you did Ralph Sampson a little dirty there, he had like 2 1/2 healthy seasons, I don’t think he’s comparable to guys like Barkley or Malone, who had long healthy careers with a decade plus of good chances.