Thanks Dirk. Made the trek to San antonio fighting the Austin rush hour traffic to get there to see his final game. He just never disappoints. He put up a double double in his last game. One Third of the crowd were Mavs fans wearing a dirk jerseys and we all went crazy everytime he touched the ball and cheered louder when scored. Spurs fans cheered him. As a guy who grew up in E-ville in the 70's, the Reds, IU basketball, Bird, the Griese led Dolphins, and Donnie baseball are tops in my sports world fandom.
I jumped on the Mavs bandwagon in their first year of existence which coincided with my relocation to Texas. Troy and Pudge probably belong also but Dirk has firmly carved his spot on that list and easily passed them. He is the Mavs. Hopefully, Luka will be join him. So glad Luka and even KP who didn't get to play with him got to be around Dirk in his final season and get to see what it is like to be loyal to one team. Rick Carlisle said he is fortunate in an era where players jump from team to team to have 2 players that have played so long for one team. Those 2 being Reggie and dirk.