Hello from Germany,


today the german team lost against the italians.
The are now out of the tournament and are not
qualified for Athen2004.

Of course we germans are not happy with this
situation. But thats surely the best thing the Mavs
can happen. Hopefully Dirk can start with next
years training camp his most successfully
preparation for the season 2004/05.

bye from Bavaria
reiner

On Tue, 9 Sep 2003 00:14:29 +0200, Reiner Röbisch <mail@roebisch.de>
wrote:


It was really a sad day for the german basketball, and the worst thing
was the german tv! just a short 15 min. of the game and nothing live.


I don´t think so. The best preparation for dirk is a competition and
not just a training camp. Dirk had really good starts the lat two
seasons.

"Michael \"TerrorMike\" Tilsner" <terrormike@terrorrecords.de> wrote in message news:<o0jrlvgm0u80ivmk9b0d3ncac74dbbc4a6@4ax.com>...

Hell no man.

For the Mavs, the best thing for Dirk is to get out of the
international competition as soon as possible.

The chance for injury outweighs heavily the 'preparation' Dirk will
get from playing in the games. There's no doubting that.

You ask Cuban or any Mavs fan (who only care about the Mavs' chances
of winning) and they'd rather Dirk not play at all for the German
national team. The risk far outweighs the reward. We all were
reminded of that fact when Dirk hurt his ankle not too long ago
(fortunately it wasn't serious)

On 14 Sep 2003 18:32:26 -0700, juggo@insidehoops.net (Juggo) wrote:

Not at all! Remember the last two years whe Dirk spent the summer with
european championship and world championship ant the way he started
the regular season after that? I strongly believe that he needs some
real challenge to compete during summer not just that lousy
summercamp. But we´ll see about that at the beginning of the 05-06
season because there will be no international playing for Dirk next
year because the german team missed to qualify for the olympics. We´ll
see.

Those injuries also happen during regular season games. So your
opinion is to keep Dirk from playing at all during off-season to
minimize injuriy-probability? Injuries also happen during practice (I
hope you know that). No risk - no reward.
In germany it´s the greatest honor to play the national team. That may
be different in the US. Dirk is severely disappointed not to make the
olympics next year because that was his biggest dream. Even bigger
than playing the NBA I think.

Regards,
Patrick

"Patrick Mundhenk" <patrick.mundhenk@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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1) Playing in international competition as an NBA player certainly has a
higher injury risk than practicing with your teammates. Not only is the
competition harder, but you´ll be frequently singled out in an attempt to
take you and accordingly your team out of the game. Dirk was hacked quite a
lot with this sole purpose, not unlike what Shaq has to suffer in the NBA
sometimes. Also consider that a lot of off-season work is spent in the
weight room or individual training. If you add the fact that a rested body
is less prone to injury than one constantly under stress, all should be
clear.

2) There´s a reason long term improvement plans involve weight-lifting,
shooting drills, track and field, etc. While playing against good competion
is the perfect preparation to start a season, it certainly isn´t for ending
one or in the middle of the off-season. You need to develop your skills in
practice first and then you can go out and refine it playing against
competition.
For example:
-Weight lifting aiming at increasing power is contraproductive while you´re
in competition, your shooting touch goes south.
- Adding low post moves is only possible in a practice environment, because
they have to be repeated thousands of times to be effectively reproduced
under stress

So I think it´s definitely better for the Mavs if Dirk spends his time
weight-lifting, improving on his footwork and defense instead of learning
the offense of the national team (his main occupation during NT training
camp) and refining the parts of his game he already possesses in
competition. The fact that Dirk performed well in his last seasons can
hardly be attributed to his preparation with the NT, IMO.

That being said, I hated to see them lose this way and I´m sure Dirk does,
too. What his personal preferences are is hard to say, but being a
competitior, he´ll likely be more intrigued by the more competitve team.
It´s always more fun to shoot for the top than for 6th place. I hope he will
play for the NT nevertheless.

On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 20:51:03 +0200, "nonsensname"
<520065863424-0001@t-online.de> wrote:

You´re right about that, no doubt. But accidents always happen. Even
with rested bodies.

That maybe also right. I don´t know. I have no knowledge about that.

You talk about the physical side of a player, I talk about the mental
side. That may be a bad way to put up a discussion.
My main point is that there´s much bigger motivation to start into the
new season by having competed against the best players and teams
during off-season than having 4 months of training camp.

I hope so, too. Rumors said that Dirk doesn´t know about his future
with the NT. He´s very disappointed by his teammates.


Regards,
Patrick

On 14 Sep 2003 18:32:26 -0700, juggo@insidehoops.net (Juggo) wrote:


i don't think so for the mavs it's the best thing to get dirk in
shape. And I think dirk is a compaditive player he has enough talent
to play every game without a training camp the most important thing is
that he is in the wright mood. Plaing a competition tournement where
he faces a real challenge.


The risk for injuries is heavier when he play tounrements!
But I think he neds the challenge to get in shape.

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