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Originally Posted by Heroball
Does anyone dislike Dirk?
He's just so affable and toothy.
dirk was reasonably disliked before he won the chip as a soft euro who cant win the big game. losing in the 1st rd to an 8 seed was a pretty low low.
winning (especially vs that heat team) buys you a lot, so he was very well liked after that, but i've also noticed people liking superstars towards the tail end of their career, which is probably a function of nostalgia and selfishly being able to appreciate a player better when he's no longer a threat to your favorite team.
people like up and coming stars as well. i think this is because they're constantly improving, so they're always achieving, and people like projecting them out as a superstar.