All 62 of Dirk Nowitzki's teammates since 2011, ranked

Last year, I ranked the 53 teammates that Dirk Nowitzki had played with since winning a championship in 2011. The purpose was twofold: first, I really love ranking things, and two, it was supposed to point out how sad the teams have been that Dirk has played with since winning the damn title. Here's what the list looked like last year. It's time for an update.

I'm not choosing to make this list as elaborate as last year's -- I don't have the heart. There's an argument to be made that, when you look at top-30 NBA players, Dirk is the one who received the least help around him. That might not be totally true, and certainly Dirk played with some real characters who ultimately helped make 2011 and the near-miss of 2006 happen. You can't win 50 games for 11 straight years without a complete lack of talent. But yet, take a gander at this list and here we are.

On this year's list, we're just going to categorize each player. I've ranked the players by total impact, taking into account if they played more than one season. Yes, a few rankings were probably fudged a little to make them fit in my arbitrary, nonsensical categories. One more time: this is just players since the 2011 championship. Take a deep breathe. Ready?

Still the best player Dirk has played with, somehow

1. Monta Ellis (162 games)

Should be on top of this list

2. Chandler Parsons (127)

Please come back

3. Vince Carter (223)

4. Tyson Chandler (75)

Consistently ordinary

5. Shawn Marion (206)

6. J.J. Barea (151)

7. Devin Harris (180)

8. Brandan Wright (198)

9. Raymond Felton (109)

Rising quickly

10. Wesley Matthews (78)

11. Deron Williams (65)

Jae Crowder

12. Jae Crowder (181)

You forgot they started for nearly an entire season

13. Jose Calderon (81)

14. Darren Collison (81)

15. O.J. Mayo (82)

Had championship hangovers for the entire lockout season

16. Jason Terry (63)

17. Jason Kidd (48)

HUSTLE & HEART

18. Al-Farouq Aminu (74)

19. Zaza Pachulia (76)

20. Delonte West (44)

Well, they *were* tall

21. Samuel Dalembert (80)

22. Elton Brand (72)

23. DeJuan Blair (78)

24. Ian Mahinmi (61)

Young talent that we have high hopes for

25. Justin Anderson (55)

26. Dwight Powell (93)

Old centers we really like(d)

27. Bernard James (92)

28. Salah Mejri (34)

Not good enough for the "well, they *were* tall" category above

29. Brendan Haywood (54)

30. Amar'e Stoudemire (23)

31. Chris Kaman (66)

Wings who the Mavericks could have used this season

32. Richard Jefferson (74)

33. Dahntay Jones (50)

34. Wayne Ellington (45)

35. Anthony Morrow (17)

36. Kelenna Azubuike (3)

Bros

37. Brian Cardinal (44)

38. David Lee (25)

Young talent that we had high hopes for

39. Rodrigue Beaubois (98)

40. Shane Larkin (48)

43. Charlie Villanueva (126)

Not sure where else to put them

44. Jameer Nelson (23)

45. Gal Mekel (31)

46. Yi Jianlian (30)

Small sample sizes

47. Eddy Curry (2)

48. John Jenkins (21)

49. Chris Douglas-Roberts (6)

The worst

50. Mike James (45)

Didn't really do anything

51. JaVale McGee (34)

52. Jeremy Evans (30)

53. Troy Murphy (14)

54. Jared Cunningham (8)

Boring names

55. Sean Williams (8)

56. Greg Smith (42)

Real, actual players the Mavericks signed

57. Josh Akognon (3)

58. Justin Dentmon (2)

59. Chris Wright (3)

The actual worst

60. Lamar Odom (50)

61. Derek Fisher (9)

62. Rajon Rondo (46)