The Wizards have experienced big ups and downs in half a season, and they have fallen from the eastern dragon head at the beginning of the season to the middle and lower east. The Wizards currently have a record of only 24 wins and 29 losses, ranking only eleventh in the East. The Knicks and Pacers behind are also eyeing the tiger, and with the intensity of competition in the East this year, the probability of the Wizards reaching the playoffs is not high.
Recently, the downturn in the state of the Wizards is directly related to the downturn of a person, who is the protagonist of this article, Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie has been poorly efficient in his last 10 games and has not been smooth. Averaging just 8.3 points per game in 10 games, the shooting percentage was a miserable 26.6%, and the Wizards only won 2 of these 10 games. Embarrassingly, Dinwiddie was able to come to the Wizards thanks to the team's core Bill, who led the recruitment of Dinwiddie. Now bill and wizards can't laugh because Dinwiddie's performance is really bad.
This season, Dinwiddie has averaged less than 13 points per game, shooting less than 40 percent from the field and shooting 31 percent from three-point range. Dinwiddie's sluggish performances are well documented, and looking back on his career, fans will find that Dinwiddie was never an efficient scorer. In the 2019-20 season, Dinwiddie played his personal peak season, and in the case of Irving missing most of the games due to injury, Dinwiddie averaged 21+4+7 per game. Such a performance is already at the quasi-All-Star level. People see Dinwiddie's all-round and efficient data, but they overlook one thing – his efficiency. That season, Dinwiddie shot less than 42 percent from the field and only 31 percent from three-point range as he did this season. No season in his career has Dinwiddie shot more than 45 percent from the field and a career average as low as 40.6 percent.
For comparison, Westbrook has averaged more than 18 points per game this season. He shot 43.7 percent from the field and 30 percent from three-point range. Combined with stats and efficiency, Westbrook has definitely outperformed Dinwiddie this season. And these 10 games, even if Westbrook is in average form, are better than Dinwiddie, who is extremely crotch-pulling. In addition to his low offensive efficiency, Dinwiddie's downturn is also related to his positioning on the pitch. Dinwiddie is actually not suitable for starting, his role is similar to that of players like Louis Williams and Crawford, they are good at playing substitutes and scrambling, but it is not a specialty to let them play the starting and organize the team slowly and methodically.
This season the Wizards put Dinwiddie in the position of point guard, hoping he would organize the team like Last Season's Westbrook. But Dinwiddie neither has Westbrook's strong breakthrough ability nor a good passing vision. So having him as a point guard is a completely different story, averaging 5.8 assists per game so far this season. Dinwiddie didn't show super talent on the organizational end, nor did he fully unleash his firepower on the offensive end. The current character is somewhat awkward.
Seeing Dinwiddie's performance didn't know how Bill felt. There has also been some decline in bee's efficiency this season due to Westbrook's departure. The Wizards had hopes of scoring a chance this season, but now their hopes have been dashed. Maybe the Wizards will be thinking about how to rebuild in the next few seasons, how to find a helper for The Right Bill. As for Dinwiddie, he still has the strength, but the Wizards are currently mis positioning and using him. If adjusted a bit, Dinwiddie may still be able to shine in the Wizards. Dear readers, how do you rate Dinwiddie's performance this season? Feel free to leave a comment in the comments section below the article.