The Lakers made a big win in the buyout market, and 31-year-old 196-centimeter guard Spencer Dinwiddie decided to join the Lakers after being bought out by the Raptors and became a new force on the Lakers' bench. If Dinwiddie joins the Mavericks, he may receive an annual salary of $5.3 million, but if he chooses to join his hometown team, the Lakers, he will only receive $1.5 million, for which the Lakers will have to pay an additional $7 million in luxury tax.
For the Lakers, Dinwiddie's three-point instability and career offensive efficiency are low, and this season's three-point shooting rate in the Nets is only 3 to 2, and the shooting rate is 3 to 9 is below the league level, and the offensive containment and three-point ability are not high. But the Lakers need a backcourt rotation and opposing defensive player, a high-sized ball handler, as the first point of possession on the bench and the team's sixth and seventh man, who has an immediate function and effect on the injured Lakers.
From the perspective of defense, alignment, and rotation, Dinwiddie can also come in handy, immediately alleviating the Lakers' injury and backcourt rotation dilemma, as for offensive efficiency and three-point line, you have to try your luck to see luck.
NBA teams have to try their luck because of their manpower and ball paths, a few examples:
1. The Suns traded to win 198 cm forward Royce O'Neal, judging from the data + past performance, O'Neal's three-point, defense, playing time, and role are better than the Suns bench Josh Okogie and Nasir Little, but their ability and natural physical fitness are actually not inferior to O'Neal. Whether the coach can use it, how to use it well, when to use it, and how to play cards as a wonder soldier are all coaching skills. It's a question of coaching ability, coaching style, not just talent, manpower, and individual ability.
2. The same is true for the Mavericks, the new 208-centimeter center Daniel Gafford is slightly better than the big forward Dwight Powell in terms of personal ability and offense, and the 201-centimeter forward P.J. Washington is all-round, but he is also biased towards the power forward, and he is not an excellent outside defense and opposition player. Compared with Maxi Kleber and Dwight Powell, Daniel Gafford may be better on the inside and second-wave offensive ability, but the improvement still depends on the Mavericks coach Jason Kidd's coaching and employment ability. The Mavericks' defensive rotation on the perimeter of the backcourt is full of Derrick Jones Jr., Josh Green, Tim Hardaway Jr., and Jaden Hardy, and Derrick Jones Jr. is an elite defensive level, and the others also have a certain level and athleticism. Whether it is used well or not, coaching ability and luck are equally important.
3. The Lakers need the backcourt manpower and the first point of possession on the bench, in addition to the stability of the three-point line, the more important thing is defense and alignment, Dinwiddie is not good at three points, and the offensive efficiency is not high, and everything else can come in handy immediately. Dinwiddie's three-point and offensive efficiency is more importantly, he needs the help of the system, if the Lakers can play elite defense, alignment, and launch more counterattacks and fast breaks, then his offensive efficiency and effectiveness will be improved.
Lakers coach Ham is also the kind of ordinary coach who is not very good at employing people and tapping the maximum potential of role players, so although the Lakers are lucky to pick up Dinwiddie, it still depends on luck and integration, and more importantly, the Lakers' offensive and defensive system must help him to produce a multiplier effect.
4. The situation of the Knicks is similar, Evan Fournier on the bench was originally a pure shooter, and he had the ability to average nearly 20 points per game two years ago, but he has been iced to death by Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau in the past two years. Bojan Bogdanovic is a better and more consistent goalscorer, and 196cm Alec Burks is also a first-class striker swingman, and Tom Thibodeau's ability to get the best out of both cards requires a lot of coaching and combining. A lot of times luck is important and more critical, these role players are not bad, they need coaches with real aura.
The Lakers were lucky to pick up Dinwiddie, but they needed to play better, more consistent defense to help integrate into the team, become a force and improve the Lakers as a whole.
I wasn't so excited that the Lakers picked up Dinwiddie, because Murray's defense, ball-handling ability, and match-up ability were better, but unfortunately the Lakers couldn't afford to trade.