FA: Spencer Dinwiddie Heads to DAL | 1 yr/vet min

[mvossman]

Sadly, this is exactly right, except...not so fast with the whole "bench focus...more defensive-oriented" part. That's how I'd go, too, but I'm telling you...I expect Dinwiddie to PLAY. Hypothetically, regardless of whether you think this is likely, would you still be happy with this signing if it meant Exum wasn't in the rotation? What about Grimes? There are lots of ways this could play out, but Dinwiddie not being one of the loudest voices in the room isn't one of those ways.

It totally depends on how effective everyone is.  I kind of feel like the days of Kidd won't give the best players their minutes kind of died with the whole Christian Wood thing.  The more effective players have always gravitated toward more minutes (even if it does take a while).  So if Din is getting 7th or 8th man minutes, its because he is playing really well.  My expectation is that Grimes is going to be better than a lot of folks think (due to recency bias) and he will become a mainstay in the rotation.  Naji will be the primary backup forward almost by default so I expect Din wont be cutting into our primary defensive rotation.  He probably will cut into Exum minutes and Hardy might find himself off ball more (the value of which you and I disagree on).  I think all three guys will have plenty of chances to show something.  I just think depth is more important for a contending team than potentially losing some developmental minutes.