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

[mvossman]

This is a good point and reminder that we can't just fast forward to the playoffs.

However, to WAB's point, given everything we just witnessed and imagining this past post-season exactly as it was, only with Dinwiddie on the roster, I do think it's likely he would've gotten a bigger role than Exum. The question is: will Exum continue to grow and learn from those series? He CAN be a threat to score - a good one, actually. It's just that he WON'T. I sure hope he goes into this season with the idea that he's got to improve in that area to add to the other ways in which he helps, because there inevitably comes a point (usually around the 2nd round) where you simply cannot play if being on the floor means the other team can defend 5 on 4. 

Not to beat a dead horse, but that's where my Hardy takes are coming from. He IS a threat, and consequently got tapped for playoff minutes he clearly wasn't ready to play, but they needed someone to be a threat so, so badly, he was the only choice. In that context, I kind of think this Dinwiddie thing might be about more than just an end of bench swing (though I do agree with your point about putting the roster together for the whole season, not just the playoffs).

To WAB's point, who is going to fill in that third offensive role in the playoffs that Timmy, Exum and Hardy all failed at?  We already have that role filled, its going to be Klay.  Naji will take DJJ place and Grimes will take Green place.  Din, Exum and Hardy will be fighting over regular season minutes, but I doubt any of them will crack the top 8 rotation in the playoffs if the team is healthy.