(07-23-2024, 04:32 PM)SleepingHero Wrote: Spencer's time in Dallas does seem like quite an outlier given his last 5 years. However he played in 76 regular season games and 18 playoff games for a total of 94.
Overall he averaged 16.6ppg/3rpg/4.6apg on 45.8% FG and 40.6% from 3 in his time in Dallas. Not far off from his career averages since becoming a rotation player but much more efficient (14/3/5 42 and 34 respectively).
94 games is too many to think he didn't benefit from somehow from Luka's spacing vs. it being just a random hot shooting streak that isn't able to be reliably reproduced. In fact we have kind of already seen him benefit from the "Luka effect" already not just 2 months ago.
He actually shot nearly 39% on 3s with the Lakers and many of them were spot up 3s in the corner. Luka and Lebron are very similar so I don't find it surprising that Spencer all of a sudden became a near 40% 3pt shooter in 28 games next to Lebron after shooting 31% in 74 games the previous seasons for Brooklyn.
I'm optimistic that Dinwiddie will return to form, even if he won't realistically be as lights out as he was his first time around.
Plus Dinwiddie was pretty damn clutch here. I remember at least a couple of game winners from him. He doesn't mind the moment. That can't be taught.
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