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

[Dundalis]

I don't see it this way at all. 

I think Hardy and Dinwiddie are basically the same, exact player, just at different points in their development. Neither of them is a "PG" in the way this board has been trying to claim matters (but it doesn't matter, anymore). Hardy is more talented, but far less experienced, so Dinwiddie is going to be the easier choice for Kidd all season, which is unfortunate, imo. 

They can play together, but it's not at all ideal. Neither of them playing with Kyrie is at all ideal. Any of those three will work next to Luka most of the time, but all three are defensive liabilities. 

I was ready to live in a world where the guys rotating as bench guards were Hardy, Grimes and Exum, in whatever order. Dinwiddie taking any time away from any of those three is a bummer for me, sorry.

Hardy is not anywhere remotely close to Dinwiddie as a playmaker. Not sure how you justify that statement. And it has nothing to do with age. Dinwiddie's assist percentage has been close to double Hardy's since he got in the league. Dinwiddie has some definite weaknesses as a playmaker, but he's light years better than Hardy at it, and it's not really close.

I want Hardy to develop as much as anyone, and was super high on him after his first season, and thought he could be more than the microwave scorer people said was his ceiling, but his regression last season, and complete failure to develop whatsoever in terms of his ability to be any type of reliable primary ball handler was very disappointing. I think he has a similar issue to Josh Green (not in terms of style of play), and that is a low basketball IQ. He's like the polar opposite of Lively in that sense. I have a feeling if he does turn into anything, it's probably when he's 24-25 because that low bball IQ stunts his ability to adapt and develop quickly. I do hope I'm proven wrong.

Also for people saying Dinwiddie's regressed since he left Dallas, that's just false. He's been exactly the same inefficient chucker post Mavs as he was pre Mavs. He's not changed a bit. It's the simple fact that Dallas gave him the exact role that maximised his strengths and minimised his weaknesses. You don't want him running an entire offense for too long by himself, but he can do that as long as he has another primary initiator to hand off to when required, and you don't want him responsible for taking on the teams entire offensive burdon. Let him score and playmake in a secondary ball handler role, and feed him as many open corner 3's as you can (he shoots 40% from the corner). That's how his numbers with the Mavs are in such stark contrast to the rest of his career.

For me, I'm happy we essentially now have a 4th player who I think could reliably go on a stretch of games giving you 20+ points per night. Last season we only had two. I fully expect him to be the first option off the bench for both scoring and playmaking punch