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

[Scott41theMavs]

Klay might be ok if we hide him on 3s and 4s but the problem is Luka also needs to be hidden against that type of bigger/slower player.

The one thing I'll say in answer to this is that the first three rounds of the playoffs, in which a hampered-by-multiple-injuries Luka played most of time as effectively on defense as anyone else on the floor, should have put to bed the idea that Luka is a guy you have to "hide" on defense. If he could do that when hurt fairly badly for several consecutive games, then he could be trusted to guard pretty much any two/three in the league. If he could be convinced to play defense like that all the time. The '24 playoffs proved (to me, at least) conclusively, snap the briefcase shut, that it's not a matter of ability at all. Resting on D etc. might have something to do with it, as well as conditioning, but he played winning defense for 17 games while hurt. He can do it.