02-14-2022, 08:01 PM
(02-14-2022, 04:22 PM)burekemde Wrote: Both players have ability to transform their career and improve. Bertans could really fit the Luka offense. He will see much more space than he ever has and most likely will shoot better than ever. Dinwiddie has the perfect skill set to be that 6th man and transform our bad bench unit, desperately needed at the moment and for being able to make a deep playoff push and keep Luka fresh. Much more so than THJ, has Dinwiddie the skillset to be the 6th man. When Luka is out, we need a player with similar skillset on offense as Luka. Dinwiddie has actually that, he can penetrate score and pass. The bench unit offense can now with Dinwiddie be run in similar tactical fashion as the starting unit - That is great confort for other players on the team that the scheme doesnt change. Brunson can then focus to run with the Lukas unit more.
The trade makes really a lot sense and improves us. The only thing missing is a big men to control the paint. We saw warning signs in last game not being able to stop Zubac. That's a big hole. Maxi can fill it - but can he play big minutes?
EDIT: Dinwiddie played very well when not with Bradley Beal. The same might be with Luka. But Dinwiddie running the 2nd unit? That could turn out explosive. If that happens, Luka will stay more fresh, and we have all seen that Lukas defense improves a lot. Luka cant handle the offensive workload he needs to do at the moment. As soon as the bench comes in, we are losing points and the leads and they need to put Luka back in earlier than the coaches want.
But we already have that player, his name is Brunson. You can start Brunson and still stagger him with Luka so that you almost always have one on the court. Brunson's game is more similar to Luka than Dinwiddie is. He is like a mini Luka.
Brunson is at his best running the team when Luka is out, but at least can still function reasonably well with Luka. Not sure we can say the same for Dinwiddie. Also concerned that a Brunson/Dinwiddie tandem will take the ball out of Brunson's hands where he is most effective and turn him into an undersized shooting guard. That will lower his value and likely his interest in being here.
In the playoffs there will be max of 10 minutes a game when Luka is not on the court. If that is our primary purpose for Dinwiddie, not sure how is ever going to become worth his 18 mil.