03-28-2022, 05:03 PM
(03-25-2022, 01:12 PM)HoosierDaddyKid Wrote: Have to disagree with you about Dinwiddie being a better fit than DeRozan. DeRozan is the far better shooter and scorer, and his off-the-charts mid-range game would really help Luka as well as his knack for drawing fouls and getting to the FT line 8-10 times a game. Dinwiddie has played well, but I suspect he'll fall back to the mean. You just don't know when. I'd take DeMar over him in a heartbeat.
DeRozan is definitely a better player than Din, but he also cost 10 mil more in free agency. If you are talking about pure fit, Din a better catch and shoot 3 point shooter and a better defender and you could make the argument that he is a better fit when taking cost into perspective. If we had signed Din to cap space, we would have had enough for another starter level player (I believe over 15 mil). DeRozan would have left us with less than the MLE. Din is having a good run, but DeRozan is basically having a career year too. He is also 3+ years older.
Either way, I think we should have signed one of them over THJ, especially given our FO made it clear that playmaking with size was our top priority. Maybe we tried and got no interest (due to not wanting to play with Luka), but I don't remember any noise about either of them at all.