11-30-2022, 01:58 PM
(11-30-2022, 01:26 PM)KillerLeft Wrote: I don't know, man. It's tough to explain, for sure, but...MY eyes tell me that pretty much every time Dinwiddie goes for a stretch on-ball he does some good things but the team seems to lose ground on the scoreboard.
Kamm isn't exactly coming out of left field on this one, imo. I can't point to a number that proves it (other than the ones he just posted about the two-man combos, which seem significant) but intuition wise it sure seems like Dinwiddie is a sizable portion of what's not working to me.
Bullock and THJ are part of it too, obviously, but with them it's really just a matter of insane shooting slumps. That can change (and almost has to, right?), but...if this is Dinwiddie playing well and it's not contributing to success on the court then it must be something about play style...something about his teammates not being able to understand what he's going to do out there...something systemic. If so, that has the possibility of going even more south if/when those efficient numbers start to drop.
I would argue Bullock and Timmy's issues go beyond shooting slumps. They have both been bad on defense as well. Not sure that is correctable for Timmy. I don't know what Bullock's deal is. I think his defense was overrated last year, but it was significantly better than what he is doing now. Maybe he is still recovering from being overworked, which would be a good argument for him getting less minutes right now anyways.
As for Dinwiddie's on/off numbers being systemic, its possible. It is also very possible that his on/off woes are noise. We already know he has been saddled playing with struggling starters as well as playing all minutes without Luka, but it could also be luck. It could be that his teammates happen to be shooting poorly and his opponents happen to be shooting well when he is on the court. There is a lot of variance in three point shooting, and that applies to the other guys on the court as well. Just as we expect Bullock and Timmy to shoot better as time goes on, maybe Dinwiddie's luck will even out regarding the other 9 players on the court shooting.