Why can’t Spencer Dinwiddie be a superstar franchise player?

[F Gump]

on the real though, what’s the argument against Spencer Dinwiddie right now?

SD's a good fit, playing well. It helps a lot that he is BIG for a PG, which means the Mavs aren't giving up lots of size when they play more than 1 PG at a time (he's 6-5).

The question marks with SD have been whether he still has the burst needed to get to the rim, after the knee injury, and whether he can shoot a decent pct (especially from 3) to keep defenses honest. On both counts, so far so good.

IMO his biggest value will be in having a 3rd player (to complement Luka and JB) that can attack the rim and create offense, because when someone is off (like Luka the last 2 games for long stretches), there's another way to create some offense. Plus, the opponents' best defenders can't defend everyone at the same and can only play so minutes. I think last night we saw the value of having that 3rd guy, because the Lakers decided to focus on Luka and SD, and this time JB was the killer throughout.

This reminds of many years ago with Dirk, Fin, and Nash and the ongoing truth that at least one of them would draw the least attention and would have a really good game, but you never knew in advance who it would be.