11-30-2022, 02:04 PM
(11-30-2022, 01:58 PM)mvossman Wrote: As for Dinwiddie's on/off numbers being systemic, its possible. It is also very possible that his on/off woes are noise.
Yeah, but I'm not leaning on the numbers, that's the thing. I'm saying they make sense to me based on what I'm seeing. I know that's hard to reconcile because you don't feel like you're seeing the same thing and because I can't really explain why I feel the way I do, but I'm telling you...to me, there's just something not quite right about how Dinwiddie is being used this season. It's cool if you disagree.
And, I'm not meaning that as a criticism of him, necessarily. Take Brunson, for example: did he get better last year, or did he simply learn how to play with Luka at a higher level? Sometimes it can be hard for these on-ball players to play off-ball, even when they're hitting shots off the catch and creating efficiency numbers that look good at a glance.
I think the best way of stating my opinion might be this: I think Dinwiddie is doing Dinwiddie stuff pretty damn well so far, maybe even better than expected when it comes to shooting, BUT not nearly well enough to make up for Brunson being gone on this team. I think it's a question of fit more than anything.
Further, I miss having the 6th man version of Dinwiddie - not because I don't think he's a good enough player to start (somewhere), but because the absence of that bench player (from last season) is a significant and profound loss, imo.