ROSTER TALK: Mavs favs for Vogel if no HC job exists. Kyrie handshake deal?

[mvossman]

I can't speak for anyone else, but for me, he's a ball stopper. Everything people say about Hardaway, I think it's worse with Dinwiddie. I totally agree that his shots are still going in, months into the season, and that part is AWESOME. He should absolutely be commended for that. But, he plays like Luka, and to my eye, not in a way that seems as planned. I think he's not super great at simply moving the ball when the situation calls for it and when he does, he doesn't do so with very effective purpose. 

That's GREAT when you're out there with the bench unit being a 6th man. Perfect time to put your head down and just get downhill, which is by far the best feature of his game. But to my eye he hasn't figured out how to adjust the "rhythm" of how to get his game going next to Luka nearly as well (yet) as Brunson did by the second half of last season.

I also think he's the worst defender on the entire team, including Luka, and by a fairly significant margin. Idk...I go back and forth between him and Bullock on that, honestly. 

I don't dislike him, I just liked him significantly more last season in that role he used to play.

Agree with a lot of this.  I will say that both last year and this year, Dinwiddie was on the court every minute that Luka was not, so the overlap with Luka should be roughly the save assuming the minutes are the same.  Given that he is easily one of our top 3 offensive players, one of only two playmakers and 3 creators, its hard to argue reducing his minutes.  That means he is getting roughly the same minutes with Luka regardless of whether he is starting or coming off the bench.

I get the argument that he pounds the ball a little too much, but I kind of felt the same way regarding Brunson, and he is a more willing catch and shoot player than Brunson was.   

All that being said, I have a similar viewpoint regarding Luka/Wood/Din as I did Luka/Brunson/Din.  We should have two of those guys on the court at all times, but I'm not a fan of all three unless its finishing games, so I would be on board with Dinwiddie coming off the bench when Dorian and Green are healthy.