The main thing this article is going to talk about is how much Dinwiddie has evolved after “returning from his studies” and what abilities he must show in this contract year to get the next contract and continue to survive in the league. After all, point guard is the most indispensable, functional and easily replaceable position in the league.
During this season, the Nets have the power to negotiate a four-year contract extension with Spencer Dinwiddie totaling $128M. This is not the first time the Nets have faced Dinwiddie’s contract extension. It’s just that there have been too many changes compared to three years ago. Not only are the team policies completely different, but Dinwiddie also learned how to cooperate with superstars in one season with the Mavericks, and then after returning to the Nets Master role.
Of course, the main purpose of this article is not to discuss whether it is reasonable to keep Dinwiddie, or how much he is worth? The main thing this article is going to talk about is how much Dinwiddie has evolved after returning from his studies, and what abilities he must show in this contract year to get the next contract and continue to survive in the league.
After all, point guard is the most indispensable, functional and easily replaceable position in the league.
During the last rebuilding period of the Nets, Dinwiddie successfully increased his scoring firepower to an average of 20 points per game in three seasons, and showed the prototype of his diverse but not very stable triple threat. He was able to establish himself in the league as a second-round pick, and D’Angelo Russell, who settled down and started again after leaving Los Angeles, shortened the Nets’ rebuilding period and successfully returned to the playoffs.
At the same time, with the help of Dinwiddie, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were successfully reunited in Brooklyn to form the sensational 7-11 combination. Although Russell was sent away because of this, there were still young players in Jarrett Allen, Caris LeVert and Taurean Prince, as well as Kenny Atkinson who had certain tactical qualities and Sean Marks who had a unique eye. Many media pointed out that the Nets Will be a power in the league for years to come.
But I believe everyone is familiar with what happened later. After taking charge of the Nets, Boss Cai, who was superstitious about big names, finally broke up with the stars on bad terms, and the team entered a rebuilding period again.
The same scene, the same team role, what kind of evolution has Dinwiddie completed in the past four years?
In fact, Dinwiddie’s biggest problem has always been “efficiency”. Obviously, when the team has the main ball holder and wants Dinwiddie to serve as the second ball holder or sixth man, his efficiency is relatively high. In the first year of the 7-11 combination, the two giants played only 20 games in total in the 2019-20 season. Although he served as the first ball handler in the 2019-20 season, his scoring was the highest in a single season of his career, and his usage rate was also the highest in his career. However, compared to last season when Russell was the boss, the efficiency has actually declined.
Four years have passed, and there is still a huge difference in efficiency before and after Dinwiddie’s mid-season trade last season. At the beginning of the season, he was a solid second choice for the Dallas Mavericks. Not only did his effective field goal percentage reach a career high, he was also able to add scoring firepower and run the entire team’s offense after Luka Doncic left the court. After returning to the Nets after the trade, although Mikal Bridges has experienced explosive growth, Dinwiddie is still responsible for the main ball-handling tasks and court control. This also caused his other statistics to decline sharply except for assists, which reached a career high.
The main reason for this is the difference in usage. In the Mavericks, Dinwiddie’s job is to maintain two offensive engines on the court at the same time, allowing him to match Jalen Brunson and Doncic to prevent opponents from paralyzing the team by double-teaming the ball carrier. attack. With limited possessions, Dinwiddie can effectively use his explosiveness and solid shooting and passing triple threat to run the team’s offense.
Those who are faster than Dinwiddie are not as tall as him, and those who are taller than him will be instantly passed by his explosive first step. At the same time, Dinwiddie can also launch a pick-and-roll attack, attracting flankers and then maintain dribbling to read the defense and then observe the movements of his teammates or use his personal ability to defeat them.
In the past, Dinwiddie’s off-ball offense was often criticized during his time with the Wizards and Nets. Dinwiddie is not good at cutting with empty hands and taking shots after bypassing layers of screens. His three-point catch and shoot shooting rate is not very ideal, so he was given up by the Nets and Wizards one after another. However, during his one season with the Mavericks, he improved his offensive value on the weak side. In the playoffs the year before last, he contributed 15 points and 30 points respectively in the last two games of the second round with a shooting percentage of over 70%, helping the team successfully reverse and eliminate the Phoenix Suns.
Last season, Dinwiddie’s off-ball three-point catch & shoot percentage reached 43%, breaking past doubts and proving his ability to work with superstars.
Dinwiddie, who returned to the Nets again, became the main ball handler after Irving and Durant left the team in the trade. His total assists (236) and total assist points (610) both ranked second in the league. His average of 9.1 assists per game was the highest in his career. new highs.
Although Dinwiddie has no stars to share the defensive pressure, which has caused the overall efficiency to decline, in all fairness, he is the only one in the team with breakthrough and organizational skills (averaging 9.1 assists per game, ranking fifth in the league, but the average total assists of the team is only 24.5 times) Ranked 22nd in the league), he also has to handle ball-holding pressure at critical moments. Even though fans often think he is overthinking, his value cannot be denied.
2023-09-22 02:01:48
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