3 Available free agents Thunder must target to replace Josh Giddey
By Mark Nilon
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Spencer Dinwiddie
Throughout his 10-year career, Spencer Dinwiddie has established himself as a steady guard who can help run an offense, buy a bucket, and serve as a spark plug off the pine.
With the departure of Giddey, the Thunder could now use for all three of these attributes within their rotation.
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While slightly past his prime, the 31-year-old still finds himself producing at a respectable rate when given consistent time on the hardwood.
His incredibly inconsistent 28-game stint with the Lakers aside, during the 48 games he suited up for with the Nets prior to being moved mid-season, Dinwiddie was providing a sound scoring punch and impressive passing skills to a nauseatingly talent-limited Brooklyn squad and finished his half-season run with averages of 12.6 points, 6.0 assists, and 3.0 boards per game.
During his two seasons prior to 2023-24, he also found himself averaging an impressive stat-line of 15.7 points, 5.9 assists, and 3.8 rebounds on 35.7 percent shooting and would go on to play a significant role for his respective teams during their playoff runs (Dallas in 2022 and Brooklyn in 2023).
His lowly stretch in Los Angeles could be viewed as both a positive as well as a negative, for he could now be had at a discount relative to his potential impact, though whoever signs him runs the risk of finding out the hard way that his lackluster production may have been a new norm rather than a mere fluke.
Either way, on a low-cost contract, Dinwiddie's worth taking a shot on.