Guard Dinwiddie finding his groove with Lakers after a tough transition
From an oncourt perspective, Spencer Dinwiddie's first few weeks as a Laker haven't been the smoothest transition, but Wednesday night's victory over the Clippers provided optimism that he's finding his groove.
Dinwiddie had arguably his best game with the team in the Lakers' win against their Crypto.com Arena co-tenant, recording seven points on 3-for-6 shooting to go with six assists in 20 minutes.
The 30-year-old guard, who signed with the Lakers as a free agent earlier in the month after being waived by the Toronto Raptors following the NBA trade deadline, entered the game averaging 4.8 points on 31% shooting to go with 3.4 assists.
“I basically told him to be aggressive and let us figure it out around you,” coach Darvin Ham said a
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few hours before Thursday's home game against the Washington Wizards. “So many times he penetrates the paint looking for the right pass or the right play to make for his teammates, which is a great thing. But a lot of times, probably 90% of the time the defense is going to tell you what to do with the ball once you penetrate.
“So just telling him to be aggressive. It was one play in front of our bench, second half he's bringing it and he ends up going into an EO attack, early offensive attack and gets to the rim and finishes and I yelled at him attack. I want him to be aggressive and feel comfortable being aggressive because everybody in the locker room is comfortable with him being aggressive. That'll come. He's working through it. (Wednesday) was a big step in the right direction and I expect it to continue.” his knack for getting, you know, deflections and steals rebounds. Um, that's all of that is very much needed with, with our group and, you know, it, it sets a tone as well, you know, other guys see what he's doing out there and it, it rubs off.”