Boston Celtics: 2 Brooklyn Nets the C’s should pursue in the offseason

Spencer Dinwiddie

I’ve long been enamored with the idea of Spencer Dinwiddie in green and white because of all of the versatility he would bring to the Boston Celtics lineup. As a backup point guard, he is light-years ahead of 31-year-old career journeyman Brad Wanamaker and two undersized point guards from the 2019 draft in Carsen Edwards and Tremont Waters.

Perhaps Brad Stevens could be more creative, though, and use Dinwiddie as a wing to bolster the playmaking in his starting five. After all, multiple guard lineups like the one the Oklahoma City Thunder are currently riding (Chris Paul, Dennis Schroeder, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) to a top seed in the Western Conference are en vogue.

Stevens has long been seen as the point guard whisperer after fully unleashing the power of Isaiah Thomas and seeing Kyrie Irving and Walker to All-Star starts under his watch. If he could get as much as Dinwiddie already contributes the C’s would elevate their ceiling, particularly if they can acquire him without giving up any core assets.

Even a trade involving the oft-injured Gordon Hayward–if the Nets were to view Hayward as the ideal complement to Irving and Durant–would still give Boston a player who was able to reach the 20 points per game plateau despite not being the starter the whole season.