At the mid-term trade deadline of the NBA league, many teams took the opportunity to strengthen and trade, but the Lakers did not trade players, but the team ushered in an important reinforcement, with 20 million guard Dinwiddie joining to strengthen the team's guard line.
Dinwiddie is 31 years old, but still in the prime of his career. Dinwiddie, who played for the Nets this season, played 48 games as a starter, averaging 126 points 33 rebounds and 6 assists. The reason the Nets traded Dinwiddie was that he only had one season left on his contract and expressed his willingness not to renew his contract with the team after the season, and the team chose to trade Dinwiddie in exchange for Schroder and Thaddeus Young from the Raptors in order to play after the season.
Considering tax avoidance, the Raptors chose to lay off Dinwiddie, not because of Dinwiddie's declining state, but because Dinwiddie was cut into the market, which triggered the scramble of many teams. The Spurs' Popovich wanted to sign him to assist Wembanyama, and the Mavericks also wanted to sign him to strengthen the team, but Dinwiddie chose to join his hometown team, the Los Angeles Lakers, for $1.5 million.
In fact, it is not accurate that the online legend that Dinwiddie gave up joining the Mavericks is equivalent to losing $4 million in income, because Dinwiddie's contract this season is a guaranteed contract, and his income will not decrease, but in addition to the amount of new franchises, the Raptors need to pay.
1.55 million is the largest contract that the Lakers can offer to Dinwiddie, for which the Lakers have to pay an additional $7 million in luxury tax, which is not easy for Jenny, who is not rich. In addition, the Lakers also offered Dinwiddie an incentive contract of "up to" $1 for winning the playoffs, which is more like an honor.
Dinwiddie is an extraordinary talent among NBA players, and the contract he signed with the Nets was paid in bitcoin at the time, although the contract amount was not much, but in the years when bitcoin skyrocketed, the amount received each year exceeded more than 100 million dollars, which made him the highest paid person in the NBA.
Dinwiddie was the No. 38 pick in the second round in 2014 and didn't have a good performance after joining the Pistons, and after joining the Bulls in 2016, Dinwiddie was cut for the first time after his poor performance. Then he went through the process of being claimed by the Nets and served as a backup for Jeremy Lin and Russell. In 2017, the back-to-back injuries of Russell and Jeremy Lin gave Dinwiddie an opportunity, and he used the "Lin Crazy" performance to make the Nets give up Jeremy Lin and develop a younger Dinwiddie. In the 2017-18 regular season, Dinwiddie averaged 126 points 32 rebounds 65 assists, just like when the Knicks created the conditions when Lin was crazy, when all the big guys were not there, Dinwiddie knew how to seize the opportunity and create miracles.
The Lakers won the midseason tournament this season and finished ninth in the West with just 28 wins and 26 losses in the regular season, but it is believed that the team's strength has been further improved with the addition of Dinwiddie.
The Lakers are like this, they may be like kittens in the regular season, but in the playoffs, they have become the championship team that other teams cannot ignore, after all, the team is there.