Cleveland Cavaliers
It is possible that the Cavaliers do not have the “win-now” assets that Washington would want in return for Spencer Dinwiddie, but the Cavaliers have a need for another high-level guard in their backcourt with Collin Sexton and Ricky Rubio being out for the year.
Since Rubio went down with a torn ACL, the Cavaliers’ front-office and GM Koby Altman have been looking to leverage his $17.8M contract this season in trade talks.
There has been very little interest, but Rubio is in the final year of his deal and being packaged with some draft picks could make a rebuilding team interested in taking on his salary.
The Wizards do not view themselves as a rebuilding franchise right now, but it is hard to envision them being anything more than a first-round exit in the playoffs, that is if they make the playoffs at this rate!
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Packaging Ricky Rubio, Dylan Windler, one first-round pick and one second-round pick for Spencer Dinwiddie and a salary-filler in Anthony Gill could be of interest to the Wizards if they are truly looking to trade Dinwiddie within the next week.
An alternative look at this trade should the Wizards want more value is Ricky Rubio and someone like Isaac Okoro, who is a former first-round pick by the Cavaliers with a lot of potential to be an impactful two-way player.
Darius Garland has played at an All-Star-level in the backcourt this season and the Cavaliers are right in the thick of things playoff-wise in the Eastern Conference, but adding another backcourt option like Spencer Dinwiddie is something they would like to do.
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Having a facilitator like Spencer Dinwiddie takes a lot of pressure off of Darius Garland to have to make every play for this offense, allowing him to be more of a versatile scoring option coming off screens.
Spencer Dinwiddie is costly and acquiring him could likely mean the end of Collin Seton’s time with the Cavaliers due to salary restraints, but he is certainly the impactful point guard that this Cavaliers’ team is lacking right now.
