Exclusively:Just In The Lakers land primary target

The Los Angeles Lakers are among the teams Spencer Dinwiddie is considering signing with after the Toronto Raptors waived him, according to SNY’s Ian Begley.

The feeling is mutual.

“The Lakers are known to have interest in Spencer Dinwiddie,” Action Network’s Matt Moore wrote on January 21. “[He] is likely to generate a market before the deadline.

However, the Lakers have strong competition in the Dallas Mavericks, Dinwiddie’s former team.

The 30-year-old Dinwiddie was spotted watching the Mavericks game on Thursday, February 8, against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden a few hours after he was traded and subsequently waived.

The Los Angeles native sat behind Dallas’ bench and he was also seen chatting with Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban.

The Lakers stood pat at the trade deadline and saved up their lone draft capital for a bigger move in the offseason. But they are a little thin at their backcourt, especially after D’Angelo Russell (knee) joined Gabe Vincent (knee) on the sidelines of the Lakers’ 114-106 loss to defending champion Denver Nuggets with a knee injury.

Dinwiddie can come in and provide them with veteran experience and depth behind Russell and Austin Reaves.

The free-agent combo guard averaged 12.6 points, 6.0 assists and 3.3 rebounds in 48 games with the Brooklyn Nets this season. They traded Dinwiddie for former Lakers backup point guard Dennis Schroder and Thaddeus Young from Toronto

Dinwiddie spent one-and-a-half season with the Mavericks before he was shipped to Brooklyn in the Kyrie Irving trade last year.