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NBA: 3 Teams That Should Take A Chance On Dion Waiters

By Justin Rowan

May 24, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dion Waiters (3) reacts during the first quarter against the Golden State Warriors in game four of the Western conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
May 24, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Dion Waiters (3) reacts during the first quarter against the Golden State Warriors in game four of the Western conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /
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Jul 12, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Philadelphia 76ers forward Ben Simmons (25) dribbles the ball during an NBA Summer League game against the Golden State Warriors at Thomas & Mack Center. Golden State won the game 85-77. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 12, 2016; Las Vegas, NV, USA; Philadelphia 76ers forward Ben Simmons (25) dribbles the ball during an NBA Summer League game against the Golden State Warriors at Thomas & Mack Center. Golden State won the game 85-77. Mandatory Credit: Stephen R. Sylvanie-USA TODAY Sports /

1. Philadelphia 76ers

While this wouldn’t exactly be LeBron James returning home to Cleveland, Dion Waiters to his hometown of Philadelphia is a mutually beneficial situation that absolutely should happen.

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Like the Nets, the Sixers are looking to add talent to a team that is relatively barren. Philly desperately needs help on the wing and would ask Waiters to take on a bigger role than any other team.

Waiters has shown in the past that he can be productive when taking on a bigger role, averaging 19.3 points and 2.3 assists per game after the All-Star break during the 2013-14 season. He even shot 44.4 percent from the field and 39.4 percent from three over that stretch.

The issue is, while his game is better when he receives more touches, those touches have been hard to justify while playing with Cleveland’s Big Three and Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook in Oklahoma City.

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Philly needs him to take on that larger role and maybe with that he will show some of the promise that he was believed to have when he was originally drafted fourth overall. It’s a logical union and a gamble worth taking for the Sixers.