NBA Free Agency: Could Mike Budenholzer and Dewayne Dedmon reunite in Milwaukee?

Weaknesses

Dedmon has been relatively durable throughout his NBA career and hasn’t got a lot of miles on the clock compared to other players of his age, but he is reaching the point in his career where teams do start to anticipate potential regression coming up on the horizon.

In the here and now, there’s a strong case to be made for Dedmon being in his prime. But with little upside likely remaining, signing the California native could prove to have an opportunity cost in terms of the years or dollars that would be involved in a deal.

Moving out of the projections game, in spite of his height, Dedmon’s frame has caused him difficulty at times throughout his career. Visually, it looks as if Dedmon has bulked up over the last couple of seasons, particularly during his time with the Hawks, but he has in the past been susceptible to being outmuscled by more brutish centers.

The combination of Dedmon’s added size and the decreased prevalence of those kind of players has significantly lessened that issue in recent years, although it does remain as an avenue where he could potentially be exploited by opponents.

For all of the signs of progress on the offensive end, opposing teams will still be happy to force Dedmon to beat them. He’s a dramatically improved shooter and passer, but asking him to do too much of either will likely lead to nothing but trouble.