You mentioned Williams or Beverly. Williams and Beverly can be flipped in a basketball trade for a rotation player if the Clippers want to mix it up, but it would not be for a player of the quality of Dinwiddie IMO.
Lou Williams is 7 years older than Dinwiddie, and a free agent at the end of the year.
Patrick Beverly is 5 years older and while he has rotational value to almost all teams he is certainly not Dinwiddie.
Dinwiddie is the best player amongst the 3 and still in his prime years at 27.
Dinwiddie is by far the most attractive asset of the 3 in terms of flipping as part of a package for a "3rd" wheel. The "plus" to what would need to be offered from the Clippers beyond Beverly or Williams would likely have needed to be more than the assets they currently have. Second rounders are not big add-on's in a deal.
It's all moot anyway with Dinwiddie out this year. I suppose something becomes more plausible in the offseason when Kennard can be traded if the Clippers want to mix it up that way.
Your anti-Clippers bias is showing, as you’re undervaluing Williams and Beverley. While it is indeed moot at this point, I’ll bite.
Dinwiddie is also (most likely) a free agent after this season. He certainly would have been had he stayed healthy. Is he a solid player? Yes. But let’s be honest, he’s had one really good season in his career, and that was last year with KD and Irving out. Healthy or not, now he’s redundant with the Nets and he doesn’t want to come off the bench.
Williams, on the other hand, is one of the best bench players of all time. Don’t take my word for it, KD thinks he’s a HOFer. As was alluded to earlier in this thread when discussing Jordan’s role, KD’s opinion matters. So with Williams, the Nets would be bringing in the 6th Man of the Year two out of the last three seasons (finishing third the other year), who would give them the scoring punch they want, without the complaining about not starting. His age isn’t as big of a deal since he would be a rental. Kabengele would probably be included, and I wonder if the Clippers declined his option for precisely this type of deal...where a contender can give him a look and potentially clear up some cap room after the season.
Beverley’s salary is about the same as Dinwiddie’s and he’s actually a great fit in Brooklyn. He’s one of the best defenders in the league and will hit the open three. He pairs very well with Irving. And he’s tight with KD.
But whatever, the trade isn’t happening now. The two teams had discussions during the offseason, though.