Rather intrigued by the buyout market last March, the Nets could however have shaken the trade deadline in great width. Instead, they preferred to make an appointment with the future, in a rather cheeky way.
Unlike many league teams, Brooklyn did not wait for the March 25 deadline to do its biggest shopping on the market. Holder of a roster already highly endowed in terms of talent, the New York franchise has indeed attracted James Harden in its nets from the month of January. A major blow, which subsequently prevented him from being very active via transfers.
Indeed, the consistent salary of the Bearded man, combined with those of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, has considerably reduced managers’ room for maneuver as the trade deadline approaches. From then on, the latter patiently waited for the end of this period, to actively look into the good avenues of buyouts. Have thus landed in the group of Steve Nash Blake Griffin and LaMarcus Aldridge, both for the minimum veteran.
However, a big movement could well have been recorded on the side of BKN before these two signatures. The trend has long been for Spencer Dinwiddie to be tradable, him whose contract ends this summer. Negotiations would have taken place with the Lakers in particular. But for Jake Fischer of Bleacher Report, the Nets would not have reluctantly kept the 28-year-old rear. Quite the contrary.
Sources tell B / R that part of the reason Brooklyn kept Spencer Dinwiddie past the trade deadline lies in the Nets’ ability to sign-and-trade with their combo guard, to get another piece to add to their star-filled rotation. Dinwiddie could also return to the Nets.
In other words, Sean Marks and his assistants remain hopeful in the Dinwiddie case, and believe they can find an arrangement with him to let him go through a sign-and-trade. This, only if the player really wants to leave Brooklyn. In one of his last speeches, however, the latter clearly left the door open for re-signing on site.
Therefore, the bet to let his lease come to an end could pay off for the Nets. Few teams will thus be able to release the salary to which Dinwiddie claims, and to steal him from his current frankness. In view of the prestigious image he has of him despite his serious injury, the combo guard should actually be quite greedy financially.
At the risk of losing him during the free agency, the Nets therefore let Spencer Dinwiddie become an unrestricted free agent, rather than sell him for a derisory consideration at the trade deadline. The next few weeks will determine if this choice was the right one.
