Brooklyn Nets: Defenses throwing Spencer Dinwiddie a change of space

Brooklyn Nets sixth man extraordinaire Spencer Dinwiddie has fallen off to simply ordinary over his last 8 games as defenses have made a subtle adjustment.

Spencer Dinwiddie of the Brooklyn Nets elevated himself into the Sixth Man of the Year discussion with his play through most of the first half of the season. His elite-level driving ability and his ability to exploit switches propelled him to the top of the charts among bench scorers.

But with so much of modern offense predicated by spacing and stretching defenses to the breaking point, there has been a subtle change defenses have made against Dinwiddie in recent weeks that has reduced his effectiveness.

Call it the old change of space.

Defen…