For Spencer Dinwiddie, the Nets call was a life-saver

Spencer Dinwiddie remembers his thought process back in December of 2016 when the Nets called to offer him a deal. He was playing for the Windy City Bulls, with few prospects for a return to the NBA, where truth be told he had not done that well.

“A lot of people don’t make it out of the D-League,” recollected Dinwiddie. “Or, if I don’t sign it, then what if nobody picks me up? Am I still down there? Am I overseas right now?

“It’s very easy to be forgotten about in this league. There’s a lot of good players all over the world that, whatever reason, didn’t hit off right off the bat, and their careers paid the price for it.

“I was told that there was no other opportunity. There was no other…