Spencer Dinwiddie’s role for Brooklyn is like a Swiss Army knife.
Now that the Nets are injured and desperate, that knife might be at its most dangerous.
Dinwiddie has been at his best when the Nets were shorthanded in the backcourt, whether the loss was Caris LeVert, Jeremy Lin or D’Angelo Russell. And with the Nets expecting LeVert to miss five weeks and Kyrie Irving out indefinitely, they’ll certainly need him to be at his best now.
“He’s one of our best players. We need him, especially with Caris out, and now, you’ve got Kyrie out,” Kenny Atkinson said as his Nets return home to host the Pacers on Monday.