At least at the beginning of the NBA’s restart of the 2019-20 season at Disney World, there won’t be a team with a more depleted roster than the Nets.
Brooklyn will be without Kevin Durant (right Achilles), Kyrie Irving (right shoulder), Nic Claxton (left shoulder) Wilson Chandler (elected to opt-out) and DeAndre Jordan (elected to opt-out after testing positive for COVID-19).
Like Jordan, Spencer Dinwiddie also recently tested positive for COVID-19, but he didn’t decide opt-out right away. And it appears the point guard and Brooklyn’s leading scorer in 2019-20 will still try to make the trip.
On a call with reporters on Wednesday, Nets general manager Sean Marks told reporters, “I have no reason to believe that more players will opt out, but again, this is a very fluid time,” per Kristian Winfield of the New York Daily News.
Marks did state Dinwiddie’s status is “up in the air” per Alex Schiffer of The Athletic, but the guard indicated on Twitter he still hopes to play:
Let us pray
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) July 1, 2020