Spencer Dinwiddie was the first member of the Brooklyn Nets to publicly react to the team’s hiring of Steve Nash as the franchise’s next head coach. However, like almost everyone else in the basketball world, the point guard wasn’t aware of the move until it was officially announced.
“I wasn’t really involved in those conversations,” Dinwiddie said during his appearance on ESPN’s The Jump on Friday.
Still, Dinwiddie didn’t hesitate to tweet “I love the Steve Nash hire,” once it became official, adding, “So much of coaching at this level is being a psychologist.”
Though when he was on The Jump, Dinwiddie expressed another reason he likes the hire — a more personal one:
“Obviously, I’m thrilled that he is [our coach]. His basketball acumen is second to none. Multi-time MVP, one of the greatest point guards of all time, somebody that you can learn a ton from. And being in the position that I’m in, he also the kinda career where he played some of his best basketball late. So, just a career-arc and career path that I would love to follow. So it’s a match made in heaven for me, personally.
“I think for our team, it’s great. He has a great relationship with KD and Kyrie, which is extremely important ’cause they’re the guys on our team.”