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The Brooklyn Nets will be going into the 2023-24 season looking to be good enough to make the playoffs and possibly win a series or two. One of the players that they will need to get them where they want to go has been given some praise for his standing in the league.
In a recent article by Frank Urbina of HoopsHype, Brooklyn guard Spencer Dinwiddie is ranked as the 24th-best point guard in the NBA. Going into next season, Dinwiddie will either be the starting point guard for the Nets or he will be coming off the bench to back up Ben Simmons assuming that training camp goes that way.
Dinwiddie, 30, came to Brooklyn last season as part of the Kyrie Irving trade to the Dallas Mavericks and started all of the games once arriving because of Simmons dealing with injuries and inconsistent play. In 26 games for the Nets, Dinwiddie averaged 16.5 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 9.1 assists per game while shooting 40.4% from the field and 28.9% from three-point land.
Here’s Urbina’s reasoning as to why he ranked Dinwiddie at the 24th spot on his list:
“Veteran floor general Spencer Dinwiddie had a solid bounce-back campaign last season, staying healthy (he played in 79 of the season’s 82 games) and providing both the Dallas Mavericks and Brooklyn Nets with good scoring and playmaking, albeit the former was lacking some in efficiency. Regardless, you know what you’re getting in Dinwiddie – a lead guard with elite size, solid off-the-dribble scoring from the midrange, some three-point prowess, versatile defense and good vision. As such, we expect more of the same in 2023-24 from Dinwiddie as he looks to lead a solid Nets squad back into the playoffs while playing with a few other players who will make their respective positional ranking lists in the coming weeks.”
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