Thursday morning, Brooklyn traded Spencer Dinwiddie to Toronto, who waived him. Thursday night time, he was within the stands at Madison Sq. Backyard, trying out what may very well be his subsequent workforce.
Dinwiddie sat behind the Dallas Mavericks’ bench and watched them defeat the shorthanded New York Knicks. The purpose guard spent roughly a yr with Dallas between the 2022 commerce deadline, when he came visiting from Washington, to the 2023 deadline when the Mavericks traded him to Brooklyn for Kyrie Irving.
The workforce made the convention finals in his first season in Dallas. Dinwiddie was a great match with Luka Doncic, averaging 17.1 factors and 4.9 assists whereas making over 40 p.c of his three-pointers. He additionally has expertise taking part in with Irving for 2 seasons in Brooklyn.
Whereas Dinwiddie attending the sport may not imply something in itself, Dallas coach Jason Kidd might have confirmed the Mavericks would add one other participant after buying and selling for P.J. Washington and Daniel Gafford Thursday.
“Possibly three new items” might have been a slip of the tongue. Or it may imply Kidd is aware of that the Mavericks’ new backup level guard was sitting two rows again, and he cannot say something till the deal is official.