The Nets would “very much like to keep” guard Spencer Dinwiddie, but only at the right price, ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski said today in an interview with Fordham’s student radio station (hat tip to NetsDaily).
Wojnarowski wouldn’t speculate on how much Brooklyn’s front office is willing to give Dinwiddie, but it’s obviously less than the four-year, $47.5MM extension he’s eligible to receive starting next Saturday. The Nets have until the end of June to finalize an extension with Dinwiddie, who is currently making the league minimum. He will become a free agent July 1 if no deal is in place by then.
“I think the Nets would very much like to keep him and keep him long term but again, it’s negotiation,” Wojnarowski said. “It will be at a number — I don’t know what the number is for Brooklyn — but I’m sure they have in their minds a sense of what they’re willing to do and then how does that measure up to what the other options are, what it does to their cap space, what they want to do with D’Angelo Russell.”
Dinwiddie is having a career year in a reserve role, averaging 15.9 PPG and shooting 37% from 3-point range. Wojnarowski believes there will be a strong market for Dinwiddie if he reaches free agency and predicts the Nets will try to re-sign him if they can’t come to terms on an extension.
Wojnarowski touched on a few other topics in the interview, saying:
- The Nets are unlikely to trade for an “established player” this season. Management seems content to keep the current core in place and try to make additions through free agency.
- The Knicks seem like a long shot to land Kevin Durant because they don’t have a strong foundation already in place. He noted that elite free agents have historically gone to teams that are already equipped to contend for a title.
- The Wizards would demand a high price if they elect to trade Bradley Beal. However, they may have to take on a long-term contract to unload the $81MM they still owe to Otto Porter.
- Nothing is expected to happen with Sixers guard Markelle Fultz until “more clarity” is obtained on his physical condition.
Durant to the Knicks doesn’t click at all to me. Would he even consider leaving GS?
If he doesnt get the max yes
Durant to the knicks is almost the same as James to the lakers.
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I rather paid younger guy super max contract then Durant
Although no one can stop Durant
My Nets fandom has been a forty year kick in the undercarriage.
During their first EC title year, their white unis had a purple-ish tinge. Have they ever gone back to that?– or even recognized it. I liked them but I recall wondering why the color did not get mentioned. It was like they washed their white unis with something really purple.
Seems like it would be good luck at least, since they broke out of losing seasons previously.