The Nets are “shopping” injured guard Spencer Dinwiddie, Marc J. Spears of The Undefeated said during an appearance on ESPN’s "The Jump" on Thursday (video link via Billy Reinhardt of NetsDaily).
Dinwiddie, who suffered a partially torn ACL near the start of the season, has been pushing to make it back before the end of the playoffs but is considered likely to be sidelined for the rest of 2020-21. Since he has the ability to opt out of his contract and become an unrestricted free agent at season’s end, his appeal on the trade market would be limited. However, the opportunity to acquire his Bird rights may intrigue certain clubs, and his $11.45M cap hit could be useful for salary-matching.
As Bobby Marks of ESPN observes, one downside of moving Dinwiddie for the Nets would be that the team would lose its $5.7M disabled player exception, assuming that exception hasn’t already been utilized. The club has until April 19 to use that DPE, but it would forfeit it if Dinwiddie is traded.
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