Like his former teammate Jeremy Lin, Dinwiddie is a representative of the inspirational players in the NBA league. He suffered a serious injury at the beginning, and people can't help but lament the injustice of fate.
was cut from twice to the team’s main player
as a second-round pick in 2014. He was waived by the Pistons and twice with the Bulls. After playing for two seasons in the NBDL, he never gave up his dream of returning to the NBA. In the 2017 season, he finally waited for the opportunity to return to the NBA, and this opportunity was based on Jeremy Lin’s season reimbursement, who had a similar experience with him, so Dingwiddie came to the Nets, even though he had a non-guaranteed contract. (His three-year contract with the Nets has two guarantees for time nodes each year, only 50,000 US dollars and 250,000 US dollars respectively), but with his excellent defense, Dingwiddie began to stand out and obtained a stable appearance. Time, he must pass the test again and again to stay. Dinwiddie tried his best to fight for survival. After scoring the Pistons in overtime, he scored in double figures in 5 consecutive games and stayed until the end of the season. In the fourth grade, he just saw the dawn of a foothold in the NBA.
In the following season, Dinwiddie’s hard training and strong desire to "survive" have been supporting him. In the 2018 season, he not only stabilized the Nets' starting position, but also became the ball. The team's first choice at the point guard position. In this way Dinwiddie spent his second season with the Nets' contract guarantee period. After two seasons of outstanding performance, Dinwiddie has attracted the attention of many teams in the league. As the Nets, of course, he will not give up the core of the backcourt, so the management quickly renewed a three-year contract with Dinwiddie. With a contract amounting to $34 million, Dinwiddie really stayed in the NBA.
Regarding the renewal of Dinwiddie, the Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said:
"We want to get more returns, Dinwiddie himself also wants to make more contributions to the team.", "I think Dinwiddie is a player with great potential. He has no upper limit in this regard, because he has strong physical mobility, he is big, and he is still very young. I think he will continue to improve. He has all these necessary conditions.”
So as soon as Ding Weidi can renew his contract, the Nets quickly decided to renew his contract instead of waiting until next summer. This shows that the Nets are very optimistic about Ding. Wedi. "I think there are many reasons for renewing Dinwiddie at that point in time." Nets general manager Sean Marks said. At this time he has become a hero of Brooklyn. Known by the fans as "Ding Shen"
Before Durant and Irving arrived, Dingwiddie was the real boss of the Nets
for the 2019 season. In the Celtics' unwilling Owen airborne to the Nets, he instantly became the media and fans. The focus of, although he only played 20 games for the Nets throughout the season, he himself has regarded the Nets as his own team, ignoring the existence of Dinwiddie and whether he and Dinwiddie can coexist. The topic never stopped. And Durant’s decision to join the Nets directly made Dinwiddie a theoretical "three-in-one". Dinwiddie doesn't seem to care about the position of the "nominal" boss, because he knows that he is the Nets. The team is indispensable for that one.
Atkinson, the head coach of the Nets at the time, naturally noticed this. The Nets’ offensive system was cut to pieces due to the arrival of Irving. In the first two seasons, the backcourt core Dinwiddie, who was entrusted with heavy responsibility, played abnormally. Uncomfortable. So he promptly removed Dinwiddie from the starting lineup and let him play as a substitute to lead the second team. After Dinwiddie changed to the bench, he had unlimited firepower and found himself again. At the same time, he made Owen as a substitute. The position was lost due to the lack of competition for the ball.
But the statistics will not lie: Irving led the Nets alone in 11 games regular season averaged 28.5 points, 7.2 assists and 5.4 rebounds per game, all of his career highs, but the shooting percentage was only 44.4%. The shooting percentage is only 34.1%, the team record is only 4 wins and 7 losses, the personal data is excellent but the team record is bad, and Dinwiddie led the team and played a perfect record of 9 wins and 3 losses, although because of the "new crown" Dinwiddie missed the rematch. But everyone knows that he laid the foundation for the Nets to enter the playoffs and without Durant and Irving. Z4z
Dinwiddie’s injury made the "Big Three" that the Nets just formed this season vanish. The new coach Nash had to face a big dilemma. And if Durant and Irving, the "super partners" can't win this season, it's hard to say whether they can play together next season!
Finally, I wish Dinwiddie a speedy recovery and return to the game!
