Spencer Dinwiddie plans to sign with his hometown team

Former Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie plans to signal with the Lakers after clearing waivers, based on The Athletic’s Shams Charania. Dinwiddie was traded from the Nets to the Raptors on Thursday, who subsequently purchased him out.

The Lakers have been one of some playoff groups that supplied Dinwiddie a major position on the roster, Charania notes. One other staff that pursued Dinwiddie was the Mavericks, the place he beforehand performed in 2022-23.

Los Angeles has an open roster spot, so the staff received’t have to chop anybody to deliver Dinwiddie in. As we pointed out, the Lakers have about $1.5M left of their prorated mid-level exception, since they didn’t signal Gabe Vincent to the total MLE, and may use that to signal Dinwiddie. Cap professional Yossi Gozlan observes the Lakers may have loads of room beneath the tax apron for different signings, in the event that they so select.

Dinwiddie is averaging 12.6 factors and 6.0 assists in 48 video games this season. Whereas his second stint in Brooklyn wasn’t as profitable as his first, he’s been an essential playoff contributor for each the Nets and the Mavericks over the previous two seasons. In his final 22 playoff video games over the previous two years, he’s averaged 14.6 factors whereas capturing 41.2% from past the arc. He’ll look to assist propel the presently ninth-place Lakers into the playoffs.

The 30-year-old guard grew up a fan of the Lakers and Kobe Bryant, and taking part in for the staff was all the time a dream of his, based on HoopsHype’s Michael Scotto.

For what it’s price, Lakers guard D’Angelo Russell already expressed he was on board with the thought of bringing Dinwiddie in and was an enormous fan of his, based on Jovan Buha. “Y’all will get to know him quickly,” Russell mentioned following the Lakers’ Friday recreation towards New Orleans. Russell and Dinwiddie performed collectively on the Nets from 2017-19.