Spencer Dinwiddie
Spencer Dinwiddie was born in Woodland Hills, California, United States on April 6th, 1993 and is the Basketball Player. At the age of 31, Spencer Dinwiddie biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Spencer Gray Dinwiddie (born April 6, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
He played basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes and earned first-team all-conference awards in the Pac-12 as a sophomore in 2013.
Since breaking his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), he missed the majority of his junior year.
In the second round of the 2014 NBA draft, Dinwiddie recovered and was selected by the Detroit Pistons.
He joined the Nets in December 2016, after two seasons with the Pistons.
He signed a three-year contract extension with the Nets in December 2018.
Personal life
Dinwiddie is Malcolm and Stephanie Dinwiddie's son, and he has a younger brother, Taylor. Arielle Roberson, the sister of fellow NBA player André Roberson, has a son with girlfriend Dinwiddie.
High school career
Dinwiddie was named one of the finest standout athletes since Jordan Farmar at William Howard Taft High School. As the starting point guard for DeAndre Daniels, he averaged 5.9 points and 4.1 assists. Dinwiddie put forth his best game in his last year as he started his final year as a student, receiving 11.2 points and 7.7 assists. He was one of the best passers in school history and was named John R. Wooden High School Player of the Year in 2011. However, Long Beach Poly's Ryan Anderson was named California Mr. Basketball. Dinwiddie was only one of seven players to win the coveted award as a senior. The city championship was also won by Daniels and Dinwiddie. Dinwiddie's final season at Taft helped her attract the attention of colleges around the country. Rather than Harvard, Oregon, Santa Clara, or UNLV, he preferred Colorado over Harvard, Oregon, Santa Clara.
Dinwiddie was rated as the No. 1 in a three-star recruit by Rivals.com. The No. 2 and a 25-point guard stand out as the No. One in the No. In 2011, the country's 146th player.
College career
Dinwiddie won by 32 points and seven rebounds in Colorado's first regular season game. He was only 2-for-9 from the field. In his sixth appearance, Dinwiddie was against Georgia, he made double figures. It was the first time he had shot over.500 on field goals up to then. In the final seconds, the California native led the team to victory and made three key free throws. Dinwiddie and fellow freshman Askia Booker, forming a new pair on his new team. They combined for 677 points, the highest scoring group in school history, with over 250 points per week. They were the only Buffaloes to do so at the end of the season. Dinwiddie joined the Pac-12 Conference Championship Team as a member. He led Colorado in free throw percentages and finished third among freshmen in the sport. Dinwiddie had helped the team earn its first NCAA men's basketball tournament appearance since the 2002–03 season by the end of the regular season. Dinwiddie was selected by Tony Wroten to the Pac-12 All-Freshman Team at.438 clip. He was the first Pac-12 freshman to have a field-goal percentage over.400 percent.
Carlon Brown and Nate Tomlinson's departures were integral in Dinwiddie's breakout sophomore season, where he received first-team All-Pac-12 awards. The team, which was leading the team in assists, made it to the NCAA men's basketball tournament for the second year in a row, in which they advanced to the second round. It was the first time the team had participated in back-to-back tournaments since the 1963 season. The Buffaloes won the 2012 Charleston Classic, in which Dinwiddie starred as a starting small forward in the final three rounds. He was just one of two players – the other being Askia Booker – to begin all 33 games. Booker and Dinwiddie's high sophomore scoring tandem in school history by the end of the season. Dinwiddie led the team in assists 20 times and was the top scorer on 15 separate occasions. In a home victory over Colorado State, he scored 29 points, putting him one of his own career-high scoring record. Dinwiddie won a thrilling match against Oregon State on February 10, 2012. He shot 6-for-6 from the field, 4-for-4 from beyond the arc, and 8-for-8 on free throws. This was the highest point scored without missing a single shot in the school's history. "I see over people and shoot over people, and I shoot over people; for the smaller point guards, they don't have to worry about me." By the end of the season, the Taft graduate had a 6 foot (6.98 m) height.
Dinwiddie continued to play as the head of the Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball team from the start of his junior season. He made the team win 14 of their first 16 regular season games, making them one of the country's most popular underdogs, most notably overthrowrowning the Kansas Jayhawks due to a game-winner from Askia Booker. However, Dinwiddie was supposed to be the catalyst for his team's unanticipated run. Against Santa Barbara on November 21, 2012, he shot a career-best 14-for-15 from the free throw line. Colorado won each game in which their top scorer scored 20 or more points in total.
Dinwiddie sustained a career-threatening ACL injury against Washington on January 12, 2014, causing him to miss the remainder of the season. The team finished the year just 23-19-12; while Dinwiddie was healthy, as his junior season came to an end. According to reports, Dinwiddie made contact with Russ Paine, who assisted Adrian Peterson in recovering from his ACL injury and becoming the 2012 NFL MVP.
Dinwiddie announced for the NBA draft on April 24, 2014, foregoing his final year of college eligibility.
Professional career
In the 2014 NBA draft, Dinwiddie was drafted 38th overall by the Detroit Pistons for the 38th overall pick. He appeared in 34 games for the Pistons as a rookie, getting off to a quick start and receiving two assignments to the Grand Rapids Drive, the Pistons' D-League affiliate. Since a pair of trades left the Pistons short-handed, the Pistons got their lone start on February 20, 2015. In a 91 victory over the Chicago Bulls, he had career highs of 12 points and nine assists. In a 99-95 loss to the Washington Wizards, he scored a season-best 20 points to go with eight assists in 25 minutes off the bench.
Dinwiddie appeared in just 12 regular-season games for the Pistons this season after spending the majority of the season with the Grand Rapids Drive in the D-League. In a 97–85 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, back-up Steve Blake opened the season in a shooting slump, giving Dinwiddie his first game of the season. However, after struggling in the next four games, Brandon Jennings came out of the rotation, exacerbated by Blake's form improvement and Brandon Jennings returning from injury. In a 112-110 overtime victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dinwiddie played a season-high 29 minutes in the Pistons' regular-season finale on April 13, scoring 12 points in a season-high 29 minutes. He appeared in game two of the Pistons' 4–0 first-round playoff series loss to the Cavaliers.
In exchange for Cameron Bairstow, Dinwiddie was traded to the Chicago Bulls on June 17, 2016. He was waived by the Bulls on July 7, re-signed on July 28, and suspended again on October 21 after playing in five preseason games. He then spent the first three months of the 2016–17 season with the Windy City Bulls, a Chicago affiliate team, averaging 19.4 points, 8.1 assists, and 3.7 rebounds in nine games.
Dinwiddie signed with the Brooklyn Nets on December 8, 2016. In the fourth quarter of the Nets' 129-125 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks on February 15, 2017, he scored 15 of his season-high 19 points. Dinwiddie made four free throws in the final 13.6 seconds on April 8, 2017 and finished with 19 points after a 107-106 victory over the Chicago Bulls.
Dinwiddie won by 112–107 over the Cleveland Cavaliers on October 25, 2017, scoring a career-high 22 points and a go-ahead 3-pointer with 43 seconds remaining. In a 124-111 loss to the Denver Nuggets on October 29, he tied his career high with 22 points. In a 118-107 victory over the Utah Jazz on November 17, he set a new career record of 25 points. In a 111–104 loss to the New York Knicks on December 14, he had 26 points. In a 123-119 overtime loss to the Indiana Pacers, he tied his career high with 26 points on December 23. With 10.1 seconds left and tied his career high with 26 points, he led Brooklyn to a 98-97 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on January 3, 2018. In a 114–113 overtime loss to the Toronto Raptors on January 8, he set a new career record of 31 points. In a 110-105 win over the Atlanta Hawks, he had a near-double with 20 points, 10 assists, and nine rebounds on January 12, he posted a near-triple-double with 20 points, ten assists, and nine rebounds. In a 100-95 loss to the San Antonio Spurs, he had a career-high 13 assists. Dinwiddie won the Skills Challenge at All-Star Weekend on February 17, 17 years old.
In a 127-125 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on November 25, 2018, Dinwiddie scored 31 points. In a 127-124 victory over the 76ers on December 12, he scored his career-high 39 points. He signed a three-year, $34 million contract extension with the Nets on December 13. In a 134–132 double-overtime victory over the Charlotte Hornets on December 26, he had 37 points and 11 assists off the bench. It was his third game off the bench, beating Clifford T. Robinson's franchise record of 1980–81. In the fourth quarter and overtime of the Nets' 145-142 victory over the Houston Rockets on January 16, 2019, he scored 25 of his 33 points. In a 114–110 victory over the Orlando Magic, he scored at least 25 points off the bench in ten games, setting a franchise single-season record for the Nets' inaugural NBA season in 1976–77. A right thumb injury that had existed for just two months and had progressively worsened would require surgery, according to two days later, having torn ligaments. On January 28, he underwent surgery. In a 123–112 loss to the Hornets, he returned to action on March 1 after missing 14 games and scoring 15 points off the bench. Dinwiddie had his 14th 20-point game off the bench on March 6, earning a Nets single-season record of 13. Dinwiddie won the most single-season points against the Hawks on March 9, beating Armen Gilliam in 1993-94.
Dinwiddie started the season as a reserve until Kyrie Irving was injured on his shoulder. Dinwiddie's jersey number changed from 8 to 26 after the NBA's acceptance of the NBA on January 28, 2020, in honor of late Kobe Bryant. Dinwiddie revealed he had tested positive for COVID-19 on June 29, 2020.
Dinwiddie missed the game against the Charlotte Hornets due to a suspected right knee injury, which was later determined to be a season-ending partial ACL tear.
Russell Westbrook was sent by the Washington Wizards as a result of a sign-and-trade contract involving five teams on August 6, 2021, bringing him to the Los Angeles Lakers. Dinwiddie has signed a three-year contract worth $54 million plus a maximum of $60 million through incentives.
Dinwiddie was traded by the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Kristaps Porzik and a protected 2022 second-round pick in 2022. Dinwiddie scored a season-high 36 points against the Sacramento Kings on March 5. In a 93–99 loss to the Utah Jazz, he logged 22 points and eight assists on Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs.
National team career
Dinwiddie was selected to the USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team in 2013 in Kazan, Russia. He was one of three players on Team USA to start all eight games. He averaged 7.9 points and 2.6 rebounds per game and led Team USA with 44 assists (5.5 apg) and 12 steals (1.5 spg).
He revealed on April 19, 2020, that he wanted to represent the Nigerian national team.