Spencer Dinwiddie is one of the most curious minds in the NBA. The Brooklyn Nets point guard defines himself on his Twitter account as "a computer scientist" with a talent for basketball. Player of the Week in November, this season he has exploited to over 20 points per game, being one of the top 20 scorers in the league and one of the 20 with the most assists.
His averages, 20.6 and 6.8 , have led him to have ballots to play the All-Star, although he was in the Skills Contest , and to be considered one of the most underrated in the league. About to turn 27 , he will sign the contract of his life in the summer of 2021, after earning between 10 and 11 million during the last seasons. And by that time, Spencer Dinwiddie has had an idea.
In September, he already tried to turn his contract with the Nets into an investment for fans , but the NBA rejected him for going against the players' agreement. His latest occurrence could work out for him: Dinwiddie has created a 'crowdfunding' project on 'GoFundme' for his next contract . Fans who want to pay the amount they want and if the total amount reaches 24 million dollars , Spencer will sign a minimum contract with the franchise chosen by his followers.
Therefore it would be the fans, and not the team, who will pay him for a year the 24 'kilos', which is an estimate of what he could achieve by going out to the NBA free agent market.
For now, the player has raised just under a thousand dollars , but fans have until the summer of 2021 to try to reach that figure and become owners of the fate of an almost NBA All-Star.
The league, in its deal, is against third parties influencing player deals, but Dinwiddie has been quick to say that both shoe brands and sponsors directly influence the numbers in league contracts. " Shoe companies and sponsors always influence team decisions . My / our biggest sponsor will always be the fans, so I want to have a little fun with this while we're in quarantine. I trust no manager or staff on any team. participate, so there will be nothing inappropriate in this agreement, "Dinwiddie told journalist Shams Charania.
In case of not reaching that figure of 24 million, the player will donate the money to charity . "It is a free market system and I have simply created a 'crowdfunding' to decide, " he clarifies, and makes it clear that "a free agent is influenced by many things. The family, the victories, the taxes, the shoe companies , the market, etc ... I just want to democratize the process . " In closing, he assures that the figure of 24 million is "very high" and is done "on purpose": "I understand that there is little chance of success in this experiment, so even if we stay a penny, everything will go to charity."
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