Brooklyn Nets: Spencer Dinwiddie Worth Every Dollar

From the desk of:  THE HOOPS OF FLATBUSH

Team Rebuild is on Schedule and Under Budget

SUNDAY

Atlanta Hawks

vs.

Brooklyn Nets

FROM

BARCLAYS CENTER

Brooklyn Nets: After playing just 46 games through his first two seasons at Detroit, Spencer appears to feel quite at-home here in Flatbush.

Don't look now, but the Nets are one of the hottest teams in basketball.  Their four game winning streak is being outpaced only by Indiana, who've won six in a row, to date.

Cut a fan a break ... will ya?

After coming up two-points short against Oklahoma City on Dec. 5 at Barclays Center, Flatbush then hosts and defeats the Toronto Raptors, owners of the league's best record, with an inspired 116-115 effort in overtime.  D'Angelo Russell leads the team with 29-points, while Spencer Dinwiddie leads them with eight assists, and scores 17-points off the bench.

The Nets commute into Manhattan the very next night, where Spencer Dinwiddie hustles and bustles his way to a team high 25-points en-route to a 112-105 rustling of the Knicks.  A few days later, Dinwiddie leads Flatbush into Philadelphia and drops a career high 39-points during 30-minutes of brotherly competition.

On Dec. 13, general manager Sean Marks informs the media of Spencer Dinwiddie's agreement on a three-year, $34 million dollar extension.  The very next night, Spencer leads the Nets with 27-points during a 125-118 victory over the Wizards.

Spencer Dinwiddie has led the Nets in scoring in each of their last three victories, while over his last four games, he is averaging 27-points while shooting 36/67 for 53.7% from the floor, with 6.2 assists during 30.7 minutes played per game.  He is averaging 21.6 points for the season playing almost entirely off the bench.  That's price worthy performance ... a win-Dinwiddie situation, if you will.

The Nets enter Sunday's game against Atlanta with a 12-18 record.  However, they own a winning record both within their division, and the Eastern Conference where their minus-1.5 point differential is better than that of #6-Detroit, and #8-Orlando.

A four game winning streak does not a season make.  This rebuild, however, is progressing very well.