The Los Angeles Lakers signing veteran guard Spencer Dinwiddie was written within the stars all alongside—or, extra aptly, written by Dinwiddie himself a few years in the past.
On Saturday, Dinwiddie was traded from the Brooklyn Nets to the Toronto Raptors, who ended up waiving him. After clearing waivers, the 30-year-old selected to affix the Lakers as a free agent.
As a part of his group initiation, the Lakers dug up one in all Dinwiddie’s outdated tweets from 2013 and prompt that the previous Nets star was destined to return to Los Angeles.
Meant to be https://t.co/x2jatUFQSJ
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) February 11, 2024
The Lakers did, the truth is, keep affected person for 11 years till they lastly seized upon the chance to signal the well-established shooter this yr.
For higher or worse, the Lakers stood pat on the NBA commerce deadline however did have an open roster spot out there, permitting the group to signal Dinwiddie with out shifting any gamers.
Dinwiddie, who’s averaging 12.6 factors and 6.0 assists per recreation this season, will return to his hometown the place he can hopefully assist the ninth-seeded Lakers achieve some steam for a late-season push and playoff run.
“Playmaking, one other ball handler, one other shot-maker,” LeBron James mentioned of Dinwiddie. “One other man, one other veteran. Anytime you may add a veteran with that potential, it helps. So we’ll see what occurs.”
