And in the end, loyalty won out. The player’s loyalty to the organization that gave him a chance and the organization’s loyalty to the player who played his heart out.
Spencer Dinwiddie’s three-year $34 million deal is, probably, a bit less than what he could have gotten in free agency this summer, particularly if he continues his development. As he told us last year, “I’m fully indebted to Brooklyn” and he proved it.
It is indeed special, the sort of thing, dare we say it, that Spurs players did to help the team fit into the NBA’s arcane salary cap rules.