The clock on Spencer Dinwiddie’s return will begin Monday, when the Nets guard is scheduled to undergo surgery on torn ligaments in his right thumb.
The Sixth Man of the Year candidate had discussed with doctors, the team and his family about whether to have surgery or continue to play through it — which he said he had been doing for about two months — but opted to get it fixed now as the Nets will have to continue to make their playoff push without him.