Spencer Gray Dinwiddie (born April 6, 1993) is an American professional
basketball
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player for the
Dallas Mavericks of the
National Basketball Association
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(NBA). He played
college basketball
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for the
Colorado Buffaloes
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and earned first-team
all-conference honors in the
Pac-12 as a sophomore in 2013. He missed most of his junior year after injuring his
anterior cruciate ligament
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is one of a pair of cruciate ligaments (the other being the posterior cruciate ligament) in the human knee. The two ligaments are also called "cruciform" ligaments, as they are arranged in a crossed formation ...
(ACL). Dinwiddie recovered and was selected by the
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at L ...
in the second round of the
2014 NBA draft. After two seasons with the Pistons, he joined the
Brooklyn Nets
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The t ...
in December 2016 and played with them until being traded to the
Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast D ...
in 2021. In February 2022, Dinwiddie was traded to the Dallas Mavericks.
High school career
At
William Howard Taft High School, Dinwiddie was recognized as one of the greatest standout athletes since
Jordan Farmar
Jordan Robert Farmar (born November 30, 1986) is an Israeli-American former professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA). In high school, he was named the ''Los Angeles Times'' High School Player of the Y ...
. He averaged 5.9 points and 4.1 assists as the starting
point guard
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alongside a fellow
2014 draftee in
DeAndre Daniels
DeAndre Martise Daniels (born April 15, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Townsville Heat of the NBL1 North. He played college basketball for the UConn Huskies, where he won a national championship and made the NCAA Fina ...
at the conclusion of his junior season. Dinwiddie maximized his game as he began his final year representing the school, averaging 11.2 points and 7.7 assists. He was one of the most skilled passers in school history, and became the John R. Wooden California High School Player of the Year in 2011. However,
Long Beach Poly
Long Beach Polytechnic High School, founded in 1895 as Long Beach High School, is a four-year public high school located at 1600 Atlantic Avenue in Long Beach, California, United States. The school serves portions of Long Beach, including Bixby ...
's Ryan Anderson was named
California Mr. Basketball Each year the California Mr. Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of California. Many have gone on to play in the NBA.
Voting is done in a points system. Each voter selects ...
. Dinwiddie became just one of seven players that won the prestigious award as a senior. The powerful duo of Daniels and Dinwiddie won the city championship this season as well. This final season at Taft helped Dinwiddie gain the attention of colleges around the country. He chose to attend
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
rather than
Harvard
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,
Oregon
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,
Santa Clara, or
UNLV
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) is a public land-grant research university in Paradise, Nevada. The campus is about east of the Las Vegas Strip. It was formerly part of the University of Nevada from 1957 to 1969. It includes th ...
.
Considered a three-star recruit by
Rivals.com
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History
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, Dinwiddie was listed as the No. 25-point guard and the No. 146 player in the nation in 2011.
College career
Freshman season (2011–2012)
In the first regular season game for
Colorado
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, Dinwiddie made his collegiate debut in a 32-point victory over
Fort Lewis with seven points and seven rebounds. He shot just 2-for-9 from the
field
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* Field (agriculture), an area of land used for agricultural purposes
* Airfield, an aerodrome that lacks the infrastructure of an airport
* Battlefield
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. Dinwiddie reached double figures in his sixth appearance, which was against
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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. This was the first time he had shot over .500 on field goals up till then. The
California
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native led the team to this win and made three key free throws in the final seconds. Dinwiddie teamed with fellow freshman
Askia Booker
Askia Toussaint Booker (born August 31, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Shenzhen Aviators of the Chinese Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes as a point guard. In his senior y ...
, forming another duo on his new team. They combined for 677 points, making school history by scoring over 250 points each. At the conclusion of the season, they were the only Buffaloes to do so. Dinwiddie became a member of the Pac-12 Conference Tournament Championship Team. He led Colorado in free throw percentage and ranked third among freshmen in that category. By the end of the regular season, Dinwiddie had helped the team earn its first
NCAA men's basketball tournament
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berth since the 2002–03 season. Shooting
three-pointers
A three-point field goal (also 3-pointer, three, or trey) is a Field goal (basketball), field goal in a basketball game made from beyond the three-point line, a designated arc surrounding the basket. A successful attempt is worth three points, i ...
at .438 clip, Dinwiddie was named to the
Pac-12 All-Freshman Team with
Tony Wroten
Tony LeonDre Wroten Jr. (born April 13, 1993) is an American professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the Washington Huskies, where he was a first-team all-conference selection in the Pac-12, before being drafted by the Me ...
. He was the only Pac-12 freshman to have a field-goal percentage of over .400 total.
Sophomore (2012–2013)
The departures of
Carlon Brown
Carlon Michael Brown (born October 4, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Utah and Colorado before playing professionally in Israel and Germany. He was the 2013–14 top scorer in the Israe ...
and Nate Tomlinson were instrumental in Dinwiddie's breakout sophomore season, when he earned first-team
All-Pac-12 honors. Leading the team in assists, they reached the
NCAA men's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as NCAA March Madness and commonly called March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 college basketball teams from ...
for the second consecutive season, in which they reached the second round. It was the first time the team had reached back-to-back tournaments since the 1963 season. The Buffaloes won the 2012
Charleston Classic
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, in which Dinwiddie took the role as starting
small forward
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in the final three rounds. He was just one of two players – the other being Askia Booker – to start all 33 games. By the end of the season, Booker and Dinwiddie became the highest sophomore scoring tandem in school history. Dinwiddie led the team in assists 20 times and was the top scorer on 15 different occasions. He recorded 29 points in a home win over
Colorado State, which marked his own career-high scoring record. On February 10, 2012, Dinwiddie recorded a perfect game against
Oregon State
Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant, research university in Corvallis, Oregon. OSU offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. It has the 10th largest engineering col ...
. He shot 6-for-6 from the field, 4-for-4 from beyond the arc, and 8-for-8 on free throws. This set the school record for most points scored without missing a single shot. He made the remark, "I see over people and I shoot over people... for the smaller point guards, they don't really get to contest me." The
Taft graduate stood by the end of the season.
Junior (2013–2014)
Dinwiddie continued to act as the leader of the
Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball
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The Buffaloes have competed in fourteen NCAA ...
team through the beginning of his junior year. He helped the team win 14 of their first 16 regular season games, which made them one of the most successful underdogs in the country, most notably toppling the
Kansas Jayhawks due to a game-winner from
Askia Booker
Askia Toussaint Booker (born August 31, 1993) is an American professional basketball player for the Shenzhen Aviators of the Chinese Basketball Association. He played college basketball for the Colorado Buffaloes as a point guard. In his senior y ...
. Dinwiddie was considered the catalyst for the unanticipated run from his team, however. On November 21, 2012, he shot a career-best 14-for-15 from the
free throw line against
Santa Barbara. Colorado won each game in which their top scorer scored 20 or more points total.
On January 12, 2014, Dinwiddie suffered a career-threatening
ACL injury against
Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
, forcing him to sit out for the remainder of the season. As his junior season was cut short, the team finished the year just 23–12; their record was 14–2 while Dinwiddie was healthy. Dinwiddie reportedly made contact with Russ Paine, who helped
Adrian Peterson
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recover from his ACL injury and become the 2012
NFL MVP
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.
On April 24, 2014, Dinwiddie declared for the NBA draft, foregoing his final year of college eligibility.
Professional career
Detroit Pistons (2014–2016)
Dinwiddie was selected with the 38th overall pick by the
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons are an American professional basketball team based in Detroit. The Pistons compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division and play their home games at L ...
in the
2014 NBA draft. He appeared in 34 games for the Pistons as a rookie, making one start and receiving two assignments to the
Grand Rapids Drive
The Grand Rapids Gold are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and are affiliated with the Denver Nuggets. The Gold play their home games at Van Andel Arena. They began play as the Anaheim ...
, the Pistons'
D-League
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affiliate.
His lone start came on February 20, 2015, after a pair of trades left the Pistons short-handed. He had career highs of 12 points and nine assists in a 100–91 win over the
Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January ...
. Eight days later, he scored a season-best 20 points to go with eight assists in 25 minutes off the
bench in a 99–95 loss to the
Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast D ...
.
The 2015–16 season saw Dinwiddie appear in just 12 regular-season games for the Pistons, after spending the majority of the season in the D-League with the Grand Rapids Drive.
After back-up
Steve Blake
Steven Hanson Blake (born February 26, 1980) is an American professional basketball coach and former player. After winning the 2002 NCAA Championship with Maryland, Blake was selected by the Washington Wizards with the 38th overall pick in the 2 ...
opened the season in a miserable shooting slump,
Dinwiddie received his first opportunity of the season in the tenth game, scoring 17 points on November 15 in a 97–85 loss to the
Los Angeles Lakers
The Los Angeles Lakers are an American professional basketball team based in Los Angeles. The Lakers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Pacific Division. The Lakers play their ...
.
However, after struggling in the next four games, he fell out of the rotation, compounded by Blake's form improvement and
Brandon Jennings
Brandon Byron Jennings (born September 23, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player who played 9 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is known for being one of the first Americans to go from high school to ...
returning from injury.
Dinwiddie played a season-high 29 minutes in the Pistons' regular-season finale on April 13, scoring 12 points in a 112–110 overtime win over the
Cleveland Cavaliers.
He then appeared in game two of the Pistons' 4–0 first-round playoff series loss to the Cavaliers.
Windy City Bulls (2016)
On June 17, 2016, Dinwiddie was traded to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for
Cameron Bairstow
Cameron David Bairstow (born 7 December 1990) is an Australian former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of New Mexico before being drafted 49th overall in the 2014 NBA draft by the Chicago Bulls. He ...
. He was waived by the Bulls on July 7, re-signed on July 28, and waived again on October 21 after appearing in five preseason games. He then spent the start of the 2016–17 season with Chicago's D-League affiliate team, the
Windy City Bulls
The Windy City Bulls are an American professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, and are affiliated with the Chicago Bulls. The Bulls play their home games at Now Arena, from Chicago. It became the thir ...
, averaging 19.4 points, 8.1 assists and 3.7 rebounds over 37.4 minutes in nine games.
Brooklyn Nets (2016–2021)
On December 8, 2016, Dinwiddie signed with the
Brooklyn Nets
The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The t ...
.
On February 15, 2017, he scored 15 of his season-high 19 points in the fourth quarter of the Nets' 129–125 loss to the
Milwaukee Bucks
The Milwaukee Bucks are an American professional basketball team based in Milwaukee. The Bucks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded in 1968 ...
. On April 8, 2017, in a 107–106 win over the
Chicago Bulls
The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The team was founded on January ...
, Dinwiddie made four free throws in the final 13.6 seconds and finished with 19 points.
On October 25, 2017, Dinwiddie scored a career-high 22 points and hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 43 seconds left to lift the Nets to a 112–107 win over the
Cleveland Cavaliers. On October 29, he tied his career high with 22 points in a 124–111 loss to the
Denver Nuggets
The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the D ...
. On November 17, he set a new career high with 25 points in a 118–107 win over the
Utah Jazz
The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference, Northwest Division (NBA), ...
. On December 14, he had 26 points in a 111–104 loss to the
New York Knicks. On December 23, he tied his career high with 26 points in a 123–119 overtime loss to the
Indiana Pacers
The Indiana Pacers are an American professional basketball team based in Indianapolis. The Pacers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Central Division. The Pacers were first esta ...
. On January 3, 2018, he made the go-ahead jumper with 10.1 seconds left and tied his career high with 26 points, leading Brooklyn to a 98–97 victory over the
Minnesota Timberwolves
The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis. The Timberwolves compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. Founded in 19 ...
. On January 8, he set a new career high with 31 points in a 114–113 overtime loss to the
Toronto Raptors
The Toronto Raptors are a Canadian professional basketball team based in Toronto. The Raptors compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. They play their home games a ...
. On January 12, he recorded a near triple-double with 20 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in a 110–105 win over the
Atlanta Hawks
The Atlanta Hawks are an American professional basketball team based in Atlanta. The Hawks compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Southeast Division. The team plays its home games at ...
. On January 17, he had a career-high 13 assists in a 100–95 loss to the
San Antonio Spurs
The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio. The Spurs compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its home ...
. On February 17, Dinwiddie won the
Skills Challenge at
All-Star Weekend.
On November 25, 2018, Dinwiddie scored 31 points in a 127–125 loss to the
Philadelphia 76ers
The Philadelphia 76ers, colloquially known as the Sixers, are an American professional basketball team based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. The 76ers compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eas ...
. On December 12, he scored a career-high 39 points in a 127–124 win over the 76ers. On December 13, he signed a reported three-year, $34 million contract extension with the Nets. On December 26, he had 37 points and 11 assists off the bench in a 134–132 double-overtime win over the
Charlotte Hornets. It was his third 30-point game off the bench, matching the franchise record set by
Clifford T. Robinson in 1980–81. On January 16, 2019, he scored 25 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter and overtime of the Nets' 145–142 win over the
Houston Rockets
The Houston Rockets are an American professional basketball team based in Houston. The Rockets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member team of the league's Western Conference Southwest Division. The team plays its ho ...
. On January 23, he scored a game-high 29 points in a 114–110 win over the
Orlando Magic, thus scoring at least 25 points off the bench in 10 games, matching a franchise single-season record—
Bubbles Hawkins set the mark during the Nets' inaugural NBA season in 1976–77. Two days later, it was revealed that a right thumb injury that he had originally hurt roughly two months earlier and had gotten progressively worse would require surgery, having suffered torn ligaments. He underwent surgery on January 28. He returned to action on March 1 after missing 14 games, scoring 15 points off the bench in a 123–112 loss to the Hornets. With 28 points against the Cavaliers on March 6, Dinwiddie had his 14th 20-point game off the bench to set a Nets single-season record—
Darryl Dawkins
Darryl R. Dawkins (January 11, 1957 – August 27, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. He was particularly known for his tenure with the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia 76ers and New Jersey Nets, although he als ...
,
Purvis Short
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and
Orlando Woolridge
Orlando Vernada Woolridge (December 16, 1959 – May 31, 2012) was an American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1981 to 1994. He was known for his scoring ability, especially on slam dunks ...
all had 13. With 23 points against the Hawks on March 9, Dinwiddie surpassed
Armen Gilliam
Armen Louis Gilliam (born Armon Louis Gilliam; May 28, 1964 – July 5, 2011) was an American professional basketball player who played 13 years in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1987 to 2000. He also played one season for the Pi ...
in 1993–94 with the most single-season points in a reserve role.
During the
2019–20 NBA season, Dinwiddie began the season as a reserve until
Kyrie Irving
Kyrie Andrew Irving (; lkt, Ȟéla, italic=no, ; born March 23, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named the Rookie of the Year after being selected ...
injured his shoulder. On January 28, 2020, Dinwiddie switched his jersey number from 8 to 26 after the approval of the NBA, in honor of the late
Kobe Bryant. On June 29, 2020, Dinwiddie announced that he had tested positive for
COVID-19
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.
On December 27, 2020, Dinwiddie left the game between the Nets and the
Charlotte Hornets with a suspected right knee strain, which was later revealed to be a season-ending
partial ACL tear.
Washington Wizards (2021–2022)
On August 6, 2021, Dinwiddie was acquired by the
Washington Wizards
The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference (NBA), Eastern Conference Southeast D ...
via a
sign-and-trade deal
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involving five teams, sending
Russell Westbrook
Russell Westbrook III (born November 12, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A member of the NBA 75th Anniversary Team, he is a nine-time NBA All-Star and ...
to the
Los Angeles Lakers
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. Dinwiddie signed a three-year deal worth $54 million and a maximum of $60 million through incentives.
Dallas Mavericks (2022–present)
On February 10, 2022, Dinwiddie was traded, along with
Dāvis Bertāns
Dāvis Bertāns (born 12 November 1992) is a Latvian professional basketball player for the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed the "Latvian Laser", he also represents the Latvian national team. He was the 4 ...
, to the
Dallas Mavericks in exchange for
Kristaps Porziņģis
Kristaps Porziņģis (; born 2 August 1995) is a Latvian professional basketball player for the Washington Wizards of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is one of the tallest active players in the NBA, standing at tall, and plays bo ...
and a protected 2022 second-round pick. On March 5, Dinwiddie scored a season-high 36 points against the
Sacramento Kings
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. On April 16, during Game 1 of the first round of the playoffs, he logged 22 points and eight assists in a 93–99 loss to the
Utah Jazz
The Utah Jazz are an American professional basketball team based in Salt Lake City. The Jazz compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference, Northwest Division (NBA), ...
.
National team career
In 2013, Dinwiddie was named to the USA Basketball Men's World University Games Team for the
2013 Summer Universiade in
Kazan, Russia
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. He was one of three players on Team USA to start all eight games. He averaged 7.9 points and 2.6 rebounds per game and led Team USA with 44 assists (5.5 apg) and with 12 steals (1.5 spg).
On April 19, 2020, he confirmed reports that he wanted to represent the
Nigerian national team.
Career statistics
NBA
Regular season
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
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Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...
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Dallas
Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...
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, 387 , , 184 , , 26.4 , , .411 , , .322 , , .791 , , 3.0 , , 5.0 , , .7 , , .3 , , 13.0
Playoffs
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Detroit
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at th ...
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
, 5 , , 0 , , 26.2 , , .435 , , .375 , , .714 , , 2.6 , , 1.6 , , .4 , , .0 , , 14.6
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Dallas
Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...
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College
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2011–12
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Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
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2012–13
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Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
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2013–14
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Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...
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Personal life
Dinwiddie is the son of Malcolm and Stephanie Dinwiddie, and he has a younger brother, Taylor.
Dinwiddie has a son with girlfriend Arielle Roberson, the sister of fellow NBA player
André Roberson.
References
External links
Colorado Buffaloes bio
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dinwiddie, Spencer
1993 births
Living people
21st-century African-American sportspeople
African-American basketball players
American men's basketball players
Basketball players from Los Angeles
Brooklyn Nets players
Colorado Buffaloes men's basketball players
Dallas Mavericks players
Detroit Pistons draft picks
Detroit Pistons players
Grand Rapids Drive players
People from Woodland Hills, Los Angeles
Point guards
Washington Wizards players
William Howard Taft Charter High School alumni
Windy City Bulls players