Recognized as one of the most active Brooklyn Nets on Twitter, Spencer Dinwiddie had a few drinks on Sunday night and decided to share his thoughts on the NBA possibly salvaging the rest of this season. Here are a series of Dinwiddie’s tweets from Sunday night:
So uhhhhh it’s Mother’s Day, and the wine has been flowing. Unfortunately… or fortunately this has led to me stewing on our current predicament. LBJ says play. Shaq says pack it up…
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) May 11, 2020
If a vaccine won’t be readily available for 12-18months (could be wrong), why wouldn’t we cancel the season? Especially since any championship won this year will have a major asterisk and we don’t play for JUST the regular season. But Maybe that’s the #LastDance talking.
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) May 11, 2020
Regardless, it also seems like a return to play results in a quarantine bubble scenario. If that’s the case you’re asking guys to leave their families for several months and remain in an enclosed area which seems difficult at best.
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) May 11, 2020
Assuming you do go down this route and our desire not to conflict with football you could get the Christmas start date that executives have wanted for a minute and avoid the moral hazard of forcing play during peak contagion.
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) May 11, 2020
Would probably look like renting out a section of Disney world and allowing 5-10 or so family slots per player to make it desirable. Test to get in. Organized entry dates if there are people that exit. And do a complete season.
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) May 11, 2020
Almost aau/summer league style. Play games from 10am-10pm. Would dominate tv considering the lack of live sports and assuming it would be difficult to continue reality tv shows as well people at home wouldn’t have many alternatives.
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) May 11, 2020
Can also make games more interactive, trivia, QR code’s etc that present rewards to encourage active viewership and participation which I would guess would actually boost revenue. (Call me @NBA y’all know I got ideas 🤙ðŸ¾)
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) May 11, 2020
P.s. let’s also not piss off large sections of the fan base to start as well. That’d probably help.
— Spencer Dinwiddie (@SDinwiddie_25) May 11, 2020
So according to Dinwiddie, saving this season is not worth it the reasons he listed. He also has a very creative thought process as to how the NBA could play next season without fans. I personally find Dinwiddie’s plan for the NBA extremely feasible and really think the NBA could stand to gain something from listening to his and other players’ suggestions.