Quotes from Spencer Dinwiddie

We need more flexibility and ownership over the value we bring to the league.

What we're going for is the future of engagement. That's what Calaxy is designed to do. It's a complete paradigm shift.

I'm in the mode of acquiring knowledge and relationships on the business side and it's paramount that you learn as much as you can and have the best resources.

My brand is about self-expression and doing things authentic to me and not to make money.

Shoe companies and endorsers influence team decisions all the time.

I never got in this to be a 3rd PG, or a backup. Nor did I get into this for money.

I want Brooklyn to be a championship-caliber team.

I finally feel like I have an NBA home in Brooklyn.

With Kyrie and KD, if you're telling me I get to come out here and pass to two phenomenal scorers and get 10 assists a game and maybe be in second gear a lot of times with my scoring, I'm fine.

My family has a history in philanthropy, and I want to continue that legacy.

Iron Man is my favorite superhero.

I thought going to Colorado gave me the best chance to get to the league, and I wanted to play in the Pac-12.

If I had been healthy and projected in the top 20 and then fell into the second round I'd have been hurt. But I knew that possibility was likely and I was ready.

I experienced the G League in two forms: one as an assignment player, and then one of actually being in the G League after I got cut by the Bulls. Obviously, both situations are different. You actually sort of still get treated like an NBA player when you're on assignment. When you're in G League on contract, you're down there for real.

All the cliche stuff that everybody says but doesn't necessarily take to heart, that's honestly all you can do. All you have to do is put your best foot forward every time you get on the floor and stay ready and hopefully have the blessing of staying healthy and take advantage of the opportunities when you get them.

My little brother's 5-9 and doesn't play basketball at all, but if he was 7-foot and one of the most talented people in the world, then I would assume he would be Jarrett Allen.

First, I'm a basketball player and I try to have the most well-rounded game possible. But people forget when I was recruited out of high school, I was recruited as a passer.

I try to be pragmatic.

My job is to help the team win games to the best of my ability.

If I hit a game-winning shot, right, and I run back down the court and shake my teammates hands, it's because I expected to make it. Because I've practiced or I feel I've worked harder than everybody else. So why would I then go nuts, go crazy if I expected to do that? People don't understand that part about me.

I like blockchain, I like cooking food and slow roasting a prime rib for Thanksgiving, and whatever else that you might find awkward or weird or whatever, then I'm me.

The player option allows me to, hopefully, sign a lucrative deal in my prime, before retirement. If you're in a situation where you've played to a level where you can make more money, then you opt out and you make more money. And if you play really poorly, then you opt in and take the money that's scheduled to be on that piece of paper.

Obviously white privilege is a thing, 1000%.

When you're out there and you finally get to play extended minutes and you do well, it reaffirms your confidence.