RATE Group | Spencer Dinwiddie raising $25M, let fans choose next deal
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Spencer Dinwiddie raising $25M, let fans choose next deal

Spencer Dinwiddie raising $25M, let fans choose next deal

Spencer Dinwiddie is once again trying to get fans involved in his contract.

The Brooklyn Nets guard announced a plan on Friday night that would allow fans to choose where in the league he signs a one-year deal if they can raise about $24.6 million in Bitcoin on GoFundMe.

He can’t be a free agent until after the 2020-21 season.

“Shoe companies and endorsers influence team decisions all the time,” Dinwiddie said in a statement, via The Athletic’s Shams Charania. “My/our biggest endorsers will always be the fans, so I want to have some fun with this while we’re all under quarantine. 

“I hope no owners/team personnel participate so there’s no impropriety on this one of a kind endorsement deal.”

Dinwiddie tried to turn his contract with the Nets into a digital investment vehicle and go public, allowing investors to buy in, last year. That would have made him the first professional athlete to do so, however the league shut him down. 

The idea was that were Dinwiddie to…

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