Dinwiddie, NBA to meet over contract-invest clash

Spencer Dinwiddie is expected to have a meeting with the NBA in regard to his plans to make his contract a digital investment vehicle.

At the end of September, the NBA informed Dinwiddie he wasn’t allowed to sell investors a “tokenized security” that will be backed by his player contract. The league claims his described arrangement is prohibited by the collective bargaining agreement, which states that “no player shall assign or otherwise transfer to any third party his right to receive a compensation from the team under his uniform player contract.”

“I’m supposed to have a sit-down with them [Monday],” Dinwiddie said following practice Sunday. “Obviously, that means I have to put my stuff on hold for at least a couple days or a week or whatever it is. It seems like a good faith sit-down. Our plan is to find some resolution obviously. Because once again, like I said, nothing I’m doing is illegal. We just want to make sure that we have partners.”

Dinwiddie described his predicament with the NBA as “an apples and oranges thing.” The 26-year-old thinks the league has misinterpreted what he plans to do with his contract.

“At the end of the day, it’s never something that I wanted to go to war with the NBA about,” Dinwiddie said. “I felt like it was something that, honestly, enhances the NBA experience. Because if fans are more locked in to their specif ic players, it’s only going to boost the league. At the end of the day, fan engagement is at a premium and this is something that enhances everything in our ecosystem.”

The 6-foot-5 guard hopes this meeting will avoid a bigger issue with the league. However, Dinwiddie sounds ready to defend his plans.

“I understand my rights, so if that’s where they push it then like, I mean, OK.”

➤ The Nets scrimmaged more than usual during Sunday’s practice for a multitude of reasons. Coach Kenny Atkinson hoped that the increased game-like scenarios would help the team with fatigue. He also wanted to give

Kyrie Irving, who is fresh off a facial fracture that he reaggravated in China, more reps in a scrimmage atmosphere to give him more up-and-down movement.

“I thought we were fresher today,” Atkinson said. “I wish we had a fatigue meter on our big board there. ... I also think they’re excited for the season. Psychology plays into this, too.”