Donte DiVincenzo serious issue today got new york knick at risk…………..
With one off-season acquisition, the New York Knicks addressed their needs for extra shooting, ball handling, and defense. Shrewd move, Leon!
Donte DiVincenzo declined his $4.7 million player option with the Golden State Warriors and entered free agency on July 1, 2023. He promptly signed a four-year, $50 million contract with the Knicks on July 8, 2023, which will pay him $10.9 million for the upcoming season. This reunites him with former Villanova championship teammates Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart, and Ryan Arcidiacono. The Wildcats won titles in 2016 and 2018, and DDV was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player in 2018.
Like cats, these Nova kids are quite fond of grooming each other. Stefan Bondy wrote in the NY Post, “Josh Hart even negotiated his contract extension in such a way to facilitate DiVincenzo’s signing.” With Arcidiacono, Donte is the player whose name I am most likely to misspell this season. My dumb fingers are dyslexic with his vowels. To be safe, I will defer to the DDV acronym often, and, geez, if I mention Arci more than five times this season, it will be a sign that the Knicks are lottery-boundDonte DiVincenzo…..
Born in Newark, Delaware . . . led the Salesianum School to two consecutive state championships . . . junior year, played basketball in the Nike EYBL for Team Final . . . senior year, averaged 22.9 points, nine rebounds and four assists . . . named Delaware Sportswriters and Broadcasters Association’s Boys’ Basketball Player of the Year in 2015.
The Milwaukee Bucks selected DDV 17th in the 2018 NBA Draft. Injuries limited his rookie season, but he had a positive second year and shined on defense. During Milwaukee’s 2021 NBA championship season, he started all 66 games in which he appeared.
A crazy four-team trade (you try summarizing it) landed him in Sacramento on February 10, 2022. He played 25 games for the Kings, then jumped ship for the Golden State Warriors on a two-year, $9.3 million deal in July 2022.
With the Warriors, DDV averaged 9.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.5 assists and started 36 of 72 games. His time in Golden State ended primarily because he had become too expensive to re-sign. What’s more, Steve Kerr envisioned DDV as a small-big, but that plan fizzled. By year’s end, DDV had essentially become a backup point guard with Gary Payton II fitting better into Kerr’s scheme.
