Donte DiVincenzo Rumors

Fred Katz: Zohran Mamdani shouts out a few former Knicks for laying the foundation a championship, including Immanuel Quickley, RJ Barrett, Donte DiVincenzo, Julius Randle and Tom Thibodeau.

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Including DiVincenzo in the trade crushed Rose, team sources said. Rose loved the way DiVincenzo, the fourth Villanova Knick, played and understood how losing him would affect personal relationships on the team. But Minnesota wouldn't do the trade without him, and Rose believed Towns would be a perfect complement for Brunson's skill set. Rose took no public questions on the trade, but he called DiVincenzo to inform the guard of the trade, according to sources on both sides of the transaction.

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After the Timberwolves lost Nickeil Alexander-Walker last summer in free agency -- and after the 27-year-old guard was named 2026 Most Improved Player with the Atlanta Hawks -- Minnesota simply cannot afford to let Ayo Dosunmu walk. That's why sources around the league expect he will be back with the Wolves, but for a price slightly above the midlevel exception (roughly $15 million), which is what most rival teams could offer. Doing so might require Minnesota to move off Donte DiVincenzo, who will miss at least most of next season with a torn right Achilles, to avoid going into the second luxury tax apron.

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It is far too early in the recovery process to predict when Donte DiVincenzo will return to action. Tearing an Achilles tendon is among the most serious injuries in the game, often keeping players out for a year or more. Boston’s Jayson Tatum returned in less than 10 months, but that is considered an outlier. Still, DiVincenzo is trying to follow Tatum’s lead. He flew to New York for surgery less than 24 hours after suffering the injury, following a similar timeline that Tatum went through. DiVincenzo has spoken to Tatum, Tyrese Haliburton and Damian Lillard, all of whom have recently suffered the same injury, about their recoveries. “I just asked a million questions, and they’ve all helped me in different ways,” DiVincenzo said. “But all their journeys are different.”

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Several within the Timberwolves organization believe DiVincenzo could return at some point next season. The question is how much can he be expected to give? Tatum played remarkably well after returning this season, but he suffered a couple of injuries to his calf and knee in the playoffs and missed Boston’s Game 7 loss to Philadelphia.

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In two short years, he has stitched himself into the fabric of this team and this city. And he can’t wait to be back. “Just knowing that you’re being thought of, you’re loved, it helps you, it gives you the motivation to want to get back,” DiVincenzo said. “There’s nothing more that motivates me than trying to get in front of and play in front of our fans.”

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Jon Krawczynski: "You could say that you could try to trade Donte DiVincenzo as part of a bigger package for a Giannis, for someone else, and just kind of then you're off of that kind of underwater salary right now. But when you saw in Game 6 against Denver in the first round when every player on the Wolves roster wore a DiVincenzo jersey to the arena, you know what he means to this team. So there is a bit of morality that comes into play with a decision like this. I don't think that the Timberwolves want to trade Donte DiVincenzo. I think they want to keep him around, they want to help him rehab. They want to get him back fully going and then maybe by towards the end of next season, he's back on the court with the Timberwolves."

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Jon Krawczynski: Donte DiVincenzo says he’s spoken to Jayson Tatum, Tyrese Haliburton and Damian Lillard about the process of coming back from an Achilles. “They’ve all helped me in different ways and all their journeys are different.”

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Among other players the source said the Sixers made runs at, unsuccessfully: Naji Marshall of the Dallas Mavericks, Donte DiVincenzo of the Minnesota Timberwolves, Brandin Podziemski of the Golden State Warriors and Ryan Dunn of the Phoenix Suns. None of those players were moved.

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Tom Orsborn: Wemby said, as a competitor, he hopes Anthony Edwards (knee) will be back soon. “Those are two players I like watching, I like playing against,” he said of Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo (Achilles). “They go hard…It always breaks my heart when I see somebody get hurt.”

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Alan Horton: Wolves were the healthiest team in NBA this season. 89 man-games lost due to injury ranked 1st -- 39 fewer than #2 BOS. But tonight in Game 6 they'll be without... Anthony Edwards Donte DiVincenzo Ayo Dosunmu Kyle Anderson

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Dane Moore: Here's Mike Conley when asked about Donte DiVincenzo being back around the team four days after surgery. "Him coming back after just having surgery to support us says a lot about who he is. He could be anywhere right now, doing other things, and he's right back with the team. And it's good to just brighten up the day a little bit."

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Dane Moore: Asked Mike Conley about his new role with Anthony Edwards and Donte DiVincenzo out of the lineup and how he assesses success for himself in that role. "If I can find a way to continue to keep our pace up, get guys the ball in places where they can be effective... I think when our offense is rollin really good, when we just have a free flowing motion, I think that's a lot of things that I bring as a point guard. Just the stability of all that. And for myself, just knocking down shots when I get em, making plays when I can, be more aggressive when I can. I feel like I've been playin pretty good the last month or so of the season and feel real confident in the game. So I think I need to be more aggressive when it comes to just making plays and looking for opportunities."

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Dane Moore: Chris Finch when asked about his communication with Donte DiVincenzo following his injury cited Jayson Tatum's comments. "Jayson Tatum's comments I thought were super classy, kind and compassionate. Mean a lot. I know Donte has heard them. And he's been such a great example of what's possible."

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