There is such a person in the league, when he joined the Warriors, he could only get a base salary contract, and when he left, he directly signed a big contract with a total of 50 million, he is the top white 3D player of the "Bucks undergraduate, graduate Warriors", Donte DiVincenzo. Just now, there is a statistic in front of the NBA, after this year's All-Star Weekend, DiVincenzo has hit 96 three-pointers, ranking first in the league! No. 2 to No. 10 are Doncic, Klay, Curry, Jalen Green, Russell, VanVleet, Dejounte Murray, Poole, and Bridges.
What can this list say? Too many questions can't be explained, but at least it can show that DiVincenzo has become the league's top scorer! After joining the Knicks this season, DiVincenzo's personal scoring has ushered in a big explosion, with an average of 9.4 points per game to 15.3 points, and the three-point shooting rate is still maintained at a high level, his three-point shooting rate was 39.7% last season, and it continues to improve slightly this season, reaching 40.1%! The No. 17 pick, who was drafted by the Bucks in 2018, once faced the darkest moment of his career, and when he was waived by the Bucks, many people thought he was not good, but now, he has become the darling of the basketball mecca of Madison Garden.
In the Bucks' 2020-2021 championship season, DiVincenzo averaged 10.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game. And DiVincenzo is a versatile player with great physical fitness, can shoot threes, and is aggressive defensively. But the reason why the Bucks want to send him away is mainly because he suffered two major injuries in 3 years, and his fragile ankle is similar to Curry's continuous sprained ankle in the early years, and in the Bucks' 2021 playoffs, DiVincenzo also suffered an ankle injury in the playoffs and missed the Finals. At the end of the regular season, it was thought that the Bucks might offer DiVincenzo a four-year, $90 million contract extension, but with his injury again, the Bucks' patience was worn out.
So, the Bucks rushed to trade him, and in a four-way deal, the Bucks sent him to the Kings and then got Ibaka and two future second-round picks from the Clippers. After the Kings played a tepid half season, DiVincenzo's contract expired. It is said that there was a team on the market at that time that offered him a contract with an annual salary of about 8 million, but DiVincenzo chose to join the Warriors with a base salary, in the summer of 2022, the Warriors just won the championship, and he had a strong halo, DiVincenzo joined the defending champion Warriors with a base salary of 9.3 million for 2 years and an annual salary of only 4.65 million US dollars. In one season with the Warriors, DiVincenzo worked hard, averaging 9+4+3+1 per game, and his health was better, and then in the summer of 2023, his value came back, 50 million in 4 years, and he joined his good brother Brunson's team, the New York Knicks.
He joined the Warriors with a base salary and is worth 50 million after leaving! He has scored more than 30 points in 8 games this season, and he just scored 40 points on 11 three-pointers not long ago! Today's DiVincenzo, averaging 15 points per game, has become a top 3D puzzle! Coming to the Knicks, DiVincenzo not only reunited with his college teammate Brunson, but in the middle of this season, the Knicks also "don't do two stops" and poached Hart from the Trail Blazers, so that the Knicks' three guards are all teammates from Villanova University! DiVincenzo played so well in the NCAA, leading Villanova University to two championships in 2016 and 2018, and he was inseparable from his familiar buddy partner. Today, Brunson has become the king of New York, DiVincenzo has become a top 3D, an excellent championship puzzle, Hart has become an iron man with an average of 40 minutes per game, an all-round fast horse, and a rebounding harvester.