Timberwolves not interested in trading Donte DiVincenzo

I saw all kinds of Twitter chatter Friday about the supposed status of Minnesota's Donte DiVincenzo as a trade target for contending teams. That runs counter to everything I've heard about the Wolves, who wanted DiVincenzo for more than a year before they actually acquired him and are said to have zero interest in fielding inquiries for him not yet three full months into his Wolves tenure.

Source: marcstein.substack.com

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Donte DiVincenzo: "You don’t know Rudy until you play with him. Rudy is the anchor of our defense, and a lot of stuff revolves around him. But to your point about his approach, Rudy’s approach is unmatched — daily. His preparation, his commitment to his body, getting ready for a game — it’s really cool to see that. And then, when you’re on the court with him, you don’t realize how big he is. I threw a couple of lobs to him already early in the season, and I thought, 'There’s no way he’s going to catch it.' But he goes up and brings it down. It’s little things like feeling him out and knowing how to make the game easy for him. If you make it easy for him, he’ll make it easy for you on the defensive end. That’s what I’ve learned playing with him." -via YouTube / November 19, 2024

Jon Krawczynski: I’m expecting Donte DiVincenzo to play today after being listed as questionable with back spasms. -via Bluesky / November 17, 2024

Donte DiVincenzo: ‘You don't expect it at that time. Obviously everything's kind of like around free agency or around the deadline so you're just getting ready for the season and like you said, family set on in, everybody's kind of planning what trips they're going on and when your family coming to games and then boom, it happens. I think the toughest thing for us was I when I came out here, when the trade was official, we left like the day after or something to go to Palm Springs. So like I had my family come out here and I was like ‘hey um I'm leaving tomorrow’. So like wait you're dropping us in Minnesota like unfamiliar with everything and then you're just bouncing for a week? So that's the hardest thing that people don't understand about the NBA.’ -via YouTube / November 14, 2024

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