The Minnesota Timberwolves aren’t trying to transfer Donte DiVincenzo because the veteran guard continues his restoration from the torn Achilles he suffered throughout final season’s playoffs.
DiVincenzo is getting into the ultimate 12 months of the four-year, $46.9 million contract he initially signed with the New York Knicks in 2023. He’s set to earn $12.5 million this season earlier than turning into a free agent.
Minnesota stays hopeful that the participant might make his return in some unspecified time in the future later within the season, though the group doesn’t intend to hurry his rehabilitation.
“In speaking to folks in Minnesota this week, we had been discussing crew expectations heading into the season,” Brian Windhorst stated on The Hoop Collective. “Particularly round guys coming off torn Achilles.
“Folks had been pointing to Dame Lillard and Tyrese Haliburton, emphasizing how unpredictable restoration could be. Even when gamers are 16 or 17 months faraway from the damage, like Jayson Tatum’s reinjury scenario final 12 months, you merely can’t take something as a right.
“Due to that, the concept the Timberwolves can rely on Dante for vital contributions this 12 months is unrealistic, and I don’t assume they’re.
“That stated, after masking the NBA for twenty-four years, you learn the way these conditions play out: whereas Minnesota isn’t placing any official expectations or stress on his timeline, they harbor a quiet hope that he might return earlier than the top of the season and provides them one thing.
“And to be clear, they don’t have any plans to commerce him.”
Earlier than the damage, DiVincenzo appeared in all 82 regular-season video games for Minnesota final season. He averaged 12.2 factors, 4.1 rebounds and three.8 assists in 30.4 minutes per sport whereas capturing 37.9 p.c.
