The Boston Celtics have made some big moves since the NBA trade deadline last year, and Donte DiVincenzo was almost one of those guys to end up in the green and white, per the Athletics’Anthony Slater. In fact, it was all but a done deal.
“I thought I was going to Boston,” said DiVincenzo, a former Villanova standout. “I think I was supposed to go for Dennis Schröder to Boston. I don’t know what happened. Somebody might’ve wanted too much. But that was my impression, that I was going to Boston. The Sacramento (trade) came out of nowhere.”
The deal between the Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks fell apart at the last minute, and DiVincenzo ended up moving to the Sacramento Kings instead.
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DiVincenzo struggled on his new team and ended up signing a short-term deal with the other NBA Finals team, the Golden State Warriors, this offseason.
It’s tempting to think of what might have been for Boston had it brought on DiVincenzo, but the trade that brought back big man Daniel Theis — and through it later on, Malcolm Brogdon — would not have happened quite the same if it all, so it’s quite possible this was a better outcome for all.
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