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What did Donte DiVincenzo say to Tom Thibodeau before his heated exchange with Rick Brunson?

It isn’t what people originally thought he said.

Minnesota Timberwolves wing Donte DiVincenzo returned to play against the New York Knicks, who recently traded him for Karl-Anthony Towns.

After the preseason game, DiVincenzo got into a heated exchange with Knicks assistant coach Rick Brunson. The coach is also the father of New York’s point guard Jalen Brunson, who attended college with DiVincenzo. The pair actually won two collegiate national championships playing alongside each other.

While we may never learn exactly what happened during the argument between DiVincenzo and his former assistant coach, there were some preceding incidents that perhaps led to the tension. For example, he also had a back-and-forth with his former head coach Tom Thibodeau.

At first, some fans thought they could see DiVincenzo saying “thanks for the trade” to his former head coach.

According to DiVincenzo, however, he actually was talking at the free-throw line about his finishing abilities at the rim.

Although there were highly speculative rumors that DiVincenzo was “unhappy” in New York, he has since confirmed such talk was purely untrue.

DiVincenzo has always spoken highly of Thibodeau and his time playing for the Knicks.

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Donte DiVincenzo had a heated argument with Knicks coach Rick Brunson after reunion game

Donte DiVincenzo is still so bitter with the Knicks.

Sunday night was the first time that Donte DiVincenzo faced his old team, the New York Knicks, after being thrown into the shocking Karl-Anthony Towns trade. And let me tell you, DiVincenzo, now with the Minnesota Timberwolves, did not seem remotely interested in holding back any ill feelings over his life being uprooted just days before Knicks training camp.

It started with DiVincenzo appearing to trash-talk Tom Thibodeau while shooting free throws. The guard was seen jawing at Thibodeau, with some incorrectly assuming it was about his trade from New York.

As DiVincenzo clarified after the game, he was actually rhetorically asking Thibodeau about whether he could finish at the rim, a criticism he apparently heard during his Knicks stint:

But the real incident — where DiVincenzo said he was NOT joking — came with assistant coach Rick Brunson, the father of Knicks star Jalen Brunson.

DiVincenzo and Brunson were caught in a heated argument on the postgame court where they actually had to be separated by other Timberwolves and Knicks players. It was not clear what was said between them:

Whatever happened here, it sure seems like we have the early makings of a tasty interconference rivalry. The Knicks will visit DiVincenzo’s Timberwolves again in late December.

We better get our popcorn ready, folks.

On this day: former Boston Celtics Bruce Bowen, Rick Brunson born

On this day, former Boston Celtics Bruce Bowen, Rick Brunson, and Jerry Kelly were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics small forward Bruce Bowen was born in Merced, California in 1970. Bowen played his collegiate ball with Cal State Fullerton and was signed by the Miami Heat in 1997 after several stints playing overseas, having gone undrafted in the 1993 NBA draft.

While Bowen only played one game for the Heat, it was enough to get him noticed by the Celtics, who signed him as a free agent the next year. With Boston, the Californian would slowly establish a reputation as a defensive stalwart, eventually earning an All-Defensive Second Team nomination.

He would play two seasons in total for the Celtics, averaging 4.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and as many steals per game.

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Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 40

Today’s installment focuses on the 11 players who wore No. 40 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

The Boston Celtics have more retired jerseys than any other team in the NBA, but that doesn’t mean the rest of their jerseys have little history of interest tied to them.

In fact, with 17 titles to their name and decades of competitive basketball played in them, their unretired jersey numbers pack in some of the most history not hanging from the rafters of any team in the league. To that end, we have launched our accounting of that history, with every player in every jersey worn by more than one Celtics player in the storied franchise’s history accounted for.

Today’s installment focuses on the 11 players who wore No. 40 over the years as of Aug. 2023.

On this day: former Boston Celtics Bruce Bowen, Rick Brunson born

On this day, former Boston Celtics Bruce Bowen, Rick Brunson, and Jerry Kelly were born.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, former Celtics small forward Bruce Bowen was born in Merced, California in 1970. Bowen played his collegiate ball with Cal State Fullerton and was signed by the Miami Heat in 1997 after several stints playing overseas, having gone undrafted in the 1993 NBA draft.

While Bowen only played one game for the Heat, it was enough to get him noticed by the Celtics, who signed him as a free agent the next year. With Boston, the Californian would slowly establish a reputation as a defensive stalwart, eventually earning an All-Defensive Second Team nomination.

He would play two seasons in total for the Celtics, averaging 4.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and as many steals per game.

On this day: former Boston Celtics Bruce Bowen, Rick Brunson born

On this day, former Boston Celtic wing Bruce Bowen and point guard Rick Brunson were born.

On this day in 1970, former Boston Celtics small forward Bruce Bowen was born in Merced, California.

Bowen played his collegiate ball with Cal State Fullerton, and was signed by the Miami Heat in 1997 after several stints overseas, having gone undrafted in the 1993 NBA Draft.

While Bowen only played one game for the Heat, it was enough to get him noticed by the Celtics, who signed him as a free agent the next year.

With Boston, the Californian would slowly establish a reputation as a defensive stalwart, eventually earning an All-Defensive Second Team nomination.

He would play two seasons in total for the Celtics, averaging 4.5 points, 2.5 rebounds, 1.2 assists and as many steals per game.

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