{"id":765457,"date":"2022-11-10T13:22:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T18:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=765457"},"modified":"2022-11-10T13:22:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T18:22:31","slug":"donte-divincenzo-blown-away-by-stephen-currys-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/donte-divincenzo-blown-away-by-stephen-currys-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Donte DiVincenzo &#8216;Blown Away&#8217; by Stephen Curry&#8217;s Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two-way guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Donte+DiVincenzo\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Donte+DiVincenzo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Donte DiVincenzo<\/a> played on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/mike-budenholzer-credits-brook-lopez-for-energizing-the-milwaukee-bucks\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"764546\" target=\"_blank\">Milwaukee Bucks<\/a> alongside superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Giannis+Antetokounmpo\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Giannis+Antetokounmpo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/a> for three seasons before agreeing to join the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/steve-kerr-believes-the-warriors-will-bounce-back-from-5-game-losing-streak\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"765162\" target=\"_blank\">Warriors<\/a> for the 2022-2023 season. DiVincenzo recently spoke on his transfer from an Eastern Conference powerhouse to a Western Conference powerhouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I played with a really dominant, great leader in Milwaukee in Giannis,&#8221; DiVincenzo said when talking about the leadership of the Greek Freak and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Stephen+Curry\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Stephen+Curry\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Curry<\/a>, per <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/bayarea\/warriors\/steph-curry-giannis-both-great-leaders-donte-divincenzo-believes\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/bayarea\/warriors\/steph-curry-giannis-both-great-leaders-donte-divincenzo-believes\" target=\"_blank\">NBC Sports<\/a>. &#8220;And coming here, obviously hearing a bunch about <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/the-magazine\/stephen-curry-slam-239\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/the-magazine\/stephen-curry-slam-239\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steph<\/a>, he&#8217;s really shocked me in terms of how down-to-earth as a person, down-to-earth as a leader and as a basketball player, how damn good he is.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 25-year-old is &#8220;blown away at how great a leader Curry is both on and off the court and how the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/the-magazine\/slam-goods\/slam-presents-warriors\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/the-magazine\/slam-goods\/slam-presents-warriors\/\" target=\"_blank\">four-time NBA champion<\/a> has exceeded all his expectations.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DiVincenzo is particularly impressed by Curry&#8217;s ability to listen.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think that&#8217;s what makes him such a great leader and such a great player because, obviously, he knows other people see different things and he could blow you off at any time, but he doesn&#8217;t, and I think that&#8217;s the biggest thing as a leader that&#8217;s important,&#8221; the Villanova product noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donte has high praise for Steph as a leader \ud83d\udcaf <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pGVRxZhSWS\">pic.twitter.com\/pGVRxZhSWS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSWarriors\/status\/1590490790572482560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After straining his left hamstring and watching the Warriors&#8217; 0-5 road trip from his couch, DiVincenzo will likely return to play Friday against the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/how-cleveland-transformed-into-a-record-setting-three-point-shooting-team\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"764712\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It was frustrating not being with the guys,&#8221; DiVincenzo said, per <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2022\/11\/09\/warriors-notebook-donte-divincenzo-likely-to-return-friday-plus-what-happened-to-the-bench-celebrations\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.eastbaytimes.com\/2022\/11\/09\/warriors-notebook-donte-divincenzo-likely-to-return-friday-plus-what-happened-to-the-bench-celebrations\/\" target=\"_blank\">East Bay Times<\/a>. &#8220;I knew, selfishly, it was the best thing for me getting back on the court. But I&#8217;m all about everyone being together. That was frustrating.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Warriors hope DiVincenzo&#8217;s veteran presence can boost the struggling bench. The guard averaged 15 minutes in his first three games with the Dubs. Upon returning, he wants to &#8220;take the energy to a whole other level&#8221; and have a &#8220;plus\/minus in the energy and be really high on that end.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donte wants to see the Dubs&#39; second unit increase the energy <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xtesDdSI7q\">pic.twitter.com\/xtesDdSI7q<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCSWarriors\/status\/1590492865032953856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On the hardwood, DiVincenzo can help loosen up the scoring load and, hopefully, give <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/nba\/jordan-poole-cant-stop-smiling-after-signing-contract-extension\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"762788\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Poole<\/a> a jumpstart.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Not going to come here and try to be a hero on Friday. Just coming in with that second unit and letting Jordan get back to his, letting his mind go free and letting him do his thing,&#8221; DiVincenzo said of his role.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For me, to keep the offense moving, facilitate everything. So when it comes back to JP, he doesn&#8217;t have so much pressure to initiate everything and try to be aggressive scoring the ball. Take a little bit of that load off him.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DiVincenzo and the Dubs take on the Cleveland Cavaliers tomorrow night in the Bay Area. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two-way guard Donte DiVincenzo played on the Milwaukee Bucks alongside superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo for three seasons before agreeing to join the Warriors for the 2022-2023 season. DiVincenzo recently spoke on his transfer from an Eastern Conference powerhouse to a Western Conference powerhouse. &#8220;I played with a really dominant, great leader in Milwaukee in Giannis,&#8221; DiVincenzo [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":492,"featured_media":765458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62702,18,63826,62493],"tags":[13006,12067,116,63836,254],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-765457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golden-state-warriors","category-nba","category-news","category-newswire","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-donte-divincenzo","tag-golden-state-warriors","tag-jordan-poole","tag-stephen-curry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/492"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765457"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":765466,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765457\/revisions\/765466"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/765458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765457"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=765457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}