Although the New York Knicks have been open to exploring trade deals to bring back Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo, the team is not expected to move key role players to make it happen.
Knicks Want To Keep Hart, Robinson
SNY’s Ian Begley reported Wednesday that while the Knicks “would love to have” the former first-rounder back in the Big Apple, any potential trade deal is “highly unlikely.”
“The Knicks would have to trade either Josh Hart or Mitchell Robinson to make a deal work,” Begley wrote. “They aren’t trading Hart. I don’t see how they can trade Robinson; if they did trade him, it wouldn’t make sense to get a non-big in return.”
All 8 of Donte DiVincenzo’s assists during last night’s win over the Knicks
DiVincenzo’s connective playmaking has been an underrated part of the Timberwolves’ success
He is averaging a career-high 3.8 assists and an assist-to-turnover ratio of 2.88 pic.twitter.com/aLGTkjEQSM
— Eamon Cassels (@EamonCassels) December 24, 2025
Begley’s report comes nearly two weeks after Kris Pursiainen of ClutchPoints reported that New York had engaged in “exploratory discussions” with two teams.
“League sources tell ClutchPoints that the Knicks have had exploratory discussions with two Western Conference teams about potential trades, with New Orleans Pelicans guard Jose Alvarado and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Donte DiVincenzo at the center of various proposals,” Pursiainen wrote.
Donte DiVincenzo Joined New York In 2023
DiVincenzo, 28, joined the Knicks on a four-year, $50 million deal in July 2023. The 6-foot-4 guard was reunited then with former Villanova teammates Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart.
In DiVincenzo’s lone season with New York in the 2023-24 season, he averaged a career-high 15.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.3 steals, and 29.1 minutes per game in 81 outings (63 starts).
Per Basketball Reference, he shot 44.3% from the field, a career-best 40.1% from beyond the arc, and 75.4% from the foul line. His true shooting percentage (59.7%) and usage rate (21.3%) from that year remain his career bests.
DiVincenzo also made a career-high 283 3-pointers on 705 attempts.
In New York’s 124-99 win over the Detroit Pistons on March 5, 2024, he set the Knicks’ single-game franchise record for made 3-pointers with a career-high 11 3s on 20 attempts (55%).
He broke the club’s single-game record of 10, which was held by J.R. Smith and Evan Fournier.
Last October, the Knicks traded DiVincenzo, Keita Bates-Diop, Julius Randle, and a 2025 first-round draft pick to the Timberwolves for star big man Karl-Anthony Towns.
