{"id":71253,"date":"2024-03-30T23:29:39","date_gmt":"2024-03-31T03:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=71253"},"modified":"2024-03-30T23:29:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T03:29:39","slug":"knicks-newcomer-makes-history-in-first-season-with-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/30\/knicks-newcomer-makes-history-in-first-season-with-franchise\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks Newcomer Makes History in First Season with Franchise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/d\/divindo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Donte DiVincenzo<\/a> probably didn&#8217;t anticipate his tenure with the New York Knicks going this well. Nonetheless, he&#8217;s probably not complaining. Now in his sixth season and on his fourth team, DiVincenzo is having a career year.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, he&#8217;s playing so well that he&#8217;s making Knicks history.<\/p>\n<h2>Donte DiVincenzo Makes History in First Season with Knicks<\/h2>\n<p>On Monday, DiVincenzo broke <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/26\/knicks-sharpshooter-breaks-team-single-game-record-in-win-donte-divincenzo\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">the franchise&#8217;s single-game record<\/a> for made 3s with 11 against the Detroit Pistons. On Friday, he did the same with their single-season record after going 6-12 from 3 against the San Antonio Spurs. DiVincenzo has now made 245 3s from beyond the arc this season, passing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fournev01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evan Fournier<\/a>&#8216;s 241 made 3s, a record set in 2021-22. Before Fournier held the record, the Knicks&#8217; single-season record for made 3s (217) stood for 27 years, set by the infamous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/s\/starkjo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Starks<\/a> in 1994-95.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s cool, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/03\/29\/sports\/donte-divincenzo-breaks-knicks-single-season-3-point-record\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">it\u2019s a cool accomplishment<\/a>,\u201d DiVincenzo said after breaking the record, per The New York Post&#8217;s Stefan Bondy. \u201cYou look at the list of who is on there, it\u2019s special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe still have nine games to go. So there\u2019s no real pressure. Just go out there and take the shots I\u2019ve been taking all year.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">HISTORY.<\/p>\n<p>Donte DiVincenzo now owns the Knicks RECORD for most threes in a season with 242! \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b0O65qWh7z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/b0O65qWh7z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Knicks Fan TV \ud83c\udfc0\ud83c\udfa5\ud83d\udcfa\ud83c\udfc1 (@KnicksFanTv) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KnicksFanTv\/status\/1773879775687287172?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This season, DiVincenzo has made 3.4 3-pointers per game. With nine games remaining on the schedule, he&#8217;s on pace to make 30 more 3s \u2014275 total \u2014if he plays in every game. Since DiVincenzo was drafted in 2018, only six players have converted at least 275 threes in a single season: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/c\/curryst01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stephen Curry<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/t\/thompkl01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Klay Thompson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/lillada01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Damian Lillard<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hardeja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">James Harden<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/georgpa01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul George<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hieldbu01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Buddy Hield<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With five of those players likely to enter the Hall of Fame, and the other ranking 10th among active players in 3-point field goals, he can&#8217;t ask for much better company than that.<\/p>\n<h3>A Bargain Deal<\/h3>\n<p>DiVincenzo&#8217;s averaging 15.0 points per game this season on 40.2 percent shooting from 3 (both career-highs). The Knicks are 34-20 <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/01\/19\/nba-donte-divincenzo-revelation-to-new-york-knicks-starting-lineup\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">when he starts<\/a>. That said, New York may have gotten him on a bargain deal.<\/p>\n<p>Following a solid showing with the Golden State Warriors in 2022-23, DiVincenzo signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/nba\/new-york-knicks\/donte-divincenzo-26983\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a four-year, $46.9 million contract<\/a> to join former Villanova teammates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brunsja01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jalen Brunson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hartjo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Hart<\/a> in New York last summer. The 27-year-old is under contract with the Knicks through the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donte DiVincenzo probably didn&#8217;t anticipate his tenure with the New York Knicks going this well. Nonetheless, he&#8217;s probably not complaining. Now in his sixth season and on his fourth team, DiVincenzo is having a career year. In fact, he&#8217;s playing so well that he&#8217;s making Knicks history. 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