DiVincenzo

ment to the pros should be easy after showing that he could thrive as a reserve in college.

“Just because I’m not coming in here with an ego. I’m not coming in here as the main guy on the national championship team,” he said. “I’m just coming in here wanting to work, I just want to fit in. That’s my goal.”

That goal also includes fitting in with Antetokounmpo. DiVincenzo knows he must play hard and with energy with the high-flying forward, and knock down 3s to help open the floor.

“Just being able to knock down shots and him being able to look to his left and right and know I’m defending,” DiVincenzo said.

Playing defense will be the quickest way for DiVincenzo to earn time in a crowded backcourt rotation. After showing a willingness in college to hustle and dive for loose balls, that shouldn’t be a problem. It’s just the way that he learned to play, said his father, who also coached middle-school basketball.

“I watched the young man grow up,” John DiVincenzo said. “Diving on the floor is a norm for him.”

The elder DiVincenzo was so fond of Milwaukee that he asked his son to bring home some Bucks gear after traveling to Wisconsin for a predraft workout. DiVincenzo brought home a white, longsleeved Bucks shirt.

His excited and grateful father packed that same shirt with him as the family accompanied DiVincenzo for his first trip to Milwaukee as a member of the Bucks .

“I’m like, ‘Dad, you’re probably going to get gear,”’ DiVicenzo recounted. “He’s like, ‘I don’t care.”’

Note: The team’s new arena is 98 percent completed, according to team and construction officials. The Bucks will start playing in the new arena this fall. “This is all about the details now for the next few weeks,” team President Peter Feigin said.

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