With a defensive-oriented approach centered on energy, hustle and anticipation, the Kings guard intends to make life miserable for opposing scorers.
Midway through the fourth quarter against the Nets, Donte DiVincenzo, one the league’s savviest, most calculating thieves, extended his right arm and flicked his hand at exactly the right spot to swipe the basketball from an unsuspecting Seth Curry.
Curry, his pocket picked, sagged his shoulders, as DiVincenzo cruised in the other direction for two points. The strip-and-score sequence was the second in a three-minute span for the Kings’ defensive ace, who’d previously pirated a casually-tossed pass from LaMarcus Aldridge and finished the play with a high-arching lay-in.