Donte DiVincenzo noted that the Knicks must pick up their intensity in practice ahead of next Wednesday’s regular-season opener against the Celtics.
Only one member of the Knicks’ roster owns an NBA championship ring, even if newcomer Donte DiVincenzo suffered a season-ending ankle injury in the first round of the 2021 playoffs with the Bucks.
in the preseason finale, and DiVincenzo noted that the Knicks must pick up their intensity in practice ahead of next Wednesday’s regular-season opener against the Celtics at the Garden. “And then you can wrinkle out the Xs and Os and the schemes and the communication, but first and foremost, you’ve just got to compete harder. Everyone knows that we all have it in us, but we can’t pace ourselves. We know that a week from is opening night. If we’re not ready, we’re gonna get smacked, so I think we have a good week of practice up and coming, and we’ve gotta get after it.
“I think everybody in here has confidence in that,” DiVincenzo said. “We have confidence, me being a new guy I think I have the most confidence in Thibs and this week of practice, everybody’s buying in.
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