What’s it like to play with Steph and Giannis? Warriors’ DiVincenzo
compares them
Donte DiVincenzo is in his first season with Steph Curry, Warriors after
starting career with Giannis Antetokounmpo, Bucks
>SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 23: Golden State Warriors’
Stephen Curry (30) smiles in the fourth quarter of their NBA game
against the Los Angeles Clippers at Chase Center in San Francisco,
Calif., on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)
By MADELINE KENNEY | mkenney@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News Group
PUBLISHED: December 13, 2022 at 1:45 p.m. | UPDATED: December 13, 2022
at 1:57 p.m.
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MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo and Stephen Curry couldn’t appear more
different to the unknowing observer.

Antetokounmpo is characterized as a physical freak with his 7-foot,
242-pound muscular frame. Curry, who stands at 6-foot-3 with sneakers on
and once nicknamed the “Baby-Faced Assassin”, is a freak, too, but more
so in the sense of his amazing shooting ability.

“They’re also both great people,” Donte DiVincenzo said Tuesday before
the Warriors take on the Milwaukee Bucks.

DiVincenzo would know best. He started his career with the Bucks but
signed with the Warriors this offseason after a brief stint with the
Sacramento Kings. He recalled their humble and down-to-earth
personalities, which helps them jell well with guys in the locker room.

“Giannis’ dominance is more the physical, more the coming at you with
every single possession. And Steph, sometimes you look up and you didn’t
even know he had 30 points,” DiVincenzo said. “There’s just a different
way of getting those points, getting those rhythm for those guys but
ultimately what makes them special is they’re really cool off the court
which allows the leadership stuff for people to follow them.”

It takes more than physical attributes to be a winner in this league.
It’s one thing to put up gaudy numbers on a nightly basis; it’s another
to motivate a team to a championship.

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Curry has done that four times, including most recently this past
summer. Antetokounmpo helped the Bucks overcome a 2-0 hole in the 2021
NBA Finals by winning four straight games over the Phoenix Suns to claim
their second title in franchise history.

There’s a charm Curry and Antetokounmpo both possess. And that, in part,
is what separates great players from otherworldly ones: The best that
have ever been are able to balance their own sky-high expectations while
pushing those around them to be better.

Curry and Antetokounmpo are prime examples of that.

“The beauty of both of those guys is they get everybody around them
involved,” DiVincenzo said. “Even though they dominate the ball a lot,
they know when to pick spots or when to be aggressive and when to move
the ball.”

So, what’s it like to go to work every day with one of those two as a
teammate?

“It’s fun,” DiVincenzo said. “When you have somebody that has great
spirit, great energy with them, you want to be around them, you want to
spend as much time around them to learn from them and I had that at both
places.”