Social media has had a blast with the resemblance between the 2 redheaded Knicks, Donte DiVincenzo and Malachi Flynn.
“Yeah twin,” DiVincenzo interjected when it was brought as much as Flynn within the locker room.
Flynn, who was acquired from the Raptors last month and impressed in his first rotational minutes Saturday, wasn’t surprised when the DiVincenzo comparisons began emerging on X (formerly Twitter).
“People already said I looked like him prior to now,” Flynn said. “As soon I got traded, I knew that was going to occur.”
Still, there was a twist to the jokes that Flynn hadn’t anticipated. Together with his furrowed eyebrows and frequent lack of a smile, Flynn has been dubbed “The Evil Donte.”
“People say I look mad, I got to smile more,” Flynn said. “I don’t know what they need from me.”
One of the best joke, Flynn said, was a knock of Super Mario Bros.
It showed DiVincenzo because the smiling ‘Luigi’ and Flynn as his evil caricature, ‘Waluigi.’
“That’s Twitter. Twitter is undefeated,” Flynn said. “Can’t go against Twitter.”
DiVincenzo has been solid since joining the Knicks, averaging 11.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and a pair of.1 assists while shooting 43.4 percent from behind the arc.
Flynn, a 2020 first-round pick, is averaging 4.8 points, 2.2 assists and 1.9 rebounds per game this season on 41.7 percent shooting.
