Boom again and now he’s with the Wolves. It’s a franchise he has studied, coming out of Villanova, a team he considered as a free agent. The trade of Towns means Finch is tasked with building cohesion into his changed core, but his bench is longer with a starting-caliber player in DiVincenzo.

It’s possible that DiVincenzo would have grown into the well-rounded player he is today if he had stayed with one organization. But he sounded grateful to have had a bit of an NBA walkabout.

“I think that’s why I’m here today,” he said. “In that situation, when you stay with a team, you develop within that organization, within that system, whatever that role is. I had a different role on every team I went to. And with every team I’ve been on, I’ve expanded that role. For me, it just means continuing to work behind closed doors and whatever that role is or whatever opportunity presents itself, to take full advantage of it.”

DiVincenzo sees another possible step in his development: moving on in a title hunt. The Wolves also want to take that step. It seems that everyone can help the other.

“I went from a team that was one game away from the Eastern Conference finals to a team that was one or two games away from the finals,” he said. “I don’t think it gets any better than that.”