Social media has had a blast with the resemblance between the two redheaded Knicks, Donte DiVincenzo and Malachi Flynn.
“Yeah twin,” DiVincenzo interjected when it was brought up to Flynn in 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 started emerging on X (formerly Twitter).
“People already said I looked like him in the past,” Flynn said. “As soon I got traded, I knew that was going to happen.”
Still, there was a twist to the jokes that Flynn hadn’t anticipated. 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 want from me.”
The best joke, Flynn said, was a knock of Super Mario Bros.
It showed DiVincenzo as 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 2.1 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.