When the Milwaukee Bucks acquired Grayson Allen in a trade with the Memphis Grizzlies in August, the writing was on the wall for Donte DiVincenzo's tenure with the current defending NBA champions.

Few could be surprised to see though, that the team who ended up trading for DiVincenzo is the same team that tried to acquire him just two offseasons ago in the now infamous Bogdan Bogdanovic trade. That team, of course, is the Sacramento Kings.

All's well that ends well, right? Well, not so much.

Reports are circulating that apparently, DiVincenzo is upset with the Kings front office, who he believes intentionally gave him fewer minutes towards the end of the season to lower his value on the free-agent market this summer.

DiVincenzo, while not being much of a creator for others offensively, is making his mark in the NBA as a three-and-D wing with starting potential.

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In 25 games for the Kings this season, DiVincenzo ranked in the 95th percentile for steal % at 2.5%, in the 94th percentile for defensive rebound % at 13.8%, and shot a career-high 54% on corner three-pointers (granted, it was a limited shooting sample of just 28 attempts).

Despite being known as a three-and-D wing, DiVincenzo has always hovered around the 34-38% three-point mark while offering almost nothing as a mid-range shooter or finisher around the basket, which will probably put a damper on his salary expectations.

One potentially positive note for DiVincenzo is that a majority of his shots are through self-creation (just 26% of his shots this season for the Bucks and 19% for the Kings were not self-created).

This means that DiVincenzo is not a player like Cedi Osman or Georges Niang, who are completely dependent on others to create looks offensively for them.

If DiVincenzo ends up getting anything better than the mid-level exception (even in this weaker free-agent class), it would be a bit surprising, to say the least.