The Knicks are getting the band back together — the Villanova trio of Donte DiVincenzo, Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart.
DiVincenzo is joining Brunson and Hart with the Knicks, agreeing to a four-year, $50 million deal to play for coach Tom Thibodeau, a source confirmed to The Post. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was the first to report the news Saturday night.
The move had been rumored as a possibility for several days leading up to the start of the free agency period, and became even more likely when Hart opted into his $12.9 million player option that gave the capped-out Knicks the full $12.4 million mid-level exception to use on DiVincenzo.
DiVincenzo didn’t rush into the decision.
He met with four teams after the start of the free agency period on Friday at 6 p.m. before deciding on the Knicks.
Immediately after the news broke, Hart tweeted a photo of the three in their Villanova days.
Brunson jokingly tweeted, “who,” in reference to DiVincenzo, his college roommate. Hart followed up by tweeting at another former Villanova star, Nets wing Mikal Bridges.
“Yo @mikal_bridges hit my phone bro,” he wrote.
The 6-foot-4 DiVincenzo, also known as “The Big Ragu” and “The Michael Jordan of Delaware,” was part of two national title teams with Brunson at Villanova and one with Hart.
He is viewed as a strong two-way player who puts the team first, similar to Brunson and Hart.
DiVincenzo, 26, was the highest draft pick of the three, going 26th overall to the Bucks in 2018, after a breakout NCAA Tournament in which he was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.
He comes to the Knicks following a strong year with the Warriors, one in which he shot a career-best 39.7 percent from 3-point range and averaged 9.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.3 steals in 26.3 minutes per game.
DiVincenzo posted a positive 2.9 NET rating, meaning the Warriors outscored the opposition by 2.9 points per 100 possessions when he was on the floor.
During his five-year NBA career, DiVincenzo is averaging 9.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists and hits 36.2 percent from deep over 24.3 minutes for the Bucks, Kings and Warriors.
“He would fit, I think, well. He would give them another tough, hard-nosed player,” said Daniel Marks, a former Bucks scout who serves as chief program strategist with the Howard University men’s basketball program. “Obviously, you got Jalen Brunson, you got Josh Hart. These are both guys that he’s familiar with. Those are types of players Thibodeau likes.
“He’s in the mold of a guy that Thibs likes and that Thibs leans on. Some of the stuff that kept Evan Fournier out of the lineup, lacking competitiveness defensively and lack of ability to impact the game without scoring, Donte will make an impact on the game even if he doesn’t score a lot of points.”
One potential issue with the Knicks adding DiVincenzo is it creates a glut of undersized wings and guards, a group that includes Hart, Brunson, Immanuel Quickley and Quentin Grimes.
The Knicks struggled to guard big wings last year, and now they have a void at power forward on the second unit following the trade earlier in the day of Obi Toppin to the Pacers in exchange for two future second-round picks.
It could lead to a trade for added depth up front and to free up that backcourt logjam in the days to come, although the Knicks did use RJ Barrett and Hart on occasion at power forward a season ago.
