Some of this analysis of Delly appears pretty unfair in my opinion. Blatt was forced to play him for so many minutes because none of the other shooting-guards could run the point or manage the defense. I mean Schumpert and Jones simply can't dribble. Delly was ridiculed when he was signed by the Cavs for having a terrible handle. It has improved 1000% in 2 years because he has obviously worked his ass off. This pair should follow his lead - Schumpert can't dribble with his right hand, the ball bounces higher than his hair. He had 4 turnovers in his first three minutes. Jones is even worse.
I estimate Delly ran twice as far as anyone else on the team in that game, at double the intensity. I am really not surprised that his technique went to shit after the 10 minute mark.
In addition, the spacing and movement off the ball of most of these far more experienced and better paid players was, for lack of a better word, shithouse. Delly directed guys like Love, Smith and Miller to move around because were so few options for him at the point. He ended up with a double-double. He got as many rebounds as Mozgov and Thompson combined. He topped the assists and probably should have had double but ALL THE CAVS shot poorly. Including Delly. But despite all of this, the Cavs were still in the game until the last 20 seconds. He played an unsuitable role admirably that because so many other players on the roster simply cannot do what he can offer.
So yeah, this loss was all the fault of the Dellavedova, the lowest paid player on the roster because he shot 5/18 (for the record Kevin Love shot 6/19)
I am glad some of these peanuts not do my performance review at work. Good grief !!!
