Matthew Dellavedova

[NeilR]

of course he is, nature of a role player

 

[cavsfever]

If we want to field the rarely seen white-out lineup during the playoffs, we need Delly. Delly, Love, Mozgov, Miller, and Harris (?) -- it could happen! Of course Harris has not been seeing any PT lately.

 

[Randolphkeys]

If we want to field the rarely seen white-out lineup during the playoffs, we need Delly. Delly, Love, Mozgov, Miller, and Harris (?) -- it could happen! Of course Harris has not been seeing any PT lately.

I remember watching the Milwaukee Bucks go white out all the time in the 1989-1990 season:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/MIL/1990.html

Eight crackers, six of which were in the regular rotation, and they actually were playoff contenders for a long stretch.

 

[Cratylus]

Eight crackers

C'mon, Keys. You're better than this.

 

[Randolphkeys]

C'mon, Keys. You're better than this.

Hey some of my best friends are white people, its cool.

But what else can you say about a lineup that had Jerry Sichting at point, Mike Dunleavy Sr. at shooting guard, Brad Lohaus and Larry Krystowiak getting their vanilla on at small forward, Fred Roberts and Randy Breuer rotating at lurpy power forward, and the permed one Jack Sikma at center with Iowa rookie Frank Kornet backing him up? If not for the green jerseys I'd go snow blind.

 

[NeilR]

frankly keys it had never crossed my mind to think what colour you were, nor could I care. I am interested in your thinking about basketball

 

[Pioneer10]

Hey some of my best friends are white people, its cool.

But what else can you say about a lineup that had Jerry Sichting at point, Mike Dunleavy Sr. at shooting guard, Brad Lohaus and Larry Krystowiak getting their vanilla on at small forward, Fred Roberts and Randy Breuer rotating at lurpy power forward, and the permed one Jack Sikma at center with Iowa rookie Frank Kornet backing him up? If not for the green jerseys I'd go snow blind.

Totally forgot about that squad: Pierce and Pressey were good and of course, no one ever wanted to mess with Robertson. Robertson put up a decent fight against the Bulls that year.

 

[fujikuro]

Hey some of my best friends are white people, its cool.

But what else can you say about a lineup that had Jerry Sichting at point, Mike Dunleavy Sr. at shooting guard, Brad Lohaus and Larry Krystowiak getting their vanilla on at small forward, Fred Roberts and Randy Breuer rotating at lurpy power forward, and the permed one Jack Sikma at center with Iowa rookie Frank Kornet backing him up? If not for the green jerseys I'd go snow blind.

Krystowiak!!! A fav when I used to play the old EA NBA games.

 

[Randolphkeys]

So which team would win a scrimmage, these White Out Cavaliers or the Great White Out of 1990?

PG: Mark Price vs. Delly
SG: Steve Kerr vs. Joe Harris
SF: Craig Ehlo vs. Mike Miller
PF: Chris Dudley vs. Kevin Love
C: Paul Mokeski vs. Timo Mozgov

 

[Cavsfan1985]

It is amazing how much better he looks when he is playing his role, which is the 8th or 9th guy in the rotation getting 10-12 mins a games. Delly just does not have the skill set yet to be anymore then this, lets not forget he is still only in his second year in the NBA. If he was a 6-7 year vet then I can see us beating him up more.

 

[kip stabone]

frankly keys it had never crossed my mind to think what colour you were, nor could I care. I am interested in your thinking about basketball

I've always had Keys pegged as a Ginger.

 

[PedroFlu]

Playing him hurts this team so much offensively. Clearly end of bench material, as much as he makes the effort. Gotta sign Nate or Farmar ASAP. This will be instrumental in the playoffs.

 

[Jordan]

I just posted this in the game day thread, but I really want someone to answer how, holistically, Delly does not hurt us? He has a single digit PER, a negative plus/minus, a 112 defensive rating, a total of 4 SF drawn all season, a 35% FG percentage, making under 10% of his shots unassisted, below single digit win-shares, and a 2P% under 28%. I know he is a good guy, hustles, doesn't turn the ball over, and shoots three point shots well. But in no way does that even come close to outweighing his negatives, at least in my mind.

 

[Rick Astley]

We really gotta know when he is in the zone. Some nights he plays like an all-star in highly limited minutes, then some nights he plays like the opposing team doesn't even remember he's on the court.

 

[Rick Astley]

I just posted this in the game day thread, but I really want someone to answer how, holistically, Delly does not hurt us? He has a single digit PER, a negative plus/minus, a 112 defensive rating, a total of 4 SF drawn all season, a 35% FG percentage, making under 10% of his shots unassisted, below single digit win-shares, and a 2P% under 28%. I know he is a good guy, hustles, doesn't turn the ball over, and shoots three point shots well. But in no way does that even come close to outweighing his negatives, at least in my mind.

Inquiring minds want to know, does he play better with the big 3 or much of these terrible stats came from blowout wins and therefore with terrible lineups?