Matthew Dellavedova

[SteelSmack]

you really believe that Hinrich was supposed to be left wide open.. delly overplayed his help defense and left Heinrich wide open. regardless of if the cavs were in a zone or man to man.

Heinrich was left open. this isnt the first time Delly has been out of position on defense. lets not forget when he ran into Lebron James.
http://on.nba.com/1DIqXtc

The first play shows Hinrichs first three pointer where Dion is late recovering from the perimeter hitch

the second three is of delladova walking backwards and not moving with the ball

the 2nd three shows hinrich taking della to the top of paint then just losing him with a move to the line. thats not even including a couple jump shots hinrich lost delly with a few veteran moves.

Delly improved in OT but he still got schooled. Delly should of rolled with heinrich and let irving or whoever pick up dunleavy who had the ball.

It wasn't Dion that got turned around and lost on the first 3, it was Kyrie.

It was also Kyrie on the second play that got caught up inside. Delly did the right thing in stopping the ball, he directed Kyrie to Hinrich but Kyrie was worried about Noah in the paint (and rightfully so). Kyrie made ZERO effort to close out on Hinrich, which was pretty disappointing, but there wasn't a whole lot Kyrie could do without leaving Noah open under the basket (TT was getting there, but wasn't hustling too hard).

On the third play Delly went under Taj (off the ball) instead of fighting over the top which made it a really easy open shot for Hinrich. Not something I'd expect to see out of Delly, honestly. Almost looked like he was gassed at that point, as he usually relishes fighting through screens to keep up with his man.

 

[Damage]

Wanna bitch about Delly going under a screen while Hinrich is hot? Be my guest. Wanna bitch about Delly pressing too hard on Rose? Have at it. he made mistakes, but to say he got torched is absurd. The last shot Hinrich made was heroball, a shot Hinrich earned. Great defense, better offense.

Delly moves his feet about as well as any defender we've had. He's just not fast or tall.

 

[chuck0609]

It's obvious, at least at this point, that Blatt trusts Delly on the court more than Dion. If Delly had the ability to hit a three at a decent clip he'd be a high commodity in the NBA.

It's nitpicky with KL, LBJ and KI on the floor, but stretching that defense further would open up even more space.

 

[Cayman13]

Then what is the meaning of his post ? it's obviously some kind of a move ahhh?

You're joking, right?!

 

[CalBuckeyeRob]

With three elite scorers on the court much of the time, the Cavs don't need players 4 and 5 to score. Dion can be valuable, but if he makes choices that lessen the impact of LeBron, Love and Kyrie on offense without providing great defense, he is not adding much. Dion may not like it, but he is probably most valuable playing the bulk of his minutes when 1 or more of the big 3 are resting. That creates much more balance and takes full advantage of his scoring skills when they need them. I have to imagine that the Dellavedova minutes at crunch time was in response to Dion failing to follow instructions from the coaches and is meant as an early lesson on expectations.

 

[Nathan S]

On the third play Delly went under Taj (off the ball) instead of fighting over the top which made it a really easy open shot for Hinrich. Not something I'd expect to see out of Delly, honestly. Almost looked like he was gassed at that point, as he usually relishes fighting through screens to keep up with his man.

To be fair, if you watch it again, that was a really blatant moving screen by Taj.

 

[Mr. Blonde]

[QUOTE="AZCavs, post: 1996384, member: 5691]

"When he tried to guard rose... forget it nobody can guard rose, but he made it look so noticeably embarrassing that even the commentators were going off on him."

Most of Rose's points came against Kyrie and Dion. Dellavedova wasn't really guarding him.

Again, you guys are driving a narrative that doesn't exist. (a.k.a pulling shit out of your ass).[/QUOTE]
They might be, but this really just isn't true. Rose basically scored 6 on Irving, 5 on Delly, 3 on Marion, 2 on lebron, and 0 on Waiters individually. Delly and Irving were on him for the rest of his points but I don't put that on them because They were put backs were rose used his freakish athleticism to jump over everyone.
http://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=sPSSIW0n3To

 

[Matches]

It's obvious, at least at this point, that Blatt trusts Delly on the court more than Dion. If Delly had the ability to hit a three at a decent clip he'd be a high commodity in the NBA.

It's nitpicky with KL, LBJ and KI on the floor, but stretching that defense further would open up even more space.

Granted it's only 74 games, but his career 3 point percentage is a very decent .371. It is not what he's known for, but his outside shooting has been fine.

 

[Randolphkeys]

Up until Delly's senior season, it was believed his best shot at making an NBA roster was as a three point specialist. His high ankle sprain senior year ruined his shooting percentages, and last year he was adjusting to the deeper line. When the playoffs role around, basketball becomes more of a half court game. That's when I could see Delly as an even bigger asset.

 

[AZCavs]

They might be, but this really just isn't true. Rose basically scored 6 on Irving, 5 on Delly, 3 on Marion, 2 on lebron, and 0 on Waiters individually. Delly and Irving were on him for the rest of his points but I don't put that on them because They were put backs were rose used his freakish athleticism to jump over everyone.
http://m.youtube.com/?#/watch?v=sPSSIW0n3To

Including Waiters was my mistake but the point remains. Trying to make it seem like Delly was playing poor defense on Rose is absurd. He made one bad play against Rose. That's it. One. The three pointer Rose hit while Delly was guarding him doesn't demonstrate anything close to Delly getting burned. Rose came up and took a pull up three, which is not his game.

 

[Lee]

Movember is when men grow facial hair to promote awareness to male specific forms of cancer. Delly and Kirk usually play scruffy, but Harris is a pretty clean cut dude... hoping to see some Chester A. Arthur face sculptures out of the rookie.

I say we get all RCF members to not shave their nuts for all of November.

 

[AZCavs]

I say we get all RCF members to not shave their nuts for all of November.

I have a two month head start.

 

[Jack Brickman]

Including Waiters was my mistake but the point remains. Trying to make it seem like Delly was playing poor defense on Rose is absurd. He made one bad play against Rose. That's it. One. The three pointer Rose hit while Delly was guarding him doesn't demonstrate anything close to Delly getting burned. Rose came up and took a pull up three, which is not his game.

The guy burning Delly was Heinrich, not Rose.

 

[CSF]

sorta feel sorry for this delly, dude looks like a pinball getting knocked around and lost on rotations

 

[killerkev369]

Need a more athletic wing if Delly is gonna get more burn than Waiters. Delly can't stay in front of many of the guys he is covering when they are driving towards the basket.