Safe to say all of Cleveland is thrilled to have Matthew Dellavedova back with the Cavs.
Cleveland is reportedly bringing the rugged guard back to The Land after completing a trade with the Milwaukee Bucks. Dellavedova spent the first three years of his NBA career with the Cavs and was a fan favorite because of his style of play. Dellavedova is a pest on the defensive end of the floor and really bonded with the fans. He was part of the 2016 championship team which defeated the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals in seven games.
Upon hearing that Matthew Dellavedova is back in Cleveland, NBA Twitter went nuts:
— Justin Rowan 🇨🇦 (@Cavsanada) December 7, 2018
— Justin Rowan 🇨🇦 (@Cavsanada) December 3, 2018
By including Sam Dekker in the Milwaukee deal, the Cavs have again sent a player “home.” Dekker is from Wisconsin and played in Madison. He’s got to be ecstatic. Korver met his wife in Salt Lake City from when he played there before
— Joe Vardon (@joevardon) December 7, 2018
Kindve messed up by the Bucks to use Delly to teach Gianis everything he knows then get rid of him. He derserved better
— PFTCommenter (@PFTCommenter) December 7, 2018
the greatest basketball player in cavs history is returning. welcome home delly. https://t.co/9u9FdAI4vN
— paco (@AllaireMatt) December 7, 2018
IF CLARKSON DOESNT GIVE DELLY HIS NUMBER BACK… https://t.co/b5Y2jQHDrm
— Mike Zavagno (@MZavagno11) December 7, 2018
People were tweeting at me looking for a photoshop of Delly in a #Cavs uniform. Here ya go. #BeTheFight pic.twitter.com/aHuEYWaiQk
— Payton Vince (@PaytonVince) December 7, 2018
That first Delly-to-Tristan alley-oop 🔥
— Ben Axelrod (@BenAxelrod) December 7, 2018
lmao this is actually a much bigger deal, but it was initially just broken as Delly to Cavs which is just being honest about what i care about the most https://t.co/tCcAbWszKR
— Conrad Kaczmarek (@ConradKaz) December 7, 2018
WE GOT DELLY BACK #CURRYSTOPPER https://t.co/A8BZDgkpsn
— jacob williams (@basedjgod) December 7, 2018
The 🐐🐐 has returned to #TheLand! Welcome back, Matthew Dellavedova (@matthewdelly)!!! pic.twitter.com/bniXPTPpMS
— Cavs Nation (@CavsNationNet) December 7, 2018
Not to overact but this is the greatest day of my life. https://t.co/PJuyIfowce
— Greg Swartz (@CavsGregBR) December 7, 2018
Matthew Dellavedova has career averages of 5.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game. The 28-year-old shoots 39.0 percent from the field, 38.7 percent from beyond the arc and 84.2 percent from the free-throw line
Dellavedova and Cavs rookie point guard Collin Sexton should get along pretty well. Both players pride themselves on being good defenders and being a nuisance on opposing point guards.
Cleveland is in rebuild mode. They are 5-19 on the season, 13th place in the Eastern Conference. Matthew Dellavedova will bring intensity and toughness to the squad, something Cleveland is surely excited about.
