Lance_Uppercut
Years ago

NBA T-wolves Pre draft workouts (Delly)

http://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/wolves-pre-draft-group-workouts-blog-day-2

"But Williams wasn't the top performer of the first group. That likely belonged to St. Mary’s guard Matthew Delladova.

Dellavedova is an Australia native who owns essentially all offensive statistical records at St. Mary’s including points assists and 3-pointers made. He showcased all of that on Wednesday at Target Center.


Dellavedova smoothly navigated the floor throughout the day, showing bursts of quickness when he had an open lane to the hoop while also embracing contact in the paint and producing slick fadeaways when necessary. He also surveyed the floor well, finding Davies wide-open in the lane during one 3-on-3 offensive set midway through the workout.

Dellavedova played for the Australian National Team and went to the Olympics in 2012, and he said playing with the national squad did a lot for him in regards to learning the physicality of the game while playing against men much older than him.

He also has the benefit of talking with players like Andrew Bogut about the NBA Draft process. He said fellow Aussies have said to get in as good a shape as you can so you are as effective at the end of workouts as you are at the beginning. He showed little signs of fatigue during Wednesday’s event.

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PlaymakerMo  
Years ago

Awesome.

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rohant16  
Years ago

highlights hopefully turn up soon

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LC  
Years ago

Following on from the great feedback from his work at the Net's combine, this only further enhances his draft stock.

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Benno  
Years ago

So Houston and then denver next, great work delly we are all very proud of you!

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orbit  
Years ago

Great player but prob not athletic enough for NBA. Hope i'm wrong!! Spurs would be only chance & that would prob kick Patty off? The bench at Spurs could well be all Aussis soon. Onya Brett Brown.

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Curtley  
Years ago

Don't you think they'd get suss if Brett brown insisted on getting him? Does Brett have any formal association with Aussie basketball anymore anyway?

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Baller#3  
Years ago

I dot get why guys don't think he isn't athletic enough... Look at what Steve Nash has done. And they both averaged almost identical numbers in the same conference. They play very similar. I can see delly doing pretty well if he works hard. There isn't a rule saying you have to be athletic to be a point guard!

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YouknowME  
Years ago

luckily enough point guardx is usually one of the les athletic positions

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Vart  
Years ago

Unfortunately these days the point guard position is becoming more and more athletic all the time. Look at guys like Rose and Westbrook. Delly's athleticism only comes into question in respect of his defence, and his ability to stay with, and in front of, these super quick, athletic guards. No one is questioning his ability to play offense, in fact, he could eventually be a superior offensive player, even at the NBA level, with his shooting and pick and roll ability. Unfortunately though you've gotta be able to play on both sides of the ball, and sometimes all out effort and hustle is not quite enough.

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Anonymous  
Years ago

I think Delly would be handy on any roster mainly being that the NBA is mostly a pick and roll game when playing half court offence and he does that quite well . Might get shown up on defence but he is a hard worker and we really don't expect him to be a starter do we ? Playing a role on any team i think he could fit in .

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