Shooting 3s and sniping knees

rock solid

I think Delly just plays hard. So hard that he is a bit of a liability to anyone else trying to take a ball off of him. But it all comes under the 'fair play' umbrella. You are allowed to throw yourself on the ground and play your guts out. I do hope he maybe tones some of it down, because once you get that rep, it can be hard to clean it up

So many people today would be outraged by the 90s NBA. Delly is far from dirty

I don't understand how he is dirty. Just because he is one of the only ones in the NBA who truly put there body on the line.

I understand why the stars dont hustle like crazy. But that is delly's game, thats why he has a contract. Take the hustle out of him and hes a slow player, with a reasonably average shot. His D would be non existent with out his hustle and work ethic.

Yeah don't understand all the hate either. He dives on a loose ball, and he gets pulled down buy a bigger player and he is the bad guy?

Could make the argument he's an excellent 3 point shooter. Don't like the guy but he can knock it down when he needs to. Even if that's all he does well the cavs are paying him just over $1m next year which is solid value. His D could be terrible and he'd probably still be on a roster at that money

Seriously, the negative comments are coming from soft players such as Reggie Miller, Kenny Smith and the like. These players never dove on loose balls etc.

Kylie Korver was soft too and didnt dive on the loose ball. He should've dove on it and got up with a sore head and some respect.

Al Horford you pulled the guy down, I totally disagree with Dellys tech - that is the biggest injustice.

Rule number one kids in basketball you have to get the ball.

I read all the articles this morning. Analysts are saying he is about as dirty as Chris Paul or Dwayne Wade... Oh, Ok? So why the outrage then?

http://www.foxsports.com.au/us-sports/nba-matthew-dellavedova-eastern-conference-playoffs-incident-no3-sees-us-media-unload-on-aussie/story-e6frf6ju-1227369115580

Is it because he is not in that exclusive "star" club where they will overlook the 5 step lay ups and the questionable conduct?

What we have here, is a role player who is playing a level above what is expected. There are players on other teams who don't want to have to dive after balls and are coming up ginger when wrestling a ball off of Delly, so whats the best thing to do? Make him sound dirty.

Its them being the dirty players.

The Leg Lock was in retaliation. Kyle Korver incident was diving for a ball. Horford literally pulled the guy down and elbowed him? What the actual F--- are these people on about?

You know you've made it when...

https://soundcloud.com/itszebramusic/hustle-like-delly-prod-mizzery

Al Horford is just using this as a tact to take attention off of himself

Totally agree GWB.

Horford admitted he pulled Delly down and over reacted.
What a great comparison from James to say in game 2 Antics hard foul, when he was in the air was easily worse than Dellys

Are Warrior fans getting upset that the Rockets player went a little up in the air with Curry on his back? Pffft!

Question Hawks fans, there's a 50/50 ball...who is going to get it first?
Korver or Delly?
It's an obvious answer....Korver did you not realise playoff basketball is another level?

Korver and Horford have totally embarrassed the Hawks.
Your program is now seen as soft, you have left your city down.
You won't be back to the conference finals again as you simply don't have the ticker.

Horfords and the U.S medias views on a player, who plays exactly how you would want your son to play, is wrong and totally insipid.

And Mike Foss your a pansy.

Did anyone see Ariza deliberately drop his head and shoulder on a shot fake into Curry hips sending him flying and landing on his head. Was this a dirty play or smart. Im clearly kidding about this but tell me the difference between this and Delly diving on a lose ball against Horver.

Read many articles today. There are some good articles and there are some outlandish articles. The one that tops the cake was Foss article suggesting that he is dirty and that these 3 incidents are only ones caught on camera - http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/05/matthew-dellavedova-is-a-dirty-player

I was surprised by one thing in what I read, JR Smith siding with the "The play was dirty".

I wonder what the 90s Detroit Pistons think of this commentary and imagine if it was around in their day

Snap knackers bag. Must have been writing this at the same time

Have to agree. Hawks are crap. They were crap with Korver and they are even crappier without. There is no fight to be seen coming from the Hawks. They will go down tomorrow without much hassle I am very certain.

But hey, they will feel justified in blaming their losses on the "dirtiness" of Dellavedova. Hustling for the ball and diving for the ball - things coaches applaud - are now dirty tactics. Before trying to get an errand ball, you must now wait for a written invitation from the coach of the opposing team apparently.

Hes basically the Damian martin of the NBA, many guys call him a dirty player?

@vert4life I will agree that Delly is kind of like the Damo Martin of the NBA, but not the dirty bit, more the hustle and inspiration he brings, just like Martin does IMHO...

Can't argue with 20,000 delly chanting cavs fans!

I am a converted Delly believer!