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Matthew Dellavedova

マシュー・デラベドバ　/　ましゅー・でらべどば

Basketball player from Australia

September 8, 1990 (age 35)　・　Maryborough, Victoria, Australia

Victoria
basketball player

My Take

What I admire about Matthew Dellavedova is that he built a career on grit rather than gifts. The Australian guard out of Saint Mary's was never the most athletic name on a roster, yet he ground his way into the 2016 NBA championship with the Cleveland Cavaliers and earned a reputation as a relentless, occasionally infuriating defender. To me, his bronze with the Boomers at Tokyo 2020 says even more, a player giving everything for the national team. He represents a type I always root for: the undersized overachiever who outworks more talented players and refuses to be cut.

Overview

Matthew William "Delly" Dellavedova (born 8 September 1990) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Sydney Kings of the National Basketball League (NBL). He played college basketball for Saint Mary's College. In 2016, he won the NBA championship as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers. As a member of the Australian national team, he won bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Matthew Dellavedova
Name (Japanese): マシュー・デラベドバ
Reading: ましゅー・でらべどば
Born: September 8, 1990 (age 35)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Virgo / Horse
Origin: Maryborough, Victoria, Australia
Blood type: Private
Height: 193 cm
Agency: Private
Occupation: basketball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Saint Mary's College of California

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

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