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7 Teams Matthew Dellavedova Would Make Better

By Matthew Hallett

Apr 3, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova (8) drives between Charlotte Hornets center Cody Zeller (40) and guard Jeremy Lin (7) in the second quarter at Quicken Loans Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports
Apr 3, 2016; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers guard Matthew Dellavedova (8) drives between Charlotte Hornets center Cody Zeller (40) and guard Jeremy Lin (7) in the second quarter at Quicken Loans Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Richard-USA TODAY Sports /
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May 24, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) and forward Kevin Durant (35) react after leaving the court during action against the Golden State Warriors during the fourth quarter in game four of the Western conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports
May 24, 2016; Oklahoma City, OK, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) and forward Kevin Durant (35) react after leaving the court during action against the Golden State Warriors during the fourth quarter in game four of the Western conference finals of the NBA Playoffs at Chesapeake Energy Arena. Mandatory Credit: Mark D. Smith-USA TODAY Sports /

Oklahoma City Thunder

The only team where Dellavedova would not receive as significant a pay raise is Oklahoma City, which has the third-highest player payments in the league behind only Cleveland and the Los Angeles Clippers.

What Oklahoma would offer Dellavedova is a shot at a championship with a younger core group than Cleveland.

Dellavedova would be an upgrade from Randy Foye, who failed to impress after his move from Denver at mid-season.

This would be a good move for Dellavedova only if Kevin Durant stays.

Dellavedova also helps Oklahoma City fix one of its main issues, turnovers. Oklahoma City committed the fifth-most turnovers in the NBA last season.

With a player like Dellavedova, the second unit would be run with fewer turnovers, taking pressure off Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook as another quality ball handler.

Dellavedova has the experience with Cleveland that would benefit a team on the cusp of winning the Western Conference Finals this year.

All of this is conjecture, Dellavedova appears to have great loyalty to Cleveland; they gave him a chance after Dellavedova went undrafted.

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With his can-do attitude and total lack of care how much skin he loses on the floor when he dives for that loose ball with reckless abandon, Dellavedova deserves more playing time and responsibility.

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