Australia’s Matthew Dellavedova has reportedly agreed to a four-year, $38.4 million deal with the Milwaukee Bucks.
NBA free agents are not technically allowed to begin moving until July 7 and with Dellavedova being a restricted free agent, the Cleveland Cavaliers have three days to match the offer if they wish.
However with their own salary cap quite tight they are not expected to do so, and it appears a virtual certainty that Dellavedova will be playing with Milwaukee when the 2016-17 NBA season rolls around.
So much so that his Cavaliers teammate LeBron James tweeted this earlier this morning when the news broke:
Congrats to my brother! @matthewdelly on his deal! Good luck in Milwaukee! Very deserving to you and your family. 1
— LeBron James (@KingJames) July 1, 2016
It’s a significant pay raise for Dellavedova who was on just $1.2 million with the Cavs this season past.
He had been linked to a number of teams including the Atlanta Hawks, Dallas Mavericks and Sacramento Kings.
His move to Milwaukee will give the Bucks a distinctly Australian feel in terms of their new recruits, lining up along side No.10 draft pick Thon Maker.
25-year-old Dellavedova was born in Maryborough in Victoria. He moved to California in 2009 to play college basketball, and though not taken in the 2013 NBA draft he was later signed by the Cavaliers.
He rose to prominence when he briefly became a cult hero as part of Cleveland’s team in the 2015 NBA finals, and then was part of the Cavaliers side that won the championship earlier this year – though he had fallen out of favour towards the end of the finals.
Dellavedova is currently in Australia, preparing for the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics.
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