Cavs won't match anything

They signed Pressey to a non-guaranteed deal, a training camp invite. With all due respect to him Delly is a lot higher up the food chain.

GWB, that just shows how little you know about NBA free agency. He has a great agent and a gameplan. Thinking he will end up in the NBL of all places next season is almost as insane as Paul thinking the average NBL team would have a go at a team featuring four NBA lottery picks. I really wish there was more common sense and basic basketball knowledge on this board.

He has a great agent? Nah. He's asked a team for $4 million when players are lining up to play for the Cavs. If he doesn't like $1 or 2 million a year, take the qualifying offer, play well for 82 games, not just a few spread over the playoffs, then come play in Australia when he shows he cant, or take the first multi year deal you get offered.

Yeah I'm sure Steve Nash was represented by a fool who know less than an anonymous poster from a basketball ignorant country. Delly has about 6-8 years to make money playing this game. He's surely not worth 4 million, but he's asking a lot to get the best possible deal. Blindly resigning a near minimum deal with the Cavs to play 5 minutes a game to say he has a ring is not exactly wise. Finding a longer term guaranteed deal with playing time available on the team for as much money as possible is. Should Delly eventually play outside of the NBA, it will be in one of the numerous European leagues that are head and shoulders above the dying semi professional NBL. The only time he will play with Mitchell Young again is at a St Marie's reunion. Get real.

Delly is a barely NBA level, third string point guard. The opportunity to sit on the bench and collect a ring each year is his ceiling. Can anyone name one team he'd start or be the backup on?

As the original debate was last year's Kentucky against an NBL team, the goalposts haven't been shifted at all. Another intelligent poster. Back to your video games now mate!

NBA 2k16 will have college teams to play with which is stupid as their is a much better quality league right here in Australia they could have used. If Euroleague teams made 2K15 it would make sense that another league that would easily beat college teams would this time round.

Steve Nash has more skill in his left pinky nail then Delly has in his entire body. Steve Nash can afford to ask for huge money because teams actually want him. The thing is, no one wants Delly. I wonder if the Cavs regret offering him the minimum to make him restricted. Players with a lot more skill are lining up to collect a ring, it's time for him and his agent to start either thinking realistically or ringing teams in Europe

Nobody was comparing Nash and Delly 932. Just noting they have the same agent, who surely isn't an idiot and knows exactly what he is doing with Delly. People fail to realize that he can still sign with the Cavs if a better offer does not materialize. The more skilled players lining up for rings are often attention seeking cancers who cause more harm in the locker room than a back up role justifies. Rag Delly all you want, but nobody with a competent amount of basketball knowledge will tell you he is not an exceptional team player or that he will not be in the NBA next season. The combined IQ of some of hoops.au's regular posters is likely in single digits.

Difficult to see Delly playing for the Boomers in Europe without an NBA contract signed.

An exceptional team player can still be completely replaceable by every rookie drafted this year

No matter what, Dellavedova should and will still be in the Boomers squad even if he's playing in Australia.

If the rumours are true that Portland want him then sign that offer sheet very quickly. Cavs know you're replaceable. Dan Gilbert's already paying $75 million in luxury tax, I doubt a man worth US4.8 BILLION would care about another $10 million tax if the team (Lebron) truly thought Delly was a required player.

In Portland, you're almost certain to be backup to Lillard (haven't seen anything of Tim Frazier but they average around the same stats, Frazier assists more, Delly scores more but only by a little) and Dame averages 36 minutes a game for his career so you're looking at 10+ minutes of game time a night. Ideal situation for him in my view

I'm surprised he is doing this boomers stuff while this contract situation isnt sorted out.

Kentucky suck because a player who did well against them is now playing in the NBL? Perfect sense

It's unjustified because zero of thirty teams think hes worth what he's asking. Time to get realistic if he wants to find a team. Fine to say "I'd like to get $4 million" but time for his agent to find a price at least one team thinks he is worth.

Also nice of us Australians to say he's worth millions based on a couple of games and patriotism but actual NBA teams look at much more then outlier games. Truth is he's a 5 point 3 assist a game player (I think) for his career, and they're dime a dozen

It's unjustified because zero of thirty teams think hes worth what he's asking. Time to get realistic if he wants to find a team. Fine to say "I'd like to get $4 million" but time for his agent to find a price at least one team thinks he is worth.

Also nice of us Australians to say he's worth millions based on a couple of games and patriotism but actual NBA teams look at much more then outlier games. Truth is he's a 5 point 3 assist a game player (I think) for his career, and they're dime a dozen

That's a nothing stat and literally the only one people use to justify that he's any good. Forget his what, 17% shooting from 3, he scored 20 in one game so he's a beast and worth 4 million to play 5 minutes a game

One team thinks he's worth $1.1 million, and 29 think he's not worth offering anything to despite the Cavs finding a better back up. 29 teams know the cavs won't match $4 million, so why aren't they offering him that now?

Delly better in two years? That's a good joke

Though not unlikely, pretty hard to not improve on 20% shooting on 2 point attempts

Don't forget Delly shot 41% on 3pts last season.

The latest talk is Portland are preparing to put an offer to him and the Cavs are also talking about trading Brendan Haywood's non-guaranteed contract to Portland so Delly could be included in that in a sign and trade deal.

Orbs,

The Cavs have already offered Delly the QO. He's refusing to sign it in the hope of either the Cavs offering him a better deal or from another team. If he signs an offer sheet with another team the Cavs will have 3 days to match it or not. This all happened with Baynes last season he refused to sign the Spurs QO even threatened to go back to Europe (the Spurs would have retained his NBA rights, just like the Cavs currently own Delly's NBA rights) but eventually the Spurs blinked and offered Baynes a 1 year deal for $2.1 million. QO can be rescinded by teams but I can't see the Cavs doing that.

btw

It's was always going to be hard for Dellavedova (or, more accurately, his agent) to secure an offer sheet from another team for the point guard because teams assumed the Cavs would just match. Why tie up your cap space for a few days to offer a player you’re not going to get?

I consider the cut off point for paying attention to shooting stats is at least 2 attempts a game. In his 67 games with the Cavs last season Delly attempted 2.5 3pts per game and shot 40.7%. He shoots 38.8% in his NBA career, that's a pretty good clip.

Delly doesn't have to sign an offer sheet from Portland or any other team if he doesn't want to. Let's say Portland do offer him a contract and he signs it, the Cavs as they own his rights will have 3 days to decide to match the Blazers offer or not.

I thought Bron would be in love with Delly for his contributio ni the Finals and make sure Cavs took care of him. Evidently not..

Blazers just signed PHIL Pressy so don't think they need Delly.

He better hope lakers or he might be playing back 4 cabs or worse not in the league at all!

Delly to be out of league and in Europe thus year