Former NBA champion Matthew Dellavedova has been playing professional basketball in Australia the past few years and over the weekend his Melbourne United team lost in the finals of the NBL to the Illawarra Hawks.
Following the final game Dellavedova was named the MVP of the series despite his team coming out on the losing end. The guard, who won a NBA title with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, was jeered by fans in the stadium when he was named the MVP.
Dellavedova then did something pretty awesome, as he said Hawks guard Will ‘Davo’ Hickey was the real MVP and walked over to him and gave him the MVP trophy.
This was all pretty great:
Wow.
— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) March 23, 2025
Matthew Dellavedova was named NBL Finals MVP despite his Melbourne United Club losing the title to the Illawarra Hawks.
However, Dellavedova said Hawks guard Hawks guard Will “Davo” Hickey was more deserving of the award. Delly then walked off stage with his MVP trophy and… pic.twitter.com/GtGLCNtBVY
Fans loved it:
Class act https://t.co/7NMZ9x4Ghx
— JP29 (@SnowMan2989) March 23, 2025
More of this https://t.co/TVsFT3FtuT
— Zap Fresh 👨🏾💻 (@Z_WiththeCurls) March 23, 2025
Cleveland Cavs Legend. https://t.co/F1z0I07Qjw
— RiCO. (@RicoDaGawd) March 23, 2025
Shout out Matthew Dellavedova.
— Mark Sheldon (@markdsheldon) March 23, 2025
Don't know if I have ever seen this before. Legitimately was like I am not accepting this award, you buffoons. And just got up and gave it to another dude.
Puts Hickey in a bit of a weird spot, but good on him.
Awkward, yet respectful. https://t.co/9yj82Wvek6
Delly forever https://t.co/x7AYCgqzTk
— Matt Bowman ⚾️ (@mattbow56) March 23, 2025
This guy was always a class act https://t.co/ZvfHXBWygS
— Randy Zellea (@RandyBSP) March 23, 2025
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