Jason Kidd says Matthew Dellavedova could start for Bucks next season
Former Cavs guard Matthew Dellavedova is the newest Milwaukee Buck, and already he may be getting a lot placed on his plate.
After Milwaukee’s Summer League game against the Raptors on Saturday, Bucks head coach Jason Kidd said he wouldn’t rule out the possibility of Dellavedova starting for the team next season.
“It’s only July,” Kidd was quoted as saying by Charles F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “As coaches we’ll start looking at different things. Delly could start with Khris (Middleton) and Jabari (Parker) and Giannis, or it could be coming off the bench. We’ll see.”
Kidd has already expressed his plans to start Greek sharktopus Giannis Antetokounmpo at point guard next year. But with the league largely gravitating towards positionless basketball, Dellavedova, who the Bucks nabbed from Cleveland with a four-year offer sheet earlier this month, could be the perfect backcourt piece in their starting five.
With Antetokounmpo running the offense and serving as the lead playmaker, Dellavedova would be the ideal complement with his ability to stifle opposing point guards on the defensive end, operate off the ball as a knockdown catch-and-shoot threat from downtown, and run secondary pick-and-roll actions where necessary.
Dellavedova is still just 25 years old, and while he may never be a primary option on any team, his forte for doing all the dirty work as a gap-filling glue guy could be instrumental in getting Milwaukee back into the playoff hunt.
H/T Rotoworld
