Matthew William Dellavedova is a professional basketball player from Australia who is presently a member of the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). As a sixth-generation Italian Australian, he was born and reared in Maryborough, Victoria.
He participated in a variety of sports as a junior, including basketball, tennis, soccer, and Australian Rules football. He was a successful football winger before deciding to focus solely on basketball.
Dellavedova began her basketball career with the Maryborough Blazers and the Bendigo Braves before attending the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) in Canberra on a scholarship for three years.
He made an immediate impact on Saint Mary’s College of California’s Gaels basketball team, starting all 34 games as a freshman and contributing to their triumph in the 2010 NCAA men’s basketball tournament.
He earned a psychology degree from Saint Mary’s in 2013 and owns multiple records for the college’s men’s basketball team, including most points scored and most assists.
Dellavedova was a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers when they won the NBA title in 2016. He also competed for Australia’s national squad, winning a bronze medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
In 2017, he was recognized in the Lake Ginninderra Hall of Fame, and Saint Mary’s College of California retired his jersey number in 2014.
Matthew Dellavedova Children: Meet Anders Ralph Dellavedova
On November 7, 2019, Matthew Dellavedova and his wife Anna Schroeder gave birth to a boy. Anders Ralph Dellavedova was his given name. On November 6, 2019, Matthew Dellavedova published the news on social media. At the moment, not much is known about Anders Ralph Dellavedova