The Cleveland Cavaliers had a desperate style of basketball in the NBA Finals. Not that they were desperate, it’s just that the situation they were in was desperate. They had no Kyrie Irving or Kevin Love, and LeBron James had to essentially carry the load of a country, and city, and team, like he is Batman. Robin came through to save the day after that. By Robin, I’m speaking about Matthew Dellavedova. His performance helped push the Warriors to 6 games, and for a couple of games it seemed like we had found someone who could guard Stephen Curry. His performance has been an inspiration to many, including LeBron James, who continously pointed out throughout the Playoffs that Delly was always counted out.
The inspiration has led to Hollywood, where producers and directors will glamorize what NBA fans know as Delly’s Finals performance. According to the Sydney Morning Herald:
The life of Australian basketballer Matthew Dellavedova, who rose from rural Victoria to play in Wednesday’s NBA finals, is being turned into a Hollywood production.
The fictional story, based on Dellavedova’s rise, will follow the tale of three young Australian basketballers who are drafted to play basketball for a US college.
Role Models executive producer Jason Shuman has signed on to the project, which is being called Final Four, while The Bodhi Tree’s Robert ‘Bobby’ Galinsky will act as screenwriter and executive producer.
Galinsky said the work would either be made into a feature film or a Friday Night Lights-style series.
The idea was concieved three years ago by young Werribee actor Josh Howlett, who was inspired by Dellavedova’s story after he was plucked from the Australian Institute of Sport to play US college basketball.
“The project is inspired by the real guys who went to Saint Mary’s College in San Francisco to play basketball.
“It won’t be Matthew’s life story or autobiography, but will be inspired by his exploits in Melbourne and overseas, and we’re meeting with his management in the next couple of weeks,” Galinsky said.
The Cleveland Cavaliers will have a busy off-season, and one thing is to get Dellavedova to stay in Cleveland as a restricted free agent. It’s funny how things like this work, but in all honesty, Delly?! As much as I loved his Finals performance, I think they’re going to have to mention LeBron’s performance at least once for me to enjoy this movie. I wonder who’s going to play the actor? Who looks like Delly in Hollywood? Can’t wait.
