Milwaukee Bucks Player of the Week (Nov 13. – Nov. 19)
Milwaukee Bucks Player of the Week Rankings
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- Matthew Dellavedova
Delly played in all three games this week and averaged 30.7 minutes, 6.0 points (on 42.9 percent shooting from three), 2.7 rebounds, 7.0 assists, and 1.3 steals. He led the team in assists and was second in steals.
Don’t let his inclusion in the player of the week rankings fool you, this wasn’t a stellar week from Matthew Dellavedova. But when the Milwaukee Bucks couldn’t buy a win almost all of the players on the team found ways to underperform. Basically the opposite of the expression, “a rising tide lifts all boats.”
Even though Delly more-or-less played below average by his standards he did what the Milwaukee Bucks paid him to do. He ran the offense, got his teammates involved, played solid defense, and made some threes.
His biggest contribution came in the form of getting his teammates involved. Dellavedova made great decisions when the ball was in his hands in all three of this week’s games.
The best indicator of this was his team leading assist-to-turnover ratio of 5.3. That was more than double the AST/TO ratio of the next best Buck. In fact, Delly was one of only 11 NBA players with an AST/TO at five or higher over their past three games.
Shooting from inside the arc did not go so well for Dellavedova this week. He shot 30.4 percent from the field. On the other hand, shooting from three-point territory went much smoother. He shot 42.9 percent from three on 2.3 attempts per game. The Bucks need Delly to space the floor for their less effective shooters. So far he has managed to do that.
The final contribution made by Matthew was perimeter defense. Guarding the most talented ball handlers in the world on a nightly basis is no easy task yet Delly always seems to find a way to make those guys’ jobs difficult. Against the Warriors for example, Delly primarily guarded Steph Curry. He held the two time MVP to 1-11 from three and 33.3 percent shooting overall.
It wasn’t his best week but Dellavedova did what he could to keep the Bucks competitive in their many losses. His impact was small but truly present. That’s more than most of his teammates can say.