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BELIEVE it or not, Matthew Dellavedova has polarised the basketball world with his aggressive style of play.
Instead of NBA analysts and fans talking about the heroics of his Cleveland team-mate LeBron James in game three of the eastern conference finals, it is the kid from Maryborough who is rightly or wrongly getting all the attention.
The Cavs are on the brink of playing in the NBA finals, but all the talk since they won on Monday was about Dellavedova's 'controversial' collision with Al Horford, which resulted in the Hawks star getting ejected from the game.
Controversial or not, that moment has sparked heated debate from all corners of the NBA world on whether or not the young guard is a dirty player.
Dellavedova is the furthest thing from a dirty player.
Yes he goes in hard, probably from the fact that he grew up watching AFL, but he would in no way intentionally go on to the court and hurt someone.
Looking back at the replays of the incident, you can clearly see Dellavedova being dragged down by Holford, who then proceeded to elbow the former Bendigo Braves junior in the head.
After the game Horford added fuel to the fire when he said Dellavedova "went at me".
He also got some unwarranted backlash in game two when he scrambled for a loose ball and accidentally collected Atlanta player Kyle Korver in the leg.
As a result, Korver suffered a season-ending knee injury.
Anyone who could be in Dellavedova's shoes would have done the same thing.
Korver's injury makes it sound what he did worse, but he did what any basketballer would have done in that situation.
Cleveland star LeBron James went into bat for Dellavedova after the game.
The NBA champion said the Australian star beats the odds and comes to play each night as hard as he can.
"This is my team-mate and this is the guy who goes out and works his tail off every single night and people are trying to give him a bad rap and he doesn't deserve it and I don't like it," James said.
For Dellavedova, to have arguably one of the game's best players stick up for you, has got to be a good feeling.
But, I am sure Dellavedova hasn't let the criticism that has been thrown his way over the past 24-hours get to him, he is letting his basketball do the talking.
In the absence of Kyrie Irving, who is nursing an injury, the 24-year-old hasn't missed a beat.
He started in game three, scored 17 points, had three rebounds and dished out two assists.
The bigger the stage the better for Dellavedova. He has embraced the opportunity he has been given and become a player basketball fans want to watch.
He has embraced the opportunity he has been given.
It isn't bad for a player who started dreaming of playing in the NBA on the courts of Maryborough.