The 26-year-old Milwaukee Bucks guard's inner Magpie fan shone through during a promotional visit to Collingwood on Thursday, when he bumped into retired forward Anthony Rocca.

The former Collingwood spearhead introduced himself to Dellavedova but was quickly stopped.

"I know who you are," Dellavedova beamed as the pair shook hands and chatted with Mason Cox, Adam Treloar and Pies players.

After signing a four-year, US$38 million deal with the Bucks last year, Delladedova's first off-season in four years without Boomers commitments has allowed him to  rest, get married to long-time partner Anna and take some satisfaction in seeing fellow Australians Joe Ingles and Patty Mills earn big multi-year deals to stay in Utah and San Antonio.

"To see them get rewarded for their hard work and where they have come from to now - it's great for Australian basketball," Dellavedova said.

"It should help more NBA teams look at more Aussie guys who I believe should be in the league like Ryan Broekhoff.

"He is an NBA player and I'm trying to get him to Milwaukee as shooting in the NBA is so valuable and he is an elite shooter.

"Those deals are great for those guys and their families, but it is also great for Australian basketball and the next generation coming through."

The NBA offseason has already seen all-stars like Paul George engineer a trade to Oklahoma City Thunder, Jimmy Butler move to Minnesota Timberwolves and former MVP Derrick Rose to Cleveland.

Dellavedova's long time Cleveland teammate Kyrie Irving shocked the NBA world last week when he requested a trade away from the Cavaliers.

"Guys are starting to take more control over their own careers where as before teams would trade guys and had more control," Dellavedova said.

"I read somewhere that the two most exciting times in sport are the NBA play-offs and NBA off-season because it is all happening right now."

The AFL is following trend with more player movement and more coverage and speculation about such movements.

"I think the NBA model is having some sort of effect (on AFL)," Dellavedova said.

"Athletes look at what is happening in all different sports and try to look at all different things whether it is weigh training, nutrition, recovery or off the court things like contracts and negotiations. Players are probably looking at that and seeing what is happening - we will see what happens in the next few years."