Matthew Dellavedova's Classy Move After Losing in Australian Hoops Final Loved By Fans

Andy Nesbitt | Mar 23, 2025

Matthew Dellavedova gave his MVP award to a more deserving player. / @TommyBreer

Former NBA champion Matthew Dellavedova has been playing professional basketball in Australia the past few years and over the weekend his Melbourne United team lost in the finals of the NBL to the Illawarra Hawks.

Following the final game Dellavedova was named the MVP of the series despite his team coming out on the losing end. The guard, who won a NBA title with LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016, was jeered by fans in the stadium when he was named the MVP.

Dellavedova then did something pretty awesome, as he said Hawks guard Will ‘Davo’ Hickey was the real MVP and walked over to him and gave him the MVP trophy.

This was all pretty great:

Wow.

Matthew Dellavedova was named NBL Finals MVP despite his Melbourne United Club losing the title to the Illawarra Hawks.

However, Dellavedova said Hawks guard Hawks guard Will “Davo” Hickey was more deserving of the award. Delly then walked off stage with his MVP trophy and… pic.twitter.com/GtGLCNtBVY

— Tommy Beer (@TommyBeer) March 23, 2025

Fans loved it:

Class act https://t.co/7NMZ9x4Ghx

— JP29 (@SnowMan2989) March 23, 2025

More of this https://t.co/TVsFT3FtuT

— Zap Fresh 👨🏾‍💻 (@Z_WiththeCurls) March 23, 2025

Cleveland Cavs Legend. https://t.co/F1z0I07Qjw

— RiCO. (@RicoDaGawd) March 23, 2025

Shout out Matthew Dellavedova.

Don't know if I have ever seen this before. Legitimately was like I am not accepting this award, you buffoons. And just got up and gave it to another dude.

Puts Hickey in a bit of a weird spot, but good on him.

Awkward, yet respectful. https://t.co/9yj82Wvek6

— Mark Sheldon (@markdsheldon) March 23, 2025

Delly forever https://t.co/x7AYCgqzTk

— Matt Bowman ⚾️ (@mattbow56) March 23, 2025

This guy was always a class act https://t.co/ZvfHXBWygS

— Randy Zellea (@RandyBSP) March 23, 2025

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