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“It was tough this year,” said Dellavedova. “I had some knee things at the start then got healthy but stepped on somebody’s foot and rolled my ankle. It’s tough but that’s sport and in basketball, sometimes bad things happen. You just try to rehab and get stronger. I made it back to the playoffs. It was a close series (against Boston). We felt we could’ve won and it was a great opportunity to keep going. Unfortunately, we came up short. We were that close and Boston almost made it to the NBA Finals. It’s more motivation for next season. We’ve got a great group of players and a new coach Mike Budenholzer.

“In the NBA, you get used to change. I’ve had six coaches in the NBA in five years so it happens a lot. I hate to see a coaching change because you build up a relationship with a coach and work closely with him. But I’ve heard a lot of good things about coach Budenholzer and I’m excited to play for him. He did a good job in Atlanta. Our first round draft pick Donte DiVincenzo had a great NCAA tournament with Villanova, he plays hard and he’s tough. We’re different players who bring different things on the court. It’s not a challenge for playing time. I’m looking forward to playing with him on the court at the same time. We have big goals and it’s going to be fun with Giannis (Antetokounmpo), Khris (Middleton), Eric (Bledsoe), Malcolm (Brogdon), Jabari (Parker), Thon Maker of course and John Henson, a funny guy, I like him a lot and he’s a good player.”