Matthew Dellavedova is breaking his pregame coffee ritual
After playing a huge part in the Cavaliers game three win, Matthew Dellavedova had to be hospitalized for severe cramping. In shootaround availability on Thursday, he told reporters he was feeling just fine -- though according to ESPN he might make a small change to his pregame ritual: No more coffee.
The Cleveland Cavaliers starting point guard will eschew his tradition of his pregame -- and sometimes halftime -- cup of joe.
"There will be no coffee tonight," Dellavedova said after Cavs shootaround Thursday. "It's not a good thing, probably, for your hydration."
Dellavedova's coffee kick is so ingrained in the Cavs' team fabric that, on occasion, injured center Anderson Varejao will go fetch him a cup and bring it to him in the locker room before tipoff.
While it might sound insane that Dellavedova drinks coffee before a game, he's certainly not the only one on his team to have experienced cramping -- LeBron James was sidelined with cramps last year.
"When you’re giving it your all you lose electrolytes and you sweat," Lewis Maharam, the Past President of the American College of Sports Medicine’s NY Chapter told FTW last year. "And when you lose electrolytes and you sweat, you cramp."