Australian NBA players have been known for their toughness battling it out in the world's best league.
Matthew Dellavedova has developed a reputation as someone teammates love, but can get the opposition riled up at the same time.
Washington Wizards star John Wall went as far as to call the Boomers guard a "dirty player" after a brief scuffle during a game in January.
But NBA head honchos have been loving the way Australians go about their basketball, looking to the way homegrown players are developed.
The NBA has started rolling out bases for young talent around the world, with their Global Academy run out of the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.