There is risk, there is reward and then there is patriotism.

For Australian point guard Matthew Dellavedova, only the third one counts as he enters the most important months of his basketball career.

High effort, high reward: Matthew Dellavedova.

The 22-year-old Maryborough product is on the cusp of winning a prized NBA contract. He will spend September and October training with the Cleveland Cavaliers in a bid to win the club's third point guard position. Dellavedova impressed the Cavaliers' NBA Summer League team in Las Vegas last month which led to the training camp invitation.

But before he returns to the US, Dellavedova has a Boomers training camp and a two-game series against New Zealand and doesn't plan on missing a second of the action, even though he has no contract with the Cavaliers and an injury would likely scuttle his chances of earning a high six-figure payday with the club.