During an episode of Thanasis Antetokounmpo's show, Thanalysis, Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija mentioned his early struggles in the NBA environment. Avdija briefly mentioned being a victim of a robbery during his rookie campaign, but with Antetokounmpo's prodding, he opened up about the incident.
Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija recently joined Thanasis Antetokounmpo on his Thanalysis podcast, where they reminisced about their past encounters on the EuroLeague court and delved into the reasons why some European players struggle to transition their talent to the NBA.
The Washington Wizards pulled off an upset and defeated the Boston Celtics Tuesday night. The duo of Deni Avdija and Kristaps Porzingis led the way, combining for 57 points. After the game, the Israeli forward opened up on his relationship with the Latvian big man.
During an episode of Thanasis Antetokounmpo's show, Thanalysis, Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija mentioned his early struggles in the NBA environment. Avdija briefly mentioned being a victim of a robbery during his rookie campaign, but with Antetokounmpo's prodding, he opened up about the incident.
Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija recently joined Thanasis Antetokounmpo on his Thanalysis podcast, where they reminisced about their past encounters on the EuroLeague court and delved into the reasons why some European players struggle to transition their talent to the NBA.
The Washington Wizards pulled off an upset and defeated the Boston Celtics Tuesday night. The duo of Deni Avdija and Kristaps Porzingis led the way, combining for 57 points. After the game, the Israeli forward opened up on his relationship with the Latvian big man.
After discovering all 32 teams that will participate in FIBA World Cup 2023, BasketNews invites you to take a look at the biggest stars that will miss the competition. Top teams that will miss World Cup include such countries as Argentina (no. 4 in FIBA ranking), Czech Republic (12), Poland (14), Turkey (16), Nigeria (19), Tunisia (22), and Croatia (23).
Following Washington Wizard's loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, Deni Avdija answered questions for just over five minutes about the controversy surrounding Kyrie Irving. The Nets suspended Irving on Thursday for at least five games without pay after the point guard repeatedly refused to apologize for a social media post about an antisemitic film and book.
Although EuroBasket 2022 was not favorable for the Israeli national team, it was a success for its leader Deni Avdija. Legendary coach Pini Gershon is now the head of the country's basketball national teams. A month after a disappointing tournament, the specialist talked in depth about the experience in the latest episode of his personal podcast "Pini and Tzenzi".
Israel fought against the Serbian national team fiercely on Tuesday night but eventually came up short and lost to the star-studded Serbian squad, which was led by NBA MVP Nikola Jokic. After Israel's defeat with the final score of 89-78, Israel players Deni Avdija and Yam Madar were happy with the fight their team provided but believe they had a chance to win.
Deni Avdija is the man to whom most of the eyes will be directed in the Israeli EuroBasket team. Whether the team succeeds or fails, the forward will be at the center of things. The Washington Wizards forward talked about the upcoming EuroBasket and more in an interview with Sports Rabbi.
The Israeli national team will take off for Prague on Wednesday in order to participate in their EuroBasket group stage. Team members will head straight from the airport to the first practice in the huge hall on the outskirts of the city.
After missing a week of action, the biggest star of the Israeli national team, Deni Avdija, has returned to team practices. Talking about the Washington Wizards forward, the head coach of the team, Guy Goodes, provided the plan for the integration of the most important player on the roster.
Israeli national team head coach Guy Goodess announced the extended list of 18 players for the upcoming FIBA World Cup European Qualifiers and EuroBasket. Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija spearheads the team. The 21-year-old Avdija completed his second season in the NBA with the Wizards, averaging 8.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, and 2.0 assists over 82 games.
After the 2021-22 NBA regular season, in which the Washington Wizards (35-47) secured 12th place in the Eastern Conference and did not enter the playoffs stage, Deni Avdija returned to his homeland Israel. He sat down with journalists of the Israeli media outlet One and shared his thoughts on various topics. The 21-year-old Avdija was among five players, who participated in all 82 matches of this ...
Maccabi Playtika Tel Aviv (16-8) defeated Bnei Herzliya (15-9) 92-74 (25-18, 22-21, 21-19, 24-16) in the Israeli League, winning their 11th of the last 12 matches on both fronts. The Washington Wizards player Deni Avdija was in attendance at Menora Mivtachim Arena. The 21-year-old NBAer started his professional path with Maccabi in 2017. He played there until 2020, when Avdija was selected with ...
A week ago, NBA commissioner Adam Silver held a press conference and commented about the tendency of NBA stars to miss more and more games in a season. "The bigger concern is a trend of star players not participating in a full complement of games," Silver noted. "I'm not standing here saying I have a great solution," he continued. "Part of the issue is injuries. One of the things we have focused ...
Kristaps Porzingis and Deni Avdija broke their personal record and led the Washington Wizards (31-42) to a 100-97 (25-24, 35-20, 19-26, 21-27) victory over the Detroit Pistons (20-54). Porzingis finished the game with 30 points (8/14 2PT, 3/8 3PT, 5/7 FT), 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, and 2 turnovers. 30 points is the best Latvian performance wearing Wizards’ jersey. Avdija ...
Bnei Herzliya are facing Hapoel Tel Aviv for the Israel State Cup on Thursday evening, as both squads managed to pull off upsets by knocking down Hapoel Holon and Maccabi Tel Aviv, respectively.Ahead of the title match, Deni Avdija's father, Zufer, who is also Herzliya’s sports director and general manager, spoke to The Sport Rabbi about the club’s surge this season after having almost ...
The upcoming Christmas sprinkled some optimistic feelings amongst the NBA community, more Covid-19 related news kept bringing the heads down. But there were some feel-good stories, too. We were supposed to keep our expectations low about Giannis Antetokounmpo's much-awaited return against the Boston Celtics, as the Greek Freak himself kindly reminded us. But after being out for 14 days, the ...
Last weeks’ Euro-NBA bonanza did not disappoint where Nikola Jokic, Luka Doncic, and Kristaps Porzingis came face-to-face, but the injury issues greyed the sky to some extent. Giannis Antetokounmpo is back in business to lift the Bucks over .500 again, and Dennis Schroder does not show any intention to stop scoring, making Lakers fans to rethink about letting him go last summer, as he went ...
