Star break, Avdija averaged a respectable 14.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, and 3.4 assists per game – all career highs at the time.

Many people think he’s going to be the greatest Israeli player of all time,” one basketball writer said of Avdija.

The Blazers have budding young talent in Deni Avdija, and he spoke about his All-Star level play to end this season.

Deni Avdija recorded 31 points ... Reath scored on a tip-in and Camara added a dunk to make it 115-94 with 2:05 left. Avdija made five first-half treys while scoring 26 points as Portland led ...

Last summer's offseason trade for Deni Avdija elevated the Portland Trail Blazers' floor too much for them to embrace a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Deni Avdija had 36 points, eight rebounds and seven assists to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 128-109 win over the Denver Nuggets, who were without star center Nikola ...

Avdija spent three years playing professionally in Europe for Maccabi Tel Aviv, amassing 34 EuroLeague appearances before joining the NBA in 2020, when he was selected ninth overall by the ...

The best example of that? Deni Avdija. A 6-foot-9 Israeli forward who came over from Washington last summer, Avdija has come on as of late after a slow start to the season, when he averaged 11.4 ...

Oren Manor likes to boast that he was a Deni Avdija fan before it was cool. Manor, an Israeli sportswriter, has been following Avdija since he was a 16-year-old playing in Maccabi Tel Aviv’s ...