The Portland Trail Blazers made a surprise trade for Deni Avdija, but it has quickly turned into a slam dunk move.

More Trail Blazers: Blazers Could Help Bucks Trade Giannis Antetokounmpo: Report Another player who stood out was small forward Deni Avdija, who came to Portland from the Washington Wizards.

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 ...

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 ...

NBA Communications: Other nominees... West: Deni Avdija (POR), Luka Dončić (LAL), Anthony Edwards (MIN), James Harden and Ivica Zubac (LAC), and Alperen Sengun (HOU) East: OG Anunoby and Karl ...

Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija is in the midst of the best scoring stretch of his five-year career. Avdija’s season-high 36 points during Friday night’s 128-109 win over the Denver ...

They traded away former first-round pick Deni Avdija to the Portland Trail Blazers for the pick that eventually became Bub Carrington. It was a surprising trade, especially since Avdija was coming ...

Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija averaged 10.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, and 2.8 assists in October. He is averaging 22.1 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 5.4 assists in March. – 3:05 PM Casey ...

Super happy for him and awesome having him back." The Wizards drafted Avdija 9th overall in 2020. Deni showed steady improvement in each of the four years under his rookie contract. He had linear ...