<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/wizards-news-kyle-kuzma-jordan-pooles-deni-avdija-hype-fans');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kyle Kuzma, Jordan Poole’s Deni Avdija take will hype up Wizards fans');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Wizards-news-Kyle-Kuzma-Jordan-Poole_s-Deni-Avdija-take-will-hype-up-Washington-fans.jpg"></figure><h1>Kyle Kuzma, Jordan Poole’s Deni Avdija take will hype up Wizards fans</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-09T15:53:41-07:00">July 9th, 3:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-09T15:53:41-07:00">July 9th, 3:53pm</time><address><a>Jay Postrado</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Team chemistry is the most important thing to build within teams that are rebuilding. A lot of it comes from knowing the strengths of teammates and where they can improve. The Washington Wizards seem to know that and are starting to recognize the growth of their younger stars like Deni Avdija. Jordan Poole and Kyle Kuzma think the 22-year-old is more than meets the eye.</p><p>Deni Avdija saw the court a lot in his<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-news-jordan-poole-keeps-it-real-on-relationship-with-steph-curry-klay-thompson-after-warriors-trade" rel="noopener"> latest stint with the Wizards.</a> He got an average of 26.6 minutes per game and has been thriving. His efforts on the offensive end were not put to waste as<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/warriors-news-jordan-poole-breaks-silence-on-golden-state-wizards-trade" rel="noopener"> his new teammate, Jordan Poole,</a> posits that <a href="https://twitter.com/NeilDalal96/status/1678118102352146433" rel="noopener">he has been great</a>, per Neil Dalal of Hoops District.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jordan Poole on Deni Avdija</p><p>“Extremely gifted, talented. Good slasher. … Great size, athletic, can get to the rim. Being able to play alongside him on the wing, unlock him, allow him to continue to grow his game. Find ways to build a good chemistry will be exciting.” <a href="https://t.co/kHkPKoCh0D">pic.twitter.com/kHkPKoCh0D</a></p><p>— Neil Dalal (@NeilDalal96) <a href="https://twitter.com/NeilDalal96/status/1678118317490593793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p> </p><p>“Extremely gifted, talented. Good slasher. … Great size, athletic, and can get to the rim. Being able to play alongside him on the wing, unlock him, and allow him to continue to grow his game. Finding ways to build good chemistry will be exciting,” Poole said.</p><p>The Israeli-Serbian player racked up 9.2 points per game while knocking down 43.7% of the shots he took. His greatness and untapped potential are also present on both ends of the floor. Kyle Kuzma argued that Avdija was great as a defensive presence.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Kyle Kuzma on Deni Avdija</p><p>“He’s a hell of a defender. He’s a great teammate. I’m excited to see his game grow this summer, I know he’s been working hard in Israel. … I think he has a bright future and he’s coming into a contract year and I think he’s going to surprise people.” <a href="https://t.co/bWn55BtCJu">pic.twitter.com/bWn55BtCJu</a></p><p>— Neil Dalal (@NeilDalal96) <a href="https://twitter.com/NeilDalal96/status/1678118102352146433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p> </p><p>“He’s a hell of a defender. He’s a great teammate. I’m excited to see his game grow this summer, I know he’s been working hard in Israel. … I think he has a bright future and he’s coming into a contract year and I think he’s going to surprise people.”</p><p>His rebounding was great as he averaged 6.4 per game. He is also good at pickpocketing the ball. Avdija has 0.9 steals per game.</p><p>Will the Wizards get more quality minutes from him?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kyle Kuzma, Jordan Poole’s Deni Avdija take will hype up Wizards fans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nets-news-deni-avdija-the-only-jewish-nba-player-shares-unique-take-on-kyrie-irving-antisemitism-saga/');   ga('set', 'title', 'Deni Avdija, the only Jewish NBA player, shares unique take on Kyrie Irving antisemitism saga');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Deni-Avdija-the-only-Jewish-NBA-player-shares-unique-take-on-Kyrie-Irving-antisemitism-saga.jpg"></figure><h1>Deni Avdija, the only Jewish NBA player, shares unique take on Kyrie Irving antisemitism saga</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-11-05T13:10:35-07:00">November 5th, 1:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-11-05T13:34:27-07:00">November 5th, 1:34pm</time><address><a href="https://joeymistretta.wordpress.com">Joey Mistretta</a>Joey Mistretta is a writer/editor who covers multiple sports. Notably, Mistretta covers baseball, basketball, and football. He is originally from a small town in Southern California and spent the majority of his time growing up playing baseball and basketball. He graduated college with a degree in broadcast journalism. In addition to writing, Mistretta runs a sports Youtube channel and works as a seasonal play-by-play sports broadcaster.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Washington Wizards’ forward Deni Avdija, who is thought to be the only current Jewish NBA player, shared his take on the Kyrie Irving antisemitism controversy, <a href="https://theathletic.com/3764906/2022/11/05/deni-avdija-kyrie-irving/" rel="noopener">per The Athletic</a>.</p><p>“Listen, at the end of the day, I think he’s a role model,” Avdija said. “He’s a great player. I think he did a mistake, but you need to understand that he gives (an) example to people.”</p><p>Deni Avdija believes Irving is a role model. Although, he acknowledged that he thinks Kyrie made a mistake. Avdija continued by explaining how Irving’s platform can influence those who look up to him.</p><p>“People look up to him,” Deni Avdija said. “You know what I’m saying? So you can think whatever you want, you can do whatever you want — just I don’t think it’s right to go out in public and publish it and let little kids that follow you see it and the generations that come after to think like that. Because it’s not true. And I don’t think it’s fair. Hopefully, he’s sorry for what he said. Other than that, I don’t have any other room to say anything about it. Y’all probably can guess my comments on it. But that’s about it.”</p><p>Deni Avdija made his thoughts on the matter clear. He understands that the Nets point guard made a mistake and hopes that he’s sorry.</p><p>Irving has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nets-news-kyrie-irving-breaks-silence-in-light-of-suspension/" rel="noopener">issued an apology</a>. But he will serve a suspension and his future in Brooklyn with the Nets is unclear.</p><p>We will continue to monitor updates on this story.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Deni Avdija, the only Jewish NBA player, shares unique take on Kyrie Irving antisemitism saga

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/wizards-news-bradley-beal-washington-can-breathe-sigh-of-relief-over-deni-avdija-injury/');   ga('set', 'title', 'Bradley Beal, Washington can breathe sigh of relief over Deni Avdija injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/123FDA32-E2D1-4FE7-BBF7-B3EF12E27540.jpeg"></figure><h1>Bradley Beal, Washington can breathe sigh of relief over Deni Avdija injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-10-19T18:59:58-07:00">October 19th, 6:59pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-10-19T18:59:58-07:00">October 19th, 6:59pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Deni Avdija was set to be the Washington Wizards starting small forward for Wednesday’s opening game against the Indiana Pacers but he left the game after suffering an ankle injury. But Wizards fans and Avdija’s teammate Bradley Beal can exhale a bit after Avdija received some positive news.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1582894461352230912?s=20&amp;t=RoGvuDfn-ulGZkZOJCKD8Q">According to Adrian Wojnarowski</a> of ESPN, Avdija’s ankle injury is not believed to be serious after a negative MRI.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">X-Rays negative on Washington Wizards forward Deni Avdija right ankle, source tells ESPN. Injury is believed to be a sprain and "nothing serious," per source.</p><p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1582894461352230912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 20, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The news is a much welcome sign for the Wizards. Deni Avdija was drafted by the Wizards with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2020 draft and is one of the team’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-news-deni-avdija-entrusted-by-wes-unseld-jr-to-play-very-important-role-for-washington/">top young talent.</a> Avdija is coming off a promising second year in the NBA during which he averaged 8.4 points per game and 5.2 rebounds while shooting 43.2 percent from the field and playing in all 82 games.</p><p>Avdija was named the Wizards starting small forward right before Wednesday’s game, beating out Will Barton and Rui Hachimura. He had missed the entire preseason with a groin injury he suffered in the off-season during competition with the Israeli national team.</p><p>Aside from his offense, Avdija has been a solid defensive player and will provide the Wizards with some size on the wings alongside Bradley Beal.</p><p>Avdija has been playing professional basketball since he was 16 when he suited up for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli League. He played for the Israeli U20 team during FIBA competition in 2018 and 2019 and helped the team win gold medals both times.</p><p>It remains to be seen how much time Avdija may have to miss with this injury.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Bradley Beal, Washington can breathe sigh of relief over Deni Avdija injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Deni Avdija drops unfortunate injury update ahead of Wizards training camp');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Wizards-Deni-Avdija.jpeg"></figure><h1>Deni Avdija drops unfortunate injury update ahead of Wizards training camp</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-09-24T06:24:38-07:00">September 24th, 6:24am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-09-24T06:24:38-07:00">September 24th, 6:24am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Marist College '22 | earned my stripes at TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Washington Wizards are retooled and ready to hunt for the playoffs yet again. However, Deni Avdija, one of their key young players, may need some more time to ready himself for the 2022-23 NBA season.</p><p>Avdija suffered a groin injury this summer during his time playing for the Israeli national team in the EuroBasket tournament. He averaged 14.6 points, 8.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.2 blocks per game, which were all <a href="https://www.fiba.basketball/eurobasket/2022/team/Israel#tab=overview,average_statistics">team highs</a>, while shooting 40.0 percent from the field and 33.3 percent from deep.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Deni Avdija says he's still dealing with the groin injury he sustained playing for the Israeli national team this summer.</p><p>— Chase Hughes (@ChaseHughesNBCS) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChaseHughesNBCS/status/1573416836125032448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 23, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Avdija took a small step forward in his second season, averaging 8.4 points, 5.2 rebounds and 2.0 assists while shooting 43.2 percent from the field and 31.7 percent from deep. He appeared in all 82 games last year, starting just eight of them.</p><p>Playing time will not be easy to come by for the 21-year-old forward. After the Wizards added the likes of Will Barton and Johnny Davis to a team that already has Kyle Kuzma, Corey Kispert and Rui Hachimura, Avdija will have lots of competition to be a key wing for Washington. Head coach Wes Unseld Jr. trusted Avdija to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-news-deni-avdija-entrusted-by-wes-unseld-jr-to-play-very-important-role-for-washington/">guard some of the best players in the league</a>, though, so he has shown that he can be productive. His offensive output must improve for him to secure a rotation spot.</p><p>The Wizards are eager to return to the playoffs with a new core of players around Beal. If Deni Avdija isn’t able to find himself a spot in the rotation, it could be the beginning of the end of his time in Washington.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Deni Avdija drops unfortunate injury update ahead of Wizards training camp

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Deni Avdija entrusted by Wes Unseld Jr. to play very important role for Wizards');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/wizards-news-deni-avdija-entrusted-by-wes-unseld-jr-to-play-very-important-role-for-washington.jpg"></figure><h1>Deni Avdija entrusted by Wes Unseld Jr. to play very important role for Wizards</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-12-29T09:14:43-08:00">December 29th, 9:14am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-12-29T09:14:43-08:00">December 29th, 9:14am</time><address><a>John Tan</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Washington Wizards head coach Wes Unseld Jr. is banking on the potential of Deni Avdija in playing an important assignment this season.</p><p>With the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/wizards-news-rui-hachimura-runs-into-unfortunate-setback-right-before-making-season-debut/">Wizards</a> missing a number of key players due to COVID-19 protocols, the team was prompted to rely on second-year forward Deni Avdija, especially on the defensive end.</p><p>Avdija’s main task for the Wizards in recent games was the most important one–guarding the opposing teams’ best players. As it stands, the Israeli has been doing a good and coach Unseld is confident that he could still improve.</p><blockquote>“It’s going to be a challenge. People forget he’s a second-year player and we’re asking him to guard All-Stars,” Unseld Jr. said of Avdija via <a href="https://www.nbcsports.com/washington/wizards/why-wes-unseld-jr-keeps-trusting-deni-avdija-guard-star-players">NBC Sports</a>. “So, it’s not going to be great every night, and I don’t expect it to be, but I think there’s growth.”“The more he does it, he will have a comfort level with guarding those marquee matchups and understanding personnel tendencies,” he continued. “It’s only going to make him better.”</blockquote><p>Last month, Unseld already mentioned that the Wizards have been benefiting from Avdija’s “size, physicality and ability to move his feet” when defending star players.</p><p>Despite the rave reviews from his coach, Avdija insisted that he just like to help the team win.</p><blockquote>“I just liked my helping the team as much as possible, you know, being involved, playing some big plays in crunchtime,” Avdija confessed via <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/11/16/deni-avdija-wizards-defensive-stopper/">The Washington Post</a>. “For me, it’s like, it’s really a dream come true. Helping the team to win and being there for my guys, it’s the greatest gift that I can get. For real.”</blockquote><p>The Wizards will be hoping to bounce back from the 119-112 lost to the Miami Heat when they take on the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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