Height, position, age: 6-foot-9, forward, 24. Contract status: Avdija’s contract, which will pay him $14.4 million next season, has three years remaining. His contract decreases each season ...

When the Portland Trail Blazers gave up four draft picks for Deni Avdija last summer, it seemed like an overpay. Avdija, the league’s only Israeli-born player, was coming off a breakout fourth ...

As the only Israeli currently playing in the NBA, Avdija carries the weight of representing an entire nation and a global Jewish community that passionately follows his every move. ISRAELI FORWARD ...

Deni Avdija is a professional basketball player and was born on January 3, 2001, in Beit Zera, Israel. He stands at 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 meters), weighs 240 pounds (109 kilograms) and plays at ...

Deni Avdija, a forward for the Portland Trail Blazers, will not participate in the team’s first pre-season game of the 2024-25 NBA season due to Yom Kippur. The game against the Los Angeles ...

Israeli basketball player Deni Avdija, who was just named to The Action Network's “Elite 100” list of the best NBA players, announced that he will not play on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in ...

The Blazers enter the new season with virtually the same pieces as last year, outside of a couple of rookies and their biggest offseason acquisition, Deni Avdija. Avdija will enter his first ...

The biggest move of the offseason from the Portland Trail Blazers was trading veteran point guard Malcolm Brogdon over to the Washington Wizards for forward Deni Avdija. Avdija will likely be a ...

Deni Avdija didn’t see a trade coming. He had just ended his best season with Washington. He had signed a team-friendly deal last October. The Wizards appeared pleased with the development of ...

Avdija (heel) is out for Sunday's game against Cleveland. Avdija will miss his second consecutive game due to a left heel contusion. Landry Shamet started in Avdija's stead in Friday's 147-106 ...