The Portland Trail Blazers gave up real assets to secure the services of Deni Avdija last June. At the time, some were concerned with the franchise relinquishing two first round picks for the Washington Wizards forward. This writer, however, had nothing but effuse praise for the acquisition after watching what the Israeli had done in DC.
Unfortunately, the former lottery pick suffered through a slow start to his Portland tenure, struggling with his shot. But while his he wasn’t sending the ball through the bottom of the net, he was contributing in other facets of the game.