There has been a lot of chatter amongst fans about whether or not Deni Avdija has All-Defensive First Team potential, even as soon as this season. I thought there’d be no better person to weigh in on Advija’s defensive potential than the last Wizard to make a First Team, Larry Hughes.
On this week’s Bleav in Wizards podcast, Hughes provided a technical breakdown of exactly what Avdija is doing differently this year that has led to such drastic improvement. It’s more involved than I could transcribe here so if that interests you, I would encourage you to check out the episode around the 29:00 point of the episode.