{"id":19015,"date":"2020-05-06T10:15:50","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T10:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=19015"},"modified":"2020-05-06T10:15:50","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T10:15:50","slug":"ben-pickman-from-sports-illustrated-on-deni-avdija-the-nba-draft-more-sports-rabbi-show-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/ben-pickman-from-sports-illustrated-on-deni-avdija-the-nba-draft-more-sports-rabbi-show-86\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Pickman from Sports Illustrated on Deni Avdija, the NBA Draft &#038; More! 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We discuss what dans can expect from Avdija along with his background while also looking at Pickman&#8217;s career to date as well! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/35BSClJ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">You can read the article by clicking on this link!<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-sports-rabbi\/id545181049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Make sure to subscribe on iTunes!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben Pickman of Sports Illustrated Magazine joined The Sports Rabbi to talk about his great piece about Deni Avdija, the Israeli phenom that will be heading to the NBA and is excepted to be a lottery pick in the 2020 Draft. 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