{"id":23395,"date":"2020-12-07T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=23395"},"modified":"2024-11-03T09:31:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T09:31:20","slug":"deni-avdijas-1st-week-with-the-wizards-sports-rabbi-correspondent-neil-dalal-on-episode-144","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/deni-avdijas-1st-week-with-the-wizards-sports-rabbi-correspondent-neil-dalal-on-episode-144\/","title":{"rendered":"Deni Avdija&#8217;s 1st week with the Wizards. 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