{"id":90643,"date":"2023-07-09T08:57:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T08:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/?p=90643"},"modified":"2024-11-03T09:31:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T09:31:09","slug":"he-went-to-8-young-kobe-jordan-poole-and-kyle-kuzma-talk-deni-avdija","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsrabbi.com\/en\/he-went-to-8-young-kobe-jordan-poole-and-kyle-kuzma-talk-deni-avdija\/","title":{"rendered":"He went to #8, young Kobe: Jordan Poole and Kyle Kuzma talk Deni Avdija"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Wizards have had a busy summer both on and off of the court of play bringing in a new front office including Michael Winger as the President of Monumental Basketball, Travis Schlenk is the new Vice President of Player Personnel and Will Dawkins as the General Manager. On the floor, Israel forward Deni Avdija has some new teammates including Jordan Poole and some old ones who extended their stay in DC in Kyle Kuzma.<\/p>\n<p>The Sports Rabbi&#8217;s Neil Dalal spoke to the duo about Avdija as we head into the dog days of summer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jordan Poole on Deni Avdija<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExtremely gifted, talented. Good slasher. &#8230; Great size, athletic, can get to the rim. Being able to play alongside him on the wing, unlock him, allow him to continue to grow his game. Find ways to build a good chemistry will be exciting.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kHkPKoCh0D\">pic.twitter.com\/kHkPKoCh0D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil Dalal (@NeilDalal96) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeilDalal96\/status\/1678118317490593793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kyle Kuzma on Deni Avdija<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a hell of a defender. He\u2019s a great teammate. I\u2019m excited to see his game grow this summer, I know he\u2019s been working hard in Israel. &#8230; I think he has a bright future and he\u2019s coming into a contract year and I think he\u2019s going to surprise people.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bWn55BtCJu\">pic.twitter.com\/bWn55BtCJu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Neil Dalal (@NeilDalal96) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NeilDalal96\/status\/1678118102352146433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Wizards have had a busy summer both on and off of the court of play bringing in a new front office including Michael Winger as the President of Monumental Basketball, Travis Schlenk is the new Vice President of Player Personnel and Will Dawkins as the General Manager. 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