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Deni Avdija is no doubt aware that ESPN ranks him as the fifth-best basketball prospect in the world, even though he’s only 19.
With that in mind Avdija — a lanky star who has been playing in Israel’s top professional league and internationally for Maccabi Tel Aviv — declared on Thursday that he will enter the NBA Draft scheduled for June 25 (though it could be delayed, like so many other major sporting events, because of the coronavirus crisis).
He is only the sixth Israeli ever to enter the draft for the world’s top pro league and is expected to be the second, after Omri Casspi, to be drafted in the first round.
www.jta.org
That's not bad at all.
With that in mind Avdija — a lanky star who has been playing in Israel’s top professional league and internationally for Maccabi Tel Aviv — declared on Thursday that he will enter the NBA Draft scheduled for June 25 (though it could be delayed, like so many other major sporting events, because of the coronavirus crisis).
He is only the sixth Israeli ever to enter the draft for the world’s top pro league and is expected to be the second, after Omri Casspi, to be drafted in the first round.
Teen Israeli basketball phenom Deni Avdija is entering the NBA draft - and could be a top-5 pick - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
ESPN ranks Avdija, born to a Muslim Serbian-Israeli father and Jewish-Israeli mother, as the fifth-best prospect in the world.
www.jta.org
That's not bad at all.
