[Greg Finberg] A year ago, many Wizards fans were close to giving up on Deni Avdija, believing the Wiz shouldn’t extend him. Now, after a breakout year, he’s on one of the most team-friendly deals in the NBA and has become the Wizards most coveted trade asset What a wild turnaround for Avdija
by LesDiablesRouges
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His extension has not even kicked in and he’s already one of the best value contracts in the league. Not to mention, his yearly salary goes down every year and he’s going to get better with age and experience. Insane value.
Went from regretting us drafting him over Haliburton to really liking the pick.
We need to get as many assets as possible outta this guy. It’s our only chance at kick-starting this rebuild
I admit it.
I was wrong to give up on the guy.
Never gave up on Deni. Dude can play. Hope we keep him around for the entire rebuild and see him on a competitive Wizards team circa 2030.
I’m glad that he’s proven me wrong
Told y’all
Trade him for Giddey and picks
My favorite player on this squad, my flair should tell you how i feel about him
I love it when young players turn it around and show big improvement proving fans wrong, that’s why you don’t give up on a player too early
Deni is who everyone thought Giddey could be.
Now I know the Giddler has been piss poor defensively and struggling shooting, but I still like parts of his game including his size, playmaking, and transition offense. I would gladly move Kuz for him and a pick or two. Would maybe have to be a 3 team trade tho
Trading him would be a huge mistake.
Sad part is it taking 4 years and 287 games to get a lottery pick to this point when there was obviously talent there from the start, and Beal and Russ and others were like yelling at him to display it.
Challenge now is to take over. To adapt when he becomes existent on the scouting report, and to push through that and do something notable. Some day he’ll reach Beal’s level where he’s trying to put the team on his back and get them to Mid and beyond Mid. We’re years away from that, but that’s where we’re headed.
We’re Wizards fans and the team is rebuilding so the expectations are incredibly low, even for this franchise. Nothing’s happening with this team until 2028 at the earliest, so this upcoming season will be just like the last. 60+ losses, few wins, a high draft pick, and a couple highlights here and there. If we get Flagg, that’s when the clock starts.
Right now, Deni is in the enviable position of having next to no expectations of any real kind. He doesn’t have to lead the team to wins. He doesn’t have to score x amount of points. Doesn’t have to win any awards for defense or offense. Doesn’t have to be a leader in the locker room. Doesn’t need to learn a new skill or perfect the ones he has or beat out anybody for his spot, to remain on the team and remain a starter. Ted seems head over heels in love with Deni and Deni is the longest tenured Wizard. Ted can just sit back and capitalize off him literally just putting a team out on the floor with Deni on it. No scandals, no feathers ruffled, no pressure. Ted’s definitely not going to give up on Deni, that’s his cash cow. He has to be absolutely thrilled. It’ll be interesting to see if the more they push Deni, the more the fans at Capital One start actually cheering the team instead of the opposition, and supporting the home team. Whatever it takes man.
I don’t think we’d get enough value trading him before his extension has even kicked in.