Here’s What Deni Avdija Is Showing In His Fourth NBA Season

Here’s What Deni Avdija Is Showing In His Fourth NBA Season

Since February 4th which is a six-game span for him Denny AIA has the NBA’s thirdd best field goal percentage among players with at least 75 shot attempts in this span his is 60.2% only Giannis anmo and domont sabonis have higher marks in his most recent game before the All-Star break

Which was against the New Orleans Pelicans the fourth year forward erupted for a career-high 43 points to go along with grabbing 15 rebounds he made 13 of his 24 floor shots six of his 10 three-pointers and took 13 free throws making 11 of them now it is important to

Mention that the Wizards lost each of those six games despite abd’s breakout performances but there’s no doubt that he has turned a corner and we have to start asking ourselves whether he’s more than just an ancillary role player on a rebuilding team the biggest thing that

He’s doing more of and better at is attacking the basket on drives the thing thing about AIA is that he’s super strong and does a great job of shielding off Defenders with his body to finish despite a heavy dose of obstruction before February 4th he was averaging

Just 5.3 driving layup attempts per 100 possessions in these last six games that’s up to just under eight driving layup attempts per 100 possessions he’s getting closer to the basket on these drives with an average shot distance of 3.9 ft since February 4th and 60 3% of

His driving shots have been taken from the restricted area prior to February 4th it was 4.3 ft and 51% he’s taken the ninth most driving layup since February 4th shooting 71.4% on these attempts I recently did a video on the Orlando Magics fron Vagner and I always felt like abdia is a less

Polished less crafty and less elusive version of him abdia is a little bit more straight linish while Vagner makes makes a lot of sharp turns abrupt stop and starts and Alters angles constantly the biggest thing we see AIA do well is go right into Defenders bounce off them

And remain balanced to finish on those drives he’s definitely more right side dominant he’s also gotten very good at turning drives into post-ups and using his size to muscle his way to the basket to accentuate his strength and aggressiveness he has 31 n1s which is

Already 10 more than he had all of last season he’s gotten a lot of them in transition where he excels nearly 21% of his transition shot attempts end in a shooting foul and 5.4% of them end in an N1 as far as the shooting there are not many players if any who

Have improved their outside touch more than him he’s currently shooting 40.5% from three-point range a nearly 12% jump from last season where he’s been hot this season is from the corners in fact among the 140 players who have taken at least 40 Corner three-pointers abdia has the 17th best percentage at 47.9%

Now the Wizards as a team are very poor defensively they have the fourth worst defensive rating to be precise but between AIA and beol kabali they have a pair of wings that can use their size to make it tough on opponents interestingly enough Abdi has been the closest

Defender to the 10th most shots this season and the most among non- centers opponents are shooting 49.3% on those attempts which isn’t a great Mark by any stretch but he has been responsible for having to guard many of the game’s top scores just some general stats on abdia through

54 games he’s averaging 13.8 points 6.6 rebounds and 3.8 assists shooting 52.1% from the field and 40.5% from Beyond The Ark so that’ll wrap up this video If you like this kind of content please subscribe oh

Deni Avdija has turned a corner recently, and now we have to wonder if this is just the beginning of what’s to come. #nba #deniavdija #washingtonwizards #wizards #filmroom