Deni Avdija

Forward · Portland Trail Blazers · #8

PTS · 2026-2723.0

REB6.1

AST6.5

FG%47.4

Games11

Deni Avdija: season analysis

Deni Avdija is a 25-year-old forward for the Portland Trail Blazers, wearing number 8. Listed at 6-foot-8 and 228 pounds, Avdija has 7 years of NBA experience.

In 2026-27, Avdija is averaging 23.0 points, 6.1 rebounds and 6.5 assists in 32.5 minutes per game, starting all 11 games. The shooting line reads 47.4% from the field, 33.9% from three-point range and 69.4% from the free-throw line. That makes Avdija the team's leading scorer and leading passer this season. Among the 378 players with at least five games this season, that scoring average ranks 19th in the NBA.

Compared with 2025-26 (24.2 points in 33.3 minutes per game), scoring is down by 1.2 points per game and playing time down by 0.8 minutes.

Before this season, Avdija played 6 NBA seasons and 425 games, averaging 13.3 points, 6.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists. The best scoring season so far was 2025-26 at 24.2 points per game.

Background

Avdija was drafted in 2020 by the Washington Wizards franchise. NBA teams so far: Washington Wizards (2020–2024), Portland Trail Blazers (2024–). Nationality: Israel. Honors include the Independence Day (Israel) torchbearer (2025); the Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP (2020).

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Profile

Team	Portland Trail Blazers
Position	Forward
Jersey	#8
Age	25
Born	January 3, 2001 · Tel Aviv, Israel
Height	6' 8" (2.03 m)
Weight	228 lbs (103 kg)
College	—
NBA experience	7 years
Salary	$13,125,000 (2026-27)

Trail Blazers teammates

Last 10 games

Date	Opponent	Result	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
2026-11-11	vs OKC	W 118-108	35	28	3	6	4	2	5	9-20	4-13	6-6	+10
2026-11-10	vs OKC	W 123-103	34	24	6	8	1	0	3	8-15	2-4	6-8	+21
2026-11-07	vs SAS	L 103-125	24	15	4	1	1	0	3	5-13	2-3	3-4	-19
2026-11-06	@ LAL	L 118-124	39	22	9	11	2	0	8	6-12	1-4	9-14	0
2026-11-04	@ PHX	W 132-119	35	21	7	12	0	0	3	7-16	1-5	6-9	+16
2026-11-02	@ DEN	W 118-110	35	28	3	5	0	0	2	10-22	2-9	6-9	-7
2026-10-31	@ UTA	W 112-90	30	24	5	2	1	0	3	6-12	2-4	10-13	+32
2026-10-29	vs MEM	L 103-124	32	24	9	7	0	1	0	8-16	0-4	8-12	-9
2026-10-27	@ LAL	W 136-129	33	23	4	9	1	0	3	8-15	4-7	3-7	+8
2026-10-23	@ SAC	W 128-120	38	26	7	6	1	0	3	8-16	1-5	9-12	+12

Season-by-season averages

Season	Team	GP	GS	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG%	3P%	FT%	OR	DR	FG	3PT	FT
2026-27	portland trail blazers	11	11	32.5	23.0	6.1	6.5	1.2	0.3	3.2	47.4	33.9	69.4	0.8	5.3	7.5-15.7	1.9-5.6	6.2-8.9
2025-26	portland trail blazers	66	66	33.3	24.2	6.9	6.7	0.8	0.6	3.8	46.2	31.8	80.2	1.1	5.8	7.5-16.1	1.9-6.0	7.4-9.2
2024-25	portland trail blazers	72	54	30.0	16.9	7.3	3.9	1.0	0.5	2.7	47.6	36.5	78.0	1.5	5.7	5.6-11.7	1.7-4.8	4.0-5.2
2023-24	washington wizards	75	75	30.1	14.7	7.2	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.1	50.6	37.4	74.0	1.1	6.1	5.4-10.7	1.2-3.1	2.7-3.6
2022-23	washington wizards	76	40	26.6	9.2	6.4	2.8	0.9	0.4	1.6	43.7	29.7	73.9	1.0	5.4	3.3-7.6	0.9-3.1	1.6-2.2
2021-22	washington wizards	82	8	24.2	8.4	5.2	2.0	0.7	0.5	1.1	43.2	31.7	75.7	0.6	4.5	3.0-7.1	1.0-3.2	1.3-1.7
2020-21	washington wizards	54	32	23.3	6.3	4.9	1.2	0.6	0.3	0.6	41.7	31.5	64.4	0.4	4.4	2.4-5.8	1.0-3.1	0.5-0.8

Profile, injury status and averages from ESPN's public NBA data, refreshed daily. MIN, PTS, REB… are per-game averages; OR/DR = offensive/defensive rebounds; FG, 3PT, FT = made-attempted per game.