Bill Simmons ranks Deni Avdija as the 22nd best player in the NBA, Zach Lowe puts him in the 30s. Simmons: “He has proven to me that he can be the best player on a good team, if you had a good team around”
Bill Simmons ranks Deni Avdija as the 22nd best player in the NBA, Zach Lowe puts him in the 30s. Simmons: "He has proven to me that he can be the best player on a good team, if you had a good team around"
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[Source](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSpJ0Y1eey8) – 1:03:55 into the podcast
If our team wasn’t so injured and we were 10-5 or something like that I think more of the general public would realize Deni is breaking out.
Right now from an outsider’s perspective they look at our record and just assume we’re the same tanking fringe play-in Blazers.
If we get into December and start getting healthier I think more media will recognize. Lowe having him the 30s is still pretty respectable IMO.
Kinda funny Lowe went with the Deni/Young trade instead of the Deni/Johnson one.
I honestly don’t watch ATL enough to be a fair judge of Johnson’s game but based on what I do know I’m still taking Deni. But either way they’re both clearly better than Trae by this point and the gap is only going to get larger
Best contract in the league
If you change “good team” to “top 6 team in the west” you see how wrong Simmons is.
Can’t have a culture of low expectations.
I’m so proud of my boy I was giddy hearing that from Bill and Zach