Abdia's stock continues to rise: "Its ceiling is particularly high"
The Israeli's progress, which has passed the 1000 points in his career, produces promising predictions: "He has a lot of offensive potential that has not yet been realized."
The gesture of his teammates and the return of the trash talk
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07/04/2022
Thursday, 07 April 2022, 09:08
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Washington trains ahead of game against Chicago (Washington Wizards Official Twitter)
While the Washington Wizards have no ambitions left for the final straight of the NBA season, for Danny Abdia this is a significant period of rebranding - or strengthening the brand, if you will - and upgrading its position in the best league in the world.
Tonight (Wednesday through Thursday) the Israeli forward continued to showcase his range of offensive abilities in a game that ended in a 118: 103 loss to the Atlanta Hawks, scoring 9 points, picking up 7 rebounds and delivering 6 assists.
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Even before the game, journalist Chase Hughes, who covers the Wizards for "NBC", analyzed Abdia's progress, which in the last 13 games has averaged 13.1 points, 5.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 37.1% for three.
"Since the three-game streak without points in mid-March, Abdia has been showing some of the best basketball in his career and scoring nearly 40 percent for three, which is reminiscent of how great his offensive potential is," Hughes praised.
"Abdia's career has developed ironically so far, because he made a name for himself mostly through defense, but when he was drafted he was considered a player with a particularly high ceiling on the offensive side. I spoke to several NBA executives who said they did not see his defense before the draft. "And it made me feel good - because I did not watch it either. I saw a guy at 2.05 who moves well without the ball, has good game vision and delivery ability, but he has a lot of offensive potential that has not yet been realized and I think everyone agrees on that."
The reporter, who has been following Abdia closely since joining the league, provided a promising outlook for the Israeli's future career: "What he showed us on defense, at just 21, makes me think his overall ceiling is quite high, "It is of great value to the team. It will take them a while to develop it, because we have seen that it is still unstable, but in my opinion it is on the right track."
The potential is great.
Danny Abdia (Photo: GettyImages, Kevin C. Cox)
Abdia, who received 34 minutes from Wes Ansald Jr. against Atlanta, more than any other Washington player, recorded a respectable milestone in the game: The Israeli crossed the 1,000-point line in his NBA career and received a tribute from his teammates, who gave him the ball with their signatures.
Abdia uploaded a photo of the ball to his Instagram story, writing: "Wow, totally grateful. Dreams really come true."
By the way, after providing a viral moment in the previous game, in which he scored on Jayden McDaniels and signaled to him that he was "too small", Abdia repeated the trash talk against Atlanta again, shaking Danilo Glinari on the way to two points and adding the same stinging mark afterwards.
Hughes tweeted in response: "Danny's two 'too small' moments came against players at his height, which is quite interesting."
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