Deni Avdija against OKC: 31/19/10 on 6⁄14 FG and 19⁄23 FT
https://www.nba.com/game/okc-vs-por-0022500305/box-score
The next extremely high FT star is on the rise lol
23 ft wth lol
I’m the free throw merchant now
[removed]
refs really had an easy whistle on that game
36 of the 68 points he has had against us this year are free throws
He’s also shooting 31% from the field and 11% from three in those games which makes it feel even worse
It was a lot but with all the injuries the hospital Portland offense is just Deni drives. He’ll even kick out and get the ball right back to drive again.That POR/OKC game was a grind.
we honestly had no answer. chet wasn’t really blocking AND he was and foul trouble and hartenstein was out.
It was going both ways honestly. The more surprising stat though was he took 4 less shots than Grant who had 0 FT attempts.
IDFTA
If you don’t like that, you don’t like NBA basketball.
He literally just runs full speed into you and gets a call. He don’t even flop or nothing he just runs straight into you, misses, and the ref blows the whistle after. His heart’s not even in it.
The Jimmy Butler special
jimmy doesnt even run he just pumpfakes and hops
Jimmy drives right then pump fakes a million times until someone moves forward or jumps. Otherwise he’ll pass
He is what everyone is describing when the say ft merchant.
He literally refuses to shoot if they don’t jump into him.
Derozan does that without even the driving part. He just stands there in the midrange and pump takes 13 times until you jump.
More like DeAaron Fox
Pretty sure he led the league in and-1s last season after the all star break so idk
He also had at least 4 and 1s this game
He’s third this season only behind Luka and Shai. Broadcast brought it up a couple times.
Also leads the league in drives.
I mean when you shoot 23FTs you better sink a couple of those, damn
jacquez and giddey basically do the same thing just without the calls
The bennedict mathurin special
Giddeys got the same thing goin for him
Any egregious ref errors though?
lmao this is so false
A rebound away from a good game smh
Almost had it at the end but it was knocked free…
Don’t care about this game at all, but having one player shoot 23 free throws is unwatchable basketball
Refs called close to 60 FTA in this one I think? Third quarter it was every drive for both teams to hit 22 FTA combined for the quarter. Who was having fun?
You should have watched Lakers vs Spurs. FTA were 44-40.
You and I would both see the end of a lot of bs grief if they would just reign in the ref teams with main character syndrome, my god
I think it was pushing 70
69
Nice.
For what purpose?
Refs were definitely having fun in the 3rd
so a typical magic game
This was true of the one Magic game I saw, yes :(
End of the 3rd quarter was genuinely the most unwatchable shit I’ve seen in my life. Both teams in the penalty and it seemed that if a foot touched the paint then the whistles were blown. Almost had me turn it off.
There was a sequence where I think 8 straight possessions ended in free throws
I’m sorry but Deni Avdija has the most disgusting whistle in the entire NBA and it’s not even close.
He shot 23 free throws to get 31 points, and got bailed out every single time he touched the ball.
Advija is the free throw merchant that people claim SGA and Luka are.
I logged on to see a front page SGA hate post on a third quarter call and like 4 posted SGA lowlights from MrBuckBuck and figured he must be at like 20 FT or something
And see Deni Avdija with over double his calls at that point lmao
MrBuckBuck is a Blazers fan so it tracks
Only because of Deni lol
Is that true lmao
Yeah he’s Israeli and followed him from Washington to Portland
Yeah his twitter bio literally says “following Deni avdija and the nba”
Yeah, don’t bring up Israel/Palestine cos he has had some all time meltdowns on this sub defending Israel, and attacking anyone who does otherwise. Only gets away with it cos he’s one of the few non-NBA run accounts that posts a lot of highlights and keeps this subs engagement up.
Straight up did not realize that, holy fuck
Not to mention SGA playing lights out in the clutch and hitting smooth jumpers plus playing defense…. It’s laughable at this point.
average r/nba victim complex posting about the Thunder
I can’t take it anymore DX
No matter what he does Shai can’t avoid the hate and I promise you tomorrow no one will talk about this Deni “masterclass”
to be fair to mrbuckbuck they are a blazers fan so some bias is too be expected, if I put in as much as effort for highlights I’d be bias af as well.
Don’t even think he’s a Blazer fan as much as he’s just a Deni fan so he’s a fan of whatever team Deni is on at the time.
Seems to sometimes have better than a superstar whistle and for no good reason.
He’s next highest fta game is 16 against you earlier this year, he doesnt have a superstar whistle, its the wall of bodies you put in front of him thats the problem.
Ohhhh that’s clever and most will miss it, but you sir are welcome to go buy a coffee and send me the bill
Luka is averaging four more free throws per game than Deni, so what does that make him?
And somehow he still averages less FT’s than at least 5 other NBA players, and you make it sound like his percentages are bad or something while they’re borderline elite for his volume and usage
The truth is OKC don’t have a lot of guys that match Deni’s physicality so they have to foul him when he drives with force, they’re just a good match for him that’s why he gets so many calls specifically against them
I keep seeing comments like this get up-voted - you guys clearly haven’t watched any Trail Blazers’ games! Avdija normally gets a really bad whistle.
Put some respect on Benedict Mathurin
Nah Luka up there
But SGAs one flop is going crazy in here and related basketball subs lol
All 3 can be
They all are. It is OK to admit it.
Kobe shot 20 FTs in his 81 point game.
on the flip side, harden shot 22-25 FTs in a game he scored 27 points. he made 2 FGs.
Makes this Deni game look much better in comparison
And then he raped a hotel worker and instigated a smear campaign to force her not to testify.
I think that was before the 81 point game, actually.
Unsubscribe from Kobe facts
Unsubscribing isn’t possible unfortunately because we don’t need your consent.
That’s one uncomfortable upvote.
Youre going to summon the lakers fans telling you that its ok he did that
mamba mentality bro
For context, Shai has three 20 FT games for his entire career, while Deni has two against us this season.
Edit: this is misinformation. Deni had his 20 FTA cherry popped tonight! Congrats it was gross
They let the thunder defense get away with murder though
It’s true I watched Lu Dort shoot a guy once
The worst part was that the guy got called for the offensive foul
He was in the way of Lu’s natural shooting motion!
It’s the way he kicked his lifeless body off the court and played on that troubled me…
Good guy Lu removing the tripping hazard
I can’t believe the league allows him to dropkick the other teams ball handlers smfh
They do you don’t have to act like this one game changes this 😂
Except that’s not true? In the 3 games against you guys this season he’s went 15-16, 2-3, and 19-23. This appears to be the first 20+ FTA game of his career.
Deni shot 16 and 3 FTs the other two games
How come?
Deni Avdija career highs were 15 free throws made and 16 free throws attempts until tonight
This is a lie btw, he had 16 when you lost to the Trail Blazers. Shai went to the line more this season. Don’t cry its ugly
He had 16 FTA against you guys last time
Where you getting that from? He had 16 FTs when they beat us and I’m pretty sure I heard them say this was his first 20+ ft game in his career tonight.
So Deni has 2 20 FT games in his career
Thunder should try not fouling him. Other teams are able to.
Straight up a lie and you’re still getting upvoted for it
Now you now how everyone else feels every single game against y’all! “It’s gross”” is right!
Misinformation? more like straight up lies
I’ll be waiting for the Avdija hate thread for being a merchant. Jokes aside, 31-19-10 is an insane statline
19 points on free throws. That is insane
He drives into the paint quite a bit and is a reliable finisher. Therefore, it pays the defense to stop him by any means necessary, including hard fouling. That will get you an insane number of free throws. It’s not as if he’s throwing his legs out in mid-ranges and threes.
He drives into the paint quite a bit and is a reliable finisher
Michael fucking Jordan would be lucky to get this many FTs brother
This thread has literally become that to be fair
Was it the end of the third quarter where the last three minutes straight were just free throws?
That’s NBA basketball 😂
It was yes it was a crime against the sport
The Israeli Merchant
Game recognize game tbh
Probably the worst triple double OAT
Guy was getting fouls for getting breathed on
If he didn’t make a single free throw he still gets a 19 rebound triple double.
Stop the cap the triple double was valid without a single free throw and he still bagged 19 rebounds regardless, and that is assuming every call on him was incorrect which is a laughable premise, the truth is you just couldnt match with him physically.
Not sure why the FTs make the triple double bad, he had it without them. 19 rebounds and 10 assists dont come from the fouls. They all just come from his insanely high usage given our lack of anyone else who can handle the ball.
Refs had main character syndrome in this one
I don’t think I saw a single made bucket from him this game, literally all free throws. Just like last time we played them.
Oh he drew a completely non necessary and-1 from Chet when the game was out of reach lol
dude drives into the lane like a bowling ball
Disgusting whistle
Don’t even blame Deni for the fouls on this one. Refs just came out for blood tonight on both sides.
23 FTA for 31 points get this bum off my screen 😭✌️
Shai?
when shai gets 20 fta he drops 50 big difference
Don’t wanna hear shit about OKC or SGA
69 combined FTA’s
Ant had 32 points and 2 free throws tonight…
Don’t understand how the whistles can be so different
Different crews
Some call nothing, ones we had today call everything
The whistle this man got tonight was ridiculous but can’t blame him for taking what the refs give you
23 free throws and barely cracked 30 points lmfaooo
Deni is who people think SGA is. Lol 23 free throws is ridiculous!
He isn’t cause SGA averages 2 whole FT’s more than him
Also Avdija takes 3 fewer shots per game and shoots almost 2 3-pointers more per game. So this tracks about right. SGA has a slightly higher free throw rate.
They just both good at drawing fouls it’s not rocket science
No people with eyes know that SGA is who he is.
He drive into other players at all cost,he is not a flopper
but he is absolutely a free throw merechent
Scoring 31 on 23 FTA is kind of ew tbh
It was a legendary whistle in Portland tonight lmao
Best contract in the league
Unethical basketball! Anybody that shoots FT bad!
I will die a happy man when free throw discourse dies in the NBA community.
YOUR ENEMY IS THE ZEBRAS, NOT THE PLAYERS
This game was a free-throw fest, on both ends of the floor. Yes, Deni was the biggest benefactor, but he, just like Shai, just like Luka, just like Embiid, Harden, ‘06 finals Wade, Kobe, Jordan - every one of them took what the refs gave them. Don’t like the calls? Blame the refs. Don’t like the rules? Blame the owners, I think idk how the rules are made but don’t blame the players for trying to score as much as they can.
Mostly uncompetitive complaining losers from their moms basements presumably
Bro idk how Denis whistle normally is but tonight it was unwatchable. Every time he drove the refs just gave him free throws. This is the whistle people think Shai gets
Seems to be an okc thing as his highest fta game before this one was 16 also played against them lmao
Imagine getting 23 free throw attempts in regulation and you still barely crack 30 🤣
Harden scored 27 with 25 freethrows in 2013 :D made two FGs
“Hot” take: being a free throw merchant is a good thing. It means you’re good at getting to the line, which is a very important skill that often contributes to winning.
But it makes the sport terrible to watch.
So many of these should be non-calls when the attacker initiates the contact.
Haters gonna hate
holy shit i though SGA had a good whistle.
I think avi coulda got 40 FTA if it went to double OT like when shai got 27.
I feel like I’m bugging or something. I don’t think his whistle is crazy. Both teams were hacking.
It isn’t. Thunder fans just coping incredibly hard right now. They’re not used to their hacking actually translating to opposing FTs.
He has played us tough each match. Grant is my favorite PDX player.
Idc about the free throws, Deni balled out!
OKC fans complaining about FT’s is sketch material
It was impossible for either team to draw an offensive foul this game unless both the defender was totally still like a statue AND the offensive play punched the defender right in the dick.
He’s got 31/19/10 in the box score. He officially had a good game
Gotta be the worst player to shoot 23 FTs of all time right?
You clearly didn’t see him play, he’s a beast
No chance this nerd watched
Idk how many people have shot 23 free throws but Deni is a good player
Probably not
There were definitely Serbian mobsters sitting baseline. That had a bit to do with the countless phantom calls for Deni’s FT count. Awful ball game for the fans.
Post any one of the phantom calls, please.
Shai really had to put in work to get this win
Conspiracy theorists feasting tonight
I bet he was fouled more than that too.
Not a bad value for \(14.3m/yr. \)13.1 and $11.8 the next 2 years also.
Cry about Deni getting FTAs. He was the best player on the court tonight.
OKC fans see to think everything is a conspiracy against them even when they come away with the W.
Fun facts:
4th career triple-double (2nd this season)
In all of his triple doubles he scored 30 points or more
57th career double-double (6th this season)
A career high in free throw attempts - 23 (previous one was 16)
A career-high in free throws made - 19 (prevous one was 16)
I’m so over the Thunder winning, this feels worse than the warriors somehow.
20-1 is so dumb Like they’re on pace for 78 wins.
Seems like that’s the strategy to beat OKC match fire worth fire…. Or fts with fts.
23 FTS LMAOOOOO
Kinda hope they create another league thats run by basketball aficionados like LeBron but without the blood money
Anthony Edwards scored 32 tonight on 13⁄18 shooting and only 2 and-1 FTs.
No, I’m not salty
How many drives per game Edwards get
since he shoot 40% from the 3 point line
He changed his game
Avdija drives at all cost like Giannis