Do you remember where you were when the Portland Trail Blazers traded for Deni Avdija? Personally, I was sitting in an Irish pub across the street from Barclays Center before the NBA Draft. Near me, there was a group of French men in matching red shirts who kept yelling, "Risacher!" I received the trade alert on my phone and showed it to my friend, who said, "Oh, Avdija, that's cool."
Little did he know — little did any of us know, to be fair, how impactful that move would be about 18 months later.