Yes.

…okay, but seriously, the Portland Trail Blazers might have Deni Avdija on the best non-rookie contract in the NBA, and his 26 points, 7 boards, and 6 assists a game look an AWFUL like All-Star stats.

We talked about that on the latest We Like the Blazers podcast, with Conor arguing that Avdija has broken through a “fake fringe” of All-Star wannabes (Avdija conversation starts at 16:04):

Conor: The team needed somebody to take a leap, and Deni for all intents and purposes is an All-Star right now. It’s not even like, “oh, he’s putting up All-Star numbers because the team is like bad right now.” Jeremi Grant two seasons ago, he was putting up around All-Star numbers on the fringe. If he was on the Thunder, maybe he kind of gets in there, but you’re not going to get to the All-Star g

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