As Deni Avdija shines with the Trail Blazers, Israeli fans are waking up early, cheering late, and embracing every moment.

The Portland Trail Blazers extended Chauncey Billups. The Phoenix Suns will need to look elsewhere if he was on their big board.

Portland faces Los Angeles in a matchup of Western Conference teams. Sunday's matchup is the first of the season for the teams.

The Portland Trail Blazers have reportedly agreed to a multiyear contract extension with head coach Chauncey Billups, per ...

Since the turn of the calendar year, the 24-year-old is putting up 19.8 points, 8.4 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game on a ...

Avdija tallied 32 points (11-21 FG, 3-8 3Pt, 7-8 FT), 15 rebounds, 10 assists and two steals over 38 minutes in Tuesday's 127-113 win over Atlanta.

Avdija spent three years playing professionally in Europe for Maccabi Tel Aviv, amassing 34 EuroLeague appearances before ...

Portland Trail Blazers (35-46 ... 0.6 more makes per game than the Trail Blazers give up. TOP PERFORMERS: Deni Avdija is averaging 16.9 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.9 assists for the Trail Blazers.

Oren Manor likes to boast that he was a Deni Avdija fan before ... year this season with the Portland Trail Blazers. But now, Manor is far from alone on the Avdija bandwagon.

While that's tougher to do in the Western Conference, the Portland Trail Blazers might ... The best example of that? Deni Avdija. A 6-foot-9 Israeli forward who came over from Washington last ...