Feeling at home: This is how Deni Avdija was captured in Israel
The Israeli NBA star ditched his team uniform and put on a white tank top and shorts to dine at a restaurant in Tel Aviv. Who needs paparazzi in Portland when we are right next to you in Israel?
We are used to seeing him making stylish entrances in the glittering arenas of the USA, but Deni Avdija (25) proves that you can take the boy out of the neighborhood, but you cannot take the neighborhood out of the boy. The paparazzi cameras of mako celebrities captured the Israeli NBA star today, Sunday, in 'B-uniform' — a white tank top and shorts — at a restaurant in Tel Aviv, in the midst of what looked like a lively conversation.
Avdija, who plays for the Portland Trail Blazers and the Israel national basketball team, is in the country for a vacation. Next month, he will board a plane to return to training camp ahead of the new season, likely saying goodbye to the Israeli humidity that forces him to forgo tailored clothing. Overseas, the basketball player has been documented more than once arriving at training sessions in a particularly meticulous style, but in Israel, it seems, he feels most at home.
As evidence, just at the beginning of the month, our lens caught him at a cafe in Tel Aviv, this time with a more polished wardrobe choice: a white button-down shirt, sunglasses, and a colorful bandana tied around his head. If it was an attempt to hide from the sun or from us, it did not really work with his 2.04 meters of height.
Avdija, who was selected last February for the NBA All-Star game, recently said in an interview that the big money he is earning now has upgraded his life, but has not changed him much — not even the unique contract in Portland worth about 55 million dollars for four years.
