It builds your confidence and it builds your—like, um, …

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“Throughout your upbringing playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv, you’re playing with older guys, you know, grown men with families. How valuable was that experience when you were just a teenager?” Deni Avdija: “I think it built a lot of character for me. Um, you know, being 16 playing with mature guys and getting beat up almost every day and getting hazed is, uh, it builds your confidence and it builds your—like, um, I’m going to say it—I wasn’t surprised when I came to the league. You know what I’m saying? It didn’t shock me because I already experienced it, you know?”

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