Wizards Rookie Deni Avdija’s Path To NBA Paved With Israeli Technology When Deni Avdija, the Israeli swingman who starred for Maccabi Tel Aviv and was projected to go as high as No. 2 in this year’s NBA draft, slipped to No. 9, there was celebration in the Wizards’ draft room. There was celebration, too, in Israel—and for one Israeli tech company in particular.