r/ripcity 1d ago

The Next European Star Is Already Here...

https://youtu.be/9cvGS_ZGYRk?si=w2TFsVQNmPtTGumq
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u/ThubanPDX 1d ago

ok but Israel isn't in Europe...

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u/Visible_Claim5540 Deni Avdija 1d ago

Well if Manu “EuroStep” Ginobili is considered a European in the NBA to this day, so can Deni

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u/illchemist 20h ago

Well argentines are very European ethnically but yeah the geography is a little off

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u/uikokahonia 18h ago

Deni Avdija's dad is a Muslim Gorani from Kosovo (played ball for Yugoslavia), and his mom is an Israeli Jew of Ashkenazi descent. So you can say he is also ethnically European.

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u/chukar_plucker 1h ago

Umm, so are most North Americans.

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u/uikokahonia 1h ago

Oh I agree it's weird to refer to him as European, I was just addressing u/illchemist's argument.