
From the foul line to the fault line: Deni Avdija, Israel and the collapse of online nuance
The GuardianFriday 13 February 2026🇺🇸 United States

The danger around the Portland star is that in making crucial debates into arguments about basketball, we lose sight of what is really important There’s a weird, psychological tension around basketball fouls. Not unlike a trial. A single rubbered heartbeat thumps in our collective throats. In basketball litigation, the verdict is televised and delivered in public by the referee’s whistle. Deni Avdija faced more trials than a career criminal in early January, when he scored 41 points in the Portl
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