{"id":1935664,"date":"2026-09-29T13:40:36","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T17:40:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1935664"},"modified":"2026-09-29T14:12:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T18:12:10","slug":"avdalas-vision-playmaking-set-him-apart-just-like-doncic-his-favorite-player-as-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/?p=1935664","title":{"rendered":"Avdalas\u2019 vision, playmaking set him apart, just like Don\u010di\u0107, his favorite player as kid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHAPEL HILL \u2014 With his size, court vision and a dazzling flair for playmaking, some have compared Neo Avdalas to a player the Virginia Tech guard looked up to as a kid in Greece: Luka Don\u010di\u0107. One of the first players first-year Carolina coach Michael Malone targeted out of the portal was the 6\u20139 Avdalas, and he showed flashes of why in his first college season with the Hokies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tarheeltribune.com\/2026\/09\/29\/avdalas-vision-playmaking-set-him-apart-just-like-doncic-his-favorite-player-as-kid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the full article<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHAPEL HILL \u2014 With his size, court vision and a dazzling flair for playmaking, some have compared Neo Avdalas to a player the Virginia Tech guard&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1935665,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tarheeltribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/unc-roster-header-e1759169996823.png?resize=1140%2C228&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1935664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-carolina-tar-heels","wpcat-80-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1935664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1935666,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935664\/revisions\/1935666"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1935665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1935664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1935664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalsportsnc.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1935664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}