Cedi Osman 20 Points Full Highlights (3/7/2020)

The stats don't paint Cedi Osman as an impact player. In fact, they paint him as a negative-impact player. I don't watch enough Cavaliers games to form my own opinions (nobody would willingly subject themselves to such inhumane torment), but I'm very good at putting blind faith in advanced stats when they match my preconceived notions. I'm the best at that. Nobody can challenge my mastery in that area.

If/when the Cavaliers ever get good again, will Cedi rise to the occasion to be a valuable role player for a team that makes the playoffs, or will he be exposed as a guy who can only have success when he's on a roster with no decent wing players competing with him for minutes? It could be either. Again, I'm not informed enough to feel strongly on this one. I would love to have an opinion that I could force on you, but I don't have one. Consider this to be a question for discussion.

Turkish people, who have a blind love for Cedi which is completely separate from, and uninformed by, the quality of his on-court play, should recuse themselves from this discussion. They probably think he's getting held down by Kevin Love or something. If anything, he's getting held down by Collin "Mr. 3 APG" Sexton.

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[ThorfinnMacbeth]

I have added you to my subscriptions almost solely on the repeated idiosyncratic quality of your descriptions! No pressure though :)... As for Osman- I can't go much beyond your question BUT he competes and plays hard and, as you say, is limited by the guards he plays with- I was just watching his season highlights and there was literally a play where he walked up to either Garland or Sexton, took a handoff from him and immediately made the pass to the corner they should have made like " look, just... ok, gimme that... there! You see?".... not to mention the way the setup discourages him from cutting which I think MIGHT be a real skill of his... Overall I see him as a 10-15 minute a game good contributor on a good team rather than a guy about to blossom into a 16 point scorer on a bad team... The problem? The CAVS are horrible with no light at the end of the tunnel-vision. I am here because my brother and I were tossing around the idea that if the Cavs draft Avdija (as they well might) the Warriors might be able to trade for Cedi at limited cost using half of their exception. THAT I could see working out- backup three, can also play with starters, competes, etc. (Full discloser I lived in Turkey for a year and tend to support Turkish players but ALSO as a Warrior fan, and person of sense, I dislike the Cavs so I have not really been an inordinate Cedi fan... I think it's balanced. )