Cedi Osman
No. 16 – Cleveland Cavaliers | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Small forward / Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||
League | NBA | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia | April 8, 1995||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Turkish / Macedonian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Listed weight | 215 lb (98 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 2015: 2nd round, 31st overall pick | ||||||||||||||||||||
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves | |||||||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 2012–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2017 | Anadolu Efes | ||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2013 | →Pertevniyal | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Cleveland Cavaliers | ||||||||||||||||||||
2017 | →Canton Charge | ||||||||||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Cedi Osman (born April 8, 1995) is a Turkish professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He plays the small forward and shooting guard positions.
Professional career
Early years
Osman was born in Republic of Macedonia to an ethnic Turkish father and a Bosniak mother (from Novi Pazar, Serbia).[1][2] He has an older brother, Dzaner, who is also a basketball player.[3] He started playing basketball with KK Bosna's youth teams in 2001. He moved to the Anadolu Efes' junior teams after his outstanding success with KK Bosna youth teams in 2007. Due to his paternal Turkish background, he was immediately naturalized as a Turkish citizen, due to Turkey's right-of-return laws, and he has since represented the Turkish national basketball team.
Anadolu Efes
Osman signed a youth team contract with Anadolu Efes in 2007. He played for the junior, star, and youth teams of Efes. He was loaned for the 2011–12 season to the Turkish 2nd-tier level TB2L team, Pertevniyal, which was at the time the farm team of Efes. In the summer of 2012, Osman signed a professional contract with the senior club of Anadolu Efes.
NBA
On June 25, 2015, Osman was selected with the 31st overall pick in the 2015 NBA draft, by the Minnesota Timberwolves. His draft rights, along with those of Rakeem Christmas and a future draft pick, were then traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, in exchange for the draft rights to Tyus Jones that same night.[4]
On July 18, 2017, Osman signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers.[5] On February 9, 2018 Osman played 38 minutes in a 123-107 Cavaliers victory over the Atlanta Hawks. He contributed 16 points on 6-of-9 shooting, while notching 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 steals.
On Tuesday the 6th of March Cedi performed a step back crossover and finished with a jump shot. Jake Gallear of the Chaddesden Cedi Osman fan club said " That were reght nace, nearly creamed me Sen it were that good".
National team
Turkish junior national team
Osman was a member of the junior national teams of Turkey. The one and only G with the goatiest team. With Turkey's junior national teams, he played at the following tournaments: the 2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, the 2012 Albert Schweitzer Tournament, where he won a bronze medal and was named the Most Talented Player, the 2013 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, where he won a gold medal, and at the 2014 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, where he also won a gold medal, and was named to the All-Tournament Team, and selected as the MVP.
Turkish senior national team
After playing with the junior national teams of Turkey, Osman has been a member of the senior men's Turkish national basketball team. With Turkey's senior national team, he has played at the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup, the EuroBasket 2015, and the 2016 Manila FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[6]
Career statistics
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | PIR | Performance Index Rating |
Bold | Career high |
EuroLeague
Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG | PIR |
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2013–14 | Anadolu Efes | 13 | 0 | 11.6 | .436 | .524 | .400 | 1.7 | .9 | .5 | .1 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
2014–15 | 27 | 7 | 19.3 | .397 | .303 | .667 | 3.7 | 1.1 | .7 | .3 | 6.7 | 6.7 | |
2015–16 | 23 | 12 | 20.0 | .441 | .380 | .763 | 3.1 | .7 | .9 | .1 | 7.9 | 8.1 | |
2016–17 | 35 | 34 | 18.6 | .409 | .340 | .787 | 2.8 | .8 | .6 | .1 | 7.1 | 6.3 | |
Career | 98 | 53 | 18.2 | .416 | .356 | .710 | 2.9 | .9 | .7 | .1 | 6.7 | 6.5 |
References
- ^ ""Zašto ne pričamo na srpskom?!"". mondo.rs (in Serbian). 9 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ "Čedi Osman: Duda Ivković? Velika sreća za mene, kakvu u celom životu možda više neću imati". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 4 February 2017. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
- ^ Özcan, Dilay (September 29, 2014). "Cedi Osman Nam-ı Diğer "Jedi Knight" !" (in Turkish). gazetebilkent.com. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ "Cavaliers Acquire Draft Rights to Cedi Osman and Rakeem Christmas from Minnesota". NBA.com. June 25, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
- ^ "Cavaliers Sign Cedi Osman". NBA. July 18, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ Cedi OSMAN (TUR).
External links
- Cedi Osman at draftexpress.com
- Cedi Osman at espn.com
- Cedi Osman at eurobasket.com
- Cedi Osman at euroleague.net
- Cedi Osman at fiba.com (archive)
- Cedi Osman at realgm.com
- Cedi Osman at tblstat.net
- Cedi Osman on Facebook
- Cedi Osman on Twitter
- 1995 births
- Living people
- Anadolu Efes S.K. players
- Bosniaks of Serbia
- Canton Charge players
- Cleveland Cavaliers players
- Macedonian Turks
- Minnesota Timberwolves draft picks
- National Basketball Association players from Turkey
- People from Ohrid
- Pertevniyal S.K. players
- Point guards
- Shooting guards
- Small forwards
- Turkish expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Turkish men's basketball players
- Turkish people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent
- Turkish people of Bosniak descent
- Turkish people of Macedonian Turkish descent