Cedi Osman

Cedi Osman is a professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was born on April 8, 1995 in Istanbul, Turkey. At a young age, he began playing basketball and quickly developed his passion for the game.

At 17 years old, Cedi signed with Anadolu Efes S.K., joining their youth team to begin his professional career. The following year he made his debut with Anadolu Efes’s senior squad and went on to have successful seasons from 2013-2016 where he was named Best Young Player in 2014 by Turkish Airlines Euroleague. After three years in Europe’s top tier league, Cedi decided it was time to make a move and declared for the 2015 NBA Draft.

The Cavaliers acquired Osman later that summer as part of a draft-day trade sending him off along with Rakeem Christmas and two second round picks to Cleveland in exchange for Tyus Jones and Jared Cunningham. During his rookie season with the Cavs, Cedi appeared 82 games (33 starts) while averaging 4 points per game while shooting 43 percent from beyond the arc at one point during that season which earned him recognition as an All-Rookie Second Team member by NBA media outlets but unfortunately due to an injury suffered late into 2018-19 season sidelined him from play time until playoffs began .

In 2019–20 season ,Osman had best regular season yet starting all 67 games ,Averaging 13 points per game whilst shooting 44% from 3 point range earning himself “Breakout Star” honors by ESPN ,and being nominated as Eastern Conference Player Of The Week twice throughout 2019–20 campaign .After suffering an ankle injury In March of 2020 which sidelined him again however this time only missing out on 10 games before returning back onto court just days before COVIID 19 pandemic shut down NBA operations .

Following return from injury alongside teammates Collin Sexton & Kevin Love led charge towards Playoffs making it first post –seasom appearance since 2017 —2018 exceeding expectations against Toronto Raptors despite ultimately ending up losing series 4 —2 after going toe -to -toe against defending champions . As well as that achievement Cedi also become first turkish born player ever to participate in finals stage .

For 2020—21 Season anticipation has been high among fans concerning what kind heights this trio can reach when healthy Which could turn out be huge development not just for individual performances but potentially leading Cavs back becoming contender once more within East having missed out last two years running playoff contention prior Covid interruption