Cedi Osman has temporarily regained a rotation spot, giving the Cavaliers forward another shot to prove his value before the season ends, Chris Fedor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes. Due to injuries, Osman made his first start since March 26 and his first appearance since April 14 on Sunday. Osman, whose front-loaded contract lasts through the 2023/24 season, had 19 points and five assists in 37 minutes.
“It was a lot of him putting the time in and working on his own game,” head coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “I think he had some struggles early on, but I believe that Cedi is a good basketball player. And when given the opportunity, when playing with confidence and playing assertive, he can have an impact on the game.”
We have more from the Central Division:
- Jrue Holiday is the biggest reason why the Bucks are a different team than last season, according to Eric Nehm of The Athletic, and Nehm breaks down some of Holiday’s plays over the weekend to demonstrate his impact. Holiday signed a four-year extension worth up to $160MM earlier this month.
- The Pacers have played well using small-ball lineups with Domantas Sabonis and Myles Turner sidelined by injuries and that should help them in the postseason, according to J. Michael of the Indianapolis Star. “It makes us a better team because guys get time on the floor, which means, come playoff time, if those guys play they’ll be ready,” Justin Holiday said. “Whatever happens I think we’re going to be ready for it.”
- Pistons rookies Killian Hayes, Saddiq Bey and Isaiah Stewart are all receiving rotation minutes, prompting Pistons.com’s Keith Langlois to review past drafts to see how other teams with three or more first-rounders in the same year fared with their selections — so far, Detroit stacks up favorably to those clubs.
All the writing seems to be on the wall for Turners exit from Indy imho . Sucks the value probably wont be optimal but I still think they finally pull the trigger
Kuzma would be a good fit over there imo, Kuzma +Gasol+ 21′ 1st Rder draft night and a future 2nd could be close enough value. There would probably be better offers tho but I think Kuzma fits Indy well. I think they’d want a player that could play immediately (like Lavert) rather than a bunch of future picks.
Why down? He should draw more. Maybe not from Ainge.
I’m sure the Pacers could get a much better offer than that for Turner.
So much talk of Kilian Hayes and so little of Saben Lee. Maybe he will show me some day.
Hayes is 19, mid-FL/Germany, 6-5, 4.7PER.
Lee is 21, StLouis/Vandy, 6-2, 14.1PER.
I think Lee is smarter, more engaged. No?
Come on Jrue. I wanted you with Giannis. Now let’s show everyone why. Let’s go Bucks. Fear Jrue .
The last two years everyone was talking about how great the Bucks were, but not this year. They could easily sneak past Philly or the Nets in the ECF.
Or am I not allowed to say such things as a “bandwagon Nets fan”? Oops.