How come no one ever told me Cedi Osman was born in Macedonia? Here I am thinking that Pero Antic (the most convincing of all Carlos Boozer impersonators) would forever be that country’s lone NBA representative, and Osman has been sitting under my nose this whole time? Man, I just assumed he was born in Edirne or Izmir or something.
I guess people didn’t tell me because they know I get super easily confused when it comes to nationality in that part of the world. And because it’s a touchy issue because sometimes some people say that the Turks are too fond of using foreigners for their national team (I mean, I’d want Ersan Ilyasova too). I’m sorry. I won’t talk about it anymore. Dislike this video if you want.
Okay, so Cedi Osman the Turkish citizen had a good game after LeBron said some nice things. It’s nice of LeBron to help his former team out like that, giving him some confidence, because he’s been in kind of a weird state lately. Advanced stats paint him as one of the worst players in the league, which doesn’t match the eye test, but my particular eye test is biased in favor of all the good stuff he does. I don’t see as much of the bricks and turnovers as a real Cavs fan does.
I was maybe a bit hasty anointing him second-banana to Kevin Love earlier in the year. Firstly because Kevin Love is dead now so no one can be a second-banana to him, and secondly because Osman really fizzled out super quickly after a hot start and now looks more like a fourth-banana at best. Someone remind me not to make sweeping judgments until at least 10 games into the season.