Cedi Osman

BIOGRAPHY

Cedi Osman was born on April 8th, 1995, in Ohrid, Macedonia. He is a small forward in the NBA. 

Osman comes from a Turkish father and a Bosniak mother. He has an older brother, Dzaner, who is also a basketball player. Osman started playing basketball with KK Bosna's youth teams in 2001. In 2007, he moved to Anadolu Efes' junior teams after his outstanding performance at KK Bosna. Due to his paternal Turkish background, he was immediately naturalized as a Turkish citizen, as per Turkey's right-of-return laws. He has also represented the Turkish national basketball team since then.

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 team of Anadolu Efes.

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.

On July 18, 2017, Osman signed with the Cleveland Cavaliers. 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. The Cavaliers made it to the 2018 NBA Finals, but lost 4-0 to the Golden State Warriors.

On January 25, 2019, in a 100-94 loss to the Miami Heat, Osman scored a career-high 29 points. Four days later, Osman was named a participant for the 2019 Rising Stars Challenge as a member of the World Team after a stretch of notable career games.

On October 26, 2019, Osman signed a contract extension with the Cavaliers.