Cedi Osman has heard his name mentioned in trade rumors, including a potential deal involving Suns forward Jae Crowder. He’s trying to block out those distractions during training camp, Chris Fedor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer writes.
“I’ve been hearing those things,” the Cavaliers forward said. “But I’m just focused on my basketball because you cannot control that. That’s why whenever I stepped on a court I was just working on my game and trying to get better. It’s been six years since coming over, six years in Cleveland. I’m happy here and this is my home.”
Those rumors persist and the franchise would like to upgrade at small forward, if possible, though the fact that Cleveland is close to the luxury tax line complicates the issue, Fedor adds.
We have more from the Central Division:
- George Hill admits that enduring an injury-plagued season actually encouraged him to keep playing, Jim Owczarski of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. The Bucks guard had seriously considered retiring after last season. “I felt like I let the city of Milwaukee down last year not being able to perform the way I normally perform,” he said. “I let my teammates down being injured. And I thought about retiring. … but as a competitor I didn’t want to go out like that. So, had a great offseason for the summer, decided to come back and try to redeem myself and make myself better.” Hill signed a two-year, $8MM contract prior to last season.
- With the addition of Bojan Bogdanovic, how will the Pistons’ frontcourt rotation shake out? James Edwards III of The Athletic projects the former Jazz forward to start alongside Saddiq Bey, with Isaiah Stewart at center. Edwards projects Marvin Bagley and Isaiah Livers as part of the second unit ahead of Jalen Duren, Nerlens Noel and Kevin Knox.
- Will the Pistons’ drought without a playoff win extend to 15 seasons? That’s what John Hollinger of The Athletic anticipates. He sees this as a 28-win season in Detroit with the caveat that the team’s fortunes should improve sharply in the near future.
Instead of thinking who needs Jae or where would be a good place for Jae to end up. Strictly from the suns perspective I think Crowder for Cam Reddish should be something they look into.
Rumours been swirling for a while about Reddish not being a fit in NY. Either wanting out or Thibs not wanting him to begin with. Either way for the Suns hed be a handy addition as a reserve wing with good potential. Plus maybe he does work out well in Phoenix with the help from CP3 and Booker. They do have a nice young core there that he’d feel comfortable in.
Maybe another idea is adding depth and replacing the defence, try get a third team involved with the Jazz and get Rudy Gay and Stanley Johnson. Rudy offers a veteran presence and can play either forward spot as cam Stanley Johnson. Both good defenders and both decent additions to the bench. Currently speaking without Crowder the bench does look rather weak aside from Cam Payne.
Reddish isn’t a very good player and he has a cancerous ego. Crowder is worth far more than that.
Cam does need a attitude check. With his size and talent. He should be pushing to start at the 3. He’s a legit 6’ 8”. With a guards handle.
Yeah somewhat agree but at the same time the potential is undeniable and Crowder on the other hand might only have a couple seasons left in the league plus having asked for a trade on an expiring contract there really isn’t much value there.
I think Stewart, Bagley, Duren, Noel is a solid big rotation. Noel is the solid vet. Who can pass on a lot to the young guys. Pistons have a lot of talent to nurture. Solid young core imo.
I agree, and hope Stewart’s outside shot has improved enough for him to be a threat to space the floor for Cade and Ivey.
We finally have some depth.
Al, you always have nice things to say about the Pistons, and as a Pistons fan I always appreciate reading your comments. The Knicks looked very good last night.
Reddish hurt last night