It was lately reported that LeBron’s former teammate Cedi Osman rejected a coaching camp supply from the Lakers to as an alternative be part of European workforce Panathinaikos, however a long-time NBA insider is looking cap.
Eurohoops’ Nikola Miloradovic reported on that Osman turned down a Lakers invitation to affix coaching camp “as a result of lack of ensures.”
Nevertheless, Marc Stein has since disputed this report.
“It has been reported in Europe that Turkish swingman Cedi Osman turned down a coaching camp invite from the Lakers earlier than signing with Panathinaikos in Greece, however sources near the state of affairs advised The Stein Line that no such supply was prolonged by L.A. regardless of LeBron James’ well-known fondness for Osman relationship to their days as Cavaliers teammates,” Stein wrote in his substack.
Stein additionally reported that Osman’s take care of the Greek powerhouse workforce is for one yr and he can decide to re-join an NBA workforce if he receives a proposal he would need to take up.
The Lakers have already reached their 15-man roster restrict, since D’Angelo Russell, Christian Wooden, Cam Reddish and Jaxon Hayes all opted to select up their participant choices.
So, the franchise would have needed to make a consolidation commerce to open up a roster spot so as to facilitate Osman anyway.
Osman spent the final six seasons with the Cavaliers coming of the bench and performed with LeBron for a single season there in 2017-18.
Simply final season, Osman performed for the Spurs, although his manufacturing there dipped after he averaged 6.8 factors, 2.5 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per sport in 72 contests – the bottom since his rookie yr.
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