Cedi Osman says it was not hard to adjust to NBA type of basketball

Cleveland Cavaliers rookie Cedi Osman talked to Basketball Insiders about his transition from European basketball to the NBA.

"It’s different rules and stuff and a different type of basketball," Osman said. "In international, it’s like more slow, but here it’s like always up and down, a lot of fast breaks. Actually that’s the kind of basketball that I like. When I was playing overseas, I was also running a lot, up and down. I was that guy who was bringing the energy, so it was not hard for me to adjust to this basketball."

The Turkish swingman said the coaching staff helped him improve and adjust to the NBA.

"There’s a couple defensive plays that’ll be different. There’s also defensive three seconds. That was a bit of adjusting for me because in Europe you can always stay in the paint no matter what. There’s no defensive three seconds. Here it’s different, so it was a little bit hard for me to adjust in the beginning, but now I don’t have any problems and coaches are really helping me a lot."