ı like Cedi. He is a nice, drama free, hardworking guy and likes to be in Cleveland.
With that being said, the main problem I see in Cedi sometimes that he wants to be a player he is naturally not. Sometimes he goes one-on-one, tries passing people with his dribble, do pull up shots or force his way into a crowded paint or force playmaking and I cringe. It is like his idol is Lebron, so he tries to be a lite version of him.
I really think he actually has potential to be a good role player, he has a high motor, has a good understanding of the game, when he is not forcing but going with the flow of the game a good passer and a playmaker and has potential to be a decent shooter. But I get the impression that he does not want to settle with being a good role player. Instead he focuses on improving his weaknesses too much like dribble, one on one. And he shows that he focuses on these things by having these dumb WTF plays in every other game.
I think Cedi needs to have an honest self-reflection at himself and identify his strengths and play to them. He isn't the most athletic, most naturally gifted player, he is not a natural at dribbling. There are many players in the league that are better than him in these areas and this is a league that has the highest of highest talents competing for roster spots. So if he tries to compete with these players in these areas, he will always look out of place and erratic and he will have a very slim chance to best them, so he will fail miserably. And I think this is usually what happens when he has very bad performances.
What he has is good motor, high energy, good understanding of game, good BBIQ (when he is not forcing things), good passer and floor runner, a good off-ball mover with a decent enough shot (although he is slumping in that area right now). If I were him, the main thing I would aim to be one of the guys in the league that plays the game always the right way, makes good decisions, plays a simple but efficient, clean, low error game, contribute in ways that do not always show in stat sheet.
Offensively, he will never be a focal point or go to guy. He is a guy that will only sometimes get opportunities with good ball movement, with cutting to the paint and occasional drives to the paint when lane is open. And he could be really good if he just stuck to these. He should not force to be something more. Because at this time in his career, he is at a state where dumb plays will cost him significant playing time. Because he isn't young anymore and doesn't show a very high potential, so why should any team tolerate his dumb plays bringing the team down?
If I were him, I would offensively keep it simple, play a low risk clean game and spend more energy defensively. Because I feel he tries things that are not natural to him offensively, it is harder for him to concentrate on the defensive end. And if he doesn't perform good offensively, which has a quite high chance of happening when he is forcing things, his whole game including his defense gets erratic and out of place.