i agree, but question is who would be dumb enough to take him
He'll make $8 million and $7 million the next two seasons so the answer is nobody unless they're sending us a grossly overpaid player in return. He's 26 and over the last four years since coming into the league his shooting percentage has declined from 48.4% to 37.4%. His 3-point shooting also declined dramatically from 36.8% to 30.6%. His minutes per game declined for the second year in a row and if not for injuries to Windler and Prince I don't know if he would have played at all.
If Okoro, Prince, and Windler are all healthy next year I expect him to be practically invisible.
Actually, that 48.4% he shot as a rookie came in only 11 minutes per game so it's an inflated garbage time number. In his second and third seasons, playing 29-32 minutes, his shooting percentage dropped to 42-43%. This year it cratered to 37.4% and after Prince arrived he lost his rotation spot until getting it back when Prince went down. Prince actually shot 44% on 3's in 11 games in April before going down for the year. I think Prince and Okoro could be a nice combination at small forward next year.
Cedi is definitely at a crossroads in his career. Four years in the Association, 261 games including 178 starts, almost 4,500 minutes - he's no longer a young player still on the upside of the developmental curve. He has definitely plateaued, if not regressed, and there's no indication he's anything more than what we saw this year. His only hope as I see it is to spend four hours a day, six days a week, working on his 3-point shooting, a floater, and dribbling, especially with the left hand, and then come to camp next fall much more skilled offensively.
To be fair, he was shooting a floater in the lane fairly well towards the end of the season. He needs that shot badly because his layups are easy to block. He also tried driving to the rim in the half-court offense in the last couple of weeks, which I rarely saw him do before. The results were mixed. He doesn't have Sexton's explosive acceleration or the hops to finish strong at the rim against bigs. At 6'7" and not that fast he's in danger of getting the ball poked away when driving in traffic. That's another thing he should work on. Maybe watch some film of Doncic and see how he muscles the ball into the lane in slow motion and then gets off a good shot in traffic using strength and leverage.
Doncic and Cedi are both listed at 6'7", 230 pounds. Cedi should watch reams of film on Doncic and try to pattern his game after him as much as he can, which means improving his handles dramatically and developing some new shots like a step-back fallaway and a floater. Right now he's too dependent on his 3-point shot which is very bad when you're only making 30%.
He's a very good passer and he's good on the fast break, but he's a liability in the half-court offense. Defense and rebounding are things he is largely unfamiliar with.
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