Cavs: One key goal for Cedi Osman, Alfonzo McKinnie for 2020-21

Cedi Osman and Alfonzo McKinnie should be nice rotational pieces for the Cleveland Cavaliers next season, and we’ll hit on a key 2020-21 goal for each.

According to reports on Wednesday from Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium and ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, a resumption of the 2019-20 NBA season appears to be on the horizon beginning in late July. Per those reports, though, of which you can view those details here, the league is expected to have 22 teams in action, and it’s evident this season is in all reality over for the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Wine and Gold had the league’s second-worst record at 19-46 heading into the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Factoring in that, the Cavs certainly won’t be invited to ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex at Disney World for the season resumption, given the league seems likely to ratify its’ return-to-play proposal on Thursday afternoon and the team’s overall standing, anyhow.

From this point forward, though, it’s understandable for Cavs fans to focus more toward next season.

As far as the outlook for key pieces, it would seem the Cavaliers know what they have in Collin Sexton as their go-to scorer. I’d then expect Kevin Love, still a very good inside-out threat, moving to a second option role, and I foresee Kevin Porter Jr. having an expanded role.

I would think we’ll see Andre Drummond, who is reportedly likely to pick up his $28.8 million player option for next year, to have his share of interior/rolling touches, too.

Here, though, we’ll take a look at a few players in Cedi Osman and Alfonzo McKinnie that should be nice rotational pieces for Cleveland next season, even while neither will likely be in a big on-ball role.

Osman and McKinnie should have carved-out roles for the Cleveland Cavaliers, and here, I’ll highlight a key 2020-21 goal for each.

Osman has had some good moments this season, but it seems inevitable that at some point next season, he’s going to be moved to more of a bench role.

Osman’s had 11.0 points per game, which has been okay, but Osman clearly does not have a high ceiling as a scorer, and given his lack of lateral quickness defensive limitations on-ball on the perimeter, he’s not the Cavs’ long-term answer as its’ starting 3.

That being said, I still see Osman as a piece that can be a more than capable bench contributor, and looking at next season, the goal I have for him relates to building on his efficient three-point shooting in 2019-20 often via spot-ups.