{"id":512347,"date":"2026-08-29T16:36:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T14:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=512347"},"modified":"2026-08-29T16:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T14:36:46","slug":"ataman-praises-osman-he-is-the-best-player-in-europe-at-his-position","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/ataman-praises-osman-he-is-the-best-player-in-europe-at-his-position\/","title":{"rendered":"Ataman praises Osman: &#8220;He is the best player in Europe at his position&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\">Following Turkey\u2019s victory over Lithuania, head coach Ergin Ataman highlighted Cedi Osman\u2019s performance and leadership. The Turkish coach had particularly strong words for his captain, emphasizing his importance to the national team both on and off the court.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst of all, I want to congratulate Cedi. He has been a fantastic captain for this team for three years and he gives everything. At times he can have a dip in his performance, but this time he was at an extremely high level. In my opinion, Cedi is the best player in Europe at his position. When you use him in the right way, he shows it in the best possible way on the court. He creates for his teammates while also bringing a lot with his positive character. His contribution to this team is huge. I hope he can continue to be the captain of our national team for many more games.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turkey\u2019s head coach praised his captain after the win over Lithuania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":457569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199,313],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-512347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-euroleague","category-turkey"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Ataman praises Osman: &quot;He is the best player in Europe at his position&quot; - 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