Are people more excited for Cedi than they were for Turkoglu? What's the perception right now?
I think yes and mainly because these are two different eras. At Hedo's time, watching NBA in Turkey was much harder(no real streaming, not many games televised) so not many people were following him(or the nba in general). So there is naturally much more excitement now because there is more broadcast, videos, news, twitter, instagram etc.
Also Cedi came into a stronger Turkish league, stronger Euroleague, better facilities. Hedo had much less available to him at the time. Turkish basketball was just moving up in the basketball ladder and he did not have predecessors who went to the NBA and paved the way for him. At that point the goal was to be an NBA player, which he greatly exceeded. And within the right system with Rashard and Howard he thrived. Overall it was a huge success story and the best career a Turkish player ever had.
The expectations with Cedi, at least at this point, is more. But for me the difference is I knew Hedo would be good from the very beginning. With Cedi it was not like that. I would not have imagined he would be this good.
And careerwise I expect Cedi's career to be much more stable. Hedo, after his prime, declined very fast. I do not expect this to be the case with Cedi.
For his ceiling, I think with a little bit of luck, it is all-star level. Especially, he falls to the hands of a good coach and/or a well-built team. If he plays in teams dominated by iso offence, then it's not the right place for him. But still he should be a solid nba starter.