Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

[MTS]

I agree. But the jazz are currently better than the warriors and Lauri has been better than wiggins and I feel like we are having this discussion of who should get in today, december 15th, so what is taking place on december 15th seems most relevant to me. You might have missed the part of my post that said "as it stands currently" No biggie.

lol, any coach that votes to put in Wiggins over Lauri should be fined tbh.

Especially with the ASG being in Utah.

 

[Jingled]

Glad to hear that Lauri is happy here, makes me more confident in our ability to re-sign him when his contract is up. The fact that we have his bird rights will help as well.


View: https://twitter.com/andyblarsen/status/1605419970023809026

 

[HermanG]

The 10 best 3 point shooters in the league, min 150 attempts. Such a cheat code that the #1 guy is a 7 footer. Also only Steph, Donovan and Bojan are even within 5% of him in total FG%.

 

[Elizah Huge]

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/statmuse/status/1605398967793209344

 

[LogGrad98]

View: https://mobile.twitter.com/statmuse/status/1605398967793209344

So we traded Donovan for 7-foot Donovan with defensive ability on a lot less money? Each of these trades look better day by day.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

lauri and the jazz keep up this pace, he'll be an all-star

 

[Elizah Huge]

So we traded Donovan for 7-foot Donovan with defensive ability on a lot less money? Each of these trades look better day by day.

If you moved the qualifier to 50.7 FG% Lauri is the only one on the list. Just saying.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

If you moved the qualifier to 50.7 FG% Lauri is the only one on the list. Just saying.

easier to move it to 44% 3pt - still the only one on the list.

 

[Agent#00]

I want to see more iso lauri. Like that pump fake dunk he did.

 

[Step-Back Hook]

Lauri visited Finnish sports-cast and told he has learned now to be a ot more selfish:

Seppänen: "What changed the most after Chicago and Cleveland. Now there they want and demand the ball, they want to show their teammates that the ball belongs in these hands. Is it just the head coach's job when the athlete hasn't necessarily changed terribly?"

Markkanen: "Yes, it's really a matter of attitude. As a person, I don't think I'll become selfish, but maybe as a player I got more selfish when I felt like I did everything the coaches asked last season. I realized that I wasn't the first option in the attack even though I got to throw. I felt that I did everything that was asked and the team needed, yet the trade happened. That's when it somehow clicked. Now you just have to play more selfishly and take all the advantage out of this situation, when even the coach says and hugs you to play more freely. You clicked between the ears that no matter what does things right and is kind and like this, the trigger can be pulled and then we're in a different city. That was a big factor for me."

 

[LogGrad98]

I want to see more iso lauri. Like that pump fake dunk he did.

Maybe the single best play all season so far. I came right out of my seat, my wife thought I was having a stroke.












Come to think of it, she seemed a little too hopeful.

 

[Tremendous Upside]

Without a doubt Lauri is on the greatest outside shooting heater of his career. He won't be able to sustain it until the end of the season (that's impossible for pretty much anyone), but by God... the dude is absolutely on fire right now. He really should be taking ten 3pt shots per game. When you're making those shots at a 50% clip and don't need to dominate possessions, it's such an efficient way to put points on the board. Everyone else's margin for error increases and the whole team can play more loose.

I haven't seen it discussed much that Markkanen has one pretty rare weapon for a 7ft shooter/scorer - he moves around a LOT. Detroit players admitted in postgame interviews that they couldn't "find" him, leading to all those open shots. Most bigs aren't willing or able to constantly relocate: when you're that size, it tires you out.