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Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

underdog said:
I think Lauri has improved from last year. He's looking opportunities to pass more than before. He's also constantly creating open lanes for his teammates by setting screens, he has also learnt to deal with defenders who chase him, and his overall defense is better than last year. I just wish we had a top playmaker to give him more shot attempts. He now averages only 16.3 FGA per game which is way too low considering his efficiency.
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Only thing I feel like Lauri has gotten worse at is guarding the perimeter. And he probably isn't worse, he's just doing it more often
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
Only thing I feel like Lauri has gotten worse at is guarding the perimeter. And he probably isn't worse, he's just doing it more often
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I agree that we have seen more blow by's, but its related to increased volume, not decreased quality. I think his defense is ok. Not great, but not terrible either. Definitely works hard on that end as well.

I'm ironically happy that we have some clearly worse 1on1 defenders, as there is less motivation for teams to target Lauri when you can target Sexton, Keyonte or KO and likely score more. That way we avoid the problem that comes with Young, Harden, Luka or Lavine, who are just inviting you to wear them out and give back a lot of the points they score on the other end .
 
HermanG said:
I agree that we have seen more blow by's, but its related to increased volume, not decreased quality. I think his defense is ok. Not great, but not terrible either. Definitely works hard on that end as well.

I'm ironically happy that we have some clearly worse 1on1 defenders, as there is less motivation for teams to target Lauri when you can target Sexton, Keyonte or KO and likely score more. That way we avoid the problem that comes with Young, Harden, Luka or Lavine, who are just inviting you to wear them out and give back a lot of the points they score on the other end .
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I think Lauri is getting just as worn out or more than those guys on defense based on distance traveled on defense. I think he is constantly running after guys who are moving a lot.
 
Last year we all talked about Lauri non stop on jazzfanz.
Now, as herman mentioned, a thread like this gets back to page 9 while we have a bunch of threads about tht, kessler, flipowski, sexton etc getting more burn. In the gamethread Lauri will be quietly tearing it up all game and get a small amount of mentions. And we are talking about the hard core jazz fans here. That makes me feel like his hype just isn't the same even though it should be the same or greater.
 
fishonjazz said:
Last year we all talked about Lauri non stop on jazzfanz.
Now, as herman mentioned, a thread like this gets back to page 9 while we have a bunch of threads about tht, kessler, flipowski, sexton etc getting more burn. In the gamethread Lauri will be quietly tearing it up all game and get a small amount of mentions. And we are talking about the hard core jazz fans here. That makes me feel like his hype just isn't the same even though it should be the same or greater.
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I take it as he is consistent and we know what we have with him a really good player. Its the rest of the team that has concerns and has ups and downs to talk about. But you could be right, he is less a surprise this year.
 
Step-Back Lauri said:
Is Lauri leveling up again? Improvements in playmaking, defense, and it seems that with leadership as well. If he can keep this up and lead the Jazz for playoffs, I would guess All NBA honors come close.
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His playmaking and leadership has definitely gotten better.
I didn't think he would be better this season than last but he is.

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