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Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:
I would for sure take PG and Sabonis over Markkanen right now, if Markkanen becomes a more consistent second half player, then I’d rethink those rankings.
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Lauri has missed 3 games... PG has missed 8... that is 20 quarters where PG disappeared. Sabonis prolly deserves it as much... but I think Lauri should be a shoe in as of right now. Especially if January looks anything like the December he just had. He'd be at like 25/8 and no one would be near his efficiency... and solid defense.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
Lauri has missed 3 games... PG has missed 8... that is 20 quarters where PG disappeared. Sabonis prolly deserves it as much... but I think Lauri should be a shoe in as of right now. Especially if January looks anything like the December he just had. He'd be at like 25/8 and no one would be near his efficiency... and solid defense.
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I forgot PG missed games. I’d take Lauri over all of them if he plays better in the second half. For me he’s disappeared too often in the second half of games after going nuts in the first quarter.
 
I know me and some others have wanted us to get even more out of Lauri... More shots.
But considering how new most of the players are to each other and how well Lauri is doing in almost all scoring stats I think we have done almost as good job as possible.

To think that I have no idea where is Lauri's ceiling if we get even more out of him towards the end of the season and in the future.
So in short: he is NOW in the middle of the season one of the best ISO scorers, three point shooters, one of the most effective shooters overall, one of the most efficient scoring per touch...
If he gets in the future 5 shots more per game he could average almost 30 a night even if his efficiency would come down ten percents.
 
Lauri’s last 21 games:

25.9 PPG and 8.5 RPG

177/332 from the field (53.3%)
100/167 from 2 (59.9%)
77/165 from 3 (46.7%)
112/126 from FT (88.9%)
 
Last few games he hasnt hit the money ball well but I'm very happy to see him draw those fouls and get to the FT line like a star. Also absolute money FT accuracy lately.
 
HermanG said:
Last few games he hasnt hit the money ball well but I'm very happy to see him draw those fouls and get to the FT line like a star. Also absolute money FT accuracy lately.
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Second straight game where he’s delivered three consecutive free throws to tie a game in the closing seconds. Definitely the most clutch free throw shooter on the team.

Regarding the missed threes, I blame Hardy who keeps calling that play when we should have been posting him up or utilizing him in the pick and roll. Same thing in the Miami game where he was shooting threes even when he had the mismatch with Lowery.
 
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