Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

[HermanG]

right AD has no chance, unless the LA market makes hiom a starter, and then he has a injury replacement. Zion is not hurt enough for it to matter imo unless its longer than 3 weeks. His dominance when he played was way to telling for voters to ignore

I think they said 4 weeks for Zion. They also said they want to take it easy so no setbacks can happen. Id imagine he takes the votes and then withdraws from the actual event.

 

[Eddie Zero]

When you’re injured and get selected they select replacements for you.

Right. But what makes you think the Jazz limping into the all star break, given the way the league rewards players on winning teams, even with the event being in SLC this year, gives him the edge? Same thing applies for coaches votes for reserves. I mean in a non biased way, right now, I would vote for Sabonis behind Lebron and Joker as the 3rd starter if I wasn't voting Jazz favs. I think he can maybe get in as a reserve if he keeps playing the same and they start winning again. If not he is a injury replacement for somebody in the event one like AD or Zion cannot play, and was voted in as a starter. But if the starters are all able body players and the coaches vote is also able bodies, he could be sol.
right now I have him as the 4th most deserving front court option, leaving him right on the fringe of even being an allstar, given the unreasonable amount of votes the Warriors are getting as well as AD

 

[Eddie Zero]

I think they said 4 weeks for Zion. They also said they want to take it easy so no setbacks can happen. Id imagine he takes the votes and then withdraws from the actual event.

He is going to be play imo and probably be a starter.

 

[Eddie Zero]

Yeah Sabonis homies need to pull him up. But its wild Kawhi is top 10 in votes. Effing muscle memory.

its just the market and the obsession with a mostly meaningless game that will never be more than a failed event at this point.
Are they even doing a dunk contest anymore, they have been so bad for so long smh

 

[fishonjazz]

Yeah Sabonis homies need to pull him up. But its wild Kawhi is top 10 in votes. Effing muscle memory.

**** kawhi

 

[LogGrad98]

Lauri getting more votes than I expected.


View: https://twitter.com/andyblarsen/status/1611060572132630528

Well, I did vote 460,000 times.

 

[LogGrad98]

**** kawhi

Um. No thank you?

 

[Jaanipoeg]

I forget, does the coach get to choose the replacement starter or would be who is the 4th place forward from the fan/media/player vote?

I definitely think Lauri makes it whether outright or as an injury replacement, and I could see Mike Malone or whoever it is letting Lauri start just to be a part of the starter announcements at the beginning in front of the home crowd

 

[Elizah Huge]

Cleveland fans are voting for Lauri to make the all-star game as well. Super cool.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

View: https://twitter.com/BensHoops/status/1610005006606020609

And yet he’s only 7th in voting among front court players.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

You are all welcome!!! It’s all thanks to me.

 

[infection]

So the only players in Jazz history that have scored more points in a regular season game than Lauri are Pete Maravich, Karl Malone, Adrian Dantley and Truck Robinson.