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Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

Step-Back Hook said:
Seems the season is over for UTAH. Hope Lauri gets a strong off-season and dominates in World Cup. Trader Dan better build a playoffs contending team for becoming season. Getting so god damn tired Lauri not having post-season NBA.
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Trader Dan already build a playoffs contending team silly. They contended for the playoffs this season despite doing everything possible to avoid the playoffs. If the playoffs were the goal this season then we would be in the playoffs easy. Next year the playoffs will be the goal and we will be in the playoffs easy.
 
Step-Back Hook said:
Seems the season is over for UTAH. Hope Lauri gets a strong off-season and dominates in World Cup. Trader Dan better build a playoffs contending team for becoming season. Getting so god damn tired Lauri not having post-season NBA.
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They have a sht ton of cap space right now. I think that Ainge is planning some moves for sure.
 
fishonjazz said:
Trader Dan already build a playoffs contending team silly. They contended for the playoffs this season despite doing everything possible to avoid the playoffs. If the playoffs were the goal this season then we would be in the playoffs easy. Next year the playoffs will be the goal and we will be in the playoffs easy.
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This. Frankly if we had kept the guys we traded mid-season we are likely fighting for the 6 seed. Obviously we didn't want that, so we dropped some key players only to have everyone else step up and get us nearly into contention anyway, with a lot of injury time for the 2nd level key players. We had to find a way to shut down the Finnisher and fake a concussion for Kessler to even make sure we don't sneak into the play-in for hell's sake! And we still nearly beat a Lakers team with the refs in their pocket fighting for play-off positioning. 2 words, day-um.

This has been a crazy and crazy fun season. Wow.
 
fishonjazz said:
For real? That is good news right?
When is he eligible to come back?
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Often/usually the professional athletes complete their 6 month service in two parts (6 months being the minimum time, and usually the professional athletes never stay longer than 6 months), which could mean for example doing 3-4 months this summer and the remaining 2-3 months next summer. Though according to ESPN Lauri has said he wants no special treatment, but remains to be seen what that means.
www.espn.com

Markkanen to fulfill mandatory service in Finland

Utah's Lauri Markkanen told ESPN he is confident he can fulfill his mandatory service in the Finnish military "in a way that it's not going to affect my preparation for next season."
www.espn.com www.espn.com

Effectively many professional athletes doing their service in the "Sports-school" aka "special reconnaissance force" treat the army time as an extended training camp. They learn how to use the personal weapons, learn how to stand in attention and march in step, but other than that the time spent in the army is pretty much a tough physical and technical training period spesifically tailored for the athlete in question (with some activities also targeted for all the sports-school recruits), and also a chance to to spend time in an enviroment where basically everybody are highly competetive athletes (many, for example Kimi Räikkönen and Mikko Koivu, have mentioned it was actually the best part of the service, to see how tough other athletes from other sports actually are, and how similar the tought-process for the professional athletes seem to be no matter what sports they are coming from). At maximum the "sports-school" accepts 80 recruits every year, and they are essentially all olympic level or near olympc level athletes.
 
Swuul said:
Often/usually the professional athletes complete their 6 month service in two parts (6 months being the minimum time, and usually the professional athletes never stay longer than 6 months), which could mean for example doing 3-4 months this summer and the remaining 2-3 months next summer. Though according to ESPN Lauri has said he wants no special treatment, but remains to be seen what that means.
www.espn.com

Markkanen to fulfill mandatory service in Finland

Utah's Lauri Markkanen told ESPN he is confident he can fulfill his mandatory service in the Finnish military "in a way that it's not going to affect my preparation for next season."
www.espn.com www.espn.com

Effectively many professional athletes doing their service in the "Sports-school" aka "special reconnaissance force" treat the army time as an extended training camp. They learn how to use the personal weapons, learn how to stand in attention and march in step, but other than that the time spent in the army is pretty much a tough physical and technical training period spesifically tailored for the athlete in question (with some activities also targeted for all the sports-school recruits), and also a chance to to spend time in an enviroment where basically everybody are highly competetive athletes (many, for example Kimi Räikkönen and Mikko Koivu, have mentioned it was actually the best part of the service, to see how tough other athletes from other sports actually are, and how similar the tought-process for the professional athletes seem to be no matter what sports they are coming from). At maximum the "sports-school" accepts 80 recruits every year, and they are essentially all olympic level or near olympc level athletes.
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This seems like good news.
 
Swuul said:
Often/usually the professional athletes complete their 6 month service in two parts (6 months being the minimum time, and usually the professional athletes never stay longer than 6 months), which could mean for example doing 3-4 months this summer and the remaining 2-3 months next summer. Though according to ESPN Lauri has said he wants no special treatment, but remains to be seen what that means.
www.espn.com

Markkanen to fulfill mandatory service in Finland

Utah's Lauri Markkanen told ESPN he is confident he can fulfill his mandatory service in the Finnish military "in a way that it's not going to affect my preparation for next season."
www.espn.com www.espn.com

Effectively many professional athletes doing their service in the "Sports-school" aka "special reconnaissance force" treat the army time as an extended training camp. They learn how to use the personal weapons, learn how to stand in attention and march in step, but other than that the time spent in the army is pretty much a tough physical and technical training period spesifically tailored for the athlete in question (with some activities also targeted for all the sports-school recruits), and also a chance to to spend time in an enviroment where basically everybody are highly competetive athletes (many, for example Kimi Räikkönen and Mikko Koivu, have mentioned it was actually the best part of the service, to see how tough other athletes from other sports actually are, and how similar the tought-process for the professional athletes seem to be no matter what sports they are coming from). At maximum the "sports-school" accepts 80 recruits every year, and they are essentially all olympic level or near olympc level athletes.
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Great response! Thanks!
Im happy if thats the case. Even if he does the full 6 months he would be back in october. Not ideal but not the end of the world.
 
fishonjazz said:
Great response! Thanks!
Im happy if thats the case. Even if he does the full 6 months he would be back in october. Not ideal but not the end of the world.
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The Fiba World Cup starts in August and there is no way Lauri is going to miss that. I bet he does the 2.5 month service.
 
Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:
And if someone invaded Finland while Lauri is serving?
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Then the US and Russia are at war with each other and you'd better find your nearest nuclear bunker. Tanking will take on a new meaning.

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For real: he'll serve mid-April to mid-August, then join the national team pre World Cup training camp, get credit for time served representing the country there - and be finished for this year after the World Cup is over in early September. He'll be left with a month or so, and can do that easily the next summer.
 
Tanktastic said:
Then the US and Russia are at war with each other and you'd better find your nearest nuclear bunker. Tanking will take on a new meaning.

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For real: he'll serve mid-April to mid-August, then join the national team pre World Cup training camp, get credit for time served representing the country there - and be finished for this year after the World Cup is over in early September. He'll be left with a month or so, and can do that easily the next summer.
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Someone else already said Lauri didn’t want any special treatment and was going to serve the full 6
 
Thee Idiotic Minivan K said:
Someone else already said Lauri didn’t want any special treatment and was going to serve the full 6
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Well, doing it in parts is "standard" treatment for guys in pro sports. Actually doing a five-month stint this year and leaving just one month for next year would be less special treatment than you'd expect for someone of Lauri's stature. And next year he can join the June intake for that remaining time.
 
Tanktastic said:
Well, doing it in parts is "standard" treatment for guys in pro sports. Actually doing a five-month stint this year and leaving just one month for next year would be less special treatment than you'd expect for someone of Lauri's stature. And next year he can join the June intake for that remaining time.
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Sounds like you’re talking out your ***
 
Tanktastic said:
Then the US and Russia are at war with each other and you'd better find your nearest nuclear bunker. Tanking will take on a new meaning.

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For real: he'll serve mid-April to mid-August, then join the national team pre World Cup training camp, get credit for time served representing the country there - and be finished for this year after the World Cup is over in early September. He'll be left with a month or so, and can do that easily the next summer.
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Not me. I am standing under the missile with a catcher's mitt.
 
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