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Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

Jingled said:
I was just listening to Tim MacMahon and Spence Checketts discuss whether or not he's a number 2 option on championship team, they didn't even discuss the possibility that he could develop into a number 1 on a championship team and didn't even seem totally convinced that he's a number 2. I also see fans on twitter frequently discussing whether he's a 2nd or 3rd option on a contending team.

I guess I'm missing something. To me he's a surefire 2nd option on a championship level team, and I'm still not completely convinced that he can't be a number 1 if he continues to develop and the Jazz put the right pieces around him.
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I think creating and scoring from scratch is a worthy required attribute to be considered a legit #1 option on a contender and I don't think Lauri is there. But it's not like he's a lightyear off and you could do worse with your #2 option than an athletic 7 footer that leads the league in thrunks by a healthy margin (my term for threes or dunks) and scores >25 ppg on >.65 TS% (a VERY small group of players have EVER done this). Most players have comps of some variety and after this season I do not know who Lauri's is.

I don't think coming out of this season with an ELITE secondary option was on anyone's bingo card so that's great. Maybe he can develop more on-ball in the next couple of seasons.
 
Step-Back Hook said:
I think a lot of it is bc his season has been... a fast forward from a former role player type to first being #2 behind JC what comes to closing games. Then the ASG selection and just last month or two we have tried to coach him to be the #1. Lot of analysts need a more games where he goes closing them and gets success from them. Right now it seems so obvious once we get first Sexton and/or JC back and add more from draft or other routes... Lauri will have much more shooting around him and his life gets much easier again.
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It just seems crazy to me that some question whether or not he can even be a number 2 option on a championship level team. This season he's averaging 25.5 points a game while shooting 50% from the field, 40% from 3 and 65TS%. He's the focal point of every teams scouting report, and he's still putting up huge numbers on crazy good efficiency. Imagine if he had another star to play with and take some of the defensive pressure off of him.
 
NUMBERICA said:
I think creating and scoring from scratch is a worthy required attribute to be considered a legit #1 option on a contender and I don't think Lauri is there. But it's not like he's a lightyear off and you could do worse with your #2 option than an athletic 7 footer that leads the league in thrunks by a healthy margin (my term for threes or dunks) and scores >25 ppg on >.65 TS% (a VERY small group of players have EVER done this). Most players have comps of some variety and after this season I do not know who Lauri's is.

I don't think coming out of this season with an ELITE secondary option was on anyone's bingo card so that's great. Maybe he can develop more on-ball in the next couple of seasons.
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Exactly. The debate about whether he's a 1st or second option on a contender is fair, but debating whether he's a 2nd or 3rd option is borderline disrespectful at this point.
 
Jingled said:
It just seems crazy to me that some question whether or not he can even be a number 2 option on a championship level team. This season he's averaging 25.5 points a game while shooting 50% from the field, 40% from 3 and 65TS%. He's the focal point of every teams scouting report, and he's still putting up huge numbers on crazy good efficiency. Imagine if he had another star to play with and take some of the defensive pressure off of him.
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Agreed! I think someone like Lillard paired with Markkanen would be a lethal offensive combination.
 
Jingled said:
I was just listening to Tim MacMahon and Spence Checketts discuss whether or not he's a number 2 option on championship team, they didn't even discuss the possibility that he could develop into a number 1 on a championship team and didn't even seem totally convinced that he's a number 2. I also see fans on twitter frequently discussing whether he's a 2nd or 3rd option on a contending team.

I guess I'm missing something. To me he's a surefire 2nd option on a championship level team, and I'm still not completely convinced that he can't be a number 1 if he continues to develop and the Jazz put the right pieces around him.
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Also don’t forget the Utah discount applied by the National media…
 
underdog said:
Lauri with Draymond Green


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AghJ2ZimJqs&list=PLYcyiVycsAVuFqUneULcC6FRxCryHJICe&index=1
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