Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

[Handlogten's Heros]

I have made this point before that we should get as many pick swaps in certain years as possible to maximize the best possible outcome. I was met with disagreement on here saying that it wasn’t smart because we should get them in multiple different years to have a better chance in more years? I guess? Doesn’t really make sense to me as I’d like to guarantee the best possible pick in one or two years rather than maybe having a chance at a higher pick (much lower odds) in a couple years.

I'd aim for swaps in 25 and 27... a lot can happen in a couple years and we have 3 picks we can layer the swap with. I wouldn't get them in the even years because the only pick we have to swap with is our own. I want the swap to have value to us so the more picks we own the better.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I'd aim for swaps in 25 and 27... a lot can happen in a couple years and we have 3 picks we can layer the swap with. I wouldn't get them in the even years because the only pick we have to swap with is our own. I want the swap to have value to us so the more picks we own the better.

I gotcha. Even years aren’t bad either though if push comes to shove.

 

[Step-Back Hook]

Found Lauri's TS% chart from reddit comments:



So it makes 28 games in a row with a TS% 60 or more.

EDIT: Make it 31 games. I made a oo oo.

 

[seattlejazzfan]

lauri makes tanking difficult - which sucks, but fun af seeing him dominate.

 

[KqWIN]

hard eyeroll

Still open to lunch suggestions. You're the one who knows whether or not I like basketball so I thought you might know what I'd like to eat as well.

 

[HermanG]

Found Lauri's TS% chart from reddit comments:

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So it makes 28 games in a row with a TS% 60 or more.

Omfg that whole chart scales from .540 to .680. Less than .140 variance in that big of a sample. Ridiculous consistency.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Still open to lunch suggestions. You're the one who knows whether or not I like basketball so I thought you might know what I'd like to eat as well.

Well if you tell me you can't stand In-n-Out because people say McDonalds is better... then I won't suggest you get a burger.

 

[Conestoga Finn]

What is this disagreement going on? Burgers? Lunch suggestions?

Just look that damn graph!!! Insane TS% percentages game after game! And in near continuously steady upward trajectory!

 

[KqWIN]

Well if you tell me you can't stand In-n-Out because people say McDonalds is better... then I won't suggest you get a burger.

Well, I don't like pickles on my burgers. I don't really care if anyone else does. But based on our last conversations if you like pickles on your burgers you as the almighty decider of what people enjoy, it must mean I do not enjoy burgers at all.

 

[KqWIN]

What is this disagreement going on? Burgers? Lunch suggestions?

Just look that damn graph!!! Insane TS% percentages game after game! And in near continuously steady upward trajectory!

I was told I am not allowed to enjoy things a certain way or for a certain reason. The literal discussion was that if I enjoy basketball because I enjoy if the winning matters I must not enjoy basketball at all.

 

[infection]

Weren't we thinking Sexton was the larger (player) acquisition in the trade?

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Weren't we thinking Sexton was the larger (player) acquisition in the trade?

Not I.