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Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

Cavs sure knew how Markkanen was playing in the summer. JBB was there personally watching Markkanen drop 42 points vs Ukraine just a week before the trade. In the interview with YLE he said he wants Lauri to carry over things from his World Cup qualifier games to Cavaliers, like bringing up the ball and using his mobility in a more versatile way.

Google translated version of the article (it also has a short video of JBB visiting a Team Finland practice just a couple days before Lauri was traded to Jazz)
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Susijengin treeneissä vieraillut Cleveland Cavaliersin päävalmentaja ylistää Lauri Markkasta: "Terveenä hän on NBA:n eliittipelaajia"

Susijengi kohtaa tällä viikolla MM-jatkokarsinnoissa torstaina Israelin ja sunnuntaina Viron. Clevelandin päävalmentaja J. B. Bickerstaff ei näe Markkasen maajoukkuepeleissä ongelmia.
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Edit: Seems the videolink doesn't work from the Google translated version, so here is the link to the original article
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Susijengin treeneissä vieraillut Cleveland Cavaliersin päävalmentaja ylistää Lauri Markkasta: "Terveenä hän on NBA:n eliittipelaajia"

Susijengi kohtaa tällä viikolla MM-jatkokarsinnoissa torstaina Israelin ja sunnuntaina Viron. Clevelandin päävalmentaja J. B. Bickerstaff ei näe Markkasen maajoukkuepeleissä ongelmia.
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By all metrics Lauri is rare specimen. Very rare.

On the other topics. The spirit of home fandom, as it is, random dude doesn't register to this site without deep love to either Jazz and/or Lauri. Haters will be very soon separated out of the gold by their own conduct.

There can be very much salt around considering the scenery of Salt Lake City, but there cannot be salt induced vain tears condensed by his own efforts in this ****ing random peripheria of basketball takes.

Shortly and bluntly, this is just about the last forum in the interwebs to be ******* for Lauri, and as it so, also to fellow Jazz/Utah fans.

PERKELE! What it is so hard in playing as a team?
 
Conestoga Finn said:
By all metrics Lauri is rare specimen. Very rare.

On the other topics. The spirit of home fandom, as it is, random dude doesn't register to this site without deep love to either Jazz and/or Lauri. Haters will be very soon separated out of the gold by their own conduct.

There can be very much salt around considering the scenery of Salt Lake City, but there cannot be salt induced vain tears condensed by his own efforts in this ****ing random peripheria of basketball takes.

Shortly and bluntly, this is just about the last forum in the interwebs to be ******* for Lauri, and as it so, also to fellow Jazz/Utah fans.

PERKELE! What it is so hard in playing as a team?
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I’m really not sure what you are trying to say but Lauri is pretty much universally loved by everyone on here.
 
Eddie Zero said:
this is stupid logic. They valued Mitchell clearly way more. But to think the Finnisher is some 1st team all nba guy after what he shown this season is a homer take by you as well. He has been great, he is no messiah
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He has been better than donovan though.


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Conestoga Finn said:
By all metrics Lauri is rare specimen. Very rare.

On the other topics. The spirit of home fandom, as it is, random dude doesn't register to this site without deep love to either Jazz and/or Lauri. Haters will be very soon separated out of the gold by their own conduct.

There can be very much salt around considering the scenery of Salt Lake City, but there cannot be salt induced vain tears condensed by his own efforts in this ****ing random peripheria of basketball takes.

Shortly and bluntly, this is just about the last forum in the interwebs to be ******* for Lauri, and as it so, also to fellow Jazz/Utah fans.

PERKELE! What it is so hard in playing as a team?
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Huh?
 
Elizah Huge said:
I’m really not sure what you are trying to say but Lauri is pretty much universally loved by everyone on here.
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What I'm trying say.

People can disagree (and they will) in their takes, but it is only sad when it goes to personal infights (seen also in this very thread), I as a random Finnish Lauri fan would expect it all should at least to try to be constructive. In tone, and effort.

As it is in reality, take 10 Drunken Finnish Lauri fans and 10 Random drunken NBA fans of Salt Lake City, and it would be clear to everyone there immediately who can "conduct".

Our tendency to not "conduct" is by the fact that Lauri is somewhat nearest the guy...

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There is ongoing discussion in Finland on what are criterions, and how to determine the Sportman of the year 2022.

Lauri is eligible, but Finnish audience just follow those eternal skiers. It never downed onto Finnish citizens that there may something bigger than that skiiing...
 
Conestoga Finn said:
What I'm trying say.

People can disagree (and they will) in their takes, but it is only sad when it goes to personal infights (seen also in this very thread), I as a random Finnish Lauri fan would expect it all should at least to try to be constructive. In tone, and effort.

As it is in reality, take 10 Drunken Finnish Lauri fans and 10 Random drunken NBA fans of Salt Lake City, and it would be clear to everyone there immediately who can "conduct".

Our tendency to not "conduct" is by the fact that Lauri is somewhat nearest the guy...

Gallen-Kallela_The_defence_of_the_Sampo.png


There is ongoing discussion in Finland on what are criterions, and how to determine the Sportman of the year 2022.

Lauri is eligible, but Finnish audience just follow those eternal skiers. It never downed onto Finnish citizens that there may something bigger than that skiiing...
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I’m not sure all of what you’re saying, but you should have seen a couple of the Dante Exum / Ben Simmons fan boys.
 
I don't think there is some infights here. I am also a Finn but imo this seems like normal banter about differences in opinions and how seeing things. I think no one is taking these "fights" that seriously but might rather entertain themselves with the discussion.

Everyone has been following and knows he is good but there is always different angles and approaches.
 
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