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Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

HermanG said:


The "good player on a bad team" analogy doesnt work for Markkanen for his effectiveness and undeniable starter quality.

That analogy relies on an average player getting increased minutes, usage and touches since there are no better options.
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I agree, but it doesn't matter what we think. It's about perception. And perceptions change quickly in this league.

The Jazz haven't been overtly tanking so far, so the narrative of Lauri as a winning player keeping his team afloat has been strong. But if we start heading to the bottom, he'll go from hero to "empty stats guy racking up points on a trash team" in the blink of an eye.
 
Tremendous Upside said:
I agree, but it doesn't matter what we think. It's about perception. And perceptions change quickly in this league.

The Jazz haven't been overtly tanking so far, so the narrative of Lauri as a winning player keeping his team afloat has been strong. But if we start heading to the bottom, he'll go from hero to "empty stats guy racking up points on a trash team" in the blink of an eye.
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Well this is a narrative driven league so you could be right. Wouldnt declare it like that though.. as I think a lot of inside guys have put Lauri on a pedestal. For instance ESPN and Nba.com writers and analysts seem to love him.
 
HermanG said:


The "good player on a bad team" analogy doesnt work for Markkanen for his effectiveness and undeniable starter quality.

That analogy relies on an average player getting increased minutes, usage and touches since there are no better options.
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Add in the fact that we are losing but extremely competitive and the bad team analogy doesn't hold weight as well. Right now we are just really good at losing close games which is great. It is funny because at the beginning of the season it was the opposite and we were winning every close game and extremely clutch.
 
Tremendous Upside said:
I agree, but it doesn't matter what we think. It's about perception. And perceptions change quickly in this league.

The Jazz haven't been overtly tanking so far, so the narrative of Lauri as a winning player keeping his team afloat has been strong. But if we start heading to the bottom, he'll go from hero to "empty stats guy racking up points on a trash team" in the blink of an eye.
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Maybe hardy should pull his head out of his *** then.


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Fun fact: Lauri is shooting 30% (13/43) from the perimeter in his last five games. 8.6 attempts per game (skewed by the Houston game where he took 15, though). Slumping hard.
 
Tremendous Upside said:
Fun fact: Lauri is shooting 30% (13/43) from the perimeter in his last five games. 8.6 attempts per game (skewed by the Houston game where he took 15, though). Slumping hard.
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Wrong thread dear fellow lauri fan.

The actual fun fact: since Nov.9th there still has not been two consecutive games where Lauri has shot under 40% from downtown.
 
Mr. T said:
You mean the one where he agrees that Dean Wade would be on the same list if he had more threes and dunks? :p
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Nah. When he explains how far away the second place guys are from lauri. Markannen pulled away from the pack and left them all in the dust


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