Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

[Mr. T]

LOL

Who the **** are you and why are you talking about me in the first place?

Not talking as much about you as the attitude you project here. Who am I is of no concequence to you.

You are exactly right that Lauri has cooled down from 3 but as you have maybe noticed, people want to define the situation more optimistically than "terrible" as you stated. Regardless of the cooling down 3pt he is producing in multiple different ways. Hence, he does not compare to one dimensional shooters who are in a similar slump.

It all adds up to whether your glass is half full or half empty. Finns tend to chose the half empty ones. As well as over-analyze the negatives.

 

[Eddie Zero]

If this front off is all in and just as impressed with the Finnisher as the long term 1st opton answer to title contention, as some of you are. Then they should, and could turn around and give up a lot of recently gotten draft picks, and players besdies him, to the point where they get a legit, all star caliber running mate under 25 for Lauri in the next month.
But Building through the draft has a lot of advantanges, for savvy marketing campaigns. like keeping the fans hungry for the future selling hope over actual results.
I could see them sending out a haul to get SGA for example or at least trying.

 

[Step-Back Hook]

The league of his own. Just look at that. No one with as much made threes is not even close having as much dunks. No one as much dunks is not even close to having as much made threes.


View: https://twitter.com/adam_bushman/status/1612118287072235520/photo/1

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

The league of his own. Just look at that. No one with as much made threes is not even close having as much dunks. No one as much dunks is not even close to having as much made threes.


View: https://twitter.com/adam_bushman/status/1612118287072235520/photo/1

I want someone to change the words of “boats and hoes” to Dunks and Threes and drop Lauris and walkers face over the step brothers.

 

[Step-Back Hook]

View: https://twitter.com/DLocke09/status/1612557732623814656

I wish the tv crew had such a poise in their voice.

 

[Jingled]

View: https://twitter.com/utahjazz/status/1613027235283468288

 

[porfavors]

The league of his own. Just look at that. No one with as much made threes is not even close having as much dunks. No one as much dunks is not even close to having as much made threes.


View: https://twitter.com/adam_bushman/status/1612118287072235520/photo/1

3 & D

D is Dunk

 

[LogGrad98]

He needs to get his shot back on track. He is the very definition of streaky. Good thing he does so many other things to help us win.

 

[Agent#00]

He needs to get his shot back on track. He is the very definition of streaky. Good thing he does so many other things to help us win.

same with Beasley. he's 1/8 from 3 again

 

[SD Jazz]

Lauri in good speed down to his career average shooting, but he has developed drives/cuts to get FTs up. More dimes please.

 

[Step-Back Hook]

He needs to get his shot back on track. He is the very definition of streaky. Good thing he does so many other things to help us win.

He has been in his career very streaky. For this season this is the first stretch of few games in a row since Nov. 9th where his threes has not been hitting. I would thing that this home heavy stretch should get back some consistency again. His outside shot is a bit flatter than ideal so if there is even a bit extra tiredness or insecure feeling taking them shots the error of margin is not big. If this becomes more than a 2 weeks of cold stretch from three I am surprised considering he had the best stretch of his career which lasted almost two months with insane splits.

 

[Eddie Zero]

Cavs have his number in a lot of ways, anyone can see what the Cavs were able to do, to his shooting rhythm last night even though he did well in other areas.