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Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

Ron Mexico said:
Who was the last all star starter from the Jazz? Did dwill start in the all star?
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The last fan vote starter for the Jazz was Karl Malone in 97-98. I am assuming that is for the most part the only way we have had a starter. Everyone since then were coaches decisions or replacements. Karl was voted in several times in his career though, so we have had him a few times. Stockton was voted in by fans in the 96-97 season. They were both voted in for the 93 game when they shared co-MVP awards and it was held in Utah. Other than Stockton and Malone each being voted in a handful of times, you have to go back to 84-85 for Adrian Dantley, and he was voted in by fans. Dantley had like 5 times with the Jazz voted in by fans, and before him Maravich was voted in about that many too. So we have had a long drought of no ASG starters. Mainly as the league became more international, we became a more and more insignificant part of the voting public. One of the smallest fan-bases in the NBA can only compete so much with the international juggernaut franchises, and international players from very populous countries.

Hell even Donovan Mitchell moving to freaking Cleveland was a big enough jump in fan-base to get him in. Our votes are like most votes cast in Utah, pretty much irrelevant.
 
Elizah Huge said:
Lauri is going to hit 10 threes and win MVP. LFG!!!!
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Um, everyone will hit 10 3's. That is the basic price of admission for a shooter at this point. When the final score is 187-183 there are a lot of wide wide open 3 pointers to go around.
 
HermanG said:
Only thing making it even sweeter is if he gets picked before Don.
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How does the "starter" designation affect the jr. high playground team-picking ceremony? Even if Lauri is picked last will he still be a starter, or do the captains have to pick from the starters first? I have no idea because it has become so juvenile it is the most cringe-inducing part of the entire NBA experience, so I avoid that entire part of it like the plague it is on the sport.
 
LogGrad98 said:
How does the "starter" designation affect the jr. high playground team-picking ceremony? Even if Lauri is picked last will he still be a starter, or do the captains have to pick from the starters first? I have no idea because it has become so juvenile it is the most cringe-inducing part of the entire NBA experience, so I avoid that entire part of it like the plague it is on the sport.
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I think the starters are picked first and the players selected as reserves are picked after starters are off the boards.
 
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