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Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

ONE LOVE said:
Wow didn't the game just finished 5 mins. ago? There's a Highlight out already?

Wow. Just Wow.
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It is all algorithm based so it is done automatically which is why it often catches **** you wouldn't get in a normal highlights video. It just shows every play the person was involved in. So you get to see every single score no matter how banal. Still fun to see so soon after, but kind of takes the soul out of highlight videos in the race to be the first to publish to youtube for da clicks.
 
LogGrad98 said:
I am kind of surprised this wasn't AK47. I know he wasn't much of a 3 pt shooter but he could get hot and I could see him doing this at some point. Kudos to Lauri, that's really great!
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It looks like Kirilenko only hit 4 threes or more three times, 5 twice and 4 once. I guess that could maybe trigger the yearly debate on AK and how Sloan held him back, something something.
 
Shad said:
EXTEND HIM, PLEASE
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The problem is the archaic NBA rules on contract extensions. You get penalized if you sign a guy to a team friendly contract.
The Spurs would love to extend Poeltl who is on the last year of his contract but can only offer 120% of his current salary. Of course he would make more in free agency since he's underpaid making $9.4 mil this season. The Spurs essentially traded D.Murray for the same reason, he was also on a team friendly contract and they knew he was going to get much better offers in '24 FA than what they could potentially offer in any extension.

Unless something unforeseen occurs, Lauri is definitely headed to free agency in 2025 as many teams would pay much more than what the Jazz could potentially offer in any extension. Of course Jazz would hold his bird rights and could resign him once he hits FA but they would be competing with a other teams for his services.
 
FWIW Vandy is another one that's criminally underpaid signing a 3/$13mil contract with Minny which wasn't even fully guaranteed, LOL. He will also need to hit FA in 2024 since the extension the Jazz are allowed to offer will pale in comparison to what he could make on the open market.
 
Looking at the All Star landscape for this season, Mitchell and Dejounte are no longer in the WC. Wiggins should never have been an All Star in the first place, and Draymond's case may be getting a bit sketchy.

Dame Lillard and Paul George should make it this year, AD too, but it's possible that Lauri could sneak in this year, especially if there's an injury. SGA and Ingram are two other guys who could make it.
 
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Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Looking at the All Star landscape for this season, Mitchell and Dejounte are no longer in the WC. Wiggins should never have been an All Star in the first place, and Draymond's case may be getting a bit sketchy.

Dame Lillard and Paul George should make it this year, AD too, but it's possible that Lauri could sneak in this year, especially if there's an injury. SGA and Ingram are two other guys who could make it.
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If we're around 3-4th in the West I can definitely see this happening. Good call.
 
HeatCheck said:
FWIW Vandy is another one that's criminally underpaid signing a 3/$13mil contract with Minny which wasn't even fully guaranteed, LOL. He will also need to hit FA in 2024 since the extension the Jazz are allowed to offer will pale in comparison to what he could make on the open market.
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We can extend him this summer. Two years after signing his deal he’s eligible for an extension at the average nba salary number… it’s the extension that Terrance Mann signed. Norm Powell got it back in the day… there are a couple others. It should be enough.
 
I'm begining to think lauri doesn't have the alpha dog mentality. He's talented but vs Dallas just not enough. 14 pts 0 assist and Clarkson found him under the basket 3-4 times so most of his points was spoonfed. He need to demand the ball and punish the guy in front of him. He's 7 ft. We just lost by 3
 
Agent#00 said:
I'm begining to think lauri doesn't have the alpha dog mentality. He's talented but vs Dallas just not enough. 14 pts 0 assist and Clarkson found him under the basket 3-4 times so most of his points was spoonfed. He need to demand the ball and punish the guy in front of him. He's 7 ft. We just lost by 3
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He wears number 23 .. lol.. that’s as alpha as you can get in my book.
 
Ferguson_Mellochill said:
Looking at the All Star landscape for this season, Mitchell and Dejounte are no longer in the WC. Wiggins should never have been an All Star in the first place, and Draymond's case may be getting a bit sketchy.

Dame Lillard and Paul George should make it this year, AD too, but it's possible that Lauri could sneak in this year, especially if there's an injury. SGA and Ingram are two other guys who could make it.
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ASG is in Utah. If he stays healthy and continues playing well I don't see how he isn't selected.
 
ONE LOVE said:
He wears number 23 .. lol.. that’s as alpha as you can get in my book.
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Nah, alpha isn't a jersey number. I knew a lot of jordan fan growing up who wore number 23 but didn't want to be passed the ball in an actual game.
 
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