What's new
By:

Lauri Markkanen Hype & Appreciation Thread

Eddie Zero said:
if you are not involved in the game enough to hear the voices of how well he was playing ALL SUMMER , then you are like the rest of us. Ainge however has ears and eyes everywhere.
No way he didn't see what he was capable of before the trade, and then for the Finnisher to dominate the Euro play in the following week was just **** on a platterpuss
Click to expand...

Ah i see. So the cavs front office weren’t watching their own player. Makes sense


Sent from my iPad using JazzFanz mobile app
 
Eddie Zero said:
CLE clearly valued Don as a first option way more than keeping the FInnisher in a 3rd option role behind their recently maxed Garland and top 3 pick Mobley?
Like I said Ainge owned the Cavs in this deal
Click to expand...

Cleveland clearly didnt think markennan was very good. And they saw him every day for a long long time.


Sent from my iPad using JazzFanz mobile app
 
fishonjazz said:
Ah i see. So the cavs front office weren’t watching their own player. Makes sense


Sent from my iPad using JazzFanz mobile app
Click to expand...
not what I said. I think they knew damn well what they had, and were still never going to use or be able to market him as much as a proven allstar like Mitchell.
He started all last season for the Cavs in a lesser role and played fair at best.
 
Eddie Zero said:
not what I said. I think they knew damn well what they had, and were still never going to use be able to market him as much as a proven allstar like Mitchell.
Click to expand...

Lol.
They knew what they had and said “lets see how much we can give the jazz along with our all star player. We hate to win trades”


Sent from my iPad using JazzFanz mobile app
 
fishonjazz said:
Cleveland clearly didnt think markennan was very good. And they saw him every day for a long long time.


Sent from my iPad using JazzFanz mobile app
Click to expand...
I don't think you are seeing how much they valued Don at all here. No matter much they did or didn't value Marky. I think he has outperformed expectations for most fans overall, but in Cleveland was largely inconsistent as a shooter,not a great mobile defender,and he was not having plays run for him as a first option. He lacks elite self creation ability, which is something they needed from him, if he was going to get more usage without having that 1st option play calling.
I think it is a case of the Jazz was the best scenario for him, Hardy has set him to succeed, and had he not been traded he would still be an after-thought, even after his Euroleague.
 
fishonjazz said:
Lol.
They knew what they had and said “lets see how much we can give the jazz along with our all star player. We hate to win trades”


Sent from my iPad using JazzFanz mobile app
Click to expand...
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
 
fyi trade values are established by the market, not by what the team you are on thinks of you. Mitchell was highly coveted , while the FInnishers value was set in stone based on being a 3rd option, or even a 4th one. Never was he going to get Cleveland 1st option value. Danny knew this and stole him, but it isn't like Cleveland didn't realize he had more potential n a focussed role, even though they were not giving it to him with the roster they already had either. I think they overvalue their own players if anything. Garland is probably not a max point guard and Mobley is still a wip.
 
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)
yle-fi.translate.goog

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.
yle-fi.translate.goog yle-fi.translate.goog

Edit: Seems the videolink doesn't work from the Google translated version, so here is the link to the original article
yle.fi

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.
yle.fi yle.fi
 
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?
Click to expand...

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
Click to expand...

He has been better than donovan though.


Sent from my iPad using JazzFanz mobile app
 
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?
Click to expand...
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.
Click to expand...
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...
 
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...
Click to expand...
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.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Share this page
Back
Top