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How Lauri Markkanen Went from Draft Bust to NBA All-Star



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33 Comments

  1. Man i've been waiting for a new video so much. When i open youtube the first thing i do is checking whether you uploaded a new video or not🔥🔥🔥

  2. It wasn't a surprise when we saw his Finland highlights everyone could see he was going to get better

  3. I’m so happy Lauri was able to prove all the casuals that thought he couldn’t be an offensive force wrong after this year. All it took was him getting with an actual coach and it was liftoff time. Still baffles me how nobody took a chance on him with the obvious upside.

  4. You missed the fact that his national team play helped him grow confidence in his game. When he played for Finland at the last Eurobasket, he looked like MJ.

  5. Blud recorded this video 2 months ago and finally beat the copyright😭😭

  6. As a bulls fan, it pisses me off how he’s healthy and a all star but couldn’t play 40games for Chicago

  7. People throw around bust far too often. Youtubers have no sense of reality, and expect every player in the top ten of a draft to be an all star when that never happens. Being a productive player is enough as long as you aren’t a top 3 pick.

  8. bulls doesnt know how to develop talent, the only thing they know is to give up and hope they wont be successful when they trade them. bulls ownership and front office sucks.

  9. Draft bust?????? The fucking WHEN was he considered a bust? Definitely will never catch me watching one of your videos again

  10. depends on how much you value a 7th overall pick and your expectations of that pick. thats the pre requisite for determining a draft bust. many examples of players blooming later on in their career. not all players are gonna come into the league and immediately be their final product. context matters. i think coming into the league hes a guy you can expect to be a solid starter caliber player with potential to make a couple all star teams.

  11. I never though he was a bust he just didn’t get a chance on the team to show his skill plus he wasn’t asked healthy glad that Utah is given him the opportunity play.

  12. Lauri was so great this year bruh, his offensive improvement was satisfying to watch as an NBA fan

  13. Lauri was never a bust, he just wasn't given a chance to grow into a star in Chicago. If the Bulls had handled him like Denver did MPJ, Lauri would've been an allstar sooner.

  14. #free_lauri and they did and this is what you got… He finally has a shot at making noise and they had to trade away his setup guy to make them miss they playoffs… With Mike Conley there they would have at least made the play-in and probably the playoffs too…

    Going from a salary cap filler to the All-Star game and Most Improved Player is quite astonishing. It does not happen often.

    Lauri was dunking on people and he still hit like 39% on his threes for the season. You do remember that he was hitting like 30% of his threes for the first 20-30 games. So in the second half of the season this boy was hitting like at least 45% of his long balls and that was without Conley setting him up.

    The one clear difference between Lauri and basically the rest of the league is that he started playing the forward like he was Steph Curry. In constant motion and always on the move and making things happen off the ball. There were manu games where you blink and he's dunking on you and it was beautiful! He was decent on the defensive end too. And he battled through a lot of physical play too… It was a remarkable season for Lauri and he isn't even in his prime yet… Starting to get there, but still has room to grow. Love to see him taken out of that box and getting to showcase his game a little more…

  15. Good vid … I got the privilege to watch him every game last season. He just needed a team that believed in him. He was definitely under the radar. you're right his career was not looking very good. Again good vid👍

  16. The Bulls really lose players and they get better tbh. Same thing happened with Wendell Carter

  17. Lauri is atleast 2nd option. Guy like Luka, Giannis etc. would be 1st. But Lauri is for now easily 1st in utah and i belive teamplay. Like Tim Duncan is all time great but he did not have to shine everynight. He did play for the team. Also Lauri probably improve his 3pt% somewhere between 42-45%. That is how good he is. Also he can be 90-50-40 club next season. He is also clutch in ft line. Most melt there. Nice job i just started follow your channel. U did not throw any hate on Lauri to leaving Bulls. After all it was basically bc of Boylen. He did so much damage and sad thing was that his dad, Finnish coaches, public we all did know how bad Boylen was.

  18. If the jazz don't commit this year to making Lauri a ball handling playmaker then they don't really want to win a chip. Add that to his game and he is a legit championship lead player

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