In this clip, JJ Redick and Tyrese Haliburton (The Indiana Pacers) discuss the unbelievable season from Lauri Markkanen for The Utah Jazz.
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Lauri has been doing since his Arizona days. Finally get to see him blossom.
Lauri been this anyone who watched him at Arizona should’ve known he just never got a fair chance and was in the wrong situations.
ALMOST LIKE WHEN YOU GIVE A 7 FOOTER WITH GUARD SKILLS A TEAM WHERE HE'S NOT THE FIFTH OPTION HE SHINES
WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT?
ME THATS WHO!
TUNE IN TO UNDISPUTED AT 9AM EASTERN TODAY ON FS1
AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY HE'S BETTER THAN LEBRON HAS EVER BEEN!
Thanks Tommy! 🦖
Lauri been this tuff since Arizona lol he just needed a right situation with a team ball emphasis. Only casuals dont know how he good he can be, plus he tore up EuroLeague this summer!
Siakam and the raptors in general are a team that nodody outside of Canada pays attention to. (I’m Canadian btw) Siakam has been that dude for a few years now, it’s just that Americans will never give any raptor their due diligence and that’s just facts. Besides kawhi but he was a superstar before setting foot in the country lmao
Keldon Johnson
Keldon Johnson
He was this player last year. Watch the tape
I been high on Lauri since his Arizona days. Can't believe ppl kept trading him. But he's definitely shining in a system that fits him best
Good to see that Tyrese has seen Markkanen when he played for Finland.
Jazz have nobody, of course his usage and stats will increase
Never got his shot to be the guy I’m extremely happy for lauri
Finally Toronto love. OG playing crazy defence. Fred is 5’10 dropping 25-30 a game past 3-4 games. Then there’s siakam and Scottie
Lauri got jacked
Lauri mvp
I’m glad they talked about this he whooped my lakers 😭
Thanks for the siakam love tommy you’re the best
He come from
The same fabric as Andrea Kirelinko aka AK47
He’s been a beast … just never got the attempts to get 20 fga or more cause they paid lavine so he had the 🔑
Yeah & it really pisses me off as a Bulls fan
That Eurobasket performance really boosts his confidence
I was always buying the Finnisher having great potential as a Bulls fan. The problem in Chi was his unwillingness to pnr it was always a fade to the 3pt line. He became predictable which is wild when you consider his nickname 'The Finnisher' came from detonating at the rim athletically. Glad it's clicking in Utah!
Jj isbthe understanding pod host
The Jazz play basketball the right way free movement of ball and players
Dude been cold even for the bulls they never gave him the option to be the guy
So Tyrese is already a better journalist than Tommy (all love, just joking)
There's tons of good players that needs playing time to become a great player. However, 10+ years veteran players are taking playing time for new developing players from bad teams with lots of young talents.
After his first 2 seasons it looked like Markkanen was on this trajectory with a few improvements, but the next 3 years he didn't improve much at all. Only 24 players make the allstar team each year but I'd say there's double or triple that amount of players who are capable of playing on that level if in the right situation. So I'm not surprised.
Bol Bol
Tyrese Halliburton is a cool dude. Got a really good maturity. Ryan Leslie lookin ah 😎
Siakam was on the 3rd All NBA team last year! Wasn’t just three years ago but great take Tommy – he has taken it to another level this year when you watch him play
Yeah Tommy not very bright