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Lauri Elias Markkanen (born 22 May 1997) is a Finnish professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). In the 2017 NBA draft, he was taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the seventh overall pick before being included in a trade to the Chicago Bulls for Jimmy Butler. He is the son of Finnish basketball players Pekka and Riikka Markkanen, and the younger brother of footballer Eero Markkanen.

Lauri Markkanen

Markkanen with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2021
No. 23 – Utah Jazz
Position	Small forward / Power forward
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	(1997-05-22) 22 May 1997 (age 25) Vantaa, Finland
Listed height	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)
Listed weight	240 lb (109 kg)
Career information
College	Arizona (2016–2017)
NBA draft	2017 / Round: 1 / Pick: 7th overall
Selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves
Playing career	2014–present
Career history
2014–2016	HBA-Märsky
2017–2021	Chicago Bulls
2021–2022	Cleveland Cavaliers
2022–present	Utah Jazz
Career highlights and awards
NBA All-Rookie First Team (2018) 5× Finnish Player of the Year (2017–2021) Third-team All-American – AP, NABC, SN (2017) First-team All-Pac-12 (2017) Pac-12 All-Freshman team (2017)
Stats  at NBA.com
Stats  at Basketball-Reference.com

Early life and career

Markkanen grew up in Jyväskylä, and played his junior years in the local team, HoNsU.[1] Markkanen played for HBA-Märsky in the Finnish second-tier league from 2014 to 2016.

College career

On 17 October 2015, Markkanen verbally committed to NCAA Division I squad Arizona Wildcats prior to the 2016–17 season.[2][3][4] Lauri signed a letter of intent to Arizona on 11 November. ESPN.com reported that the seven-foot Finn was considered "a possible one-and-done candidate for the NBA draft."[5] He became the first player since Mike Bibby to wear the jersey number 10. In January 2017, SB Nation regarded him as "the best shooting 7-footer college basketball has ever seen".[6] Within the same month Markkanen was selected as Pac-12 Player of the Week as well as the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week.[7][8] He has also been named to the pre-season Karl Malone Award Watchlist,[9] Naismith Award Watchlist,[10] Wooden Award Watchlist,[11] Wooden Award Midseason Top 25,[12] Wayman Tisdale Award Midseason watch list, Oscar Robertson Award Midseason watch list,[13] Karl Malone Award Finalist,[14] Naismith Top 30 Finalist.[15] Markkanen was among the 15 finalists for the John R. Wooden Award.[16]

He recorded a career-high 30 points on 12 Jan against rival Arizona State. Also recording a career-high 13 rebounds three times against Northern Colorado, Washington State, and Washington. His career-high three blocks came against Arizona State in the regular season finale 4 March 2017.

Markkanen was selected to the third team All-American team by the Associated Press, NBC Sports, USA Today, and the Sporting News on 6 March 2017.[17] He was a first team All-Pac-12 selection, as well as first team All-Pac-12 Freshman team and first team All-Pac-12 team in Associated Press.

At the conclusion of his freshman season, Markkanen announced his intention to forgo his final three years of collegiate eligibility and enter the 2017 NBA draft.[18]

Professional career

Chicago Bulls (2017–2021)

Markkanen was drafted by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the seventh pick of the first round of the 2017 NBA draft. On draft night, his rights were traded to the Chicago Bulls along with Zach LaVine and Kris Dunn for Jimmy Butler and the rights to Justin Patton.[19] On 5 July 2017, Markkanen signed with the Bulls.[20]

On 19 October 2017, Markkanen made his NBA debut with the Bulls and scored 17 points.[21] Markkanen then set an NBA record on 24 October, for most 3-pointers in the first three games of an NBA career with ten 3-pointers.[22] Markkanen also asked former NBA player Brian Scalabrine to use his number 24, which Brian allowed.[23] On 30 December, Markkanen scored a career-high 32 points and seven rebounds in a 119–107 win against the Indiana Pacers.[24] On 10 January 2018, Markkanen played a career high 46 minutes, scored a career-high 33 points along with a career-high eight 3-pointers in a double overtime 122–119 win against the New York Knicks. This made him the second seven-foot player to make eight three-pointers in a game (the first being Dirk Nowitzki).[25] On 22 January, he grabbed a career-high 17 rebounds against the New Orleans Pelicans.[26] Four days later, Markkanen blocked a career-high three shots against the Los Angeles Lakers.[27]

After scoring seventeen points against the Milwaukee Bucks on 28 January 2018, Markkanen surpassed Hanno Möttölä (715) as the career leading scorer among NBA players from Finland.[28] On 22 May 2018, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team.[29] He ended his rookie season leading the Bulls in rebounds with 7.5 and fourth in scoring with 15.2;[30] his 14 double-doubles was third among rookies behind Kyle Kuzma and Ben Simmons.[31]

Markkanen missed the first 23 games of the season. He had a career-high 19 rebounds in a loss to the Brooklyn Nets on 28 January. He also had 31 points and 18 rebounds in a win over Brooklyn on 8 February; a career-high 35 points along with 15 rebounds in a win over the Boston Celtics on 23 February; and 31 points and 17 rebounds in win over the Atlanta Hawks on 1 March. On 28 March, Markkanen was ruled out for the rest of the season after undergoing tests for his health problems,[32] which he experienced in a 26 March game against the Toronto Raptors.[33] In the 52 games he did play, he was second on the team with 18.7 points and first with 9.0 rebounds and 20 double-doubles (fourth in the NBA).

Markkanen began the season tying a career-high with 35 points along with 17 rebounds in a one-point loss to the Charlotte Hornets, the most opening-day points by a Chicago Bull since Michael Jordan in 1995.[34]

On 30 January 2021, Markkanen scored a season-high 31 points on 12-of-18 shooting from the field and 6-of-11 from three in a 123–122 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers.[35][36][37] After the Bulls added veteran big men Daniel Theis and Nikola Vučević to their roster to fortify their frontcourt, Markkanen lost his starting spot.[38][39][40] On 29 March, Markkanen came off the bench for the first time during the season[41] and the second in his 194 career games,[42] he finished with 13 points, six rebounds and an assist across 22 minutes in a 116–102 loss to the Golden State Warriors.[41][42] Since Markkanen moved to the second unit, he has been given a limited time and has been playing the small forward position.[40][43][44] In a game against the Memphis Grizzlies on 12 April, Markkanen went scoreless for the first time in his career.[45][46][47]

Cleveland Cavaliers (2021–2022)

On 28 August 2021, Markkanen was acquired by the Cleveland Cavaliers in a three-team sign-and-trade also involving the Portland Trail Blazers.[48]

Utah Jazz (2022–present)

On 1 September 2022, Markkanen was traded to the Utah Jazz along with Ochai Agbaji, Collin Sexton, three first round picks, and two pick swaps in exchange for Donovan Mitchell.[49][50]

National team career

Junior national team

Markkanen made his international debut with the Finnish U-18 national team at the 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship.[51] Markkanen averaged 18.2 points per game to lead the FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship in the summer of 2015.[5] He was the top scorer in 2016 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship tournament with an average of 24.9 points per game and was named to the All-Tournament Team.[52]

Senior national team

Markkanen played with the Finland senior team at EuroBasket 2017, which was partly held in his home country. He led his team to the round of 16 by averaging 19.5 points and 5.7 rebounds over 6 games.[53]

He played his second EuroBasket tournament in 2022. In the Round of 16, Markkanen scored 43 points to lead Finland to a 94–86 win over Croatia, setting a new all-time record for a Finnish player at the EuroBasket.[54] The win also lead to Finland's first quarterfinal appearance in 55 years, the last being in 1967.[54] Finland lost in the following quarterfinals to Spain; Markkanen averaged 27.9 points on 54.2% shooting, and 8 rebounds over seven games.[55]

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field goal percentage	3P%	3-point field goal percentage	FT%	Free throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	Bold	Career high

NBA

Regular season

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2017–18	Chicago	68	68	29.7	.434	.362	.843	7.5	1.2	.6	.6	15.2
2018–19	Chicago	52	51	32.3	.430	.361	.872	9.0	1.4	.7	.6	18.7
2019–20	Chicago	50	50	29.8	.425	.344	.824	6.3	1.5	.8	.5	14.7
2020–21	Chicago	51	26	25.8	.480	.402	.826	5.3	.9	.5	.3	13.6
2021–22	Cleveland	61	61	30.8	.445	.358	.868	5.7	1.3	.7	.5	14.8
Career		282	256	29.7	.441	.364	.850	6.8	1.3	.7	.5	15.4

College

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2016–17	Arizona	37	37	30.8	.492	.423	.835	7.2	.9	.4	.5	15.6

NBA records

• Fastest player to reach 100 career 3-pointers (41 games)[56]

Personal life

He is the son of Pekka[5][57] and Riikka Markkanen (née Ellonen), who both were professional basketball players,[57][58] and has two brothers, former professional basketball player Miikka[57] and professional footballer Eero.[57] In February 2018, Markkanen and his wife Verna Aho had a son together.[59] In October 2020, their second child was born.[60]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from NBA.com and Basketball-Reference.com
• Arizona Wildcats bio

На других языках

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[de] Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Elias Markkanen (* 22. Mai 1997 in Vantaa, Finnland) ist ein finnischer Basketballspieler, der zurzeit für die Utah Jazz in der nordamerikanischen Liga NBA spielt. Im NBA-Draft 2017 wurde er von den Minnesota Timberwolves an siebter Stelle ausgewählt und anschließend an die Chicago Bulls abgegeben.

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- [en] Lauri Markkanen

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[es] Lauri Markkanen

Lauri Elias Markkanen (Vantaa, 22 de mayo de 1997) es un baloncestista finlandés que pertenece a la plantilla de los Utah Jazz de la NBA. Con 2,11 metros de estatura, juega en la posición de pívot, aunque también puede hacerlo como ala-pívot.

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[ru] Маркканен, Лаури

Лаури Элиас Маркканен (фин. Lauri Elias Markkanen; род. 22 мая 1997 года, Вантаа, Финляндия) — финский баскетболист, выступающий за команду НБА «Юта Джаз». Играет на позициях тяжёлого форварда и центрового. Был выбран на драфте НБА 2017 года в первом раунде под общим седьмым номером. Пять раз признавался лучшим финским баскетболистом года (2017—2021).

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