I am also proud of Lauri been still the same Lauri that left Finland years ago. Even with all the fuzz around him and these big contracts and everything he is still the same humble, hard working, level-headed guy.
So proud of my countryman! Class on and off the court. Putting in the work to constantly improve his game. Much respect to Lauri and the team as a whole as well. Ps. Please watch some Larry Bird tape and steal some of his pass fakes to get easy shots!
This a great interview by Holly where she is speaking for us which I can relate being a die hard Jazz fan since the 80s. We are absolutely so blessed and lucky to have Lauri, he has so much potential and it’s refreshing to hear how he genuinely loves Utah.
Lauri is so cool guy and when he came to league from Arizona I was little bit dissapointed that everything did not worked out well right away. But...everything is even better now, then i mayd expexted. And plus he is the most famous disc golf player and he still enjoys it so much still. It is great sport and i am sure, he will compete seriusly after basketball career ends.
Man nice video with my country man Lauri. I've stared saving money to come over to see him playing on the court in there on the upcoming seanson. Hope Lauri has injury free season ahead :)
Two brothers Lauri and Eero Markkanen.Eero is football (soccer) player in The Team of Finland. -And their father Pekka Markkanen, basketplayer , was members of The Team of Finland .
Why on earth would you ever be loyal to a club, that would trade you in an instance if you got injured or you stopped performing well for a year. He was cautious with his words though, he definitely knows how the NBA works and has worked in the past.
@@83n80y And what they got back for him again? Derrick Jones Jr who left for nothing to Dallas and 2022 conditional 1st-rd pick was POR own, that did not convey Sorry dude but Bulls lost him for nothing. If you cant see it then you dont know ball!
Yeah but he has to say that lol. Him saying he wants to stay in Utah, made the fans go crazy because no one wants to stay with the jazz 😂 He knew that the jazz were going to give him the absolute max contract that can be offered, immediately. Whereas, if he went to a team trying to contend in the playoffs, there's a more probable scenario where the team would have asked him to delay his negotiation, to help the team win now( with his friendly 18m deal). He's smart. Gets his bag, plays a season or 2, and while the jazz are still trying to rebuild or figure something out, he can easily request to be traded to an actual contender.
@@berserkmonk5331 He's been saying that all over the place. Lauri is a genuine guy. He wouldn't say it without meaning it. It's different then the cliches like 110% and good team effort kind of stuff. 😎
Lauri sacrified his chances to win something for some time to come, now there is nothing but tanking to expect. On the other scale there were the family issues, SLC seemed to fit for kids etc. Kind of admire that attitude, being a father/husband first and a basket player second. Hope still that he gets to move to some other place later on, to win rings.
No. He is going to quietly, relentlessly lead from the front in an Alexander Barkov -style, until the Jazz grows into a contender. He doesn't need to leave to find a championship team. The team will come to him. "Can't, beacuse it's Utah?" Go ask "all the six Panthers- fans" in Florida.
@@juhawallden8630 More competed sport, not usable as an example, more like wishful thinking. But I hope your wish comes true.. (Jazz are notorious for constantly tanking for drafts and never going all out to win. )
Just tank this season. Prot top 10 pick and we can get 3 first-round picks. Also this next draft should be stronger than this. I would like to trade Collins and Clarkson for one more star player and with Kyle/Kessler, Lauri, Keyonte and Sexton (optional) i see champ
@tom4life2001 How about from 1:58 that was about him hoping to not go through a trade again? 😃 Those responses you pointed out sounded more to me that a) he didn't want to set himself up to disappointment if front office trades him later b) that conversations with front office are fresh in his mind after signing the extension and that they have been honest with him in the fact that you never know what happens in rebuild. But all that is of course just my read 🤷♀️
@@magicofshootingstar5825 Yeah, it could be an emotional defense mechanism. I know how difficult the CLE trade was for him. IMO, I think the Jazz timeline and his timeline are too far off to rectify moving forward. This contract was more about Lauri securing the bag. Lauri wants to win and has currently played the most games amongst active players without playing in the playoffs. Even if the Jazz get Cooper Flagg this year, they are still a couple years away in that scenario. There is a reason why Danny Ainge broadcast via Woj that Markkanen was possibly available. I think Danny Ainge wanted intel and idea of Lauri's market AS A UPCOMING FREE AGENT so he can then ask for more when Lauri is on a long-term contract. Maybe I am wrong but that is my read of the overall situation.
@tom4life2001 I can totally understand what you are saying. Since Lauri has been talking about him seeing more value of growing bad team to mountaintop instead of joining already good team, I still hope you are incorrect and front office brings in some guys that can help. If not now, if they want to tank/grow young guys, then maybe next offseason. Then Lauri can be on "right timeline" and they can finally start to get reps in post season while still growing as a team. I think part of the equation was also the fact that Ainge&Zanik have both said that kids can't raise each other, they need quality vets in the locker room. I have understood that might be part of why they paid Eubanks what they paid too. It's also true that if you only have good young guys on the team and everyone are same age then you will have difficulties when all of them need big contracts at the same time. That's why it's beneficial to have different aged players on the team. Oh, I also don't know if "Lauri is available" message came originally from Ainge or from the other teams since I think Ainge is pretty tight lipped usually while trying to make a trade and then only afterwards speaks about it. (Like Donovan to Cleveland) But I do agree that he got information of both Lauris value and value of other players to their own team by having those conversations 😃
Too bad he didn’t take a little less money like the NY Nets player! Teams and players should work together and keep the players on the team that love Utah!
this guy is supposed to become a bulls legend,but as we all know after air jordan retired ,they always managed to screwed up everything they've had except when they drafted derick rose & joakim noah ..... in a few years , it's wemby time ..... 😂🤣😂🤣-🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪 .... go spurs go !!!!
Ohhh, would you look at this little sad, insecure boy shouting to the void. Look, here, I give you some validation by responding to your comment. I hope you heal up.
@@skalet66a Look he has never played an entire season in his career. According to his own statistics, his chances of getting injured several times over the next five years is 100%. He will be the Finnish Andre Kirelenko and disappear like a cheap imitation of the fraud Chris Paul.
