Finnish basketball star Lauri Markka Has been gave up in recent years a lot.
After moving to Utah Jazz, Markkanen rose to the league’s elite. He won the NBA’s most advanced player prize, received a prestigious star play and earned a $ 238 million US dollar agreement. This is currently the seventh most valuable agreement for the whole NBA.
However, this season, Markkanen has gone less than moderate expectations on the parquet side.
American media giant ESPN lifted One of the biggest disappointments of the Markkanen season when the NBA season reached halfway through a couple of weeks ago.
ESPN stated that Utah is currently doing everything to refuel, ie losing games and hoping for a better future. According to the media giant, it has received unexpected help in the recession of its Finnish star.
Statistics numbers are down. As a concrete example, Markkanen is now the NBA’s 40th best scorer. During his first UTAH season, Markkanen was 12th and 26th in his second season.
The hit accuracy of the game situation and three-point throws are now one of Markkanen’s entire nbba career in NBA. The current spending does not meet Markkanen’s plush salary.
What has happened? This article opens a Finnish passing by three different angles.
1) more difficult solutions
One striking difference is found compared to previous jazz season. Markkanen takes tougher solutions, but without result.
For example, the 213-centimeter Finn puts in the air faster and more difficult situations. There have also been fewer companies in the vicinity of the basket.
In recent years, Finns have been annoyed as a winning player, even though the team has been loss -making. However, Markkanen is now a negative player. Markka has also been incense as a very effective basketball maker. He was a data company Synergy last season list among the more powerful bodybuilders of the league, but has fallen from there now.
During Markkanen’s career, there has been a lot of talk about how his teammates have not been able to serve the Finnish star properly for basketball situations. This is still true, but there should be other dimensions in the debate.
Markkanen is an exceptional superstar in the sense that as much as 80 % of the Finnish star baskets come from the feeds of others.
That is why the debate is also delicately drifted into Markkanen’s playmates because his ability to make baskets is so strongly based on teammates’ feeds.
The next step would be that Markkanen would create significantly more bodywork situations, either finishes or by feeding others. There has not been a significant change in this yet.
2) the grim play of the team
North America has paid attention to Markkanen’s comments and gestures. Espn made his disappointment with the comments of the club boss who remained anonymously. In his opinion, Markkanen is unlikely to have been supermotivated at the moment.
Usually, in his statements, a very diplomatic Finnish star also downloaded hard text in local media last week. Salt Lake Tribune presented Markkanen’s direct question: What does he think about refueling?
Markkanen had considered a moment before he had answered.
– In my opinion, losing or losing deliberately should not be professional sports. Athletes always want to compete. I understand why some NBA organizations do it. But I think it’s fucked up, Markkanen outlined.
– There should be better ways to build a team. However, this is how this has gone. I understand it. But that is my opinion.
Markkanen did not talk directly about Utah’s situation, but less clever sees jazz as this kind of activity is currently doing.
23-year-old cent Walker Kessler It is reported that only a rest on the sidelines of some games, even though it has been several days from the previous game. For example, a similar kind of grim play has been seen as a 26-year-old back player Collin Sextonin under.
The 27-year-old Markka has been fluffed based on back problems. In the background, the early part of the season has become a sad thing. Markka is likely to be treated more cautiously than successful chasing, but Markkanen is becoming a nasty stamp on health. As an example: when the Finns were rumored last summer to the Golden State Warriors, its supporters on social media were concerned about the small number of matches.
Markkanen has already missed a quarter of Utah games this season, as in the entire jazz career. In his career, he has only played 65 out of 82 for NBA season awards for the NBA season awards.
Of course, Markkanen has nothing to refuel himself. Refueling culture is also a sad thing in North America’s sports series. This phenomenon should come up with a solution.
3) Markkanen is tough but not the number one star
Before we start to get too bad for refueling, you have to remember the background to the current situation in Utah. Markkanen ended up in Utah because Jazz then traded his star guard.
The club leadership was not enough in the playoffs, but they went on to build a new start in their minds.
For example, the insider of The Athletic Tony Jones recently remarkedthat Markkanen is the second or third star of the champion-level team.
According to Jones, Utah is missing the number one star. However, a player who changes such an organization can be obtained next summer. There may be more of them than now much annoyed Cooper Flagg.
That’s why Utah is involved in refueling.
Along this refueling route, Utah also has to go, Because Salt Lake City has not been the most attractive destination for big stars in the free players’ market or player stores.
Utah still folds with a thin thread. Examples of history are known how refueling does not bring a shortcut to happiness. Even the three weaker teams have only a 14 % probability of number one.
If the valuation balls do not rotate in the right direction for Utah, we will be in a nasty situation for Markkanen. The gaze will be focused on future bookings.
Markkanen has said that he wants the best athlete ever in Finland. How long can he be in the loss -making team and at the forefront of herself?
Optimistically, Markkanen is now developing by taking difficult solutions without the pressure. In the summer, the Tuuri or Finns will be traded for a faster successful team. However, much can still happen before these views come true.