Lassi Tuovi is part of the coaching staff of the NBA club Utah Jazz for just under a month in June-July. During the summer season, NBA clubs focus especially on testing and developing potential players.
Susijeng’s head coach is happy about the opportunity to coach in North America.
– Great opportunity. I’m part of the coaching group in training and in the summer leagues in Salt Lake City and Las Vegas, says Tuovi from Salt Lake City.
Tuovi says that Jazz’s organization invited him to join the club’s coaching group. He is happy that the relationship between Susijeng and Jazz is very good.
– The biggest thanks for this opportunity goes to the entire Jazz organization and especially the head coach For Will HardyTuovi thanks.
Utah’s team and coaching for the summer league was announced late Wednesday Finnish time.
The wolf gang also benefits
The coaching staffs of the NBA clubs have an American emphasis on citizenship. According to Tuov, the appreciation of European basketball expertise has grown in the Utah club. He says he has a part in this too Lauri Markkanen with preconceptions.
– The appreciation for European basketball is high here, says the 36-year-old coach.
Bring and Henrik Dettmann visited Salt Lake City in January. Tuovi believes that this also had its own meaning in Jazz’s decision to invite him to join the club.
– Being on site and getting to know people is always meaningful. People get a face, and not just communicate through tools, Tuovi estimates.
Susijeng’s sights are on the World Championships in August-September. The head coach of the national team sees the trip to the NBA club as helping the national team as well. He wants to develop himself, but at the same time Susijeng’s activities.
Tuovi says that Jazz is interested in how Susijengi sees star player Markkanen’s future and the World Cup at the end of the summer. Tuovi believes that the biggest benefit of the trip is that he gets to participate in these discussions.
– This is very useful for Susijeng, that I can exchange a lot of information and clarify things from both sides. Lauri is quite a big piece for both parties in the future, Tuovi opens up the situation.
According to Tuov, the NBA clubs are the best on the map of how basketball as a sport is developing. The game is analyzed in the clubs with a huge machine. Tuovi says that he plans to talk a lot with the head coach, but also visit, for example, the data analysts and the video room.
– Seeing other methods of operation is the most important thing. When you learn from the best in the world, it’s definitely doubly so.
The dream of the NBA
Tuovi says that getting to the “final” coaching group of an NBA team requires a lot of contacts and coaching experience. Tuovi dreams of playing in the NBA, but it’s not current yet. The most important thing is to develop Susijeng’s activities.
– You have to have big dreams. Let’s take the best possible lesson from this trip to improve myself as a coach and at the same time improve Susijeng’s operations.
According to Tuov, Markkanen’s position in Utah hasn’t been talked about too much yet. The club is currently focusing on players who will give displays for the future. However, Tuovi assures that the club is ready for Markkanen when the player arrives in town.
– As a game usually, you notice that quite a lot of “actions” have been built for certain game locations for the future, Tuovi smiles.
Mikael Jantunen to the Warriors’ summer league lineup
Even one of the players of the Finnish men’s national basketball team gets to participate in the NBA summer league. Finished his first season in Basket Treviso of the Italian league Mikael Jantunen traveled to the United States on Tuesday and will play in the Golden State Warriors jersey in the summer.
Jantunen, 23, got a place in the summer league thanks to his performance in the three-day minicamp organized by the Warriors at the beginning of June. At the same time, Jantuse becomes only the Fifth Finn on the summer league floors. They have played him in the training series before Hanno Möttölä, Petteri Koponen, Erik Murphy and Lauri Markkanen.
– Apparently, I managed to do my own thing at the Warriors’ minicamp when such an invitation came once. I take this as an opportunity to develop even more and my intention is not to take pictures in the summer league. I believe that I can help my team win even in the summer league, Jantunen commented in the Basketball Association’s press release.
The Golden State Warriors represented by Jantunen will first play two matches against the Sacramento Kings at the beginning of July, after which they will participate in the summer league played in Las Vegas, like Utah represented by Tuov.